Zendesk Suite

4.4 (3,582)
Service-first CRM company that builds support & sales tools

Overall rating

4.4 /5
(3,582)
Value for Money
4.2/5
Features
4.4/5
Ease of Use
4.3/5
Customer Support
4.3/5

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ZAiN
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Established Ecosystem

Reviewed on 20/02/2023

Zendesk Suite allowed me to get my business up and running in a matter of days compared to "re-creating the wheel".I saved a ton of money by utilizing Zendesk Suite instead of developing from scratch.

Pros

Established Ecosystem with tons of integrations and numerous tools to easily automate your business processes.This is your one stop shop

Cons

Bit pricey, however the features are present.

Alternatives Considered

Salesforce Sales Cloud and Slack
Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Airlines/Aviation
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Transforming Customer Suppor

Reviewed on 16/02/2023

My overall experience with Zendesk Suite has been very positive. As a user of the software, I have found that it provides an effective solution for managing customer support interactions. I appreciate most about Zendesk Suite is its user-friendly interface.Zendesk Suite has a variety of automation tools that can help streamline support processes, such as routing tickets to the correct support agent or sending out automatic responses to frequently asked questions.

Pros

I can confidently say that this software is a game-changer in the world of customer support. The suite of tools and features provided by Zendesk makes it easy to manage customer support requests and interactions, making it a must-have tool for any business.Zendesk Suite is the ease of use and the user-friendly interface. The software is designed to make it easy for support agents to manage customer requests and inquiries efficiently. The dashboard provides a clear view of all support tickets and enables agents to respond quickly and effectively. This has improved our ability to handle a large volume of customer inquiries and resolve them in a timely manner.Another feature that I found very helpful is the automation capabilities of the software. Zendesk Suite has a variety of automation tools that can help streamline support processes, such as routing tickets to the correct support agent or sending out automatic responses to frequently asked questions. This saves a lot of time and resources for the support team and ensures that customers receive a prompt response to their inquiries.Zendesk Suite also has powerful reporting and analytics tools that allow me to track the performance of our support team and identify areas that need improvement. This has helped us to optimize our support processes and improve the overall customer experience.In conclusion, Zendesk Suite is an excellent software for managing customer support requests and interactions.

Cons

I have had a positive experience using Zendesk Suite, there are a few areas where I think the software could be improved.One area where I think Zendesk Suite could be better is in its pricing structure. The software can be quite expensive, especially for small businesses or startups. While the suite of tools and features provided by Zendesk is certainly valuable, the cost may be prohibitive for some organizations.Another area where Zendesk Suite could be improved is in the customization of the user interface. While the interface is user-friendly, it would be helpful to have more options for customizing the look and feel of the software to match the branding of the organization.Finally, while Zendesk Suite does have a variety of automation tools, some of them can be complex to set up and use effectively. It would be helpful if the software provided more guidance or tutorials for setting up automation rules and triggers.Overall, these are relatively minor criticisms of Zendesk Suite. The software remains a powerful and valuable tool for managing customer support interactions, and the benefits it provides far outweigh any drawbacks. With its ease of use, automation capabilities, and reporting tools, Zendesk Suite is an essential tool for any organization that wants to provide excellent customer support.

Antonello
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  • Industry: Farming
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 5.0 /10

No good

Reviewed on 23/03/2023

Pros

Is very inexpensive and easy to access in my opinion

Cons

It crashes a lot and it's not dependable

Ahmed
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Revolutionizing Customer Support with Zendesk Suite.

Reviewed on 18/01/2023

Our experience with Zendesk Suite has been extremely positive. The software is intuitive and easy to use, making it simple for our team to efficiently handle customer inquiries and concerns. The Ticket Management feature, in particular, has been incredibly impactful, allowing our team to prioritize and organize customer inquiries in a way that maximizes efficiency and effectiveness.The Sales Pipeline Management feature has also been a valuable asset, as it helps our team stay on top of potential sales opportunities and effectively manage and close deals. The Multi-Channel Communication feature is also a standout, as it enables our team to communicate with customers through a variety of channels, providing convenience and flexibility.Integration with other applications and services has been seamless, allowing our team to easily access and utilize the information and tools they need to provide the best possible customer support. The reporting and analytics feature provides valuable insights into customer behavior and preferences, allowing us to make data-driven decisions.Zendesk Suite has been a valuable asset to our company, helping us to improve our customer support and resulting in a positive customer experience. It's also worth noting that Zendesk Suite's customer support is top-notch, they are always available to assist and answer any questions, and they constantly release updates to improve the software.

