It is easy to use, highly customizable and makes our work faster.
Head of Customer Service at a hospitality company with 51-200 employees
The possibility to quickly send templates emails based on content and user language.
What is most valuable?
How has it helped my organization?
The possibility to quickly send templates emails based on content and user language.
What needs improvement?
I would like to see improvement in the "trigger" sections and "macros" as well. Both should have conditional fields to customize.
For how long have I used the solution?
We've used it for three years.
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What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
We have had no issues with the deployment.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
There have been no issues with the stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
There have been no issues scaling it for our needs.
How are customer service and support?
Customer Service:
Mainly it's been good.
Technical Support:Mainly it's been good.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We used Netsuite which is too complex and too expensive.
How was the initial setup?
The setup process is quite easy.
What about the implementation team?
We did it in house.
What other advice do I have?
It is perfect if you need an email system. Absolutely not if looking for a CRM solution.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Google Apps deployment Specialist and Support Manager at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
This is one of the better solutions on the market for SMBs but it needs to allow more information to be put into tickets.
What is most valuable?
- Merging similar incident tickets into one ticket as a problem ticket
- APIs to integrate with other CRM solutions like Remedy and RemedyForce
How has it helped my organization?
- Handling tickets within the SLA
- Smart search of archived tickets for auditing purposes
- Support metrics to analyse the work done by the support team during certain period of time.
What needs improvement?
The reports could be more fine tuned to enable better handling of tickets by individual agents and teams.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've used the webportal and the Android App for two years.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
No this is a simple online portal hosted on a cloud platform.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
No issues encountered.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
No issues encountered.
How are customer service and technical support?
Zendesk tech support is done via a forum, but the knowledge base contains most of the technical knowledge.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
No previous solution was used.
How was the initial setup?
It's straightforward.
What about the implementation team?
It was done in-house.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
- Remedy
- RemedyForce
What other advice do I have?
This is one of the better solutions on the market for SMBs. It's good if your main concentration is tickets. It lacks features for attaching enough information in the ticket.
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Consultant / Public Speaking / Writing with 51-200 employees
Improved organization functions by providing a ticket database support system for more effective communication and follow up on customer issues.
What is most valuable?
Navigation and application is user friendly and can be self-taught from a user perspective. Categorizing issues is also of utmost importance.
How has it helped my organization?
Improved organization functions by providing a ticket database support system for more effective communication and follow up on customer issues.
What needs improvement?
It could use better analytics for trend tracking as well as the ability to tie the customer support and sales items together.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've used it for one year.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
I was not involved in the initial deployment.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
We had no issues with the stability.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We had no issues scaling it for our needs.
How are customer service and technical support?
8/10
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I was not involved in the decision making of choosing the support product. While I was there, the company actually moved to Salesforce.
How was the initial setup?
I was not involved in initial setup.
What about the implementation team?
My understanding is that it was implemented as an in-house team. My advice on implementation is for workflows to be evaluated and setup up with the customers in order that they are optimizing the product. I do not feel the product was optimized based on original implementation.
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Team Lead - CSM Nordics at a marketing services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
You can reply to tickets by simply replying to email and start tickets by shooting an email to the right address.
Valuable Features
Feedback system through emails – the fact that you can reply to tickets by simply replying to email, also starting tickets by shooting an email to the right address.
Improvements to My Organization
It makes life much easier e.g. clients who never used Zendesk before needn’t learn it, they can just shoot an email to report an issue.
Room for Improvement
It needs to have a more intuitive application of macro’s in changing ticket statuses.
Use of Solution
We've used it for two years.
Deployment Issues
There were no issues with the deployment.
Stability Issues
There were no issues with the stability.
Scalability Issues
We have had no issues with scaling it for our needs.
Customer Service and Technical Support
It is rarely needed.
Initial Setup
It's straightforward for me.
Implementation Team
We did it in-house.
Pricing, Setup Cost and Licensing
The pricing is much higher than that of other solutions.
Other Solutions Considered
It wasn’t my personal decision, but, I would go for Zendesk over QuickBase or MS Dynamics, which I had a chance to use for years as well, anytime.
Other Advice
If their price is acceptable, I would recommend using Zendesk to all companies whose clients and employees need a simple way of raising issues.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Marketplace Integrity Specialist at a comms service provider with 51-200 employees
The ticketing software itself as well as the reporting features have been most valuable.
