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Kavita Khanna - PeerSpot reviewer
Executive Leader at a construction company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Top 10
Feb 21, 2022
Reliable and has good general capabilities but needs better analytics
Pros and Cons
  • "The stability has been very good."
  • "The dashboard could be better."

What is most valuable?

We've been satisfied with its general capabilities. 

The stability has been very good.

What needs improvement?

The licensing model needs to be more customer-friendly. At the moment you have to buy different pieces. ServiceNow, for example, provides just a part of their premium.

There needs to be better insights and analytics. Right now it's lacking.

The dashboard could be better.

We haven't bought service provisioning. We haven't bought the knowledge base, those were part of the main product. The chatbot is there, however, we tried it and it was lacking.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for over seven years. It's been a while. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have found the stability to be quite good. It's reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. It doesn't crash or freeze.

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Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We also are familiar with ServiceNow which has better licensing and better analytics. It also has a nicer dashboard.

How was the initial setup?

I wasn't a part of the implementation process. I wouldn't be able to comment on how it went or what was involved. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The licensing should be more extensive and not broken into individual pieces. It's hard to figure out what you need at the outset.

What other advice do I have?

We are a customer and an end-user.

I'd rate the solution at a six out of ten. It's good, however, it lacks a few features across different areas. 

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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CEO at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Jan 11, 2021
Complete features, highly customizable, critical for business and support is good
Pros and Cons
  • "The feature to move over my customer experience team tickets for different specialists is very valuable for my team."
  • "The solution could integrate better with QR codes from some websites such as Facebook."

What is our primary use case?

We run our support and customer services flow through Zendesk. The primary use for the solution is customer experience and assistance.

What is most valuable?

There are a lot of features to speak about. The solution has a strategic vision indicator that is a plus for me because I need to understand our customer's reason for contact, what kind of customers contact us, what issues are most frequent, what kind of issues we can solve in a better time, or the time of the day do we give support. This allows us to improve ourselves as a business.

The solution is very critical for us because we can extract information about Net Promoter Scores which is in general terms, the satisfaction of our customers, we can prioritize some developments or improvements that we need to make in our systems. 

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

The customization that is in place is really fast.

A very complete solution.

What needs improvement?

The solution could integrate better with QR codes from some websites such as Facebook.

They do not have any operations in Brazil for invoicing, this forces us to deal with international invoices which cause us some difficulties to close accounts in our accounting department. Making invoices in Brazil would be beneficial, other companies allow this such as Amazon Web Services.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using the solution for three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is really good considering we are international and the internet works really well.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We never suffered any stability or any difficulty increasing our operation. Some parts of the month we have more flows of transactions and more cost. We can run with no problem, we do not have any delay operating. 

Currently, we are upgrading and going to be having more users inside our company. We are hiring more people and we are very satisfied.

We have 16 users currently and by the end of the months, we will have 23.

How are customer service and technical support?

We had no problems with their technical support.

How was the initial setup?

We started three years ago with their support solution for proof of concept. We made a small proof of concept to in our company. That proof concept ran really well and we started to apply it with our users. It all went so fast, the starting process and deploy were so easy. The deployment took about one week.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The price is very competitive.

What other advice do I have?

My advice for others thinking about purchasing the solution is to understand the purpose. Zendesk is not a solution for sales. I know that they tried to have a solution for sales but it is a customer services solution. They designed the solution for customer services and adapted it for sales. When we used this solution it turned out to be very poor. Zendesk is a very good world-class solution for customer services, not for sales. For sales, there are better solutions such as Salesforce. 

We tried to find a solution better and cheaper than Zendesk locally and we have not found any solution so complete and flexible as Zendesk.

I rate Zendesk Support a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud
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Consultant en organisation & chargé de mission à l'international at a consultancy
Consultant
Top 20
Jun 22, 2017
It improves the relationship with my customers.
Pros and Cons
  • "Its agility and simplicity are the most valuable features. This tool is very user-friendly."
  • "It needs to improve in terms of its flexibility, price, and installation."

What is most valuable?

Its agility and simplicity are the most valuable features. This tool is very user-friendly.

How has it helped my organization?

It saves the costs, time and energy. It improves the relationship with my customers.

What needs improvement?

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

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used this solution for three months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There were no stability issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

At the very beginning, we had some scalability issues.

How are customer service and technical support?

I would give the technical support a 9/10 rating.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Previously, we were using another solution and I switched over for the price.

How was the initial setup?

