Visual KPI vs. Zendesk Explore

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Visual KPI
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Visual KPI is a business intelligence software offering from Transpara.N/A
Zendesk Explore
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Zendesk offers Explore, a business intelligence and customer analytics tool which integrates with the Zendesk suite featuring ticket analytics, custom fields, dashboards, and other features. Zendesk is migrating customers of the BIME analytics product, which is approaching end of support, to Zendesk Explore in 2019.N/A
Pricing
Visual KPIZendesk Explore
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Visual KPIZendesk Explore
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Features
Visual KPIZendesk Explore
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Visual KPI
8.2
2 Ratings
0% above category average
Zendesk Explore
9.0
10 Ratings
10% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports7.32 Ratings7.46 Ratings
Customizable dashboards9.12 Ratings9.610 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates8.22 Ratings10.07 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Visual KPI
8.4
2 Ratings
5% above category average
Zendesk Explore
7.8
10 Ratings
3% below category average
Drill-down analysis9.12 Ratings9.710 Ratings
Formatting capabilities9.12 Ratings7.310 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages8.22 Ratings5.45 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration7.32 Ratings8.710 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Visual KPI
8.2
2 Ratings
1% below category average
Zendesk Explore
8.2
10 Ratings
1% below category average
Publish to Web9.12 Ratings7.66 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.12 Ratings7.28 Ratings
Report Versioning8.22 Ratings9.03 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.22 Ratings9.07 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers6.42 Ratings8.44 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Visual KPI
7.6
2 Ratings
4% below category average
Zendesk Explore
7.6
7 Ratings
4% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)8.22 Ratings7.26 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.12 Ratings7.46 Ratings
Predictive Analytics5.52 Ratings6.25 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings9.43 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Visual KPI
7.3
2 Ratings
15% below category average
Zendesk Explore
8.2
10 Ratings
4% below category average
Multi-User Support (named login)7.32 Ratings8.99 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model7.32 Ratings8.910 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)7.32 Ratings6.88 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)7.32 Ratings7.68 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.94 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Visual KPI
7.8
2 Ratings
1% below category average
Zendesk Explore
8.0
7 Ratings
2% above category average
Responsive Design for Web Access7.32 Ratings6.65 Ratings
Mobile Application8.22 Ratings8.42 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.01 Ratings9.06 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Visual KPI
8.0
1 Ratings
3% above category average
Zendesk Explore
5.7
5 Ratings
31% below category average
Themeable User Interface (UI)8.01 Ratings6.74 Ratings
REST API00 Ratings4.95 Ratings
Javascript API00 Ratings5.84 Ratings
iFrames00 Ratings5.94 Ratings
Java API00 Ratings5.54 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings5.23 Ratings
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Visual KPIZendesk Explore
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Jaspersoft Community Edition
Jaspersoft Community Edition
Score 9.7 out of 10
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Score 9.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
Visual KPIZendesk Explore
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(2 ratings)
9.7
(10 ratings)
Usability
9.1
(1 ratings)
8.0
(3 ratings)
Support Rating
9.1
(1 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Visual KPIZendesk Explore
Likelihood to Recommend
Transpara
[Visual KPI is well suited for:] 1. Maintenance or field worker in oil & gas/chemical/ process industry mostly; machines status on the map & functionality for tracing exact location of the machines. 2. Key personnel of the site is always in move within the site/plant; useful for monitoring key performance indicators of the plant 3. KPIs to be built based on multiple data sources as well as integration with ERP tool
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Zendesk
Zendesk Explore is well suited for tracking ticket flow, agent performance, and customer satisfaction providing valuable insights into response and resolution time, workload and support quality. Particularly useful for monitoring ticket handling for different teams. Helps ensure accountability by tracking how long tickets remain assigned before being reassigned to another group. Drill down capability helps identify support bottlenecks. However, it is less appropriate for real time monitoring as it lacks real time data updates making it unsuitable for instant decision making.
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Pros
Transpara
  • The latest user interface makes it easier to use.
  • The search function helps find projects quickly.
  • It covers a lot of areas of your business so there is intrinsic value to how robust it is.
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Zendesk
  • Zendesk Explore is easy to use.
  • Zendesk Explore allows users to create custom metrics.
  • Zendesk Explore allows users to create custom attributes.
  • Zendesk Explore is easy to learn.
  • Compared to other analytics function of other Ticket Management System, Zendesk Explore is probably the best as of now.
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Cons
Transpara
  • Intelligent prediction & AI
  • Deep integration is limited to OSISoft's PI AF; bit time consuming for large integration for other historians > mapping hierarchy
  • Template to create Apps like OEE, Cycle time etc for rapid deployment
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Zendesk
  • Some aspects of Zendesk, in general, are not super intuitive. The same goes for Zendesk Explore. And, while you can google answers and hope you find something helpful, there isn't a great way to learn to get the full potential out of the product unless you want to pay for someone from your team to take a class (which costs several hundred dollars).
  • To piggyback off the last point, if you would prefer to get help from a Zendesk expert, you'll find that there is almost no customer support available to you. For a company that aims to help other companies help their customers, this has always struck me as odd. Again, Google is your friend and beyond that, you're mostly out of luck.
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Usability
Transpara
1. At large it was successful implementation. - [Users] are empowered to find out performance measures easily - issues like machine downtime, trend analysis, location specific downtime information, roll out functionalities, up time of the machines or area, alert based on run hour of the machines/ pumps, manual data entry to capture reason code for any downtime
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Zendesk
I rate Zendesk Explore 8 out of 10 for it's overall usability because it offers powerful reporting and analytics with an easy to navigate interface and intuitive dashboards. It helps improve customer satisfaction by providing valuable insights into ticket handling, agent performance and customer satisfaction. Though the complex query builder can be challenging for non technical users.
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Support Rating
Transpara
1. Online documentation 2. How to do videos 3. Very supportive customer support 4. Excellent & user centric sales team
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Zendesk
Support for all of Zendesk has exceeding my expectations. This company will always get a 10 out of 10 in my book. Any question you have they make sure you have the answer plus a step-by-step guide on how to do each step so you are set up for success!
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Alternatives Considered
Transpara
Most of these products serve as the master source for managing data, but they all seem to have their own focus for what kind of data and metrics they monitor, visualize and analyze. I think Visual KPI holds its own against the competition because it serves so many purposes for so many departments at your organization.
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Zendesk
I selected Zendesk Explore only to provide an easy and quick access for my managers and supervisors regading metrics and volume trends. Is not the most flexible nor complete data visualization tool, but works well for day-to-day follow ups. You need to use another tool if you want to see long-term patterns (e.g. month over month volume trends) and you need another platform if you want your interaction metrics to interact with other important factors of the business
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Return on Investment
Transpara
  • Duration to realize the benefit is less
  • OpEx requirement is steady since system is very robust
  • Minimum to no training required for users; VisualKPI is very intuitive
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Zendesk
  • Money saved due to proper staffing.
  • Happier Staff- proper staffing ensures no one is overworked.
  • Ability to quickly pinpoint where issues are and why.
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