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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Xactly

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AThe Xactly Intelligent Revenue Platform unifies the full revenue lifecycle into a single system of action to orchestrate and optimize revenue outcomes. Powered by 21+ years of data, the platform’s AI automates workflows and connects data across an existing ecosystem.N/A

    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
    XactlyZendesk 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
    XactlyZendesk Suite
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeRequiredOptional
    Additional Details—20% discount available with annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    XactlyZendesk Suite
    Considered Both Products
    Xactly Corp
    Chose Xactly
    We have used Xactly Express prior to Incent but have not looked at other competitors.
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    Zendesk
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    143 Answers
    87%
    Would buy again
    123 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    96%
    Delivers good value for the price
    122 Answers
    85%
    Delivers good value for the price
    108 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    151 Answers
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    131 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    76 Answers
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    82%
    Implementation went as expected
    85 Answers
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    94 Answers
    Features
    XactlyZendesk Suite
    Analytics and Reporting
    Comparison of Analytics and Reporting features of Xactly and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Xactly
    6.7
    108 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Zendesk Suite
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    Ratings
    Personalized dashboards6.8108 Ratings00 Ratings
    Color-coded scorecards6.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    KPIs6.04 Ratings00 Ratings
    Key Performance Indicator setting7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Benchmarking with external data7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Revenue Forecasting7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Pipeline Analytics7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales ICM
    Comparison of Sales ICM features of Xactly and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Xactly
    7.8
    119 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Zendesk Suite
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    Ratings
    Sales compensation plan creation7.9111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Complex sales crediting8.0108 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales compensation process automation7.6111 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incentive auditing/regulation compliance8.290 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales compensation dashboards & forecasting8.1104 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incentive modeling7.282 Ratings00 Ratings
    Agile incentive strategy7.774 Ratings00 Ratings
    ICM mobile visibility8.166 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Gamification
    Comparison of Sales Gamification features of Xactly and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Xactly
    4.6
    90 Ratings
    45% below category average
    Zendesk Suite
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    Ratings
    Sales contest templates5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom sales contests5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Team competitions5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multiple competitions4.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Contest flexibility4.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales rep view7.690 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile game functionality1.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Game notifications & updates8.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social competition / Game collaboration1.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales game integration to Salesforce1.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales performance reporting7.93 Ratings00 Ratings
    TV streaming5.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Xactly and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Xactly
    -
    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 Xactly and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Xactly
    -
    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 Xactly and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Xactly
    -
    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
    Best Alternatives
    XactlyZendesk Suite
    Small Businesses
    No answers on this topic
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    SAP Sales Performance Management
    Score8.6 out of 10
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    SAP Sales Performance Management
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    XactlyZendesk Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (324 ratings)
    8.7
    (225 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.3
    (51 ratings)
    10.0
    (43 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (29 ratings)
    8.6
    (98 ratings)
    Availability
    8.1
    (10 ratings)
    9.1
    (14 ratings)
    Performance
    1.8
    (13 ratings)
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (26 ratings)
    5.5
    (31 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.2
    (9 ratings)
    6.4
    (10 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    6.0
    (17 ratings)
    9.1
    (19 ratings)
    Configurability
    2.4
    (10 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    1.3
    (8 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    1.5
    (11 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.6
    (8 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.8
    (8 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    XactlyZendesk Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Xactly Corp
    The software is well-suited when it comes to tracking and monitoring your commission estimates. It's an easy, user-friendly way to understand what sales went through, and what sales disappeared. I think it could also be improved by showing what changed. So if I log in one day and I have a sale and the next day that's gone. I think an updated running log on what changed is important, even what's been added, like if I log in, show me like plus, you know, 5,000 in sales or something like that.
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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
    Xactly Corp
    • Xactly Incent allows quick feed changes with Connect.
    • Xactly Incent allows intuitive plan design so that quick changes can be made with plan changes.
    • Document Management allows quick disbursement of plans to reps as well as record management of the plans.
    • Xactly Incent allows visibility to the reps at any time so that they do not have to wonder what their commissions are.
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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
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    Cons
    Xactly Corp
    • Giving more than one manager access to view a participant's data. For dual reporting employees.
    • Would like more flexibility with the Standard Incentive Statement.
    • Easier process for setting up the new year.
