Talkdesk vs. Zendesk Chat

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Talkdesk
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Talkdesk® supports CX with Customer Experience Automation (CXA), using AI agents to replace manual workflows. Powered by the Talkdesk Data Cloud, CXA delivers real-time context and fast deployment—to transform CX without a rip-and-replace.
$85
per month per user
Zendesk Chat
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Zendesk Chat (formerly Zopim) is a live chat tool developed by the Singaporean company also called Zopim, acquired by Zendesk in April 2014.
$11.20
per month
Pricing
TalkdeskZendesk Chat
Editions & Modules
Digital Essentials
$85
per month per user
Voice Essentials
$105
per month per user
Elite
$165
per month per user
Elite
$165
per month per user
Industry Experience Clouds
$225
per month per user
Lite
$0
per user
Basic
$14
per user
Advanced
$25
per user
Premium
$55
per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
TalkdeskZendesk Chat
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional Details*Talkdesk also offers per hour login consumption pricing and concurrent pricing. Prices are based on a minimum 3 year commitment to these Editions. Additional telco and usage fees not included. Due to foreign exchange rate approximation, list price is not the exact price that will be quoted.The pricing above is price per user per month. You will get a discount when you opt for annual payment.
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Community Pulse
TalkdeskZendesk Chat
Considered Both Products
Talkdesk
Chose Talkdesk
Talkdesk meets our needs well and struck the right balance between features and price. It had all the capabilities we are looking for and has been easy to integrate and maintain. Their tech stacks up well against competitors and we did not feel we we were missing out on any …
Chose Talkdesk
Talkdesk has been very easy to use, easy to get used to and to teach others how to use it without consuming much time, Talkdesk Can transfer call within the business making it more efficient assisting and resolving queries of our clients ,This has helped us also reduce average …
Chose Talkdesk
I've used Genesis in my previous workplace, and I must say Talkdesk is the best so far.
Chose Talkdesk
Talkdesk provides a lot more when you look at Quality management. The live feed assists our workforce management in keeping track of all agents' log-in time and log-out. It also assists with keeping up to date with your score and improving your markdowns. Talkdesk also provides …
Chose Talkdesk
the user experience is better, as the layout and interface is more user friendly and intuitive. With a low support from the engineering we can make a big progress. We also have more autonomy to test new things by following the articles from the help center. Also, it is easier …
Chose Talkdesk
Talkdesk is much more visual than Genesys and has many more functions. When I used genesys to work a couple years back, it was more of a status tool, while talkdesk is so much more, for example performance tracking tool, customer satisfaction managing tool, and it did not have …
Chose Talkdesk
Talkdesk provides the voice option which we need to run our business. Talkdesk also has the metric-producing reports we need so that we coach our agents accordingly. They provide excellent support for their programs when there are errors they are able to address immediately. …
Chose Talkdesk
I didn't select Talkdesk, the company did, I had no choice but to embrace it, I think Five9 is somewhat better because it is 100% web-based and it is really simple to manipulate agent groups, and data exports. TD can improve on that, Team Leader licenses are very limited.
Chose Talkdesk
I would still prefer Five9 over Talkdesk but I am quite comfortable with Talkdesk.
Chose Talkdesk
I firmly believe that working together on this two makes our work extremely efficient. As working [simultaneously] it really improved our quality and we started giving better customer experience. The only thing that needs a bit of improvement is the time it takes to start. It …
Chose Talkdesk
There is no comparison of the above-mentioned products as they are nowhere near the features that Talkdesk provides. Talkdesk has a unique UI which is very helpful and is easy to use. There are no random disconnects and voice clarity is exceptional as compared to the other …
Chose Talkdesk
They are incredibly similar, but I believe that if Talkdesk gets ticket integration that it would far surpass Zendesk.
Chose Talkdesk
This is my first call center job so I have not used any other products other than Talkdesk.
Chose Talkdesk
The upper management level selected Talkdesk.