The setup was complex because of the different parameters involved.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I advertise mostly about the price.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We did not look at any other solutions, this product was the only one that I tried.

What other advice do I have?

You need to be helped by an expert, side-by-side.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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it_user607749Manager, Live Production at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
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it_user628071 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant en organisation & chargé de mission à l'international
Vendor
Mar 31, 2017
Some of the valuable features are its agility, simplicity, and that it is a user-friendly product.

What is most valuable?

Some of the valuable features are its agility, simplicity, and that it is a user-friendly product.

How has it helped my organization?

It helps us save costs, time, and energy. It improves the relationship with my customers.

What needs improvement?

There are various aspects of this product that need improvement such as its flexibility, price, and installation.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used this solution for around three months.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

We did encounter some deployment issues due to the complexity of the parameters.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There were no stability issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

At the very beginning, we had some scalability issues.

How are customer service and technical support?

Customer Service:

I would give the customer service a rating of 10/10.

Technical Support:

I would give the technical support a rating of 9/10.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Initially, we were using another solution and we switched due to the price factor.

How was the initial setup?

The setup was complex. This was because of the different parameters that were involved.

What about the implementation team?

I used the expertise of the vendor, who had excellent knowledge of the product.

What was our ROI?

It is under assessment. I think the ROI is fairly good!

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I advise primarily about the price.

What other advice do I have?

You need side-by-side help from an expert.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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it_user430629 - PeerSpot reviewer
Customer Support/Retail Division at a consumer goods company with 501-1,000 employees
Vendor
Feb 28, 2017
Its set up makes it easier for everyone to use.

What is most valuable?

In Views there are lists of all unsolved tickets, recently updated tickets, pending tickets, etc. It makes it very easy for me to keep track of all the tickets.

How has it helped my organization?

I am already a very organized person but the product really does everything for you. The way it’s set up makes it very easy for agents, end-users, and administrators to use.

What needs improvement?

It would be good to be able to edit. Unfortunately, Zendesk believes that the integrity of a ticket and its comments are important. That when either party reads comments on tickets, they should be able to trust the content is unaltered form its original context. As per Zendesk, they feel it does not fit in with the direction and vision they have for Zendesk which to many people such as myself feel it’s ludicrous and not very sympathetic to the needs of its agents and administrators. Creating triggers is complicated and confusing. They should make it easier for agents.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Zendesk for more than a year now in my current company. I am the Zendesk Administrator and in charge of all customer service within the company. I was introduced to the software at an accounting software company I worked for. It was used for customer support and to help their IT Department.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

We had no issues deploying it.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

There have been no issues with the stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I only receive a certain amount of tickets throughout my working day.

How are customer service and technical support?

The level of technical support is very good and they are very helpful.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

The product had been set up right before I started working at AP&G. I found out after I was hired I would be using Zendesk which of course I was happy about since I already was familiar with the software but I certainly have learned the software much more in depth in the recent months.

How was the initial setup?

I have to admit when I started working here at AP&G, I actually got more involved into learning how to use the software better since I was the only person basically using it. I made sure to ask as many questions as I could to Zendesk support and read as many articles the Zendesk Community had to offer.

What about the implementation team?

We did it in-house.

What was our ROI?

ROI I would say it has been good.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing is pretty fair. Of course it all depends on what kind of business you’re running and how much traffic you have and of course how many agents would be using it.

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Zendesk Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Consultant
Aug 28, 2016
We are more accurate on multiple channels and we get a lot of data from the system that we can use.

What is most valuable?

The ease of use and great flexibility is awesome. Also, as an agent it's the macros and the tight integration with the Help Center. As an administrator, it's more how easy it is to configure the workflows and the apps framework.

How has it helped my organization?

It has lifted our customer service! Not only can we reply faster, we are more accurate on multiple channels and we get a lot of data from the system that we can use to become even better!

What needs improvement?

There is always room for improvement - The trick is to find an improvement that benefits a broad part of Zendesk’s user base. The product base is solid and i can’t think of anything major that needs fixing.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using it for about six years in two different companies.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

There are always different requirements for each company on implementation, but we always manage to find a solution

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have had no issues with the stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have had no issues with scaling it for our customers needs.

How are customer service and technical support?

Zendesk support has always been stellar. Most are spot on, some go above and beyond.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We had a homemade web based solution before, and we needed something new. The question started with: do we keep developing on our own system or do we get an out of the box solution and work from there. When we stumbled upon Zendesk there was no question. The level of functionality would take us too many man hours to create ourselves and would not be as great as Zendesk.

