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Zendesk

Zendesk for Service

8.2 /10

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What is Zendesk for Service?

Zendesk streamlines your support with time-saving tools like ticket views, triggers, and automations. This helps you get straight to what matters most – better customer service and more meaningful conversations. Zendesk helps companies empower their customer service agents and sales teams with the tools they need to get the job done right.

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Awards & Recognition

Zendesk for Service won the following awards in the Customer Service - Enterprise category

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0 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2023

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0 Top Rated Features

2022

Zendesk for Service Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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82 Likeliness to Recommend

92 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+79 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Zendesk for Service?

3% Negative

15% Neutral

82% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Respectful
Acts with Integrity
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 78

Customer Self Service Capabilities

Customer Service Knowledge Management

Contact Center Integration

Customer Service Workflow Management

Agent Scripting

Intelligent Search

Agent Collaboration

Multi Channel Support

Analytics and Reporting

Customer Community Management

Mobile Customer Care

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 76

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

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Zendesk for Service Reviews

Priscila S.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2021

Good product! Complete e easy to manage

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Zendesk for Service from other similar products?

There are good features, useful and possible to customize

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Many possibilities to follow results (good metrics management)

What do you dislike most about this product?

Price is something to consider if the company isn't big, especially because most of the differentials are in more expensive plans.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Analyze what you really need and compare it to the features available. This is a great software, but also expensive, then you should use most features to it worths.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service

Cons

Charges for Enhancements

Marvin D.

Role: Operations
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2021

Easy to use and manage

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Zendesk for Service from other similar products?

Can use multiple platform

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

chat, email and reportiing

What do you dislike most about this product?

None at all

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Easy to manage

Pros

Fair
Security Protects
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2021

Good features, but a bit pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

Pros

Reliable
Respectful
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

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Awards & Recognition

Zendesk for Service Ratings

82 Likeliness to Recommend

92 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+79 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Zendesk for Service?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Customer Self Service Capabilities Central product portals, customer-facing resolution wizards and guidance, customer community forums.

Customer Service Knowledge Management Customer and/or agent-facing knowledgebase and search capabilities. Ability to create KBs, FAQs, wikis, and capture effectiveness ratings from customers.

Contact Center Integration Agent desktop, CTI integration. Call scripting, call queuing, prioritization by different support channels.

Customer Service Workflow Management Ticketing and case management capabilities. Automated assignment and escalation, decision trees, guided resolution wizards (ideally GUI drag-and-drop).

Agent Scripting Recommend resolution steps to agents based on machine learning or AI.

Intelligent Search Knowledgebase search with content indexing, and search of external content repositories. Proactive search and auto-suggestions. Natural language processing.

Agent Collaboration Supports live collaboration between agent and customers, among customers (e.g. forums), and among service professionals (e.g. team-based customer service).

Multi Channel Support Integration with email, telephone, and live chat, and with self-service and social media.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Customer Community Management Creation and management of branded and focussed user communities.

Mobile Customer Care Can create custom-branded service applications for customers on a mobile device (preferably native application rather than a responsive design site).

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

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IT Service Management - Midmarket

Zendesk for Service Reviews

Priscila S.

Good product! Complete e easy to manage

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Marvin D.

Easy to use and manage

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Good features, but a bit pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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1
Since last award

Feature Ratings

Customer Self Service Capabilities

Customer Service Knowledge Management

Contact Center Integration

Customer Service Workflow Management

Agent Scripting

Intelligent Search

Agent Collaboration

Multi Channel Support

Analytics and Reporting

Customer Community Management

Mobile Customer Care

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training