Pros

- The software is highly intuitive and easy to use, allowing our team to quickly and efficiently handle customer inquiries and concerns. - The Ticket Management feature is particularly impactful, as it allows our team to prioritize and organize customer inquiries in a way that maximizes efficiency and effectiveness.- The Sales Pipeline Management feature is also very useful, as it helps our team stay on top of potential sales opportunities and effectively manage and close deals. - The Multi-Channel Communication feature is also a standout, as it enables our team to communicate with customers through a variety of channels, providing convenience and flexibility. - The integration with other applications and services is seamless, allowing our team to easily access and utilize the information and tools they need to provide the best possible customer support.

Cons

- One thing that could be improved is the customization options for certain features such as Customizable Forms, while they do provide some level of flexibility, it could be beneficial to have more options to tailor it to specific needs of the business. - The Reporting/Analytics feature a bit complex and difficult to navigate, and it might be beneficial to make it more user-friendly.

Reasons for Switching to Zendesk Suite

Zendesk Suite was chosen over other alternative products because it offered a comprehensive solution that met our specific needs and requirements for customer service and support, and it has a great balance of features, pricing, and customer support.
Muthu
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

The best tool offers a comprehensive approach to communicating with customers

Reviewed on 21/02/2023

Zendesk Suite enables me to manage custom fields for each support case and specify certain fields as mandatory for resolving it.It also facilitates improved management and control over the status of each request and our overall workload at any given time.Additionally, the tool provides me with a comprehensive KPI suite, allowing for a deeper understanding of our daily operations and how things are evolving over time.

Pros

I appreciate that it provides a seamless communication channel with our customers, while also integrating with other communication channels. With Zendesk's flexible trigger options, I am able to automate many tasks and minimize repetitive work. I also find its support for working with different support tickets and personalized views to be very helpful. In addition, the reporting ticket feature is useful for filtering my own work as well as that of other agents. Overall, Zendesk has been a great tool for me and our team.

Cons

All good unless few small things like; If an agent forgets to log out of Zendesk, their status remains online, which can be misleading. Additionally, the customer review system is limited, as it only allows customers to rate their experience as either good or bad, without the option to provide additional feedback. This can lead to negative reviews for the company, even if the customer had a positive experience with the agent. Furthermore, if someone is using Explore to query data, others cannot access it until they are finished, which can be frustrating when working as a team.

Kelvin
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  • Industry: Telecommunications
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

The first choice when it comes to Helpdesks!

Reviewed on 18/02/2023

An amazing experience for sure. I started off with this helpdesk and immediately grasped how to use it to my advantage. I was able to check the team's overall performance at a glance using the Reporting feature. We could set up responses for common scenarios which made the agents' life a bit easier and improved output.

Pros

You can customize the views to suit the kind of tickets that come into the account. You can get a detailed representation of each agent's output during the month. You can customize its appearance to best suit your brand and needs. You can set up a variety of pre-conceived responses called macros to aid the agents in responding to common queries and issues within the account. You can set up a call centre using this helpdesk.You can make internal notes to the team using this helpdesk, this is often important during drafting training. It is easy to train agents on how to use this software.

Cons

It is a bit pricey. The software has had the same look for a while now which, after a while, starts being monotonous.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Internet
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Solid cloud-based service desk with expansion possibilities. But requires lots of integration

Reviewed on 10/02/2023

Pros

Zendesk does service desk really well in terms of the basic functionalities like ticket management, triaging, tracking, and routing. Zendesk also offers add-ons for sales CRM, live chat support, and other apps that a SMB might need as it scales its operations and teams. Integrations with other platforms like CRM, Marketing Automation, customer data platforms, and messaging platforms such as Slack are relatively turnkey and require little involvement from developers.

Cons

Good basic functionalities but requires integrations if your company uses other platforms for CRM and marketing automation such as HubSpot or Salesforce. Zendesk makes turning on the integrations relatively straightforward, but you are still required to think through how best to map objects with other platforms and have a solid data strategy. The seat-based pricing is also something that I wish were more flexible as your company grows.

