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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    TeamSupport

    Score8.4 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    TeamSupport is customer support software built for B2B software and technology companies. The solution offers ticket management, a customer and contact database, reporting and analytics, multi-channel support, built-in collaboration tools, and many native integrations.

    $45

    per month per user

    Zoho Desk

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AZoho Support is a Saas help desk / ticketing system aimed at SMBs. I competes most often with Zendesk, and Desk.com.

    $9

    per month per user

    Pricing
    TeamSupportZoho Desk
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $45
    per month per user
    Professional
    $65
    per month per user
    Scale
    $85
    per month per user
    Free
    $0
    Express
    $9
    per month per user
    Standard
    $20
    per month per user
    Professional
    $35
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $50
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    TeamSupportZoho Desk
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequired
    Additional DetailsPricing is based on annual billingA discount is offered for yearly billing.
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    Community Pulse
    TeamSupportZoho Desk
    Considered Both Products
    TeamSupport
    Chose TeamSupport
    It has allowed us to have a sturdy client database, assign responsibilities, and have facilitated multi-channel conversation and stay chat.
    Incentivized
    Zoho
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    87%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    11 Answers
    Features
    TeamSupportZoho Desk
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of TeamSupport and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    TeamSupport
    8.2
    12 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    8.5
    5 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets8.012 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Expert directory7.01 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications10.05 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission8.012 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Ticket response8.012 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of TeamSupport and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    TeamSupport
    8.0
    12 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Zoho Desk
    9.8
    5 Ratings
    20% above category average
    External knowledge base8.08 Ratings9.85 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base8.011 Ratings9.85 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of TeamSupport and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    TeamSupport
    9.2
    12 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    6.6
    5 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Customer portal10.09 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Social integration9.04 Ratings6.83 Ratings
    Email support8.012 Ratings6.15 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration10.07 Ratings5.44 Ratings
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    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
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    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    TeamSupportZoho Desk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (58 ratings)
    8.7
    (23 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (9 ratings)
    8.0
    (12 ratings)
    Availability
    1.8
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.3
    (8 ratings)
    8.8
    (11 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.7
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.5
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    TeamSupportZoho Desk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    TeamSupport
    TeamSupport is a great ticketing/help desk platform for small companies. It gets the job done and allows for multiple teams to manage workloads. It is not best for bigger organizations as there are lots of lacking features (mobile app, integrations, robust Jira/Confluence like system). The support for TeamSupport is great too. They usually get in touch with customers quickly when the system is down and they resolve issues quickly as well.
    Incentivized
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    Zoho
    Zoho Desk is a great customer service tool. It is very easy to track the ability to receive tickets and send responses in Zoho Desk. There are lots of options for customization. The knowledge base feature is very extensive and powerful. It makes creating internal and external FAQs easy.
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    Pros
    TeamSupport
    • There were other customer support software companies that I looked into at first, however TeamSupport provided exceptional customer service themselves. I paid close attention to how they handled me as a customer to see if they were a company that would understand my desire to give exceptional customer service to my clients and if they had the tools to make the experience easy. Every interaction with them was very positive.
    • Since we needed TeamSupport's software embedded into our software application to give our users easy access to the support tools, the staff at TeamSupport needed to answer many questions and work with our developers to make this possible. They were always willing to take the extra step to ensure a smooth set up.
    • As we continue with TeamSupport, I am especially impressed with the sincerity of the CEO, Robert C. Johnson, and his commitment to us so that together we can deliver exceptional customer support.
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    Zoho
    • It provides a simple widget code with a few clicks once you decide to integrate it with your website or application.
    • There is a very user friendly dedicated mobile application for Zoho Desk for Android and IOS devices.
    • You can easily track all of your tickets and agents from the dashboard interface.
    • You can insert tags with each ticket to group them into specific categories for analysis and troubleshooting.
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    Cons
    TeamSupport
    • We would like to see a structure to the ticket numbering system. In a previous system we had a numbering system like this mmddyy-xxxxxx This was very easy to see when a ticket was created based on just it's number. Currently with TeamSupport they assign a random number to tickets that is not very informative without a created date field.
    • Reports are nice but lack some rollup capabilities that are needed. Any given report can only work against two data tables at max. This is a limitation that we had to create custom contact fields to get around. They store phone, address and base contact info in separate tables. This makes it impossible with a standard system to create a report of all tickets along with the ticket and contact information in one report. The previous system we were on, allowed you to tie as many related data tables together that was needed to create one high level report.
    • Need Ability to notify external users of ticket activity in regions. So what I mean is we have FAE's in the field that want to know what their customers are asking for their region. They don't want or need a TeamSupport account but want simple e-mails of activity. This has been a lost feature for us going to a new system. I have to create a manual report each week and forward to the people that want this kind of information.
    • Ticket Automation rules will only run against a ticket one time. I understand why they did this to prevent uncontrolled loops but it would be nice to be able to set a limit that was greater than one. This limitation often causes us to have to write multiple rules to handle certain ticket cases.
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    Zoho
    • The biggest drawback that I am facing while using the platform is that their ticketing system is not that great [in my opinion]. It does not give us the option to add sales tax and other charges in the invoices which leads to a big problem for us.
    • [I feel] its customer support needs improvement.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    TeamSupport
    We are very likely to renew. We have been using TeamSupport for years and have tested a few other ticketing software solutions. We utilize several project management solutions to date and are always looking for better more efficient ways. Team Support is great at working with us and allows us to report issues well.
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    TeamSupport
    I think some things could be a little more user-friendly: specifically the dashboard. Although it's fantastic and makes life so much nicer, I'd like to have more control on it's customization. I'd like to be able to default what's collapsed and what's expanded...instead of everything expanding by default each time I load it. But the portal offers great tools and guides on workarounds.
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    Zoho
    I give [Zoho Desk] [an] overall usability score of 9. This is partly due to the search functionality needs improvement. There are several times where I am left unable to find a ticket and have to generate a new one. I am hoping in the future that they will make some changes!
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    Reliability and Availability
    TeamSupport
    Again while most of the time I CAN access your server, it's offline enough that I can't count on having the software available to me 24/7
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    TeamSupport
    It is a feature heavy web application, thus speed can be compromised sometimes dependent on availability of a quality internet connection
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    TeamSupport
    TeamSupport's ease of use and the way it benefited our company overall. From cost improvements, ROI, and overall management of team members it gets high marks. We are better able to support our customer base by providing improved support in a more timely fashion. The End User view of IT Support overall has improved just through using this platform in our company.
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    Zoho
    As Zoho Support is based in a different timezone to ours it can be an issue that we cannot get an immediate response to an issue. But I will say that once their Support is in the office they are fairly good to respond. they have resolved almost all issues I have told them about, but Zoho have also made system changes and not communicated these beforehand which means we are faced with something new and cannot get support on this until their support team is in the office
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    In-Person Training
    TeamSupport
    Able to get hands on training and ask questions.
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    TeamSupport
    Not much training was offered, but it was always provided when we requested it
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    TeamSupport
    Data import was the most difficult hurdle for us to get over. The mass import was handled through an Excel spreadsheet. TeamSupport doesn't use Microsoft Office products for the most part so they were relying on Google Docs which has limitations over Excel. Special characters and html in import cells can be a issue with importing. When creating a data export from your current system, special care needs to be taken so that the data is able to be processed into TeamSupport without issues.
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    TeamSupport
    TeamSupport is a much more modern, intuitive and user-friendly version of NetSuite with many additional bells and whistles. NetSuite has a business only facade with a rather clunky interface and system. TeamSupport compares favorably and meets business needs while being a much more advanced and modern solution.
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    Zoho
    We selected Zoho Desk as we needed a platform that was going to allow the business to grow through both usage and staffing numbers. We wanted something cost-effective but still offered standard features in an effective cloud-delivered solution but would still allow customization by our internal dev team, to derive better value from the service where it natively didn't do what we needed it to. FreeAgent was okay for a while, but Zoho Desk has allowed a vast improvement in our service offering to end customers.
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    Scalability
    TeamSupport
    TS keeps adding new features without making sure the program is reliable as-is. The program is frequently offline which makes for significant frustration on my part
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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    TeamSupport
    • TeamSupport has improved our team's response times. We are able to address all requests within a short time of receiving them.
    • TeamSupport allows us to effectively manage workflow.
    • The program provides us with a certain level of accountability, and requires that we be meticulous in our work.
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    Zoho
    • Zoho Desk has created an organised sytem of support which alows me to help my customers more efficiently.
    • By saving resolutions as articles, Zoho Desk has provided a training resource for current customers and support staff as part of solving problems.
    • All new customers become part of a database of customers who continue to receive support and education from forums created by the articles and customer questions.
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    ScreenShots

