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    Zendesk Explore

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AZendesk 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
    Zendesk Explore
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Zendesk Explore
    Free Trial
    No
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Zendesk Explore
    Considered Both Products
    Zendesk
    Chose Zendesk Explore
    Zendesk Explore stands out against Freshchat and Freshdesk for it's deeper analytics capabilities and seamless integration with Zendesk ecosystem. While Freshdesk offers reporting, it lacks on the same level of granular insights and customization that Zendesk Explore provides. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zendesk Explore
    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 …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zendesk Explore
    N/A - the company had already implemented Zendesk Explore when I was hired.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zendesk Explore
    What's good with Zendesk Explore is that data is already provided since it's included in the package. We get the data from Zendesk Support and make a report in Zendesk Explore.

    It provides suggested templates and report formats also which you don't get on the other platforms. …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zendesk Explore
    Zendesk Explore is more user friendly and the software plus maintenance cost is less. The report section is more detailed and no lag while creating report for a large data source. The report segments and formats are editable which make it more convenient to make a report …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zendesk Explore
    We tried other reporting and Zendesk Explore was by far the best as it was already implemented into our support system we were already using; Zendesk. The main selling point for us, is that all of the reports are customizable and that no coding knowledge is needed to build out …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zendesk Explore
    Zendesk Explore is better than Freshservice Analytics. In Freshservice, even though the interface is more attractive, the functions are not as good as Zendesk Explore. Reports and dashboards are hard to build, and the materials to learn are not as good as the materials on …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zendesk Explore
    For support data, we have only used Explore because it came with our ZenDesk membership. So I can't speak to other solutions! That said, it's awesome to have Knowledge Base and support data in one place.
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    Zendesk Explore
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Zendesk Explore
    9.0
    10 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.06 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards9.010 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates9.97 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Zendesk Explore
    6.7
    10 Ratings
    18% below category average
    Drill-down analysis10.010 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities5.110 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages4.85 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration7.110 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Zendesk Explore
    7.8
    10 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Publish to Web6.96 Ratings
    Publish to PDF6.08 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.03 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling8.97 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.04 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Zendesk Explore
    7.1
    7 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)6.66 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization7.16 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics5.55 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining9.43 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Zendesk Explore
    7.3
    10 Ratings
    15% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)8.09 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model8.010 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)6.08 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control8.64 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)6.08 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Zendesk Explore
    7.8
    7 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access6.15 Ratings
    Mobile Application8.32 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.06 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Zendesk Explore
    4.9
    5 Ratings
    45% below category average
    REST API3.15 Ratings
    Javascript API5.04 Ratings
    iFrames6.04 Ratings
    Java API5.04 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)7.04 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)3.13 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Zendesk Explore
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Data Sources
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Zendesk Explore
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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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