Akshay
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 10,000+ Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Use this for all ticketing concerns

Reviewed on 07/03/2023

We are using this currently and it seems to be of great use to the team as well as the whole organization

Pros

Best feature is the integration with other tools like Jira. Also real time notifications on emails make it handy to get great response time and the tracking of the ticket becomes very easy

Cons

More status can be added to the Ticket to make it more interactive with custom options. UI sometimes feel a bit laggy when integrated with Jira. That can be improved

Tereza
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  • Industry: E-Learning
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Making customer service easier

Reviewed on 27/02/2023

We've been using Zendesk to manage customer service - from live chat to general support and it's good to see how the tool can create a unified environment for all queries. As someone working with the customer success team, it's easy to use Zendesk to get an idea of what customers are talking about and how we can use the insights for digital engagement

Pros

I like how easy it is to review all customer queries and get an idea of what customers are talking about. Collaboration is also smooth with the live support team and other departments all thanks to the tool

Cons

As someone not using it daily, I feel like there are more things to learn as it seems to be a tool with many features.

CA Mohit
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  • Industry: Accounting
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Good product for Emails and Live Chat

Reviewed on 22/02/2023

Pros

Easy to use and serve customer seamlessly

Cons

Little complicated to use but customer care is supportive to solve this

Pat
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Market Leader in Ticketing Software (Probably)

Reviewed on 06/01/2020

Overall, Zendesk allowed us to create a new ticketing platform and process for the business. Its integration with Slack drove great user adoption and encouraged submissions. This platform allowed us to report on the most common IT and biz ops issues at our org while allowing "agents" to service and help the team effectively. It's pretty ideal that you can manage your workload, triage requests, and reply to folks all in a few clicks. It's really all-in-one if you integrate with your CRM too.

Pros

Top features for me in this tool were the GoodData reporting flexibility, ticket automation, and clean user experience. We didn't leverage the knowledge base, although being able to click to directly create an article after a ticket submission seemed like a slick feature.

The ability to add lots of custom fields of varying types, create automation based on those fields, and rout tickets to end users was key. There's great flexibility in what you can achieve between the user permissions, user groups, and the form/landing page as part of the tool.

Cons

Some of the out of the box reporting seemed a little bit wonky in comparison with what I would pull in the GoodData insights area. Honestly, very few cons about Zendesk, although the price is a bit steep for a ticketing platform. This being said, though, it's very powerful and you get what you pay for with software.

Reasons for Switching to Zendesk Suite

The clean user interface and many features. It was less clunky/old school than some of the other options. Integration options for Zendesk were superior.
Ted
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  • Industry: Mining & Metals
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Need help from Zendesk? Forget it. Don't even bother.

Reviewed on 31/01/2020

Horrible. I only use this software because it would be a hassle porting all existing tickets over to a different platform. I needed billing support from them, and my ticket was 'escalated' to the Finance department, but nobody ever got back to me in time. Literally a few days went by and not one word from my Zendesk agent. They have a poor support system. So, if you don't ever need help with anything and know what you're doing, then ZD is probably for you.

Pros

The software functions nicely. It is very well put together. They make it easy to run a help desk.

Cons

The support, or lack thereof. If you need support for this software, they take a long, long time to get back to you. You better know what you're doing, because if you need to get a hold of them, I wish you the best of luck.

Alternatives Considered

Freshservice

Reasons for Choosing Zendesk Suite

A couple years ago, Freshdesk was lacking in features. I recently discovered they updated their platform.

Switched From

Freshdesk

Reasons for Switching to Zendesk Suite

Features
Denise
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

This helps us to better serve our customers

Reviewed on 09/06/2022

We can use this data to improve the client experience by putting new processes in place. We've increased our output significantly, and now everything is in plain sight. It's incredible how much freedom we have when it comes to putting up a self-help library for our clientele. We were able to create a help center based on the Copenhagen theme, but we customized it to our liking with custom CSS styling.

Pros

There is nothing Zendesk does that I don't like! The back-end user experience is the greatest I've ever encountered. The integration of Shopify and the capturing of knowledge is effortless. We've been using Zendesk Support for years and I'm sure we've only scratched the surface of what it can accomplish, but for a little business like ours, it's more than enough.

