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Zoho Desk pros and cons

Vendor: Zoho
4.1 out of 5

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PROS

Zoho Desk is user-friendly and can be customized easily without needing additional configuration help.
It offers strong ticketing and portal functionality for managing and responding to online inquiries effectively.
Integration with Zoho One and other systems is seamless, enhancing its ease of use.
Zoho Desk provides robust support features, including communication through chats, calls, and email management within the platform.
It features archiving queries and analytics, contributing to efficient customer relationship management.

CONS

Support availability is sometimes limited to specific time slots, which may not meet all user needs.
There is a need for enhanced integration between Zoho Desk and other tools such as the project management tool, Zoho CRM, Zoho SalesIQ, and Zoho Campaigns.
Customization options for modules and blueprints are lacking and need enhancement.
There are issues related to the stability, scalability, and pricing of Zoho Desk, with concerns about being on the expensive side.
Zoho Desk lacks features like lookup fields for layouts and autofill options for creating tickets.
 

Zoho Desk Pros review quotes

RS
Director at SEQUELSTRING SOLUTIONS AND CONSULTANCY PVT LTD
Oct 31, 2020
The most valuable features are that it's user-friendly, you can customize it the way you want it, and it is very easy to use. You don't need anybody else to configure it.
Olivier Stas - PeerSpot reviewer
Operations Manager at Licent
Jun 1, 2021
The ticketing feature is very easy to use, compared to other systems.
Muljo Witono - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO and Owner at PT Solusindo Total Teknikatama
Aug 25, 2022
The product is quite stable.
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Vadim Adams - PeerSpot reviewer
DIrector at Wolflogic
Mar 17, 2023
Good at capturing online inquiries has portal functionality, and is very good at managing inbound customer inquiries.
reviewer2147316 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Apr 6, 2023
The tool's UI is very user-friendly. The solution's workflow is flexible and we can create our workflows. We can assign and create groups with the tool. We are also able to control the privileges with the tool.
MP
Zoho Solution Architect / Zoho Senior Developer / Zoho Administrator at a outsourcing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
May 30, 2023
The integration part is a valuable feature in the solution, especially if we're talking about Zoho One solution. Zoho Desk is easy to integrate with Zoho platform.
SV
Zoho Creator at Sofvare
May 30, 2023
The product has a lot of features.
Onur Anlargu - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-Founder at Nordo
Jun 6, 2023
Zoho Desk is very flexible, just like the other applications of Zoho.
Sagar Gaikwad - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Business Application Developer on Zoho Platform. at Tech Worriors
Jul 10, 2023
The product provides communication features like chats and calls.
AnandMaurya - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Zoho Developer at Absoft IT Solutions Pvt Ltd
Jul 10, 2023
The most valuable feature of generating the ticket through the web form and for the e-mailers. So, if you are facing any issues, by the ticket, you can generate the issue in Google Test.
 

Zoho Desk Cons review quotes

RS
Director at SEQUELSTRING SOLUTIONS AND CONSULTANCY PVT LTD
Oct 31, 2020
Sometimes support is available according to their time slots and they can't fulfill everything I need them to. They give us a time slot but it's not always enough.
Olivier Stas - PeerSpot reviewer
Operations Manager at Licent
Jun 1, 2021
I would like to have integrated support, and integration between the ticketing tool and the project management tool.
Muljo Witono - PeerSpot reviewer
CEO and Owner at PT Solusindo Total Teknikatama
Aug 25, 2022
Zoho Desk needs to be enhanced to support IT service management policies.
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Vadim Adams - PeerSpot reviewer
DIrector at Wolflogic
Mar 17, 2023
Could have slightly better integration between additional functionalities in the Zoho desk.
reviewer2147316 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Apr 6, 2023
The solution urgently needs improvement in the display's night mode. When we use the system for a long time, it's very stressful for our eyes. I also need to see improvements that can help to find the assets under a previous owner.
MP
Zoho Solution Architect / Zoho Senior Developer / Zoho Administrator at a outsourcing company with 5,001-10,000 employees
May 30, 2023
The customization of modules and some blueprint in the solution are areas with shortcomings that need improvement.
SV
Zoho Creator at Sofvare
May 30, 2023
The solution could improve its stability and scalability.
Onur Anlargu - PeerSpot reviewer
Co-Founder at Nordo
Jun 6, 2023
Zoho Desk lacks lookup fields for the layouts.
Sagar Gaikwad - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr Business Application Developer on Zoho Platform. at Tech Worriors
Jul 10, 2023
The solution should provide an option to autofill some values while creating tickets.
AnandMaurya - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Zoho Developer at Absoft IT Solutions Pvt Ltd
Jul 10, 2023
There is room for improvement with the pricing.