    TeamSupport Screenshots

    Screenshot of Ticket PageScreenshot of Customer AlertsScreenshot of DashboardScreenshot of Screen & Video RecordingScreenshot of Embeddable Customer PortalScreenshot of Products & Versions

    Zoho Desk Screenshots

    Screenshot of Log and monitor phone conversations, convert them into new tickets, or attach them to existing ones. Convert social media interactions and live chat into tickets at the click of a button.Screenshot of Bring a Help Center directly into a website to strengthen self-service. Chat with Zia, an AI-powered conversation assistant. Customers can chat with Zia right from a mobile app or website. Zia processes their questions and suggests appropriate solutions from the Knowledge Base.Screenshot of With advanced process automation, internal processes can be setup within the help desk, implement them automatically, and make sure that all processes are followed precisely.Screenshot of Instant responses for instant happiness. Respond to customers the minute they reach out with Zoho Desk's embeddable chat widget. Customers can get in touch with agents instantly, right from the Help Center, so agents can respond and help them find answers faster.Screenshot of Monitor a team's performance, customize and schedule reports. Custom dashboards can be created.Screenshot of Zia brings together predictions across anomalies, sentiment, trending ticket tags, and more into a common dashboard for decision-makers to consume. They can drill down further into the details from the same dashboard to investigate further.