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Clumio vs Zendesk comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Clumio
Ranking in AI IT Support
8th
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.5
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
Backup and Recovery (20th), Cloud Backup (13th), SaaS Backup (5th)
Zendesk
Ranking in AI IT Support
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
69
Ranking in other categories
CRM Customer Engagement Centers (3rd), CRM (5th), Help Desk Software (3rd), IT Service Management (ITSM) (5th), Reporting (7th), Knowledge Management Software (3rd), AI Customer Support (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the AI IT Support category, the mindshare of Clumio is 1.2%. The mindshare of Zendesk is 3.9%, down from 25.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI IT Support Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Zendesk3.9%
Clumio1.2%
Other94.9%
AI IT Support
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2845605 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees
Ransomware recovery has become validated and protects critical workloads across multiple accounts
The account onboarding process deploys around 20 IAM roles per account, which is heavy. Consolidating those or offering a slimmer permission set for read-only backup (versus full restore) would help with security review friction. Cross-account restore into a target account still requires manual steps for KMS. If Clumio could handle re-encrypting with the target account's CMK during restore rather than requiring Multi-Region Key pre-staging, that would save significant preparation time. Also, the restore API could surface better progress telemetry since right now, large RDS restores are a bit of a black box until they complete or fail. Finally, DocumentDB and MongoDB Atlas backup support would round out our stack nicely.
AmandaSanchez - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant and Startup Founder at AimHi Enterprises
Macros and automation have streamlined workflows and reduced manual effort across support teams
The ability to communicate on the Zendesk ticket through the actual user software, so TOPs, would have been helpful. Somehow seeing a user's ticket history within our app would have been beneficial. That is the only thing that I do not think existed at the time that might have been helpful. Some people struggled with Zendesk, but it was always easy enough to show them how to use it and what they were missing. The only times we really had people report concerns about it was when they did not understand that it could do that or how to use it in that way.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Working with the Clumio/Commvault team has been a very good experience."
"We now have the peace of mind knowing that our entire AWS infrastructure is fully backed up into an air-gapped environment."
"Clumio has a straightforward setup"
"Clumio gave us a genuinely isolated vault that sits outside our AWS Organization's blast radius."
"It has improved our disaster recovery footprint; previously, backups were only stored on premises, and having an offsite backup improves our reliability and security."
"Clumio proved to be the most cost-effective option."
"We have been able to safely and securely save our backups off of AWS."
"Its agility and simplicity are the most valuable features. This tool is very user-friendly."
"Users can create their own tags, and they have their own views which are very nicely organized so they can see what is happening at any given time."
"We chose Zendesk because of its ease of use and the projected ROI."
"It's very convenient to use."
"The most valuable feature is the trackability of incoming requests. The system keeps a comprehensive history of work requests, making it a useful tool for our internal processes."
"Zendesk has had a positive impact on my company by increasing efficiency and also increasing customer satisfaction."
"Largely, we have been happy with its capabilities."
"We have improved the service to clients, creating great support and managing relationships."
 

Cons

"More alignment with Clumio and Commvault branding would have helped us understand the product better during the discovery phase."
"I was not a fan of the buy-up-front model due to the scaling of data size."
"It would be beneficial to show when backups are available and to receive alerts if there are any issues with the backups."
"The account onboarding process deploys around 20 IAM roles per account, which is heavy."
"The credit system can be confusing, but if you talk to your account manager, they can help alleviate those concerns."
"We are still exploring the areas where improvements might be needed."
"They need to improve their SQL backup services"
"There are various aspects of this product that need improvement such as its flexibility, price, and installation."
"My one negative critique would be the user interface. It's pretty busy and isn't the most user friendly; at times it is hard to navigate through or understand where you're at."
"As Zendesk is an international business and has customers world-wide, it would be nice if it would provide 24/7 support."
"There are some edge cases where the simplicity of the platform prevented some unusual workflows, but we worked around it without much hassle."
"The support is not on chat often which is quite frustrating if you want immediate answers but they do respond to tickets within 24 hours."
"We work in print so being able to preview files attached and having larger files (larger than 7MB would be great) would be a welcomed improvement."
"An area of opportunity for Zendesk is probably just when there's a long email chain and everything gets forwarded to support, I know it can be time consuming for them to extract the important information from the email chain."
"You couldn't give administrative access to new hires."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"Zendesk's licensing is not cheap. For Enterprise, we are paying $200 per agent. It's a per-month cost, so it's pretty steep. There are some services you need to pay extra for. For example, with Zendesk Guide, we had to buy the most expensive offering in order to get Multibrand and everything. We also had to pay a lot of money for themes."
"We pay for the solution on a yearly basis and my understanding is that the cost is about $30,000. That's the cost for 24 to 25 agents."
"You have to pay extra for better support. So it's not only the license that you pay for, but you have to pay extra for the support as well."
"From what I hear, Zendesk's pricing is a little expensive."
"The price is very competitive."
"There are different plans that are offered. We are using the entry-level plan. The overall price of the solution should be reduced. The price is too high."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
14%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
9%
Construction Company
11%
Financial Services Firm
9%
Manufacturing Company
8%
Outsourcing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise5
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business37
Midsize Enterprise21
Large Enterprise12
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Clumio?
Price it against the cost of the alternative, not against native AWS Backup. Native backup is cheaper on paper but doesn't give you ransomware isolation. When you factor in the engineering time to ...
What needs improvement with Clumio?
The account onboarding process deploys around 20 IAM roles per account, which is heavy. Consolidating those or offering a slimmer permission set for read-only backup (versus full restore) would hel...
What advice do you have for others considering Clumio?
Invest time upfront in your Terraform module design for Clumio policies. Decide early whether backup frequency is controlled per environment or per caller because refactoring that later across many...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zendesk Support?
I actually have no idea about pricing, setup costs, and licensing. That was provided by our client, so they handled those kinds of things. We were only using the application, so I have no idea abou...
What needs improvement with Zendesk Support?
The time saved or how quickly we resolve tickets now compared to before depends on the situation we are handling. If a customer is facing issues that need some testing in the backend, it takes time...
What is your primary use case for Zendesk Support?
My main use case for Zendesk is for ticketing purposes. I was replying to customers over Zendesk, and I was also using Zendesk for live chat purposes. As a specific example, suppose a customer is f...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

No data available
Zendesk Support, Zendesk Guide, Zendesk Sell
 

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Sample Customers

Cava Restaurants, Pacific Dental Services, Defiance Digital, Frogslayer, Motion Picture Associations, Point Loma, Club Assist, Immigrant Services Calgary (ISC), Lakeside Process Controls, Maple Reindeers
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Find out what your peers are saying about Clumio vs. Zendesk and other solutions. Updated: June 2026.
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