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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Webex Contact Center

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/ACisco Webex Contact Center is a cloud-based omni-channel (e.g. voice, email, and chat) contact center solution providing customer / agent matching, customer service self-service agent, and built-in chat and voice for collaboration between agents.N/A

    Zendesk Chat

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AZendesk Chat (formerly Zopim) is a live chat tool developed by the Singaporean company also called Zopim, acquired by Zendesk in April 2014.

    $11.20

    per month

    Pricing
    Webex Contact CenterZendesk Chat
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Lite
    $0
    per user
    Basic
    $14
    per user
    Advanced
    $25
    per user
    Premium
    $55
    per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Webex Contact CenterZendesk Chat
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—The pricing above is price per user per month. You will get a discount when you opt for annual payment.
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    Community Pulse
    Webex Contact CenterZendesk Chat
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
    No answer on this topic
    Zendesk
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    50 Answers
    94%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    47 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    49 Answers
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    36 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    12 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    41 Answers
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    Features
    Webex Contact CenterZendesk Chat
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Webex Contact Center and Zendesk Chat
    Feature
    Webex Contact Center
    8.5
    50 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Zendesk Chat
    -
    Ratings
    Agent dashboard8.848 Ratings00 Ratings
    Validate callers9.244 Ratings00 Ratings
    Outbound response8.439 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call forwarding9.346 Ratings00 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)7.441 Ratings00 Ratings
    Warm transfer9.046 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive dialing6.530 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interactive voice response8.842 Ratings00 Ratings
    REST APIs8.641 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call scripts8.942 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call tracking8.846 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multichannel integration8.543 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM software integration8.142 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Webex Contact Center and Zendesk Chat
    Feature
    Webex Contact Center
    8.1
    45 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Zendesk Chat
    -
    Ratings
    Inbound call routing8.541 Ratings00 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing7.939 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recording8.441 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quality management8.537 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call analytics8.539 Ratings00 Ratings
    Historical reporting8.442 Ratings00 Ratings
    Live reporting8.042 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer surveys7.538 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics7.434 Ratings00 Ratings
    Chat Analytics and Reports
    Comparison of Chat Analytics and Reports features of Webex Contact Center and Zendesk Chat
    Feature
    Webex Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Chat
    8.4
    5 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Chat history and transcripts00 Ratings8.05 Ratings
    Chat reporting00 Ratings8.65 Ratings
    Chat and web analytics00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
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    Score8.5 out of 10
    Olark
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Genesys Multicloud CX (discontinued)
    Score8 out of 10
    Zoho SalesIQ
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Bright Pattern Contact Center
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Genesys DX (discontinued)
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Webex Contact CenterZendesk Chat
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.2
    (54 ratings)
    7.7
    (23 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (30 ratings)
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Webex Contact CenterZendesk Chat
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    The flexibility of the open APIs makes it easy to adapt the solution to one's needs and requirements. We could create our own solution tailored to our personal needs and create >3.000 highly customized call flows with minimal configuration effort. Including the possibility to implement additional features with a few clicks across all call flows.
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    Zendesk
    Zendesk Chat is suited for all the support teams that provide real-time assistance. Like if someone wants to block the debit/credit card, it is a high-priority case that needs real-time assistance. Whereas issues like close my account, and invoice request doesn't need real-time assistance, where Zendesk tickets support will be perfect.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • The digital channels is one of those. I definitely think the digital channels stands out as a unique product. From a contact center agent standpoint, that when you've got customers, maybe retail customers or that stuff, it's a great fit for that. For anybody who really trying to deal with customers.
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    • Extremely fluid chat interface allows for easy communication.
    • It can be used directly on a website page or as a widget.
    • Allows the end user to translate the chat into their own native language.
    • Notifies you with pending chats via on-screen notifications and sound effects.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • Webex Contact Center fits well when the group of users or agents is larger, but sometimes there are use cases where we might need to use Webex Calling, while still having the features of the Webex Contact Center. Currently, I've been seeing a little shift of features that have been getting rolled out from contact centers to calling. The bridges are becoming closer and closer every day, but it would be great to see the same feature sets in Webex Contact Center and Calling.
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    Zendesk
    • Linking with a telephone, so the agent is only working on 1 channel at a time
    • More simplified way to create and use templates
    • Link users who may have provided us a new/different email from what we have on file for them
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    We are happy with the product, with Cisco as a partner and the roadmap looks mightily impressive. Webex Contact Center is one of our growth areas so we're keen to get more agents on the platform, we want to get more customers on it and we want to make use of all the features and functionalities it offers, so that we can help our customers do what they do best.
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    Zendesk
    Due to staffing issues, we have temporarily stopped offering chat as an available channel. We're also interested in the best ways to integrate chat with our FAQs and AI to provide quick responses, either during off-hours or prior to speaking with a live agent. I've also found that reporting is rather limited where some of the interesting and useful data made available and visible during the chat cannot be pulled post-chat; it would be great to pull a high-level report so we can analyze this data.
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    Usability
    Cisco
    It is great to use Webex Contact Center as it delivers the call routing and workflow for agent and call routing. In addition to this the noise reduction helps to focus attention on the call and with the client. The notes feature and the ability for the transcription really helps with translation and language barriers.
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    As mentioned previously, it's a clunky product that lacks user-friendliness. It feels old and behind the times compared to other products we have used. The inability to have a wrap-up time before a new chat comes in is also a big issue for our team.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    Getting assistance and/or troubleshooting anything with Zendesk can be quite frustrating. In my years of experience with Zednesk, I have almost never found the answer to my question without going through multiple articles, ultimately getting frustrated and reaching out to our contact for more assistance. So for a consumer, the support is not as relieving as Zendesk Chat is to our customers in getting the questions answered by us.
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    Webex Contact Center works great in conjunction with the above product to produce a better system from businesses and more options to reach the maximum number of clients to make the business thrive. It makes it easier to reach all generations and remove any limitation or obstetrical and makes the business have a better chance of success.
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    Zendesk Chat is far more user friendly than some of the other competitors on the market. It has a very all the features that you require to ensure your customers are contacted in 'real time'. Its main tools include a live chat interface for quick communication, customisable chat widgets to fit your brand, mobile responsiveness for all devices, and canned responses for common questions. The platform can also start chats based on visitor actions, like time on a page or exit intent. A real must for any leading company
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • No Capex required for this solution (which makes our CFO very happy)
    • Digital channels are builtin and therefore very easy to deploy
    • The built in CRM integration was missing features so we had to install a thirdparty connector which we had to pay for (and wasn't in our budget) in order to get the features which our business demanded
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    • Positive impact - Compared to our old system, this newly updated system provides features and functionality that has increased our agent productivity and provided customer insight like we've never had before. This has resulted in fewer hold times and higher customer satisfaction.
    • Negative impact - Our reporting team still struggles with obtaining the right information from time to time with the chats. This leads to loss of productivity and more resources dedicated to reporting.
    • Positive impact - Due to Zopim's embed, we are able to more successfully place them on the appropriate self-service portals and pages, reaching a larger audience, and being more readily available to answer our client's questions. This has resulted in an increase in our self-service portal usage, driving down the phone and email support channels, which in turn reduces support costs.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Webex Contact Center Screenshots

    Screenshot of Agent desktop viewScreenshot of View of Analyzer - Dark ModeScreenshot of Contact Center in Control Hub viewScreenshot of Supervisor desktop view

    Zendesk Chat Screenshots

    Screenshot of How Zopim Chat Widget looks on the website.Screenshot of This is how the chat window looks like to your visitorsScreenshot of This is a screenshot of the visitor list.Product screenshot