Chose Talkdesk
Verint is much harder to manage due to the non-user friendly interface. It is also too hard to find calls as you can't really search per customer's name unlike in Talkdesk. Verint also do not allow download of recordings in case you need to archive good calls or flag bad calls …
Chose Talkdesk
I've used Peoplesoft in the past and it's not quite as easy to use. The Talkdesk desktop app is simple, easy, and doesn't take up a lot of browser space which is nice as compared with some other call center softwares. I've never had to use Talkdesk support so I can't speak to …
Zendesk Chat
Chose Zendesk Chat
I prefer Zendesk Chat (formerly Zopim) over Talkdesk, as it provides customers with written proof of their conversation and customers are able to rate the conversation once it is done. Also, it's easier to find a previous conversation in Zendesk Chat (formerly Zopim) than in Tal…
Chose Zendesk Chat
Significantly better. Better options for AI chat. More fully featured product.
Features
TalkdeskZendesk Chat
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Talkdesk
7.8
489 Ratings
7% below category average
Zendesk Chat
-
Ratings
Agent dashboard7.3468 Ratings00 Ratings
Validate callers7.9411 Ratings00 Ratings
Outbound response8.0428 Ratings00 Ratings
Call forwarding8.1421 Ratings00 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)8.3388 Ratings00 Ratings
Warm transfer8.6443 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive dialing8.9226 Ratings00 Ratings
Interactive voice response8.5313 Ratings00 Ratings
REST APIs6.5248 Ratings00 Ratings
Call scripts7.5222 Ratings00 Ratings
Call tracking8.3436 Ratings00 Ratings
Multichannel integration6.3321 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM software integration7.9374 Ratings00 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Talkdesk
7.9
473 Ratings
5% below category average
Zendesk Chat
-
Ratings
Inbound call routing8.8433 Ratings00 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing7.2315 Ratings00 Ratings
Recording8.8457 Ratings00 Ratings
Quality management8.3415 Ratings00 Ratings
Call analytics8.2430 Ratings00 Ratings
Historical reporting7.9437 Ratings00 Ratings
Live reporting7.6430 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer surveys7.5240 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics7.1276 Ratings00 Ratings
Chat Analytics and Reports
Comparison of Chat Analytics and Reports features of Product A and Product B
Talkdesk
-
Ratings
Zendesk Chat
8.4
5 Ratings
3% below category average
Chat history and transcripts00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
Chat reporting00 Ratings8.65 Ratings
Chat and web analytics00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
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Score 7.5 out of 10
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Score 9.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 7.5 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Score 5.4 out of 10
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User Ratings
TalkdeskZendesk Chat
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(498 ratings)
8.6
(23 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.5
(39 ratings)
8.0
(1 ratings)
Usability
8.6
(313 ratings)
7.0
(5 ratings)
Availability
9.8
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.0
(131 ratings)
8.4
(3 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.0
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.4
(222 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
10.0
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
10.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
10.0
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
9.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
9.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
TalkdeskZendesk Chat
Likelihood to Recommend
Talkdesk
Talkdesk is a very innovative company. They truly want to be at the forefront of emerging technologies. That was shown when they developed the current platform. But, its also being shown with the rapid growth and change brought on by AI today. Talkdesk wants to be an innovative solution that not only leverages emerging technologies but also wants to develop their own to be a leader in this space. While Talkdesk has a lot of resources available to their clients, if you do not have IT resources available to admin the system and continue to leverage the technologies Talkdesk offers, then this solution may not be for you. We have not identified a managed services service offered by Talkdesk. So, you have to manage the solution yourself or outsource to a vendor to help ensure your system is optimal and continues to be developed.
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Zendesk
Zendesk Chat is suited for all the support teams that provide real-time assistance. Like if someone wants to block the debit/credit card, it is a high-priority case that needs real-time assistance. Whereas issues like close my account, and invoice request doesn't need real-time assistance, where Zendesk tickets support will be perfect.