Cons

New feature requests should be implemented more quickly, in my opinion. I would also like Zendesk to manage all new implementation requests.

Justin
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  • Industry: Law Practice
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1-5 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Has a Lot, but Surprised By What it Lacks

Reviewed on 09/09/2019

Their customer service is wonderful and they'll bend over backwards for you, but the options I found that were absent (at even the highest, most expensive levels) really made me disappointed. They are able to track UTM codes which is great if you're using Google Analytics, but if this isn't a concern of yours, I highly recommend searching for a more affordable alternative with more customization. They're out there.

Pros

The implementation is incredibly easy, and there are multiple installation tutorials available online for users. However, tutorials for anything beyond basic set-up and basic customization of the chat button are hard to find, and you have to go up several levels of help to get solid answers if you're really looking to customize it for your operators.

Cons

The absence of common-sense features I had gotten used to from our previous platform. Options such as "Round Robin" routing are not available unless you go for the high-money level usage, and options like having the platform automatically switch the operator to "away" whenever their computer was locked or on screensaver were absent. Their auto-idle kicked in if their window was idle, even if the user was still using the computer, which makes it frustrating and pointless.

Alternatives Considered

Zoho Social and LiveChat

Reasons for Choosing Zendesk Suite

We needed to track UTM codes from Google Analytics and Provide Support was unable to do that at the time we switched. Full disclosure: Provide Support says it can now track UM codes, but we've run into roadblocks when testing it.

Switched From

Provide Support

Reasons for Switching to Zendesk Suite

The ability to accurately track Google Analytics UTM codes, price, and features.
Christiane
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  • Industry: Financial Services
  • Company size: 501–1,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

A lot of features and fast and easy to use ticket system

Reviewed on 28/02/2021

Zendesk is the most customizable ticket system in the market, a lot of features that can help to automate things. Plus you can also install apps that could be useful.

Pros

Zendesk has a lot of features, and customizable templates, it's not that easy to use as other CRM, so it may required traning, however this is because the highly customizable settings, and options the products offers.

It's really easy to answer 100 tickets at the same time, using templates that will show the client's name and information,

Overall a really good product, a bit expensive, but it offers a lot of features which makes the product a good product and good benefit.

Cons

It can be very complex/difficult at certain point due all the features that they offer.

Alternatives Considered

HelpDesk and LiveChat

Reasons for Choosing Zendesk Suite

Because we were trying to find a more customizable option :)

Switched From

Salesforce Sales Cloud
Devyani
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  • Industry: Banking
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Overall good and feature rich customer helpdesk application but not for early startups

Reviewed on 30/03/2022

Overall zendesk is great helpdesk and provide multiple features that an enterprise need to handle huge customer base and track tickets and complaints on the go. They should think of support system in mobile app too.

Also I am not much satisfied with their customer support as they couldn't resolve many of the issues like reviving a lost ticket forms due to mistakenly closed issues.

Pros

Their cloud application is really good and provide satisfactory uptime, makes our work more seamless while live chat with clients to solve a specific issue.

Automation of ticketing mechanism is the best thing for me and my team, whenever ticket get generated it sends a mail to customer and when its get resolved or closed it again send automated mail to inform customer.

And also I liked the quick addition of new manager or technician to the system without making much big changes in dashboard.

Cons

Even I liked the features and automation, I have spent hours to learn the system as their dashboard is not so user friendly.

For an early startup cost of this application is too high as there are features that they might not need.

Alternatives Considered

tawk.to, Freshdesk and Zoho Desk

Reasons for Switching to Zendesk Suite

We might switch to other application if zendesk don't have automation and call center management systems. Other application have those features but up to mark or not that much customizable as in zendesk.
Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Monthly for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 3.0 /10

Experience after 2 years of useing Zendesk

Reviewed on 10/08/2022

The worst Customer Support!
Their product appears to provide so much, but it's so convoluted that it's nearly impossible for new customers to set up without assistance from the firm. However, whenever we met with someone who managed our account, we expressed our worries about not knowing how to perform certain things. What would be the reactions? "I'll email you Zendesk support articles." Okay, I've been Googling it and plainly it hasn't helped, which is why I'm requesting assistance from a Zendesk representative. We were advised that if we stated that we needed additional assistance, we would have to pay a large sum of money to have a specialized person assist us. We're already paying so much to utilize your platform, which has so many technical issues; at the very least, provide some sort of help.
Needless to say, we left after 2 years of struggling to use their platform. Thanks for never helping.

