Talkdesk vs. Zoom Contact Center

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Talkdesk
Score 8.2 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
Zoom Contact Center
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Zoom Contact Center helps businesses deliver prompt, accurate, and highly personalized customer experiences that drive loyalty. It includes intelligent self-service and routing, a unified communications and contact center, and video optimized high-touch engagements.
$69
per month per user
Pricing
TalkdeskZoom Contact Center
Editions & Modules
CX Cloud Digital Essentials
$85
per month per user
CX Cloud Voice Essentials
$105
per month per user
CX Cloud Elite
$145
per month per user
CX Cloud Elite
$165
per month per user
Industry Experience Clouds
$225
Essentials
$69
per month per user
Premium
$99
per month per user
Elite
$149
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
TalkdeskZoom Contact Center
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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.
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Community Pulse
TalkdeskZoom Contact Center
Considered Both Products
Talkdesk

No answer on this topic

Zoom Contact Center
Chose Zoom Contact Center
Talkdesk was an all-around lower-quality product. The app wasn't great, the customer service was lackluster, and the call quality was very often poor. Its reporting and live team dashboard were better than ZCC's
Features
TalkdeskZoom Contact Center
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Talkdesk
8.0
484 Ratings
4% below category average
Zoom Contact Center
7.8
15 Ratings
7% below category average
Agent dashboard8.0463 Ratings7.815 Ratings
Validate callers8.0407 Ratings7.612 Ratings
Outbound response8.2425 Ratings7.612 Ratings
Call forwarding7.8417 Ratings7.711 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)8.6386 Ratings8.110 Ratings
Warm transfer8.9438 Ratings8.315 Ratings
Predictive dialing8.7226 Ratings7.510 Ratings
Interactive voice response8.4310 Ratings8.213 Ratings
REST APIs7.4244 Ratings7.611 Ratings
Call scripts7.7219 Ratings7.812 Ratings
Call tracking8.5432 Ratings7.815 Ratings
Multichannel integration6.7317 Ratings8.214 Ratings
CRM software integration7.5371 Ratings7.310 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Talkdesk
8.4
468 Ratings
2% above category average
Zoom Contact Center
7.9
14 Ratings
4% below category average
Inbound call routing8.6428 Ratings8.114 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing8.1311 Ratings8.112 Ratings
Recording8.9452 Ratings8.413 Ratings
Quality management8.9410 Ratings8.013 Ratings
Call analytics8.4425 Ratings7.714 Ratings
Historical reporting8.4432 Ratings7.714 Ratings
Live reporting8.3425 Ratings7.514 Ratings
Customer surveys8.1237 Ratings7.710 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics8.3272 Ratings7.610 Ratings
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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Score 8.3 out of 10
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Score 8.8 out of 10
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User Ratings
TalkdeskZoom Contact Center
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(498 ratings)
8.1
(29 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.5
(39 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.5
(314 ratings)
8.2
(4 ratings)
Availability
9.9
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.9
(131 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.9
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.1
(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
TalkdeskZoom Contact Center
Likelihood to Recommend
Talkdesk
Talkdesk does an excellent job with productivity reports. I can monitor my agent's lives during calls and their current status, allowing me to affect them productively at that moment. I can also download a productivity report on Talkdesk to analyze historical data and see patterns and problems.
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Zoom
The Contact Centre is fantastic for our festival environment; these systems are rarely accessible to an arts organisation without a significant premium. However, that's not the case with Zoom Contact Centre. It may be tricky initially if you don't have an IT Company to help you with the integration, but they have a great Professional Services Team (PSO) to guide you through the process. Be prepared for the transition to take a few months; I wouldn't recommend it if you need something set up today. Moving phone numbers from other Telcos takes time, and the PSO can provide a custom solution that takes time to develop.
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Pros
Talkdesk
  • Receives calls immediately and connects well.
  • Making outbound calls and having Talkdesk display the name associated with the number.
  • Aux on break, lunch, or meeting, and it stays as it is and does not change status on its own.
  • Being able to check on colleagues on whether they are available.
  • Able to track your work for the day, the amount of calls you made and received.
  • Being able to check your Daily and monthly score from QA.
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Zoom
  • Easy to change behavior of a call queue
  • Easy to modify call flow (normally this is very difficult and cumbersome in other contact centers)
  • Language that is not esoteric to phone technicians (e.g., no "Hunt Group" or other inside baseball terms)
  • Easy to see the overview of what is currently going on in the phone system and what people are doing right now
  • Easy to add licenese, change changes, add phone numbers, change p#s, etc.
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Cons
Talkdesk
  • Reporting is not easy to manipulate
  • Workforce management is not available in a simplified view
  • Creation of the Quality management process is not easy
  • Call quality is not great in Africa
  • Some features do not yet come with a full list of reporting capabilities
  • Connectivity causes delays in responses in all communication as they have no tower in Africa
  • It is significantly more expensive than local providers
  • Lack of integration to in-house systems caused a barrier
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Zoom
  • Go deeper into a true separation of parameters, reporting, management, etc. so you could have multiple business units with very different needs, independently work. Some sort of "Multi-Tenant-Like" capabilities like the one seen in Zoom Phone Locations. In situations like these where you need "location/team isolation" is challenging, if not impossible to implement with Zoom Contact Center.
