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Zendesk

Zendesk for Service

Composite Score

8.2 /10

CX Score

8.4 /10

173 Reviews Write a Review

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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1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2023

1 Top Rated Capabilities

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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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

83 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

93 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+80 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

14% Neutral

83% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Respectful
Acts with Integrity
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 78

Customer Self Service Capabilities

Customer Service Knowledge Management

Contact Center Integration

Agent Scripting

Agent Collaboration

Intelligent Search

Customer Service Workflow Management

Multi Channel Support

Analytics and Reporting

Customer Community Management

Mobile Customer Care

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 76

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

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

Steffan L.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2023

Customer Support Excellence

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Zendesk for Service from other similar products?

Zendesk offers omnichannel support, allowing us to manage customer inquiries from various channels, such as email, chat and other this improves overall satisfaction.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Self service options are available to the end user such as the knowledge base

What do you dislike most about this product?

Whilst Zendesk has a user friendly interface, it can be quite complex to learn how to use all the features and functionalities. This needs to be improved.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would suggest starting with a free trial, take advantage of the platform to review all of its features to see if this will fit your business needs.

Pros

Enables Productivity
Efficient Service
Respectful
Acts with Integrity

Cons

Less Effective Service
Charges for Enhancements
Leverages Incumbent Status

Jessica B.

Role: Vendor Management
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2023

Easy to use

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Zendesk for Service from other similar products?

They definitely have a name recognition- they are a top provider in this particularly area of software as a service

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

How easily it merges and integrates with other software programs. I also feel like it is easy to use and requires little training.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I do think the cost is a little high for as large as they are.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Meet with their sales team, watching any tutorials, take some trainings. You will likely find that it is a software you will use regularly.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Stephanie D.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

Can be confusing until you get used to it.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Zendesk for Service from other similar products?

I have not used other products.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ability for multiple stakeholders to view tickets and interact with customers.

What do you dislike most about this product?

User interface can be confusing.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is a helpful tool, and can fit easily in your tech stack.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

Zendesk for Service Ratings

83 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

93 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+80 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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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Knowledge Management

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Zendesk for Service Reviews

Steffan L.

Customer Support Excellence

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Jessica B.

Easy to use

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Stephanie D.

Can be confusing until you get used to it.

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

Agent Scripting

Agent Collaboration

Intelligent Search

Customer Service Workflow Management

Multi Channel Support

Analytics and Reporting

Customer Community Management

Mobile Customer Care

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training