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Pros
Talkdesk
  • Talkdesk excels at reporting. It offers a wide range of reports, such as Aux, AHT, and productivity reports, which are great for monitoring performance.
  • Talkdesk has speech-to-text analytics. This is an AI transcript system. The AI detects speech and transcribes it.
  • Talkdesk is easy to integrate with other apps. Such as Calabrio and Zendesk.
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Zendesk
  • Extremely fluid chat interface allows for easy communication.
  • It can be used directly on a website page or as a widget.
  • Allows the end user to translate the chat into their own native language.
  • Notifies you with pending chats via on-screen notifications and sound effects.
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Cons
Talkdesk
  • From experience, customer service is terrible, we've had 5 account executives over 18 months, extremely difficult to get timely answers to pressing issues.
  • Integration with other tools, such as ServiceNow, is not truly integration (in my opinion). There was a marked difference between what the salesperson communicated during the evaluation period and what we actually got once we purchased and implemented the product.
  • We continue to have stability issues which force our agents to restart the Talkdesk client. I frequently receive vague error messages ('something went wrong') that can be frustrating as there's no actual detail to what happened. To be fair, it has improved since we implemented the tool, but if you were to ask our agents what frustrated them, Talkdesk would be at the top of their list.
  • Being a multi-channel platform was one of the things that drew us to Talkdesk; however, the chat channel lags way behind voice in customization and reporting.
  • Lack of training resources. The 'Talkdesk Academy' is often very out-of-date. Would be nice to have actual webinars or online training (even paid training) for various functions of the tool like reporting, WFM, IVR, etc.
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Zendesk
  • Linking with a telephone, so the agent is only working on 1 channel at a time
  • More simplified way to create and use templates
  • Link users who may have provided us a new/different email from what we have on file for them
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Likelihood to Renew
Talkdesk
One of the best tools our there to tackle alot of our needs or issues within the organisation's and is value for money as you find alot of the features already in bedded and the Ai features are user friendly no need for additional training and Talk desk support when any issues arise is amazing
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Zendesk
Due to staffing issues, we have temporarily stopped offering chat as an available channel. We're also interested in the best ways to integrate chat with our FAQs and AI to provide quick responses, either during off-hours or prior to speaking with a live agent. I've also found that reporting is rather limited where some of the interesting and useful data made available and visible during the chat cannot be pulled post-chat; it would be great to pull a high-level report so we can analyze this data.
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Usability
Talkdesk
Talkdesk is helpful because we use it to receive calls in our BPO. Not only do we track live ques and statuses from agents, but we also receive feedback from our assessors through the talk desk as well as coaching, and it also stores customer contact data; I can track all my calls, and It records all the calls so we can come back to review them. You can also listen live and track your daily productivity. You can change your aux statuses very quickly, and there was an update talk desk that allows you to queue another status while you are on a call or after-call work, which is a great feature.
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Zendesk
As mentioned previously, it's a clunky product that lacks user-friendliness. It feels old and behind the times compared to other products we have used. The inability to have a wrap-up time before a new chat comes in is also a big issue for our team.
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Reliability and Availability
Talkdesk
Talkdesk is very handy but, sometimes we do face issues were the system can just kick you out and not be able to do calls or receive calls but, what I like about the system once you start refreshing or troubleshooting, everything becomes normal it is a unique system and very modern we don't usually have system issues with Talkdesk.
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Zendesk
No answers on this topic
Performance
Talkdesk
reports are good until a report is a big one in size then the wait is longer and some call reports delay by an hour or so which is not ideal as we pull these hourly and need them from Work force management perspective and Quality reports are perfectly fine
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Zendesk
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Talkdesk
If Talkdesk had a dedicated phone support line I would have given this rating an overall 10. Their knowledge base is absolutely HUGE and at times very helpful. It's easy to search through and their customer support chat system works perfectly fine, but there are just some times that you need to speak to a human on the phone to ensure you are always on the same page.
