We performed a comparison between Salesforce Service Cloud 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."The product's initial setup phase was straightforward."
"The complexity of the solution is very less."
"The most valuable feature of Salesforce Service Cloud is its ease of use."
"The plug-ins that work with other standard systems have made the product industry-ready."
"We use Salesforce Service Cloud for lead management and opportunity management."
"Salesforce Service Cloud offers several notable features. It includes robust case routing, escalation capabilities, entitlement mapping, and entanglement rules. Additionally, it supports Computer Telephone Integration (CTI), which allows for automatic case generation when a call is made to a designated number."
"It's a cloud tool, so it is easy to set up."
"The strength lies in its ability to work cohesively with other systems, creating a centralized hub that enhances efficiency and collaboration across various functionalities within our organization."
"It's very convenient to use."
"Zendesk Support has a lot of good APIs."
"The feature to move over my customer experience team tickets for different specialists is very valuable for my team."
"Its agility and simplicity are the most valuable features. This tool is very user-friendly."
"It has good management, the ability to sign tickets based on content, the multi-channel support, the self service portal, the integration with Salesforce, the setup process, and the product features as we are currently using them."
"What is cool about Zendesk Guide is how it works together with others Zendesk products. Especially with support and with the analytics. Put those together for a small or medium-sized company and it's a really powerful tool."
"It's a very stable tool, very powerful."
"One of the most valuable features is the ease of use. If you take the standalone product, it is so easy to use, but if you want a tailor-made Zendesk Guide, you can't do it yourself. However, you can use a template that already exists—they have a lot, and they're very cheap, around 300-400 euros—and use it on all your brands. It's a very easy product to use."
"I'm not deeply engaged with this team, so I don't have extensive experience with it. As you mentioned, I haven't used it much yet, so my experience is limited."
"The product's high price is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The pricing for what Salesforce Service Cloud offers is not great."
"The main concern for me revolves around the speed of certain integrations."
"Salesforce Service Cloud's report functionality could be improved."
"The integrations with other solutions can be improved."
"Salesforce should include maps as a default offering so that, as a customer, I can view where the technician is on the geographical map."
"The product should be capable of delivering complex reports as per company requirements without the need for a Tableau license."
"The dashboard could be better."
"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."
"The data you get when logged in to Zendesk Support differs from the data you get when you programmatically query Zendesk Support through its API because of a sync time delay."
"You couldn't give administrative access to new hires."
"It needs to improve in terms of its flexibility, price, and installation."
"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."
"The solution could integrate better with QR codes from some websites such as Facebook."
Salesforce Service Cloud is ranked 2nd in CRM Customer Engagement Centers with 39 reviews while Zendesk is ranked 5th in CRM Customer Engagement Centers with 57 reviews. Salesforce Service Cloud is rated 8.6, while Zendesk is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Salesforce Service Cloud writes "High scalability with good plugins and excellent customer visibility". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zendesk writes "Straightforward, very transparent, and very well organized". Salesforce Service Cloud is most compared with ServiceNow, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, JIRA Service Management, Vlocity and BSI, whereas Zendesk is most compared with ServiceNow, JIRA Service Management, Atlassian Confluence, Freshservice and Microsoft Dynamics CRM. See our Salesforce Service Cloud vs. Zendesk report.
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