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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cyfe

    Score4 out of 10
    N/ACyfe is all-in-one dashboard software for analyzing data from online services like Google Analytics, Salesforce, AdSense, MailChimp, Amazon, Facebook, etc, from Traject.

    $29

    per month

    Zendesk Suite

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AZendesk is a customer support solution with built-in ticketing, conversational messaging, and live chat, designed to help businesses of all sizes and industries deliver personalized service at scale. Zendesk's AI agents are trained in CX to help Service teams resolve customer issues faster and more accurately while still providing a human-centered experience. Zendesk ultimately aims to help businesses improve time to value, reduce effort per ticket, and keep costs low.

    $69

    per month per agent

    Pricing
    CyfeZendesk Suite
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $29
    per month
    Standard
    $39
    per month
    Pro
    $65
    per month
    Premier
    $119
    per month
    Suite Team
    $69
    per month per agent
    Suite Growth
    $115
    per month per agent
    Suite Professional
    $149
    per month per agent
    Suite Enterprise
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    CyfeZendesk Suite
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—20% discount available with annual pricing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    CyfeZendesk Suite
    Considered Both Products
    Traject
    No answer on this topic
    Zendesk
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    87%
    Would buy again
    123 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Delivers good value for the price
    108 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    131 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    94 Answers
    Features
    CyfeZendesk Suite
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Cyfe, by Traject and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Cyfe, by Traject
    6.6
    28 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Pixel Perfect reports6.817 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards4.028 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates9.120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Cyfe, by Traject and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Cyfe, by Traject
    7.2
    26 Ratings
    11% below category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Drill-down analysis8.715 Ratings00 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages10.09 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration2.026 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Cyfe, by Traject and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Cyfe, by Traject
    5.0
    23 Ratings
    49% below category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Publish to Web4.015 Ratings00 Ratings
    Publish to PDF4.021 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Versioning6.89 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling1.017 Ratings00 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers9.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Cyfe, by Traject and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Cyfe, by Traject
    7.2
    19 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)3.018 Ratings00 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.614 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics10.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Cyfe, by Traject and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Cyfe, by Traject
    7.1
    22 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Multi-User Support (named login)10.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model6.314 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)8.416 Ratings00 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control1.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.76 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Cyfe, by Traject and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Cyfe, by Traject
    9.3
    19 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Responsive Design for Web Access9.418 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Application10.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile7.713 Ratings00 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Cyfe, by Traject and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Cyfe, by Traject
    7.0
    7 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    REST API8.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Javascript API10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    iFrames2.05 Ratings00 Ratings
    Java API10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)5.94 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)5.83 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Cyfe, by Traject and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Cyfe, by Traject
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Suite
    8.6
    187 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.1186 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings7.9127 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings8.4130 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings7.8131 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.3186 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings9.0185 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Cyfe, by Traject and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Cyfe, by Traject
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Suite
    8.5
    169 Ratings
    6% above category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings8.5163 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.5156 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Cyfe, by Traject and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Cyfe, by Traject
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Suite
    8.4
    182 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings9.1150 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings8.076 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings7.4119 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings9.2178 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings8.4138 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    CyfeZendesk Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (29 ratings)
    8.7
    (225 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (9 ratings)
    10.0
    (43 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.6
    (98 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (14 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    5.5
    (31 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (10 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (19 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    9.1
    (27 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sources
    8.3
    (27 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    CyfeZendesk Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Traject
    Cyfe might be for you if you are looking for a cost-effective way to display all of your marketing metrics in one place. If you are looking for a detailed, fine-tuned, niche, or extremely specific metrics, this might not be the best solution. Cyfe is good for a general health check-up of marketing, but not a finely tuned examination.
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    Zendesk is good for small teams where work is not passed along to internal teams or situations where escalations lead to further customer interactions and no further oversight is needed. It is weak as a product for larger and medium-sized companies, where processes are in place that are not aligned with its workflow, as it is a very rigid tool.
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    Pros
    Traject
    • Has preset metric groups that pull similar stats together in one "bucket" saving you the time of setting up each stat-line one by one
    • Allows you to easily adjust the timeframe for what stats you want to see, so you can find YOY stats or just last month's stats rather quickly
    • Colored visualizations of stats make it easy to notice when campaigns are taking off
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    Zendesk
    • Merging of the tickets with similar issues, it is easy to avoid confusion
    • Al global team somehow gets connected with different ways like Slack, with the Zendesk Suite which is so easier to highlight & the issue quickly
    • The best thing is that this tool gives you to send the message via chat-, email, call through the one single platform
    • Now AI has been added so it works good
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Traject
    • I'd love to see additional functionality to customize colors. The light/dark option is very nice, but a little more flexibility in the colors would go a long way, especially if it was possible at the dashboard level rather than just the account level. Along the same lines, being able to customize the charts a little more, for example being able to show an x-axis on single data type graphs, could make them easier to read in some cases.
    • Being able to choose to report on converted clicks or conversions in AdWords would be helpful.
    • Needs the ability to show the date range on the shared URL dashboards. Would be even better if the date range was adjustable on that view, too.
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    Zendesk
    • Is there a way for AEs and CSMs to be informed in a weekly summary of all their accounts and any tickets? Example: Disney submitted a ticket on XYZ. Google has an urgent issue on X still unresolved.
    • Is there a way for CSMs or AEs to have a Dashboard that's specific to their accounts instead of seeing all the tickets in the queue that are not relevant to them?
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Traject
    It has become a part of our internal tools so unless a competitor comes out with similar functionality as a similar price point it is unlikely that we would not renew. One area that would cause us not to renew would be if a competing service came out with more third-party integrations that match our needs. Price at this point is no longer an issue as it would allow us to automate a somewhat manual process that we have now connecting Cyfe widgets to Google Sheets.
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    Zendesk
    Zendesk is an amazing tool for communicating with your customers easily. The communication tickets from sellers to us or from us to sellers are stored, and there are statuses used to make communication easy. We have internal conversations between departments, linked with useful software such as Zingtree, Talkdesk, and Webs.
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Traject
    I gave it a rating of 7 because it does a good job at what it does, but there are missing that are missing which I would have benefited from. For instance, if I was able to drill down more on the specific metrics I was able to see, that would have been helpful.
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    Pros: The agent interface is sleek, contemporary, and relatively easy to learn compared to many other enterprise tools. For common tasks, admins are given point-and-click options- adding fields, modifying workflows, constructing macros. The knowledge base (Guide) editor is easy to use for non-developers. Drawbacks: Once you move past the initial things - complex automations, reporting/analytics in Explore, and/or customizations integrating the API, it requires much more advanced training to use successfully. Navigating between the different modules (Support, Explore, Chat, Guide) can feel very disconnected; often you are reminded that it really is a "suite" of products brought together -not really one unified platform. If you're using multiple brands managing simultaneous support tickets, or heavily customizing workflows to meet your brand, you may run into a bit of struggle with usability. So: it's a lot more user friendly than the palaces (Salesforce Service Cloud, ServiceNow), but is not used as quickly or with as much streamlined flow as a product made for a small shop. So if you are looking for a great balance, this is a good option if you are a net new organization or an organization on their way to scaling from 15 - 50 employee. Expect some elbow grease from the admin team once learning, adapting, and working efficiently once you move past the basics with your support tickets and initial customizations.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Traject
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    In the past year, I'd say I have only noticed maybe two hours total of downtime in my own usage. Very minimal.
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    Performance
    Traject
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    There has been minor performance degradation on a very few days out of the two years I have been using the product.
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    Support Rating
    Traject
    Because I had a very minor question and I was able to speak directly to the founder through LinkedIn and through email. I know that as they grow this may not always be an option but the fact that he made himself available to answer my questions said a lot about his passion for the product.
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    Zendesk
    We rarely need to contact their support team, but when we do they are responsive. However there have been notable times when communication between myself and the support rep was challenging despite me providing clear explanation of the issue, screenshots, and a thorough explanation of the goal we hope to achieve. It took several back and forth attempt, on a few occasions, to get resolution on an otherwise simple request
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    Online Training
    Traject
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    Zendesk has tons of available material for training - videos, webinars, articles, etc. The only reason this is not a 10 is because it can be hard to figure out how to navigate to these things and find what you are looking for.
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    Implementation Rating
    Traject
    Cyfe is a 15 minutes implementation, then some time to get your data sources created. This is an easy one person job that will not result in down time or unnecessary wasted man hours.
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    Zendesk
    I was very satisfied. They have a free trial for 30 days and I recommend you do that and use it. It is very easy to get started with the basics and the build on over time.