Pros

Zendesk is a platform for enhancing customer experience, constantly improving customer satisfaction to the next level and leading in Omni-channel solutions in the world.

Cons

As a client of multiple firms who is frequently compelled to interact with Zendesk, I can only say that my heart sinks when I realize I'm talking with a Zendesk representative rather than an actual staff member. They are really sluggish, they are dealing with numerous people at once and expect you to wait while Zendesk makes money, they don't answer your questions, they don't know their thing, and they are frequently unpleasant. I now buy elsewhere if I see a company using Zendesk and that's what I have to deal with in terms of customer support. If Zendesk is involved, it's simply too unpleasant and time-consuming.

Alternatives Considered

Odoo, Trello and Bitrix24

Reasons for Switching to Zendesk Suite

Being a customer of several companies is often forced to deal with Zendesk. The only thing we used it for 2 years was that the customers preferred them over other apps. As soon as we finished the projects with those partners, we switched to using them immediately.
Warren
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  • Industry: Information Technology & Services
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
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  • Likelihood to recommend 7.0 /10

Zendesk - A great package of core components

Reviewed on 15/01/2023

Overall, a great piece of software. I would say it's easy to use, has so many addons out there as well. It feels like you can customize it to work the way that you want to work with it.

Pros

What I like most, is that the core features of a helpdesk/customer service company, and all evident within the suite. Plus they all integrate seamlessly with one another. The GUIs are all easy to use and make the software familiar.

Cons

Occasionally, my team do lose info if they don't save what they're doing often enough. The page seems to time out after a certain time, and they need to readd their input.

Alternatives Considered

Zoho Desk

Reasons for Choosing Zendesk Suite

We wanted a fresh approach to the helpdesk, and Zendesk has great reviews.

Reasons for Switching to Zendesk Suite

The pricing plan was suited to our business model.
Erica D.
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  • Industry: E-Learning
  • Company size: 2–10 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

Great software, terrible support (ironically); Hope you don't have to leave

Reviewed on 06/09/2018

Our company has been using Zendesk for 5-7 years. I was not personally around when we onboarded it, but I have worked with it for over 3 years now. We have terrible trouble any time we did need support, for a system problem or a question we couldn't answer ourselves via their expansive maze of KnowledgeBase. The support reps at Zendesk have been accusatory, excuse-ridden, and most of all don't even read the tickets you submit to understand the problem (Zendesk support actually became an office joke. That's about the time we decided we had to look for another tool). When we met with our Account Rep to try to get some of the issues worked out, we were told basically that we weren't even supposed to have gotten the level of support we had received, and proceeded to explain how SaaS works (we're a software company, mind you).

I think Zendesk simply got too big too fast, and somewhere along the way decided that the businesses using their product aren't important anymore. They lost this long-term customer.

Pros

Zendesk as a tool does what it is supposed to do, and it does it well. We used Support + Guide products, for ticketing for our e-learning business, and also for our Self-Serve support (knowledgebase). It is full-featured, and comprehensive. As far as support rep work goes, it's simple, to the point, and it integrates well with many tool because it is such a large company. It is designed for an enterprise company.

Cons

Because it is so full-featured, it can be years' work to get everything set like you need, and they provide little to no assistance. Some of the basic settings are so deep and so spread out, you'll spend hours reading through Help articles to understand how to customize your ticket form. It is NOT small-business friendly, it is really meant for large companies with someone dedicated to maintaining this software.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Used Daily for 2+ years
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  • Likelihood to recommend 0.0 /10

A mediocre product that doesn't get better as it grows

Reviewed on 25/09/2018

Pros

I struggle to find good things to say. It works and rarely has performance problems. If you need very basic support ticketing and are just starting out, you could use it and be successful. We did. But the functionality and support for those organizations between startup and large corporation is nil. If we were a very large organization, I could see it being a valuable product.