  • More pre-canned integrations and ready-to-go examples to implement thins like the "InApp-Chat" channel for the Zoom Client Itself. This could be a great addition, especially when you use the ZCC to service your own company.
  • ZCC is meant to be an independent solution that could interact with Zoom and non-Zoom products, but the capability to allow a tight-integration with Zoom Phone is really missing: Having the capability to make/receive calls between ZP and ZCC using just extension numbers should have been a given from the get-go; it really limits the use cases of Zoom Contact Center with its other star product Zoom Phone. I heard something is coming to address this, for lack of a better word I call "shortcoming", so I am really looking forward to see what is "being cooked" on this regard.
  • Licensing Tiers: ZCC is really missing an Admin-Only Role from the licensing perspective; you have to "waste" a license to add Administrators, which is particularly bad when you have a fairly large organization with multiple admins.
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Likelihood to Renew
Talkdesk
Renewing the use of talkdesk is a cost-effective solution for our company. By continuing to use it, we can leverage potential cost savings and efficiencies. For instance, talkdesk may have features that automate certain processes or enable better resource allocation, resulting in reduced operational costs. Secondly, renewing the contract contributes to enhanced customer service. Talkdesk likely offers specific functionalities that improve customer satisfaction and support. This could include features such as intelligent routing or real-time analytics that help agents provide personalized assistance and resolve issues more effectively. Thirdly, renewing the contract ensures seamless integration and compatibility with other systems or technologies used in our company. Having a unified system across different departments or functions enhances efficiency and reduces potential disruptions caused by incompatible systems. Moreover, there may be benefits gained from data sharing or streamlined workflows enabled by an integrated platform.
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Zoom
No answers on this topic
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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Zoom
First and foremost for our results, the omnichannel approach and ease of use on the internal side (agents, supervisors and administrators) have made adoption very simple, we have managed to reduce response times (SLA) and internal communication has become very fluid. We get good feedback from our clients for having implemented ZCC in the company to serve them.
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Reliability and Availability
Talkdesk
I have never had a problem making a phone call or an issue getting a line out. More times than not it is the customer that will have a bad connection or have a lot of noise on their end. I have had experience w/ dropped calls, but never not being able to access a line
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Zoom
No answers on this topic
Performance
Talkdesk
We have never had a Talkdesk performance issue. As long as you follow the system requirements, which are MINIMAL, neither will you.
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Zoom
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Talkdesk
We've had five account execs in 18 months, three of which were apparently downsized. That makes me question the stability to Talkdesk as a company. We continue to struggle getting timely, effective support when we have questions or issues. Usually, we email the support team, get the initial 'somebody will contact you' message, and then it can be days or in some cases over a week before we get a response.
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Zoom
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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Zoom
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Talkdesk
Really easy to get set up out of the box. Anything I needed to understand further, I was able to just hop into the Academy and self-teach. I could then bring my team-members to those same sections so they could learn as well without me having to put together complicated SOP's / etc
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Zoom
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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Zoom
There are options and ways to get to specific feature sets that are similar to what Zoom can offer. Many of the Zoom included features are add-ons for the RingCentral offering. So cost goes up and can also be an add-on difficulties/deployment costs as well. When we reviewed the features needed and the cost comparison, Zoom was less than half the cost with many of the features baked in as opposed to add-ons
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Scalability
Talkdesk
We have over 200 employees in 11 states across the United States. Everyone uses Talkdesk. I believe that says a lot about the product and its flexibility. We need to be able to rely on system in order to assist our customers. Reliability and sustainability is important to our success
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Zoom
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Talkdesk
  • The capability to deploy multiple Customer Satisfaction (CSAT) questions has proven beneficial. Our Key Performance Indicator (KPI) is linked to the experience with the agent as opposed to the overall experience. Since we implemented this change, we have observed an improvement in our CSAT scores
  • We have optimized the Interactive Voice Response (IVR) options to deliver a robust user experience that minimizes dependency on human agents and reduces our inbound calls
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Zoom
  • We migrated away from a telephony system that was antiquated and almost unusable for what we wanted to do, so Zoom has been a huge improvement for us!
  • We're continuing to roll out new channels of contact for customers -- Calls, chat, video, email, etc.
  • We're still getting our sea legs from a reporting perspective, and that could always be better, but so far the biggest improvement was for our staff actually using the software. They really enjoy the simplicity and robustness of the software.
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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.

Zoom Contact Center Screenshots

Screenshot of the video-optimized CCaaSScreenshot of the Zoom Workspace video room experienceScreenshot of the analytics used to optimize contact center performance