    The only thing technically complex was single sign-on and integration to Salesforce.com required some tweaks – otherwise setting up system was very easy
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    Alternatives Considered
    Traject
    The Salesforce dashboard is comparably flexible and intuitive, but designed more to its internal CRM focus. SumAll shares the social media dashboard capabilities, but lacks all others. Its interesting feature is side-by-side graph analysis for cross-channel performance. Cyfe might borrow from SumAll's default weekly email summary of performance from the dashboard, but implementation could be too complex. Nuvi dashboard is exclusively for social media marketing, but lacks Cyfe's flexibility for third party integration and window customization settings.
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    Zendesk
    At the time of evaluation, Dynamics had extremely limited knowledge and support capabilities. The UI is clunky, and reporting requires a deep understanding of the underlying data structure. Ongoing maintenance was costly and didn't provide a positive ROI in any sense of the term.
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    Scalability
    Traject
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    WHY we will use Zendesk in HR and PD internally
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    Return on Investment
    Traject
    • Cyfe allows us to provide real time data to our clients
    • Cyfe allows us to provide detailed analytics to our clients showing actual results
    • Cyfe reduced our need to provide monthly "reports" to our marketing clients
    • Cyfe allows us to have better situational awareness and know what is going on throughout our multiple organizations
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    Zendesk
    • More than anything, provided a boost to our perceived professionalism. The portal is a massive improvement on email only support.
    • Workflow optimization via macros and automations has enhanced response times and raise our 'first call resolution' metric.
    • Speaking of metrics; having them at all! Before Zendesk Suite we were email only so had no insight into agent and vendor performance.
    Incentivized
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