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"The most valuable feature was how the solution helped us to prioritize tasks.""Provides service level optimization."

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"Its agility and simplicity are the most valuable features. This tool is very user-friendly.""The product offers very good management. It has a great ability to assign tickets based on content.""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 is very easy to connect back and forth between the requester and the person fulfilling the ticket.""The stability has been very good.""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.""We rarely had issues with Zendesk.""The feature to move over my customer experience team tickets for different specialists is very valuable for my team."

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"Connection to other softwares could be improved.""There are other products that are more popular."

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"The price of the solution should be reduced.""It needs to improve in terms of its flexibility, price, and installation.""They have something called Zendesk Explore, which isn't as good as what they had in place previously.""The solution could integrate better with QR codes from some websites such as Facebook.""The support team is time-consuming, and they don't find the answer to our problem.""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.""As per me, there arent much significant issues or areas for improvement with Zendesk, as my usage of it is limited. I appreciate its ability to organize tickets effectively based on tags, allowing me to easily gather and analyze customer feedback and requests.""Sometimes if there was a way to just flag the actual issue out of those email chains - that would be really helpful."

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  • "We pay for the solution on a yearly basis and my understanding is that the cost is about $30,000. That's the cost for 24 to 25 agents."
  • "The price is very competitive."
  • "Zendesk's licensing is not cheap. For Enterprise, we are paying $200 per agent. It's a per-month cost, so it's pretty steep. There are some services you need to pay extra for. For example, with Zendesk Guide, we had to buy the most expensive offering in order to get Multibrand and everything. We also had to pay a lot of money for themes."
  • "There are different plans that are offered. We are using the entry-level plan. The overall price of the solution should be reduced. The price is too high."
  • "You have to pay extra for better support. So it's not only the license that you pay for, but you have to pay extra for the support as well."
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    Top Answer:I found the user experience with vendors on Zendesk to be straightforward, especially when it comes to understanding and searching for specific tickets. The search and navigation tools are easy to… more »
    Top Answer:You have to pay extra for better support. So it's not only the license that you pay for, but you have to pay extra for the support as well. The pricing is expensive. Back then, we were paying $51 per… more »
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    Also Known As
    Zendesk Support, Zendesk Guide, Zendesk Sell
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    Overview

    Stay on top of all customer requests and inquiries with LiveAgent, the most reviewed and top-rated help desk software for SMB in 2020. LiveAgent boasts the fastest chat widget on the market and has over 150M end-users worldwide. LiveAgent is a fully-featured web-based live chat and helpdesk software. LiveAgent harnesses the power of a universal inbox, real-time live chat, built-in call center, and a robust customer service portal. LiveAgent has over 179+ helpful features such as advanced automation features, rules, tags, and 40+ integrations.

    Join companies like BMW, Yamaha, Huawei and Oxford University in providing world-class customer service. Start your free 14-day trial today, no credit card required.

    Zendesk Support is intuitive, and it's built with support agents in mind. Everything they need lives in a single, dynamic help desk interface so it's easy to be productive and manage customer interactions.

    Sample Customers
    Orange, Huawei, T Mobile, eOn, Solid Trust Pay, G4S, Oxford University
    Mailchimp, Tesco, Vimeo, Instacart, Mediaocean, Slack, Uber
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    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company24%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Construction Company10%
    Non Profit7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company22%
    Educational Organization10%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    University6%
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    REVIEWERS
    Small Business46%
    Midsize Enterprise35%
    Large Enterprise19%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise55%
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    LiveAgent is ranked 33rd in Help Desk Software while Zendesk is ranked 10th in Help Desk Software with 57 reviews. LiveAgent is rated 8.0, while Zendesk is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of LiveAgent writes "Service level optimization is key as is the integrated email and chat functions". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zendesk writes "Straightforward, very transparent, and very well organized". LiveAgent is most compared with , whereas Zendesk is most compared with ServiceNow, JIRA Service Management, Atlassian Confluence, Freshservice and Microsoft Dynamics CRM.

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