Cons

1. It is incredibly difficult to keep track of business users. When you are a SaaS supporting clients who have end-users, organizing tickets and documenting issues is very important to find patterns. This is not possible in Zendesk, at least at the Team feature level. There is not a central location for information for an organization outside of a Notes box that is basically a tiny sidebar textbox that allows no formatting to make notes over time readable.

2. There is no way to reference individual comments in a ticket because individual comments do not have their own IDs. This makes it very cumbersome to keep succinct notes and refers back to my first point. The only way we can review a client's history is through wading through a bunch of tickets with an endless stream of comments. I can't get a good timeline overview of their experience and issues, which is so essential to good issue triage.

3. Lack of features for those at the less pricey levels is pretty bad. There's no way to make our contact forms more customizable (like having a message to the person on the ticket - there is only limited description area and those are question/field based) and we don't have access to conditional logic on the forms. So we are left with clients just throwing issues at us without getting good information from them to get a one-touch resolution. The way Zendesk works it forces us to give lower-quality support.

4. There's no exporting your ticket information or running any sort of report if you are using the Team or lower feature level. These, to me, should be basic features as they pertain to the most basic of needs for any support team. Not only that, it ties you to the product and punishes you for leaving. We can't move to another product because we can't take our ticket history with us.

5. The features and performance is inconsistent. For example, there are "Triggers" and "Automations". Triggers and automations are the same. The only difference is the automations are time-based. But they don't tell you that in the interface - there's nothing telling you what is required to set up the automation in order for it to pass validation, only an error message. And by following the instructions of the error message, you can still get more errors. But there's nothing there to tell you the overall requirements so you can avoid errors in the first place. And in the Triggers interface, they leave out a large amount of placeholder options for seemingly no reason, so you have to go find the placeholder references for yourself.

In my opinion, Zendesk doesn't have the user in mind. They put out new features and integrations, but the core product is so severely lacking that it seems like they feel they are operating on auto-pilot and their product needs no update itself. It's a shame, because it was probably was a good product with a lot of potential back when it first started up.

Verified Reviewer
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  • Industry: Luxury Goods & Jewelry
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10

Recommended if you have high volumes of support tickets

Reviewed on 08/02/2020

While there are a couple of issues with Zendesk, overall I find it a far preferable option to dealing with these tickets through e-mail, Slack, or a personal basis (barring cases where this would be the better solution). If you are getting enough volume of tickets that support ticket software seems like it'd help your business, you can afford to get it.

Pros

Gives you a central hub to handle support tickets (in my case, internal). Rather than handling issues faced by colleagues through e-mail or a chat program, thus, cluttering either up, you can sort it all away into a separate place. It usefully has both e-mail notification and Slack integration abilities, which means being aware right away when an issue is sent in. It also has the ability to link tickets from JIRA, so if an issue requires additional intervention from other teams, you now have that connection. Also useful is if you have some desire for anonymity (obscure/black box who specifically is handling issues), this will work far better than e-mail or Slack in providing that. There are also additional features such as stats and metrics, along with the ability to add tags to tickets, required fields, and macros to automate certain workflows. Again, if you are working extensively with handling issues of all manners, you will find Zendesk quite useful for you.

Cons

While the software does a good job of providing a central hub for managing support tickets, it has a couple of improvement points. The ability to not reopen a ticket if someone is simply thanking you would be nice, and one that has been requested a while that has never been implemented. Navigating the help center where you can write articles is a bit confusing to navigate and requires specific flows to get to view vs edit mode. Furthermore, the formatting tools you are offered for creating articles are quite limited, clunky, and awkward. If you want to write anything other than very bland and simple text, you'd be better off linking to an external site with better options, such as Google Docs.

Maddie
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  • Industry: Marketing & Advertising
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Communicate effectively with your customers, ¡Use Zendesk!

Reviewed on 05/02/2020

Zendesk, has helped me to perform better the solution of any problem that our clients may have, has given us the possibility of creating automatic responses, through different forms of communication, thus, it has made my work so fast and easy. Its reporting function is also really very beneficial, to see what the trends are, in sending emails to our dissemination team. Zendesk, has a great possibility to gradually increase the functions of our companies, helping us to move towards success, in a reliable and safe way.