How was the initial setup?

Basic setup is fairly easy and after that its really up to you how complex you make your setup.

What about the implementation team?

We did it in in-house implementation. At the time we had the opportunity to do so and we opted to try it ourselves. If you are doing a very basic setup you can easily do it yourself, but if the complexity rises you are well off on spending some money on an implementation partner.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Zendesk might seem a bit pricey at first, but once you get down to what value Zendesk can provide your company - both in terms of saved working hours, happier customers and CX data from multiple channels, it's well worth it!

What other advice do I have?

Start a trial or contact a Zendesk partner - you won’t be disappointed!

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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it_user456531 - PeerSpot reviewer
Risk Analyst at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Vendor
Jun 7, 2016
We are able to divide the incoming tickets into several different categories and assign them to the appropriate team member.

What is most valuable?

As I am a big fan of assigning tasks to people who are most skilled at doing them in a timely fashion, I found the auto-tagging function to be most valuable. This way we were able to divide the incoming tickets into several different categories which were then assigned to team members who had the best expertise and skills to resolve them as quickly as possible.

How has it helped my organization?

During the downtime of one of our business partners we were experiencing several payment related issues and as such there was a huge amount of tickets relating to this problem which were being automatically assigned to the relevant team.

What needs improvement?

Ticket forwarding and the ability to add subscribers to tickets as some back and forth correspondence needs to be brought to attention of several team members, sometimes across different departments. While the first one would be beneficial in cases when issue was resolved and needs only to be brought to attention the latter would be good when a specific issue would be dependent on several team members.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've using the post-2012 version for about 20 months.

What was my experience with deployment of the solution?

There were no issues with the deployment.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We had no issues with the performance.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's been able to scale for our needs.

How are customer service and technical support?

10/10 as they are prompt, courteous, and is available 24/7 via a wide array of channels. Zendesk's team was really great and when there were any issues or questions they were more than willing to assist. When there were issues with the stability and connectivity these were promptly resolved and we were updated on any of these.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We didn't have a ticketing solution in place before, and it was done mainly via emails.

How was the initial setup?

It's straightforward to implement, and the documentation is extensive. Zendesk is willing to assist if you have issues.

What about the implementation team?

We used an in-house team with assistance from the vendor. Should you have any questions you should ask Zendesk, they are there to help.

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it_user448350 - PeerSpot reviewer
Contact Center Support Specialist (Onsite at Google) at a tech company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Vendor
May 23, 2016
We are able to identify cases by type as we can have them arrive in the appropriate group.

Valuable Features:

The most important feature that I was able to utilize the most was the ability to create the different groups in which our support emails came in. Since we had different departments (e.g. Pre-orders, Order Management, Technical Issues, Billing, etc.), It was important to identify these types of cases by having them arrive in the appropriate group.

This feature allowed our team orgranize and assign certain members to a particular group. Without this feature, we would manually comb through our cases which could take forever.

Improvements to My Organization:

This has positively impacted our customer service experience by allowing us to respond to users in a timely manner. Quickly reply back to our users with a listed of saved responses.

A timely and accurate response is all the user can see on their end. When executed perfectly, it can create a an amazing user experience that QA teams dream about!

Room for Improvement:

For smaller environments, some type of tutorial or walk through would be helpful for first time users. Hands on training will speed up productivity and will get agents to hit the ground running with a minimal learning curve.

I'm not sure if there is a way to "train the trainer" process so that our internal trainers can seamlessly train a team quickly on how to use Zendesk, but that would be very helpful and would help when teams scale. Bringing awareness to the features that could easily be missed using a variety of forms will be helpful (e.g. digital newsletters, social media, email updates, etc.) would be helpful.

Deployment Issues:

There were no issues deploying it for us.

Stability Issues:

We've experienced no issues with performance.

Scalability Issues:

It's been able to scale for our needs.

Initial Setup:

It had already been in place for a year when I joined the company

Other Advice:

I seegreat potential I see in Zendesk and how effective we were in supporting our users with this product. I'm sure my rating will continue to get higher as the company continues to evolve and add on more features.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.
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it_user413283 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user413283Zendesk Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Consultant

Hi

Just like other cloudbased systems Zendesk only got a training program for their Enterprise customers - Other than that there are actually only 2 ways to gain knowledge on best practices and how to's: Their great forum with loads of great articles and guides or contact one of their local resellers that has good knowledge of Zendesk.

Have fun moving forward with Zendesk - I am sure it will help you achieve your CS goals!

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