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Zendesk
Getting assistance and/or troubleshooting anything with Zendesk can be quite frustrating. In my years of experience with Zednesk, I have almost never found the answer to my question without going through multiple articles, ultimately getting frustrated and reaching out to our contact for more assistance. So for a consumer, the support is not as relieving as Zendesk Chat is to our customers in getting the questions answered by us.
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In-Person Training
Talkdesk
The training that was given to us was very smooth and professional. I give my trainer 10/ 10 rate the training was so smooth and very helpful she would make sure we also watch videos of how to use the system which made it very easier for us and what was interesting it is because, the system is also easy.
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Zendesk
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Talkdesk
Nothing is perfect!! Needing the ability to repeat the training so everyone was on board was important. Not real sure how many people had to repeat the training as they trained on their own and given 30 minutes at a time.
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Zendesk
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Talkdesk
We were very satisfied with the implementation of Talkdesk. The team was able to gather all the data and information about the system we had in place at the moment and delivered us a Talkdesk plan that suited our needs. We had a few calls after implementation where our questions were answered and gave us the confidence to continue using the system.
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Zendesk
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Talkdesk
Talkdesk is used to take inbound and outbound calls, which helps improve customer experience. It also provides evaluations through quality management. Talk desk scores are sometimes behind, but they still work well regarding taking and receiving calls. Some agents blame the Talk Desk because they lack knowledge of how to use it.
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Zendesk
Zendesk Chat is far more user friendly than some of the other competitors on the market. It has a very all the features that you require to ensure your customers are contacted in 'real time'. Its main tools include a live chat interface for quick communication, customisable chat widgets to fit your brand, mobile responsiveness for all devices, and canned responses for common questions. The platform can also start chats based on visitor actions, like time on a page or exit intent. A real must for any leading company
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Scalability
Talkdesk
talk desk has helped us massively with flexibility of one system giving us all the relevant information we need to be able to drive improvement and also good service from work force management to quality improvement to the reporting of the work and inputs going in and assess outputs to determine the success of our work and remaining development areas
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Zendesk
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Talkdesk
  • Reduced hold times with callback feature = better CX
  • Easy transfer option between teams where we can talk rep-rep first before bringing the caller in = less repeated information the customer has to provide = better CX
  • Modified call dispositions allows for better call management & organization = less work on our end!
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Zendesk
  • Positive impact - Compared to our old system, this newly updated system provides features and functionality that has increased our agent productivity and provided customer insight like we've never had before. This has resulted in fewer hold times and higher customer satisfaction.
  • Negative impact - Our reporting team still struggles with obtaining the right information from time to time with the chats. This leads to loss of productivity and more resources dedicated to reporting.
  • Positive impact - Due to Zopim's embed, we are able to more successfully place them on the appropriate self-service portals and pages, reaching a larger audience, and being more readily available to answer our client's questions. This has resulted in an increase in our self-service portal usage, driving down the phone and email support channels, which in turn reduces support costs.
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ScreenShots

Talkdesk Screenshots

Screenshot of Talkdesk Guardian™, which is an AI-driven, native cloud compliance solution that enables contact centers to gain visibility and take control of their WFH and hybrid workforce.Screenshot of Talkdesk Autopilot™, which is a tool that handles common customer queries, like orders, returns and billing, and automatically responds with conversational answers. And when complex cases are detected that need human empathy and expertise, the virtual agent will redirect customers to a human agent.Screenshot of Talkdesk AI Trainer™, which equips customers with tools to observe, simulate, and put guardrails on AI, according to their needs. This way, generative AI can be used responsibly, preventing AI mishaps, and protecting the brand from potentially poor AI experiences.

Zendesk Chat Screenshots

Screenshot of How Zopim Chat Widget looks on the website.Screenshot of This is how the chat window looks like to your visitorsScreenshot of This is a screenshot of the visitor list.Screenshot of