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Conversations by NLX vs Zendesk comparison

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

ROI

Sentiment score
4.4
Conversations by NLX boosts efficiency, reduces costs and wait times, and simplifies implementation while enhancing user engagement and metrics.
Sentiment score
6.0
Zendesk delivers cost savings, boosts efficiency, and enhances ticketing and reporting with easy configuration and strong support functions.
Making it production-ready becomes harder because dumping a lot of code does not necessarily speed up the job.
Engineering Manager at WatchdogDevelopment
Our support team is handling roughly half as many routine tier-one tickets as they were before it.
Full Stack Developer at Tundra Technical Solutions
We could handle more projects because of it, so efficiency and time definitely improved.
Data Scientist at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
I can tell you that we probably saved at least three employees full-time with the ticket management and the automation and the macros and the user follow-up being built in.
Consultant and Startup Founder at AimHi Enterprises
Time saved is definitely a benefit because it puts all of our tickets in one spot.
Technical Solutions Lead at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
I feel that Zendesk helped us set up our platform for providing support way faster than other platforms due to its easy configuration.
Junior system analyst at Wevt clous
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.0
Conversations by NLX excels in customer support for registered users; non-registered individuals receive less effective technical assistance.
Sentiment score
6.0
Zendesk offers responsive 24/7 support, rated highly for effectiveness, professionalism, and enhancing user satisfaction despite documentation reliance.
The accuracy of Conversations by NLX is quite strong, particularly when it comes to understanding customer intent and providing relevant information.
Full Stack Developer at Tundra Technical Solutions
I would give a score of nine to the support on a scale from one to ten.
Senior Engineer, Contact Center Practice at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
The team was very quick, and we were able to get responses within a couple of hours.
Solutions Architect at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
There appears to be a lack of connection between the bot and the agents, making it feel scripted rather than helpful.
Technical Support Engineer/ QA at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
The technical support provided by Zendesk has been very satisfactory.
CEO at Etcetera Networks
Their support team from Zendesk is excellent, similar to what you have in Freshdesk.
Customer Success Manager at Mimshackworks Endeavors
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
4.9
Conversations by NLX is praised for seamless scalability, integration, and performance, despite minor scalability challenges occasionally noted.
Sentiment score
7.0
Zendesk scales well, but larger teams may need adjustments; integration is straightforward, though pricing and customization can be challenging.
Since it runs on public cloud infrastructure, it automatically adjusts to handle traffic spikes without any noticeable lag.
Full Stack Developer at Tundra Technical Solutions
It has a seamless integration plugin to enterprise architecture such as Lex, Bedrock, or Contact Lens without disrupting existing backend solutions.
Senior Contact Center Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Regarding Conversations by NLX's scalability, I find that if you are implementing any application or bot, it can scale your application related to performance and influence, depending on the questions asked.
Senior Software Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
We have not hit a peak or a turn yet that Zendesk has not been able to go with us or been able to grow with us in the process, change or pivot that the company is making.
Project Manager III at City of Union City Government
Zendesk can scale from very small companies to very large ones.
CEO at Etcetera Networks
Zendesk's scalability is excellent.
Technical Support Engineer/ QA at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.8
Conversations by NLX is highly rated for its stability and performance, with users noting minimal downtime and strong reliability.
Sentiment score
7.8
Zendesk is stable, reliable, handles high traffic well, with rare outages and praised communication during maintenance and updates.
We rarely experience any downtime that impacts our users.
Full Stack Developer at Tundra Technical Solutions
I have not experienced stability issues.
Senior Tech Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
The stability has been satisfactory, and we were able to quickly test things and evaluate Conversations by NLX platform.
Solutions Architect at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
They are always informing us with a status update and an ETA, and the turnaround time is usually within the same day with no extended downtime that would cause a detriment to our company.
Project Manager III at City of Union City Government
Zendesk is quite stable; we experience major outages only once or twice a year, making it very reliable.
Technical Support Engineer/ QA at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
I did not face any slowdown issue in Zendesk; it smoothly handles a lot of tickets.
Senior Software Developer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
 

Room For Improvement

NLX needs improvements in context management, integration, user interface, security, and language support to enhance functionality and reach.
Zendesk needs improved customization, user-friendliness, pricing clarity, mobile optimization, and expanded communication features for better user satisfaction.
I think the compliance for Conversations by NLX could be checked a little more thoroughly, and the data privacy should be stronger because the European laws are much more focused towards data privacy and data residency.
Solutions Architect at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
I must emphasize the need for more training systems and integration with other platforms such as SRE, CRM systems, ticket systems, and APIs to enhance the functionality of Conversations by NLX and reduce hallucination.
Software Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Having even more robust, out-of-the-box reporting features would also be a fantastic addition for deeper analysis.
Full Stack Developer at Tundra Technical Solutions
Zendesk could actually support HTML on the tickets so we could format our text better than the current options such as size, bold, italic, or underscored, because the text processing is too simple.
Junior system analyst at Wevt clous
Zendesk is missing an AI aspect that could help provide quick answers based on the knowledge housed within the platform.
Technical Support Engineer/ QA at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Zendesk is amazing, and because they are always working on a new upgrade or a new integration, they are very forward-thinking from an engineering perspective.
Project Manager III at City of Union City Government
 

