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    eDesk

    Score10 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    eDesk is an eCommerce Help Desk purpose built for online sellers. eDesk integrates with marketplaces, channels, webstores and social channels and consolidates them into one shared dashboard. The solution provides tools and order data to help users to speedily turn around issues. eDesk allows users to respond to customer queries and meet their Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with Amazon and eBay. eDesk is designed to provide all the order, product, and delivery data within customer…

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    Zendesk Guide

    Score9.2 out of 10
    N/AZendesk Guide is a smart knowledge base built to help support teams continuously improve content, keep it up to date, and serve it to customers.N/A
    Pricing
    eDeskZendesk Guide
    Editions & Modules
    Shopify Entrepreneurs - 300 Tickets
    $39
    per month 300 Tickets
    eDesk Team
    $69
    per month per user
    eDesk Professional
    $109
    per month per user
    Shopify Entrepreneurs - 2,000 Tickets
    $158
    per month 2,000 Tickets
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    eDeskZendesk Guide
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsThese are yearly plans paid monthly for using eDesk. Month to month plans are available—
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    Community Pulse
    eDeskZendesk Guide
    Considered Both Products
    eDesk
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    Zendesk
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
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    83%
    Implementation went as expected
    5 Answers
    Features
    eDeskZendesk Guide
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of eDesk and Zendesk Guide
    Feature
    eDesk
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Zendesk Guide
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket response10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of eDesk and Zendesk Guide
    Feature
    eDesk
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    23% above category average
    Zendesk Guide
    -
    Ratings
    External knowledge base10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of eDesk and Zendesk Guide
    Feature
    eDesk
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Zendesk Guide
    -
    Ratings
    Social integration7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email support10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score8.4 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    eDeskZendesk Guide
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.4
    (8 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    eDeskZendesk Guide
    Likelihood to Recommend
    eDesk
    Great for companies that sell on marketplaces and want to merge all of their communications. It saves our customer service agents tons of time, and it also connects easily with ChannelAdvisor. It would not be appropriate for a company that does not sell on marketplaces.
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    In our company, we host our benefit articles based on country on our Zendesk Guide. However, these articles should not be seen by employees that are outside their respective article country. For example, an employee that is based in Thailand shouldn't be seeing Malaysia benefits article as employees might compared benefits. With Zendesk Guide, the system allow us to set the configuration of the article so it is only visible Thailand-based employees, and for Malaysia article, only Malaysia-based employees
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    eDesk
    • Easy to use for customers
    • Maintains marketplace standards for communication
    • Is the only platform that offers these services
    • Connects with Channel Advisor
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    • They give us ability to control the whole frontend of the Communities by giving us access to manipulate HTML (in HBS file), CSS and JS
    • They give handlebars templating engine in backend which helps us to show various listing rendered through server side without having need to implement client side rendering of the listing and features.
    • They provide us dynamic content fields, which can be useful for mapping categories or storing category and topic IDs so we don't need to hard code IDs in Sandbox and Production separately.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    eDesk
    • I wish the filters displayed closer to the top of the inbox vs the bottom
    • The new and to-do tabs can be confusing at first
    • Agents must take ownership once in the message; it is not auto-assigned when you click into a message, so there is room for duplication.
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    • Formatting according to our brand guidelines can be tricky
    • Reporting metrics are lacking
    • The user interface can be confusing
    • Their support team takes a long time to respond
    • They have comments open on their KB articles, but almost noone responds, which is frustrating.
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    Support Rating
    eDesk
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    The support is good but can sometime be frustrating to get a quick answer. We end up being sent articles that don't answer the question and then we have to go back and try again
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    eDesk
    They were not even close to offering what xSellco has and the ease of using the platform. eDesk by xSellco is a great price point, is very easy to use, and it also integrates with ChannelAdvisor and Big Commerce, which was a determining factor for us. It also is an Amazon partner and ensures that they are adhering to all of the strict communication rules Amazon has.
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    It is an attribute of Zendesk that allows for easy over the phone communication between agents and customers. It is more personal and allows for better productivity. Phone support from anywhere with reliable internet connection which is essential to call center communication whether in the office or in the home of the agent.
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    Return on Investment
    eDesk
    • Saves agents lots of time
    • Creates better communication with customer with less time in between messages
    • Helps us provide great customer service
    • Has helped us meet marketplace communication standards and receive more feedback/reviews
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    • We used it for multiple customer so we can say ROI of Zendesk Guide is very competitive.
    • Zendesk meet[s] most of the business objective[s], which suits [a]s best product among its competitor.
    • I highly recommend to use Zendesk for knowledge base and tickets and agents.
    Incentivized
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    Screenshot of Multichannel messages are kept in one placeScreenshot of Customer support is faster with AI automationScreenshot of Live Chat to turn online browsers into buyersScreenshot of Key support metrics and trendsScreenshot of A 360° view of buyers to personalize customer serviceProduct screenshot