Zendesk Suite

Overview
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Zendesk Suite
Score 8.2 out of 10
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The Zendesk Support suite is a cloud-based customer support software built for better customer relationships. Designed to improve customer satisfaction and to support customers on any channel: text SMS, web, mobile app, phone, email, social media. The vendor states more than 200,000 companies such as Uber, Groupon, Box, Airbnb, and Slack are using Zendesk to lower their support costs, raise productivity, and increase customer satisfaction. Zendesk offers a full suite of products to meet customer…
$55
per month agent
Pricing
Zendesk Suite
Editions & Modules
Support Team (Foundational Support Only)
$19
per month agent
Suite Team
$55
per month agent
Support Professional
$55
per month agent
Suite Growth
$89
per month agent
Suite Professional
$115
per month agent
Support Enterprise
$115
per month agent
Suite Enterprise
$169
per month agent
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Zendesk Suite
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Zendesk Suite
Considered Both Products
Zendesk Suite
Chose Zendesk Suite
rt4 was a ticketing system I used previously. For the level of functionality we need which is B2B ticketing with multi-agent and multi-client tickets, it would be perfect.
Zendesk is a lot prettier than rt4 but not free. The sole reason we are still using Zendesk is that it was …
Chose Zendesk Suite
To set up a service cloud for Salesforce, you need much more work and a dedicated person to do it. For Zendesk Suite, you just need a couple of hours and you are done, but again that really depends on where your customer data is stored, if your data is in Zendesk Suite, you are …
Chose Zendesk Suite
Mainly falls on familiarity as I have been using Zendesk for more than 10 years now. The timeline was a bit strict during deployment quarters hence we have decided to go with the less friction software to be deployed. Additionally, Zendesk on agent's view is user-friendly which …
Chose Zendesk Suite
We were looking for a very easy-to-understand platform so that our agents could only focus on helping customers more than learning how to use their systems. It basically was exactly what Zendesk meant to us, I am really glad we used that system.
Chose Zendesk Suite
If spoken honestly Intercom is a level-par with any nearest competitor, Tools like Zendesk has to catchup with them in speed. However, there is an advantage to Zendesk with its simple and easy-to-get software which falls in every mid and small-size business pocket wherein …
Chose Zendesk Suite
I used Salesforce for opening and tracking customer support requests at another company. The key advantage Zendesk has over Salesforce is that Zendesk is designed specifically for customer support management and it's easy to get started right out of the box.
Chose Zendesk Suite
Zendesk is the industry leader in terms of the number of other platforms you can connect it with (CRM's, Customer Success Tools, Billing Tools, etc)—this makes it extremely sticky and a core part of your workflow. Zendesk also offers a variety of channels all in the one …
Chose Zendesk Suite
Overall, the ease of system admin that is done within the Support team, the reasonable license cost for multi-channel support and ability to create custom brand dashboards and needed reports, along with the helpful client support we get- made it an easy decision to purchase and …
Chose Zendesk Suite
In my experience, I prefer Zendesk Support Suite over Salesforce. I feel that it's much more user friendly across the board. My biggest complaint is the user navigation frustrations that I run into with Salesforce. I feel like Zendesk Support Suite is much more intuitive on …
Chose Zendesk Suite
As long as I have worked at the company they have always used Zendesk support so I am not aware of other products other than zendesk support suite.
Chose Zendesk Suite
Salesforce is far more established but the price tag was too high for our small team. I would be surprised if we didn’t migrate to Salesforce when our team reaches a certain size
Chose Zendesk Suite
Zendesk has been easy to implement and evolve over time. They have launched more online Client learning sessions and occasionally offer in-person local client group sessions to aid in our learning. They offer their training modules for free. The key is we can create the needed …
Chose Zendesk Suite
Although a bit pricey, it does the job well. We are happy with the results it provides; our team is also quite satisfied on how easy it is to use, login and start working. Compared to the other two we have tried, Zendesk takes the cake. It makes Customer Management much easier, …
Chose Zendesk Suite
Hubspot cannot integrate directly via SDK into mobile apps or web apps. hubspot has other nice features but their service offering lacks some of the most important elements for us.Zendesk allows our customers to efficiently submit support requests both from our web-based cloud …
Chose Zendesk Suite
Zendesk support is your one-stop shop for managing customers via the customer support portal that has a slew of products available for use via several channels, depending on your particular need may it be email messaging, chat messaging, or voice, and it is quite superior …
Chose Zendesk Suite
Zendesk has much more functionality on the canned responses so the team saves time in selecting the repeated small issues and reduces the chance of error, or the team member frankly getting bored.
Secondary the tickets system is far superior to Intercom especially how it keeps …
Chose Zendesk Suite
Zendesk Support Suite has a better visual way to organise different categories of tickets. It allows us to track missed calls, unresolved tickets and resolved tickets a lot better compared to Hubspot. I am just a user of Zendesk Support Suite but I assume that we selected …
Chose Zendesk Suite
I started in the company with Zendesk Support Suite already, so experience with it was an easy learning curve. Freshservice is just as good as well. The GUI interface is friendly to look at and easy on the eyes. When you're in support and [staring] at the screen all day, …
Chose Zendesk Suite
I prefer Zendesk, though I find engineers are often in Jira. Zendesk is, in my opinion, far easier to navigate, but that might just be my personal preference and comfort with the application. Both maintain a history/record of who and what, but I think Zendesk is more intuitive, …
Chose Zendesk Suite
