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Forethought AI Agents, by Zendesk

Score9.1 out of 10

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What is Forethought AI Agents, by Zendesk?

Forethought provides customer service automation that helps support teams. It infuses generative AI powered by Large Language Models (LLMs), at each stage of the customer support journey: resolving common cases , predicting and prioritizing cases, and assisting agents with relevant knowledge.

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Who Buys & Uses Forethought AI Agents, by Zendesk

Easy to implement and manage with great results

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Forethought offers agentic AI Solutions for CX teams, easy to build and maintain and with high CSAT results.

We used FT to build our selfservice bot, building autoflow and legacy workflows. We do 60% deflection on chat inquiries, about 10k a week, saving a lot of time and resource (= money).

I found it way easier to implement versus ZD Chat

Pros

  • Workflow Builder
  • Solved Reports - Metrics
  • Identify Gap and suggest solutions.

Cons

  • Intent detection
  • Intent Training
  • BOT Customization

Return on Investment

  • Deflection %
  • AHT
  • CSAT

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Zendesk Chat and Kustomer

Other Software Used

Zendesk Suite, Slack, Notion

Fast and Impactful ROI.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We leverage Forethought to generate insights to improve our knowledge base and automate ticket deflection for common ticket types.

Pros

  • Configurable workflows and automations to drive ticket deflection.
  • Proactively compares the knowledge base with ticket themes to identify improvement opportunities.
  • Dashboarding to track deflection, sentiment, engagement, and other KPI.

Cons

  • More pre-built integrations into common systems.
  • Voice capabilities.
  • More clarity into definition of "solves" upfront.

Return on Investment

  • Positive ROI deflecting over 30% of ticket volume.
  • Ability to hold headcount flat while onboarding more customers.
  • Proactively improving our knowledge base to cut the cost of team members needed to maintain documentation.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Totango

Other Software Used

Zendesk Workforce Management