Talkdesk vs. Zoom Virtual Agent

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Talkdesk
Score 8.3 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 Virtual Agent
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
An AI chatbot which is ready 24/7 to provide quick, personalized help and boost team productivity. The AI chatbot with machine learning guides users to accurate answers fast, reducing the burden on customer service and support teams.N/A
Pricing
TalkdeskZoom Virtual Agent
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
Zoom Virtual Agent
Contact Sales
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
TalkdeskZoom Virtual Agent
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.Zoom Virtual Agent available as an add-on to Zoom Contact Center.
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Community Pulse
TalkdeskZoom Virtual Agent
Considered Both Products
Talkdesk

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Zoom Virtual Agent
Chose Zoom Virtual Agent
ZVA offered a combination of easy administration and cost effective pricing in a manner that other providers currently do not meet.
Features
TalkdeskZoom Virtual Agent
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Talkdesk
8.1
486 Ratings
3% below category average
Zoom Virtual Agent
-
Ratings
Agent dashboard8.1465 Ratings00 Ratings
Validate callers7.9409 Ratings00 Ratings
Outbound response8.3426 Ratings00 Ratings
Call forwarding7.8419 Ratings00 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)8.6386 Ratings00 Ratings
Warm transfer9.0440 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive dialing8.9226 Ratings00 Ratings
Interactive voice response8.4312 Ratings00 Ratings
REST APIs7.4245 Ratings00 Ratings
Call scripts8.0220 Ratings00 Ratings
Call tracking8.5434 Ratings00 Ratings
Multichannel integration6.6318 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM software integration7.7373 Ratings00 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Talkdesk
8.4
470 Ratings
2% above category average
Zoom Virtual Agent
-
Ratings
Inbound call routing8.7430 Ratings00 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing8.0312 Ratings00 Ratings
Recording8.9454 Ratings00 Ratings
Quality management8.8412 Ratings00 Ratings
Call analytics8.4427 Ratings00 Ratings
Historical reporting8.4434 Ratings00 Ratings
Live reporting8.2427 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer surveys8.2238 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics8.3273 Ratings00 Ratings
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TalkdeskZoom Virtual Agent
Small Businesses
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.5 out of 10
LocaliQ
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Score 8.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.5 out of 10
Piper the AI SDR by Qualified
Piper the AI SDR by Qualified
Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Google Cloud Contact Center AI
Google Cloud Contact Center AI
Score 7.0 out of 10
Conversica
Conversica
Score 4.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
TalkdeskZoom Virtual Agent
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(498 ratings)
8.5
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.5
(39 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.6
(313 ratings)
7.5
(2 ratings)
Availability
9.9
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
10.0
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.8
(131 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
9.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.9
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.3
(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 Virtual Agent
Likelihood to Recommend
Talkdesk
If I was building a contact center from scratch with the intent of integrating AI features into my operations, Talkdesk would be a top choice. If you do not plan on integrating AI, you might find a lot of Talkdesk's offerings extraneous. Talkdesk's Copilot (real-time agent assistant, summarization, etc.) is very accurate for shorter calls. We have an ATT that is much higher than their customer base average, and the summary can start to become less succinct the longer the call goes on. We've noticed the same for automated QA scoring. This is more of a limitation of AI in general, rather than for Talkdesk itself.
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Zoom
Really great for customers that have experience with chatbots and want a powerful platform that is continuing to evolve. It has been one of the most accurate platforms for generative AI responses and has great tools for administering the platform in a scalable manner. The tool has greatest utility for companies with existing knowledge bases that can be leveraged and with a team that can dedicate resources to continually evolving the implementation to take full advantage of the tool.
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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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Zoom
  • Generative AI answers from existing documentation
  • Providing tools for admins to discover and easily create new intents and workflows
  • Customizing the experience by campaign, chatbot, workflow, etc. to facilitate curated experiences for customers
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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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Zoom
  • Add more native components for integrating with data sources such as a CRM
  • Methodology for session counts: avoid double counting a session if a user is handed-off between bots.
  • Admin UI: there can be a lot of clicks to navigate to the correct area of the dashboard to manage settings
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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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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
You can customize the experience for your clients, make it sound as human as possible and provide different paths to find the answers needed
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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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Zoom
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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Zoom
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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Zoom
No answers on this topic
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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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
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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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
Zoom Virtual Agent was our first choice
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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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Zoom
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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Zoom
  • 70% self-service for managed interactions
  • Estimated $3 million in headcount costs saved
  • Admin tools have reduced administrative costs by 50%
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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 Virtual Agent Screenshots

Screenshot of the Zoom Virtual Agent intelligent conversational AI chatbot that instantly resolves issues.Screenshot of a personalized experience, delivered by the virtual agent.Screenshot of the virtual agent's customer resolution.Screenshot of chatbot performance analytics.