Zendesk is an absolute joke. Do not be fooled by their account reps, you will not get support and unless you have someone on payroll dedicated to solely dealing with this janky platform, you will be pulling your hair out. Even then, they make even the most simple task …
Chose Zendesk Suite
We used Zendesk Support Suite for adding Customer Community to increase customer engagement and decrease company support costs by decreasing customer support executives. Zendesk is a great platform for community development and information circulation. It offers a lot of …
Chose Zendesk Suite
Terrible in my opinion.
Chose Zendesk Suite
Well, now that we paid for a year, we don't have any choice but I don't know if it was the best choice because I repeat, nobody is responding from Zendesk's part.
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
Zendesk Suite
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Zendesk Suite
8.2
113 Ratings
4% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets8.5112 Ratings
Expert directory7.269 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications7.475 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation8.171 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission9.2113 Ratings
Ticket response8.8112 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Zendesk Suite
8.1
100 Ratings
4% above category average
External knowledge base8.096 Ratings
Internal knowledge base8.289 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Zendesk Suite
8.1
111 Ratings
5% above category average
Customer portal7.685 Ratings
IVR8.136 Ratings
Social integration7.367 Ratings
Email support8.7109 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration8.679 Ratings
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User Ratings
Zendesk Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(151 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(40 ratings)
Usability
7.7
(24 ratings)
Availability
8.6
(13 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(10 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(29 ratings)
In-Person Training
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
7.9
(9 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(18 ratings)
Configurability
9.3
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Zendesk Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
Zendesk
Inbound messaging it is top notch, it does it well and couldn't imagine anyone's program doing it better. Like I said before been using ZenDesk for over 7 years and absolutely love it. We use the talk feature with the phone very limited so Zen works fine for us, but if I was running an inbound or outbound call center I don't believe Zen has all the functions I would want as a manager. For limited phone use and mostly email, text, and even web chat, ZenDesk works great. Having the iOS App is so great and flexibility with notifications allows my team to be "on call" anytime without unnecessary interruptions
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Pros
Zendesk
  • Reporting and Analytics
  • Ease of Agent Training and Use
  • Able to add multiple brands with related custom reports and dashboards
  • Adding a new brand and basic help center is easy to do without the need of an expert or web team
  • Ability of agents and supervisors to see customer history across multiple channels
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Cons
Zendesk
  • I think the Graphical User Interface could use a facelift. It not the most aesthetically pleasing platform in my experience.
  • Particular things like where the default is when you click on each and every dropdown menu.
  • The macro integration could be a little more simplified.
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Likelihood to Renew
Zendesk
Zendesk is super easy to use and navigate. I really enjoy the sleek layout, the ability to tailor tickets, the macro option, and the quick key guide they have to make your use of time even more effective. My whole team loves working with Zendesk and rarely ever has problems.
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Usability
Zendesk
As an agent it's very simple to use. As an admin it's also easy to use, but sometimes lacks some functionality that would be nice to have such as expanded native 2 way sync functionality for many major apps that are commonly used today like HubSpot and Salesforce. The ability to add followers to tickets to they get updates and are in the know without the customer seeing this agent cc'd is a nice touch. This ensures additional visibility and easily following the communication without having to appear as a CC to the customer, who could accidentally remove that person in a response, thus breaking the visibility
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Reliability and Availability
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
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
Zendesk
Every time I contacted them they were not only very responsive and knowledgable, but always seemed to have a positive upbeat attitude. It probably helps that we did not have significant service outages or sev 1 level issues, but even my lower severity issues were quickly answered. And the positive and upbeat attitude really made things feel comfortable.
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Online Training
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
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
Zendesk
If spoken honestly Intercom is a level-par with any nearest competitor, Tools like Zendesk has to catchup with them in speed. However, there is an advantage to Zendesk with its simple and easy-to-get software which falls in every mid and small-size business pocket wherein Intercom is way too expensive and needs a tech admin to customize the product. The kick-starting feature with negligible configuration made Zendesk the ideal choice of our organization + the budget fell under our expenses.
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Return on Investment
Zendesk
  • The positives weigh more than the negatives here, as it gives us a one-stop portal where we can tend to customer needs using one web app
  • It has also helped us identify areas of improvement based on the reporting feature
  • The value it provides outweighs any missing or lacking features that I'm sure will be available in the future
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ScreenShots

Zendesk Suite Screenshots

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