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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Zoom Events & Webinars

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AZoom Events and Webinars are part of Zoom’s event solutions that uses existing Zoom products to produce interactive and engaging virtual experiences. It combines Zoom Meetings, Chat, and Video Webinars in one solution that enables event organizers to produce ticketed, live events for internal or external audiences of any size.

    $89

    per month 300 attendees

    Pricing
    Zendesk SuiteZoom Events & Webinars
    Editions & Modules
    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
    Zoom Webinars
    starting at $89
    per month starting with 300 attendees
    Zoom Events
    starting at $149
    per month starting with 100 attendees
    Zoom Webinars Plus
    starting at $99
    per month starting with 100 attendees
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Zendesk SuiteZoom Events & Webinars
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details20% discount available with annual pricing.Plans supporting up to 10k attendees available. Discount available for annual billing. Pay-per-attendee available for Zoom Webinars Plus and Zoom Events.
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    Community Pulse
    Zendesk SuiteZoom Events & Webinars
    Considered Both Products
    Zendesk
    No answer on this topic
    Zoom
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    87%
    Would buy again
    123 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    44 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    85%
    Delivers good value for the price
    108 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    37 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    92%
    Happy with the feature set
    131 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    44 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    82 Answers
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    34 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    85%
    Implementation went as expected
    94 Answers
    97%
    Implementation went as expected
    34 Answers
    Features
    Zendesk SuiteZoom Events & Webinars
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Zendesk Suite and Zoom Events & Webinars
    Feature
    Zendesk Suite
    8.6
    187 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Zoom Events & Webinars
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.1186 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expert directory7.9127 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications8.4130 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation7.8131 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission9.3186 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket response9.0185 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Zendesk Suite and Zoom Events & Webinars
    Feature
    Zendesk Suite
    8.5
    169 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Zoom Events & Webinars
    -
    Ratings
    External knowledge base8.5163 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base8.5156 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Zendesk Suite and Zoom Events & Webinars
    Feature
    Zendesk Suite
    8.4
    182 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Zoom Events & Webinars
    -
    Ratings
    Customer portal9.1150 Ratings00 Ratings
    IVR8.076 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social integration7.4119 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email support9.2178 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration8.4138 Ratings00 Ratings
    Online Events Marketing
    Comparison of Online Events Marketing features of Zendesk Suite and Zoom Events & Webinars
    Feature
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Events & Webinars
    9.9
    33 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Branding options00 Ratings10.033 Ratings
    Virtual Event
    Comparison of Virtual Event features of Zendesk Suite and Zoom Events & Webinars
    Feature
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Events & Webinars
    9.2
    7 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Registration, RSVP, and ticketing00 Ratings8.77 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings9.35 Ratings
    Livestreaming00 Ratings9.55 Ratings
    Audience engagement00 Ratings9.77 Ratings
    Event recording00 Ratings9.17 Ratings
    Virtual booths00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Networking00 Ratings9.94 Ratings
    Event analytics00 Ratings9.56 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Zendesk SuiteZoom Events & Webinars
    Small Businesses
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    BigMarker
    Score6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    RingCentral Events
    Score8.6 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Zendesk SuiteZoom Events & Webinars
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (225 ratings)
    8.8
    (87 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (43 ratings)
    2.0
    (3 ratings)
    Usability
    8.6
    (98 ratings)
    9.7
    (13 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.1
    (11 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    5.5
    (31 ratings)
    7.2
    (7 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    6.4
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (19 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Zendesk SuiteZoom Events & Webinars
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Zoom
    Zoom is well-suited for all companies. The functionality can range from basic to supercharged with all the bells and whistles; it is just a matter of what package level works best for you and your company. Having used multiple iterations of Zoom, it really relies on you and your company’s use case.
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    Pros
    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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    Zoom
    • Zoom calendar integration is a great way to see what calls are upcoming
    • Ease of use for screen sharing and video call settings
    • Zoom Workplace is reliable at blocking out external noise that should be muted from actual conversation taking place in calls
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    Cons
    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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    Zoom
    • I wish there were more polling options available in Zoom in general, and this extends to both webinar polling and post-webinar surveys. Could certainly do with a more robust polling feature set.
    • Setting up Registration for Zoom webinars can be very tricky, and I usually advise against webinar registration. The fact that users have to manually download an .ics to add it to their O365 calendars after registering means lots of issues with users attempting to join after registering early.
    • I would have complained about lack of breakout rooms for webinars, or the fact that the practice room can't be turned back on after it was turned off, but Zoom recently implemented webinar breakout rooms plus the Backstage feature, so both of these common complaints are now fully addressed!
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Zoom
    We will be renewing with Zoom as long as it continues to meet our needs for client and lead outreach needs in a robust manner. With little error and an easy to use interface, Zoom has met our needs and exceeded our expectations. The cost is right and with a short learning curve, Zoom has been an easy decision to make and maintain.
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    Usability
    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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    Zoom
    Zoom Events is complex, but gets "almost easy" with experience and good guidance. I tell people, "Hosting a meeting is like driving a car; hosting a webinar is like driving an 18-wheeler; and hosting a Zoom Event is like flying a commercial airliner." You need experience, training, and ongoing guidance to be good at Zoom Events. Zoom has staff that knows everything there is to know about Zoom Events, but finding them and reaching them isn't easy. There aren't many consultants out there that are affordable and experienced.
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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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    Zoom
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Zoom
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    Zoom
    Zoom [Video Webinar] has online web portal where user can take control of the meetings and their settings. It provides details of all the meeting happened and also provides participants list. It has support for webinars and recording also. Zoom [Video Webinar] gave special cloud permissions for paid users also from web portal and that can help in saving disk space.
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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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    Zoom
    No answers on this topic
    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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    Zoom
    Implementation was very feasible during our initial usage of the Zoom after COVID-19.
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Zoom
    Zoom Workplace stacks up better than Microsoft Teams in terms of general meeting capabilities, webinar and live event capabilities, user experience, and how slick it is generally - it's a nicer environment where things feel more intuitive and professional. Teams is laggy and slow, feels outdated. Google Meet doesn't have as many filtering options and nuanced capabilities. Zoom integrates well with a wider tech stack.
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    Scalability
    Zendesk
    WHY we will use Zendesk in HR and PD internally
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    Zoom
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    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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    Zoom
    • Being able to quickly set up and run webinars for our teammates using the templates saves us time which equals money.
    • Using our saved Webinar templates ensures we are keeping on brand and adding the items requested by our legal and branding teams which saves time and frustration for all involved.
    • Webinars allow us to upskill our teammates faster without having to create a stand alone training. We can invite them to a hot topic webinar where they can learn, ask questions, and immediately take action on the topic.
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    Zendesk Suite Screenshots

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