Pros

Zendesk, is a reliable application, your ticket collection and autocomplete form is always available. In addition, it helps us resolve inquiries about calls, through your help in responding to the distinctive clientele of different media channels, and having them move through help guides before they can engage in a conversation with managers. I like Zendesk because its tools are necessary for effective management towards the guest, they facilitate the alternation of emails and take internal notes, in addition to recording telephone calls and voice memos are only for employee use. All your tools are vital to manage the accounts of our customers. It is highly recommended, a satisfied customer is one more achievement.

Cons

The main drawback of this skillful application, is that its long-lasting features and simple to implement, are requested by customers through the community, are not added to the product, the user interface is not one of the most attractive that exist , although it presents all the functionalities implemented at the same time, so enough time is spent to fully familiarize yourself with this software and make the most of its performance. Several changes can further improve workflows or provide better interaction between the company and the clientele. Your online training is not the most complete because you do not have fasting forums or personal training. There is no free trial available to test the software before you are told to opt for a paid plan with all available features.

Gaurav
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Zendesk Suite: A Comprehensive and User-Friendly Customer Support Solution

Reviewed on 04/03/2023

The platform offers a comprehensive set of tools for managing customer support, including ticket management, live chat, phone support, and self-service options. Users appreciate the easy-to-use interface and the ability to customize the platform to meet their specific needs. Additionally, the suite integrates with many third-party applications, making it a flexible and scalable solution for businesses of all sizes. The only potential drawbacks are the pricing structure, which some users have found to be expensive, and the need for technical assistance for more advanced configuration. Overall, Zendesk Suite is a highly regarded solution for customer support.

Pros

The suite includes tools for ticket management, live chat, phone support, and self-service options like knowledge base and community forums. Users appreciate the ease of use and customizability of the platform, allowing them to tailor it to their specific needs. Additionally, the suite integrates with many third-party applications, making it a flexible and scalable solution for businesses of all sizes.

Cons

while the platform is highly customizable, some users have reported that it can be challenging to configure the more advanced settings without technical assistance. However, these issues seem to be relatively minor compared to the overall benefits of using Zendesk Suite for customer support.

Neyda Jose
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  • Industry: Computer Software
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Excellent customer service solution

Reviewed on 22/05/2019

This software has been really efficient since not only it allows to give a good attention to the client but also it is possible to do a follow-up to the attention agents to know who stands out the most, who are available to take care of the client and this makes that not wait for any client but all are served in the best way possible and you can solve their problems in the shortest time, there is also no way to have a collapse in the channels as there are different channels of attention that can be chosen to suit each client, that is why I think Zendesk is a tool with great potential and can be used in any type of company regardless of the size of it.

Pros

Zendesk is a customer service software with very relevant features that make me like it, one of them is that it has an extremely friendly interface, since it can be customized which allows it to be easy to use, allows the agent to have information about who the client is, in this way the help process becomes simpler and faster, the client can choose because they want to be served because this software provides different channels as an option being all in real time, besides it offers a highly efficient ticket management efficient since agents can create different notes on the same ticket and even several of them can serve the same client making the process much more efficient and the best thing is that through it you can track users as well as the tickets which is a great advantage since an order is maintained.

Cons

Despite being extremely efficient in terms of providing the most optimal tools to make the customer service process simpler and faster and adjusted to the needs of each client, this software still has some things that should improve as is the case of providing plans that can adjust more to each company since their plans has a fairly high price, also the creation of reports is very efficient but it is not easy to use so it can take more time than expected to complete the same

Nikolaos
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  • Industry: Maritime
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Amazing tool for any customer support team

Reviewed on 03/03/2020

Overall, my 2 year experience using Zendesk was incredibly positive! I enjoyed both using it and configuring it and would easily recommend it to others. Plus, I think their support team did a great job, whenever we had a question we always got effective and timely replies.

Pros

I've used many ticket services in my 10+ years of experience with customer support and Zendesk is easily one of my top two choices. Incredibly easy to figure out and use!

Cons

To me the appeal of this product was its simplicity, compared to other products like Salesforce. However, if your team has complex needs then this might not be the tool for you as there is a limit to what you can do with it.

Alternatives Considered

Zoho Desk

Switched From

Freshdesk