Setup Cost

Conversations by NLX provides flexible feature-based pricing, starting free, with costs based on advanced capabilities and sales discussions.
Zendesk's pricing, viewed as expensive, varies with features and agents, and users should seek tailored solutions from Zendesk.
There is no upfront cost or setup cost.
Senior Contact Center Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Conversations by NLX is doing a great job and having a decent amount for the subscription.
Full Stack Developer at Tundra Technical Solutions
I have not seen a return on investment with similar systems.
Engineering Manager at WatchdogDevelopment
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Zendesk shows that pricing is really affordable compared to other customer management software.
Dental Virtual Assistant at getreach.co
It is not the cheapest solution nor the most expensive, but it provides value for money.
CEO at Etcetera Networks
The experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Zendesk was quite expensive.
Consultant and Startup Founder at AimHi Enterprises
 

Valuable Features

Conversations by NLX enhances customer interactions with flexibility, seamless integration, multilingual support, and intuitive automation, reducing costs and development time.
Zendesk offers ease of use, powerful integrations, customizable dashboards, comprehensive ticket management, and robust security with seamless data exchange.
Conversations by NLX can mimic the tone and emotion, language, and the way a human talks, along with the necessary knowledge a human has for practicing conversations without actually doing it.
Senior Tech Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees
When the bot is not able to resolve an issue, it performs a warm handoff to a live agent, passing the full context of the conversation so that the customer never has to repeat themselves.
Full Stack Developer at Tundra Technical Solutions
Conversations by NLX provides the same kind of web-based studio where you drag and drop blocks, connect them, and wherever required, you write business logic primarily using JavaScript.
Senior Engineer, Contact Center Practice at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
It allows us to handle more support cases with fewer people due to its advanced artificial intelligence capabilities.
CEO at Etcetera Networks
Zendesk is way cheaper than other ITSM platforms such as ServiceNow, providing a good platform at a lower price so we could offer good support with a low budget for the license.
Junior system analyst at Wevt clous
Being able to put response counters on certain tickets and have certain ones that are high priority and have a tighter SLA than lower priority items, being able to categorize them as a question versus an urgent request, and being able to bucket them as feature requests or product enhancements.
Consultant and Startup Founder at AimHi Enterprises
 

Categories and Ranking

Conversations by NLX
Ranking in AI Customer Support
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.4
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Customer Experience Management (8th)
Zendesk
Ranking in AI Customer Support
9th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
70
Ranking in other categories
CRM Customer Engagement Centers (2nd), CRM (5th), Help Desk Software (3rd), IT Service Management (ITSM) (3rd), Reporting (7th), Knowledge Management Software (3rd), AI IT Support (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the AI Customer Support category, the mindshare of Conversations by NLX is 1.0%, up from 0.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zendesk is 1.5%, down from 9.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Customer Support Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Conversations by NLX1.0%
Zendesk1.5%
Other97.5%
AI Customer Support
 

Featured Reviews

Suhas Palani - PeerSpot reviewer
Full Stack Developer at Tundra Technical Solutions
Automation has transformed tier-one support and now reduces wait times while improving handoffs
One area for improvement in Conversations by NLX would be the initial learning curve for setting up some of the more advanced integrations with our older legacy systems. We occasionally encounter small hiccups where the bot has trouble maintaining context across a very long, multi-turn conversation. Having even more robust, out-of-the-box reporting features would also be a fantastic addition for deeper analysis. More comprehensive documentation for Conversations by NLX with more detailed code examples and a more centralized developer hub would make the initial development and debugging process much smoother. The main things holding Conversations by NLX back from a higher score of 9 or 10 are the hurdles we faced during the initial setup with our old legacy systems and the need for more in-depth documentation to support developers. Those context gaps during longer conversations also mean it is not quite at a perfect level yet.
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.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Outsourcing Company
18%
Construction Company
16%
Manufacturing Company
13%
Comms Service Provider
10%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Construction Company
10%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise9
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business37
Midsize Enterprise22
Large Enterprise12
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Conversations by NLX?
I do not have much experience regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing as those aspects were handled by the company. I primarily focus on development and analytics.
What needs improvement with Conversations by NLX?
I believe that Conversations by NLX could benefit from reducing hallucination by expanding training intents and adding more integration possibilities with CRM ticket systems and other platforms. I ...
What is your primary use case for Conversations by NLX?
My main use cases for Conversations by NLX involve customer support and patient services, including rescheduling, booking appointments, and cancelling. For customer support and patient services wit...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zendesk Support?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Zendesk shows that pricing is really affordable compared to other customer management software. The setup is pretty simple as well, but if ...
What needs improvement with Zendesk Support?
Regarding my main use case for Zendesk, it is really easy to use, but one of the cons I have with it is that it takes some time to load information. Most of the time, if a particular candidate has ...
What is your primary use case for Zendesk Support?
On a day-to-day basis, I use Zendesk to track, manage, and work on my cases. I also use it to upload information securely, and this is not only limited to documents but also to images and reports. ...
 

Also Known As

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Zendesk Support, Zendesk Guide, Zendesk Sell
 

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Sample Customers

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Mailchimp, Tesco, Vimeo, Instacart, Mediaocean, Slack, Uber
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