    • The drill down function to get to the detailed data is limited to 20 standard columns. Would like it to be customizable by component.
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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
    Xactly Corp
    We have been using Xactly as a primary application to calculate the commissions payout on a daily basis and would continue the same as Xactly Incent meets our requirement. It keeps the process automated and reduces the manual effort to calculate commissions.
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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
    Xactly Corp
    From an admin perspective, the software's usability is high. The different components are organized in a way that is easy to figure out, for example, all elements of a plan are under the Plan Design section. There are some areas where searching within the system is a bit cumbersome because after clicking into a result and back out it clears your filter. I found the software easy to navigate when I first started and the amount of documentation and helpful videos they have on the community and within the University make the system even easier to learn.
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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
    Xactly Corp
    In general the system is nearly always available. But the daily achievement calculation takes a hugh amount of time. therefore it was in the past month sometimes only from midday onwards completely updated and usable for Sales employees. Xactly support was and still is working hard to get it available early mornings. Availablility time has increased a lot. It's now down to around 10 am in the moring
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    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
    Xactly Corp
    Xactly Incent performs extremely well. I have not experienced it "slowing down" when usage is heavy. This is particularly true when it comes to the regular recalculation of credits and commissions. It is not uncommon for Xactly to be dealing with hundreds of thousands of orders/credits in a pay period, but the system handles it well. Xactly recently changed their calculation engine and the speed for regular refreshes increased significantly.
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    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
    Xactly Corp
    They take the time to understand the system. They keep us updated on the status of our cases. Finally, their continued follow up ensuring the initial issue was resolved is very nice. They will not close the case out until they have confirmed that our issue has been completely resolved and fixed.
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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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    In-Person Training
    Xactly Corp
    Awesome product, easy to use during daily activities. Reporting and user experience are very well organised. The sales team also likes this tool for reviewing their commissions at any time, which provides real-time updates. For new hires or mid-hires, the commission calculation is working very efficiently. Every sales-side organisation must have this tool.Awesome product, easy to use during daily activities. Reporting and user experience are very well organised. The sales team also likes this tool for reviewing their commissions at any time, which provides real-time updates. For new hires or mid-hires, the commission calculation is working very efficiently. Every sales-side organisation must have this tool.
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    Zendesk
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    Online Training
    Xactly Corp
    Xactly offers training on new releases on a monthly basis and training on basic principles regularly via registration. My experience with both is that they do not provide the in-depth knowledge necessary to truly master the system and advanced courses still do not go to the level needed to autonomously manage the system and plans. Professional services are a large part of any cloud based service such as Xactly and I feel a reliance on such paid consulting services is a great money-maker for Xactly.
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    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
    Xactly Corp
    Go into implementation knowing how you will handle churn, if there are claw backs, treatment for every type of commission payment (i.e. new business, renewals, etc.) and know your average customer life. You'll also want details by customer for as far back as you can go (within reason).
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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
    Xactly Corp
    Ignoring the contractual issues that we had, Optymyze is very different from Xactly Incent. I would say that both offer high degrees of flexibility, but Xactly requires greater technical knowledge to customize. Optymyze allows administrators to manipulate data in a way similar to Domo or Tableau, allowing someone who is less technical to customize it. Xactly's connect module, on the other hand, requires strong knowledge of SQL to be able to manipulate data. I've been looking to take the training for Connect, so I can't comment on the limitations or flexibility beyond that.
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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
    Xactly Corp
    It's very flexible. In most cases it can be adapted to your needs by programming which may cost extra money. We have a lot of different complans and close to 1.000 employees using Xactly in EMEA. It's mainly used by Sales and Finance
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    Zendesk
    WHY we will use Zendesk in HR and PD internally
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    Return on Investment
    Xactly Corp
    • I am not aware of the company investment, but the overall result is fantastic. Employees visibility to commissions and components of their commissions is great. They have much more accessibility to their numbers and better understanding of how commissions are calculated. They can also review commissions at their convince on the application.
    • There seems to be more employee engagement and satisfaction with the overall commission process and reporting with Xactly Incent.
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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.
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    ScreenShots

    Xactly Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Chat-based AI Assistant interface surfacing compensation insights, attrition risk predictions, and quota recommendations, drawn from 20+ years of proprietary SPM data.Screenshot of a rep-facing incentive statement showing commission earned, quota attainment, and deal-level payout breakdown in a single view.Screenshot of a multi-dimensional forecast view showing deal health scores, risk signals, and AI-generated revenue trajectories across commit, best case, and pipeline categories.Screenshot of a view of territory design decisions that used to take quarters now take days with the coverage visibility and quota alignment field teams need to hit plan.Screenshot of the what-if scenario modeling view with plan variants, projected spend, pay equity impact, and attainment outcomes compared side by side, powered by 20+ years of benchmark data.Screenshot of a single source of truth dashboard for territory assignments, headcount, credits, and quota targets with workflow approvals for mid-year changes built in.

    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