One of the best support desk apps money can buy
October 10, 2018
One of the best support desk apps money can buy
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Software Version
Plus
Overall Satisfaction with Zendesk
We use Zendesk is our customer support desk. Customers can raised support tickets within our application or via email which is sent to Zendesk. Our support team respond to queries from Zendesk. Other departments such as finance, sales and product can view support tickets and post internal comments to resolve queries. Zendesk helps us manage customer queries in a timely manner while ensuring no queries get lost.
- Customisable ticketing engine - you can specify what fields should be filled on each ticket, if they are mandatory and customise what type of data needs to be entered. This ensures the right data is captured to assist resolve the query. It also means reports can be run from these fields.
- Reporting and analytics - you can run reports based on the ticket data. This helps you understand what product features need to be improved or added, what new help content needs to be created, if particular macros need to be setup, efficiency of support team and more.
- Integrations - Zendesk integrates with billing, CRM and other platforms so customer data is available in-app. This information assists the support team give the right information to the customer.
- Make reporting easier - the reporting engine in Zendesk is very powerful, but at the same time, complicated to use. Would be good if they made creating reports easier.
- Pricing - the pricing plans for Zendesk are quite expensive. There are a range of other systems which provide base level features that match Zendesk.
- Overall, I would say Zendesk has had a very positive impact on ROI. If we tried to use free tools to manage support tickets, we would lose visibility of tickets, lack prioritisation, double handle tickets, misplace attachments/details and miss out on ticket reporting.
- Freshdesk and Intercom
We used Freshdesk when it was a relatively new product. We switched to Zendesk later to take advantage of better user management, easier interface and user experience, better reporting tools and to align ourselves with a recognised brand.
We use Intercom to engage with customers, however have decided not to use it as our support desk as Zendesk has better ticket prioritisation tools and reporting. However we would consider moving to Intercom if they improved their support desk offering so that our team only had to use one system.
We use Intercom to engage with customers, however have decided not to use it as our support desk as Zendesk has better ticket prioritisation tools and reporting. However we would consider moving to Intercom if they improved their support desk offering so that our team only had to use one system.