Webex Contact Center vs. Zendesk Suite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Webex Contact Center
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Cisco 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 Suite
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Zendesk 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
Webex Contact CenterZendesk Suite
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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
Webex Contact CenterZendesk Suite
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details20% discount available with annual pricing.
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Webex Contact CenterZendesk Suite
Features
Webex Contact CenterZendesk Suite
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Webex Contact Center
8.1
41 Ratings
2% below category average
Zendesk Suite
-
Ratings
Agent dashboard9.039 Ratings00 Ratings
Validate callers8.537 Ratings00 Ratings
Outbound response7.032 Ratings00 Ratings
Call forwarding8.938 Ratings00 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)8.535 Ratings00 Ratings
Warm transfer8.638 Ratings00 Ratings
Predictive dialing6.025 Ratings00 Ratings
Interactive voice response8.134 Ratings00 Ratings
REST APIs8.334 Ratings00 Ratings
Call scripts8.834 Ratings00 Ratings
Call tracking8.537 Ratings00 Ratings
Multichannel integration8.236 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM software integration7.636 Ratings00 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Webex Contact Center
8.1
37 Ratings
1% below category average
Zendesk Suite
-
Ratings
Inbound call routing8.335 Ratings00 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing8.033 Ratings00 Ratings
Recording8.935 Ratings00 Ratings
Quality management8.531 Ratings00 Ratings
Call analytics7.832 Ratings00 Ratings
Historical reporting8.335 Ratings00 Ratings
Live reporting8.135 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer surveys7.533 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics7.229 Ratings00 Ratings
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Webex Contact Center
-
Ratings
Zendesk Suite
8.7
167 Ratings
6% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.1166 Ratings
Expert directory00 Ratings8.0113 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings8.5115 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings8.2117 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.3166 Ratings
Ticket response00 Ratings9.2165 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Webex Contact Center
-
Ratings
Zendesk Suite
8.3
150 Ratings
4% above category average
External knowledge base00 Ratings8.2144 Ratings
Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.4137 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Webex Contact Center
-
Ratings
Zendesk Suite
8.6
162 Ratings
8% above category average
Customer portal00 Ratings8.8132 Ratings
IVR00 Ratings8.367 Ratings
Social integration00 Ratings8.0107 Ratings
Email support00 Ratings9.2159 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings8.9122 Ratings
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Webex Contact CenterZendesk Suite
Small Businesses
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 8.3 out of 10
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Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 8.3 out of 10
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Bright Pattern Contact Center
Bright Pattern Contact Center
Score 9.0 out of 10
SysAid
SysAid
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
Webex Contact CenterZendesk Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(42 ratings)
9.0
(197 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.1
(2 ratings)
10.0
(43 ratings)
Usability
8.1
(18 ratings)
8.8
(70 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(14 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(11 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.9
(31 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(10 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(19 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 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
Webex Contact CenterZendesk Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco
It depends on your needs. If you only need simple call flows, consider using Cisco Webex Calling Auto-Attendant. If you require more complex call flows and time-of-day routing, you can utilize Cisco Webex Contact Center. You only have to purchase 1 Agent to use the Call Flow Designer.
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Zendesk
One specific thing I love about Zendesk Suite lately is the ability to use AI "Enhance writing" it allows me to freehand a response and then have it help me sound more formal or friendly, this is very useful, not only for those free handed ones, but also when you need to repeat the same information to a customer, it can help you make it sound slightly different. I don't like that when a ticket comes, even if you have the shortcut to toggle between chat and email, it doesn't actually toggle.
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Pros
Cisco
  • Easy to setup a flow and managing it and make changes without impacting the production system
  • Great analyzer that gives detailed information
  • Provide social channels to reach all the customers regardless of age and social groups
  • Easy to SMS and have communication for customers on the go
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Zendesk
  • UI/UX; mature macros and automations, slick and well thought out UI.
  • Reporting, reporting, reporting. With user, org, and ticket level tags, we can track every aspect of our ticket flow.
  • Extensibility; the app marketplace is a great resource for expanding functionality from the baseline offering.
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Cons
Cisco
  • Better integration with Webex Calling.
  • More on premise features integrated into the cloud solution.
  • Better documentation for pebble templates.
  • Better information for changes and when new features are available. Instead of having to look on the what’s coming webpage alerts or a pop-up inside Webex control hub would be nice.
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Zendesk
  • The development of messaging out of the earlier Chat module is clunky and still has limitations for multi language flows.
  • When creating queries in Explore, you can't search for 'or' conditions, only 'And', meaning you have to build multiple queries and manually add them.
  • You can't download the charts in the reports, they come down as tables and then you have to make your own charts.
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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
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.
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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.
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Zendesk
Zendesk Suite is a straightforward solution that provides agents with everything they need on the same screen. Allowing an agent to navigate one tab, one screen and switch between features, pin favorite features while viewing the customer profile and details in 360degrees. A view like this empowers agents to support customers better and in a more composed state.
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Reliability and Availability
Cisco
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
Cisco
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
Cisco
No answers on this topic
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
Cisco
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
Cisco
No answers on this topic
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
Cisco
Webex Contact Center feels the most modern of the solutions we evaluated. It is an all in one package which required no capital expenditure up front. Webex Contact Center was able to integrate with the AI packages which our IT team investigating for future use. Webex Contact Center was also able to integrate with the CRM packages which we use internally (without the use of a 3rd party connector).
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Zendesk
Zendesk Suite is exceptionally user friendly and highly customisable. Free training for all levels and roles of users which is easy to follow and engaging for users is particularly helpful along with the added support behind the scenes from Zendesk support and the Zendesk community is second to none.
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Scalability
Cisco
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
WHY we will use Zendesk in HR and PD internally
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Return on Investment
Cisco
  • Increasing the number of channels agent can reach out to customers, especially text has shaved off a lot of hours from calling , leaving voicemail and waiting for customers to call back.
  • Less Downtime. No Upgrades or certificate Renewal, so fewer overtime hours.
  • Adoption of new features is now so quick, I don't have to worry about upgrading the Software or even hardware to get new features deployed.
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Zendesk
  • We have been able to deliver IT accurately and onetime
  • Our customers have been able to provide feedback on a given ticket and helped us build a better support structure
  • Zendesk Suite has allowed us to be more efficient in our every day operations
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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 Suite Screenshots

Screenshot of the Zendesk Agent WorkspaceScreenshot of Omnichannel MessagingScreenshot of Zendesk TicketingScreenshot of Bots powered by Zendesk AIScreenshot of Tone shift with Zendesk AIScreenshot of Zendesk ticketing side conversations