Salesforce Community Cloud vs Zendesk comparison

The compared Salesforce and Zendesk solutions aren't in the same category. Salesforce is ranked #3 in CP , and holds a 19.3% mindshare in the category. Zendesk is ranked #5 in ISM , with an average rating of 7.3, and holds a 4.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Salesforce users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 91% of Zendesk users who would recommend it.

Salesforce Community Cloud

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100% willing to recommend

Zendesk

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91% willing to recommend

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Executive Summary

We performed a comparison between Salesforce Community Cloud and Zendesk based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Community Platforms solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.

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Salesforce Community Cloud vs. Zendesk

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Categories and Ranking

Salesforce Community Cloud

Average Rating

9.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Community Platforms (3rd), Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) (5th)

Zendesk

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

6.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

CRM Customer Engagement Centers (4th), CRM (9th), Help Desk Software (4th), IT Service Management (ITSM) (5th), Reporting (10th), Knowledge Management Software (3rd), AI Customer Support (20th), AI IT Support (5th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Customer Relationship Management solutions, they serve different purposes. Salesforce Community Cloud is designed for Community Platforms and holds a mindshare of 19.3%, up 16.7% compared to last year.
Zendesk, on the other hand, focuses on IT Service Management (ITSM), holds 4.8% mindshare, up 3.9% since last year.

Community Platforms Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Salesforce Community Cloud	19.3%
Sprinklr	16.1%
Zendesk	13.5%
Other	51.099999999999994%

Community Platforms

IT Service Management (ITSM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Zendesk	4.8%
ServiceNow	15.8%
JIRA Service Management	7.3%
Other	72.1%

IT Service Management (ITSM)

Featured Reviews

Julio Divietro

Customer success manger at Peletex

Helps us with sales management of customer life cycles with good business intelligence

Our primary use case for the solution is sales management of customer life cycles. We deploy the solution on cloud The stability and ease of use are valuable. Additionally, the granularity of the tool provides a great experience because of the several variables we can manage during the process.…

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AmandaSanchez

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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Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"All the business intelligence included in the tool gives more information about the cycle of the sales stage."

"What I found most valuable in Salesforce CRM is its reporting feature because it's extensive and it's very accurate. I also like that you can move opportunities by stages. I find that feature very important and very useful because it helps you understand where opportunities get stuck, and at what stage it is currently."

"The feature to move over my customer experience team tickets for different specialists is very valuable for my team."

"Time saved is definitely a benefit because it puts all of our tickets in one spot."

"Zendesk is a great product for managing and maintaining requests from users."

"We were able to get up and running with Zendesk in a very short time and build a robust web app including help desk functionality that makes the product owner and client very happy."

"Zendesk has been invaluable in automating communications such as email and phone calls."

"Our CS team has been able to quickly and effectively run through customer inquiries using the Zendesk platform."

"The collaboration between agents is impressive, and I also use Zendesk Workspace, which provides a seamless experience when communicating through chat and email."

"The most valuable feature was its simplicity as it was made easy to use."

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Cons

"The user interface can be improved."

"An area for improvement in Salesforce CRM is that there's still a lot of manual input you need to make. If it could pick up things automatically from an email and auto-populate, that would make the tool better. Another area for improvement is that the Salesforce CRM connector for G-suite does not work effectively."

"The stability was a problem as our help desk grew. The product would need work on its stability (system hangs) and being able to handle larger groups."

"It could use better analytics for trend tracking as well as the ability to tie the customer support and sales items together."

"Merging tickets is very time consuming; maybe the system can automatically merge tickets that are related and on the same topic."

"Zendesk has not positively impacted my organization."

"It would be easier to setup if there was metadata available and an API guru resource available."

"It needs to improve in terms of its flexibility, price, and installation."

"Report generation is still slightly tricky and not very customizable as per my inquiries."

"We needed to code stuff on our side due to business specific needs which Zendesk could not account for."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing for Salesforce CRM is extremely expensive."

"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."

"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."

"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."

"The price is very competitive."

"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."

"From what I hear, Zendesk's pricing is a little expensive."

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From what I recall, the experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Zendesk was quite expensive and that is what prohibited us from expanding usage of it into more users and using more o...

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What needs improvement with Zendesk Support?

I wish there was a more easily dynamic tool. Currently, it is quite difficult because not all the tools are labeled. A feature that would be beneficial is if hovering over an icon would tell you wh...

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Zendesk Support, Zendesk Guide, Zendesk Sell

Overview

Salesforce Community Cloud, a social platform, that connects and collaborate with customers, partners, and employees. Build a community for everyone critical to your business ecosystem, from agencies, vendors, and suppliers, to patients, job applicants, and even retail locations. Community Cloud employs Salesforce's Chatter social CRM platform for chat and screensharing, allowing users to exchange data and images in real time throughout an ongoing conversation. The platform supports customer relationship management (CRM) and provides channels for customers to find information and communicate with other customers. The console also includes a "Buy" button to enable e-commerce.

Salesforce

Zendesk Support is intuitive, and it's built with support agents in mind. Everything they need lives in a single, dynamic help desk interface so it's easy to be productive and manage customer interactions.

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Sample Customers

Brown-Forman, GE Aviation, Pernod Ricard, Toyota, Virgin America, GE, IAVA

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