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Zendesk for Service

8.2 /10

What is Zendesk for Service?

Zendesk streamlines your support with time-saving tools like ticket views, triggers, and automations. This helps you get straight to what matters most – better customer service and more meaningful conversations.

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Awards & Recognition

Zendesk for Service won the following awards in the Customer Service - Enterprise category

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0 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

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2023

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0 Top Rated Features

2022

Zendesk for Service Ratings

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82 Likeliness to Recommend

93 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+77 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Zendesk for Service?

3% Negative

15% Neutral

82% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Respectful
Acts with Integrity
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 78

Customer Self Service Capabilities

Agent Collaboration

Contact Center Integration

Customer Service Knowledge Management

Customer Service Workflow Management

Agent Scripting

Intelligent Search

Analytics and Reporting

Customer Community Management

Multi Channel Support

Mobile Customer Care

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 77

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

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IT Service Management - Midmarket

Score 7.7

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Zendesk for Service Reviews

Ram A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Insurance
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2023

Great Customer Service tool but a bit pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Zendesk for Service from other similar products?

ZenDesk is a very reliable solution with many useful built-in features

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

ZenDesk offer full API capabilities and automation options that save as a lot of time and manual work

What do you dislike most about this product?

ZenDesk Talk module can be improved, both for call quality and reporting

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Plan carefully and understand and map out all your workflows before starting the implementation process.

Pros

Enables Productivity
Security Protects
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Cons

Vendor Friendly Policies
Less Generous
Less Friendly Negotiation

Timmyleh P.

Role: Operations
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2023

Best customer service solution ever.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Zendesk for Service from other similar products?

The interface is smooth and clean, and building scripts and workflows is easy. It is a great customer service solution that businesses can rely on.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The interface itself. I love how the ticketing feature and scripts make it easy for users to provide solutions to its customers.

What do you dislike most about this product?

None that I can think of at this time.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Zendesk is the best customer service solution that should be present in your business.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Sam O.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Insurance
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2023

Easy to configure

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Zendesk for Service from other similar products?

Can convert email trails to tickets. This is particularly useful for keeping visibility when team members are on RDOs. Can integrate into other systems easily and has great APIs to build custom solutions.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Very easy to configure and get up and running. Agents love it and welcomed it on board very quicly. Very intuitive and feature rich. Great to integrate into into other systems as well as custom built APIs.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The reporting leaves a lot to be desired. It is costly to upgrade to a plan wth better reporting functionality.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Implement it to replace shared mailboxes. It is well worth it. It is the modern approach to mailbox management.

Pros

Trustworthy
Efficient Service
Effective Service
Caring

Cons

Less Generous

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Awards & Recognition

Zendesk for Service Ratings

82 Likeliness to Recommend

93 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+77 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Zendesk for Service?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Customer Self Service Capabilities Central product portals, customer-facing resolution wizards and guidance, customer community forums.

Agent Collaboration Supports live collaboration between agent and customers, among customers (e.g. forums), and among service professionals (e.g. team-based customer service).

Contact Center Integration Agent desktop, CTI integration. Call scripting, call queuing, prioritization by different support channels.

Customer Service Knowledge Management Customer and/or agent-facing knowledgebase and search capabilities. Ability to create KBs, FAQs, wikis, and capture effectiveness ratings from customers.

Customer Service Workflow Management Ticketing and case management capabilities. Automated assignment and escalation, decision trees, guided resolution wizards (ideally GUI drag-and-drop).

Agent Scripting Recommend resolution steps to agents based on machine learning or AI.

Intelligent Search Knowledgebase search with content indexing, and search of external content repositories. Proactive search and auto-suggestions. Natural language processing.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Customer Community Management Creation and management of branded and focussed user communities.

Multi Channel Support Integration with email, telephone, and live chat, and with self-service and social media.

Mobile Customer Care Can create custom-branded service applications for customers on a mobile device (preferably native application rather than a responsive design site).

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

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Zendesk for Service Reviews

Ram A.

Great Customer Service tool but a bit pricey

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Timmyleh P.

Best customer service solution ever.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Sam O.

Easy to configure

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Feature Ratings

Customer Self Service Capabilities

Agent Collaboration

Contact Center Integration

Customer Service Knowledge Management

Customer Service Workflow Management

Agent Scripting

Intelligent Search

Analytics and Reporting

Customer Community Management

Multi Channel Support

Mobile Customer Care

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training