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We performed a comparison between SugarCRM Platform and Zendesk based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two CRM Customer Engagement Centers solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed SugarCRM Platform vs. Zendesk Report (Updated: March 2024).
767,995 professionals have used our research since 2012.
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Pros
"The most valuable features of the SugarCRM platform include its flexibility in customizing fields, layouts, and dashboards.""It works well with Jira. You can customize it to fit your needs.""The most valuable feature is relation capability, which allows us to relay customers with invoice orders.""The most valuable features of Sugar Enterprise are the exports of graphics, statuses, complaints, and tasks.""The most valuable aspect of this solution is its low cost."

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"It is very easy to connect back and forth between the requester and the person fulfilling the ticket.""The most valuable features of Zendesk Support are collaboration, reports, and a self-service portal. The customer and team can see all the information needed from the portal.""It is a scalable solution.""It's a very stable tool, very powerful.""The stability has been very good.""We rarely had issues with Zendesk.""The product offers very good management. It has a great ability to assign tickets based on content.""The feature to move over my customer experience team tickets for different specialists is very valuable for my team."

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Cons
"It lacks customization, and this is the main reason that we are switching to a different solution.""Sugar Enterprise could improve by removing bugs and glitches. For example, a comment was made but in the comment section, it was never displayed. However, the problems we faced might not be the fault of the solution.""While it is already user-friendly, a slight enhancement in UI design, especially in terms of color combinations, could make the platform more visually appealing and comfortable to use.""I would like to see more integration on a mobile platform in the next release.""You cannot include all your entities under one instance at the moment.""In the next release, I would like to see personalization of information about customers or specific businesses or opportunities."

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"Zendesk Guide could be improved by allowing us to put our assets in one location. What happens now for each article, for example, is we have to upload the images for that article to that location, so the image reuse is still not something that they have perfected. If they could allow us to update all the images in one location, and then pull the image from there, it would be easier when working on Multibrand projects. There are no Multibrand updates available—we have to update each brand manually. For my company, I have come up with an API tool which allows me to push the content to multiple brands together, but if you don't have something like that, you have to manually do it.""Zendesk Guide's customization could be improved. I would like it to be easier and maybe open-sourced, so that if you have a developer in your company, you can do it yourself. Right now, that isn't allowed, so you need to have it done via the integrator. Another improvement—this is nit-picking—is that it could be less easy to make changes. Some things are so easy that they sometimes look a little amateur-ish. Most of the templates are built-in so they can be used directly, so they are very simple.""There is always a network issue with Zendesk. But we don’t know whether it is managed. The network issue is that when I call, it does not let us.""It needs to improve in terms of its flexibility, price, and installation.""The support team is time-consuming, and they don't find the answer to our problem.""Sometimes if there was a way to just flag the actual issue out of those email chains - that would be really helpful.""The price of the solution should be reduced.""It wasn't easy to set up so we're only using a third of all of the features,"

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Licensing fees are paid on a yearly basis."
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  • "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."
  • "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."
  • "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."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The most valuable features of the SugarCRM platform include its flexibility in customizing fields, layouts, and dashboards.
    Top Answer:I would rate the costliness of SugarCRM a two out of ten. It is very affordable. When compared to competitors like Zoho and Salesforce, it is considered quite budget-friendly. The additional costs for… more »
    Top Answer:One area where SugarCRM could improve is its UI. While it is already user-friendly, a slight enhancement in UI design, especially in terms of color combinations, could make the platform more visually… more »
    Top Answer:I found the user experience with vendors on Zendesk to be straightforward, especially when it comes to understanding and searching for specific tickets. The search and navigation tools are easy to… more »
    Top Answer: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. The pricing is expensive. Back then, we were paying $51 per… more »
    Top Answer:As per me, there arent much significant issues or areas for improvement with Zendesk, as my usage of it is limited. I appreciate its ability to organize tickets effectively based on tags, allowing me… more »
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    Also Known As
    Zendesk Support, Zendesk Guide, Zendesk Sell
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    Overview

    SugarCRM is a versatile CRM solution that facilitates communication and organization within a company. Its primary use case includes call and comment logging, account relation, customer detail storage, verification handling, transaction tracking, marketing material management, and payment transaction handling. The most valuable functionalities include customizable exports of graphics, statuses, complaints, and tasks, as well as its scalability, stability, and low cost. It integrates well with Jira and can be easily configured. The platform improves efficiency, productivity, collaboration, communication, and coordination within organizations, while also providing valuable insights and data analytics for informed decision-making.

    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.

    Sample Customers
    Redglaze Group, TengoInternet, Hilco, Bancvue, Vet Adivsor
    Mailchimp, Tesco, Vimeo, Instacart, Mediaocean, Slack, Uber
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Educational Organization40%
    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm7%
    Real Estate/Law Firm7%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company24%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Construction Company10%
    Non Profit7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company21%
    Educational Organization10%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    University6%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business69%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise15%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise51%
    Large Enterprise30%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business46%
    Midsize Enterprise35%
    Large Enterprise19%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise56%
    Buyer's Guide
    SugarCRM Platform vs. Zendesk
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about SugarCRM Platform vs. Zendesk and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    767,995 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    SugarCRM Platform is ranked 9th in CRM Customer Engagement Centers with 11 reviews while Zendesk is ranked 4th in CRM Customer Engagement Centers with 57 reviews. SugarCRM Platform is rated 7.0, while Zendesk is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of SugarCRM Platform writes "User-friendly and allows for creating your own modules". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zendesk writes "Straightforward, very transparent, and very well organized". SugarCRM Platform is most compared with Salesforce Sales Cloud, whereas Zendesk is most compared with ServiceNow, JIRA Service Management, Atlassian Confluence, Freshservice and Microsoft Dynamics CRM. See our SugarCRM Platform vs. Zendesk report.

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