What is most valuable?
The ticketing software itself as well as the reporting features have been most valuable
How has it helped my organization?
Our CS team has been able to quickly and effectively run through customer inquiries using the Zendesk platform
What needs improvement?
I would like to see the ability to merge between companies/teams. We have separate teams using Zendesk, and while we can move tickets to one another we cannot take certain actions to them as they are technically 'the other team's'.
For how long have I used the solution?
We've used it for one year.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
I have not seen any issues.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I have not seen any issues.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I have not seen any issues.
How are customer service and technical support?
Customer Service:
Zendesk has great customer service and there are rarely technical issues.
Technical Support:I have not used a different ticketing service, but in comparison to CS communication software such as Olark, phone support, and emails - Zendesk has been the easiest solution.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I was not part of the set-up.
How was the initial setup?
I believe the implementation was done through an in-house team.
What other advice do I have?
The team at Zendesk is there to help, so don't be afraid to reach out. There are many 'hidden' tools that make CS agents life easier, find them, use them.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Application Support Specialist at a construction company with 51-200 employees
It helped with tracking tickets and identifying trends in help desk calls.
What is most valuable?
- Reporting
- Tracking
How has it helped my organization?
When I used it, it helped with tracking tickets and identifying trends in help desk calls.
For how long have I used the solution?
I used it for two years.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
No issues, it went well.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I did not experience any stability issues during the two years I used Zendesk.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
None at all.
How are customer service and technical support?
Customer Service:
I never had to call customer service. That was done by the admin person.
Technical Support:I personally never had to call the Zendesk tech support, as again it was handled by admin.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
At the time I was employed at that company there was no help desk ticket system in use prior to implementing Zendesk.
What about the implementation team?
There was one person who worked with Zendesk to implement it.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
- ZoHo
- Freshdesk
- SysAid
What other advice do I have?
Zendesk is a great product but find a software package that will work best for your team and company.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Client Support Manager – Night Shift at a marketing services firm with 501-1,000 employees
It pretty much keeps people responsible and accountable in various stages of our workflow. The built-in Satisfaction system is pretty basic.
Valuable Features
Triggers and Automations greatly help with our workflow.
Improvements to My Organization
It pretty much keep people responsible and accountable in various stages of our workflow.
Room for Improvement
The built-in Satisfaction system is pretty basic: "Good" or "Bad" and optional "Why". This could be expanded a bit more.
Use of Solution
The company has been using this since 2009. I joined in 2012.
Deployment Issues
We've had no issues with the deployment.
Stability Issues
Recently they have been under some stability issues, but they do have @ZendeskOps to keep us posted on Twitter when they have issues.
Scalability Issues
There have been no issues scaling it.
Customer Service and Technical Support
Pretty fast, the first-tier agents will sort your tickets within one to two hours.
Initial Setup
Initial setup was simple. It grew over time.
Implementation Team
In-house. Just do it. It's quite customizable, so it will take some tinkering to get into a groove with it.
Pricing, Setup Cost and Licensing
The overhead per agent gets rather expensive once you grow your team.
Other Solutions Considered
We checked out Freshdesk and HelpScout -- upcoming with better pricing! Migrating from Zendesk will be a major move though, so we are sticking with Zendesk for now.
Other Advice
Do evaluate it well. Though if you are using email to manage your support tasks, get a helpdesk now.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
Market and Business Development - USA & Canada at a printing company with 501-1,000 employees
We're now able to track jobs via the ticketing system as well.
Valuable Features:
There are a couple of features we've found most valuable for us, which are
- Macros and
- Reports.
Improvements to My Organization:
We have improved the service to clients, creating great support and managing relationships.
We're now able to track jobs via the ticketing system as well.
Every department in our organization relies on Zendesk.
Room for Improvement:
We work in print so being able to preview files attached and having larger files (larger than 7MB would be great) would be a welcomed improvement.
The app also needs to be made more user-friendly.
Use of Solution:
We have been using this software for over three years.
Deployment Issues:
We had no issues with the deployment.
Stability Issues:
We have had no issues with the stability.
Scalability Issues:
We have had service clients, creating great support and managing relations, tracking jobs via ticketing system as well. In other words, it's scaled for the things we need it to do.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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