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Overview

What Zendesk does

Zendesk is a service-first CRM company that builds software designed to improve customer relationships. Our products help organizations understand their customers, improve communication, and offer support where and when it's needed most.

What people use it for

  • Help desk and ticketing system management
  • Omnichannel customer support
  • Knowledge base and self-service portals
  • AI-assisted customer service

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Where it falls short

Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Zendesk.

  • AI agents operate on per-resolution billing; customers pay only when an AI agent successfully resolves a ticket without escalation
  • Copilot and Contact Center features available as separate add-ons at £50+/agent/month
  • Advanced routing, workforce engagement, and approval workflows limited to Enterprise tier
  • Highest tier requires sales consultation and custom pricing

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What people choose instead of Zendesk

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Capabilities

Features

  • Ticket management

    Ticket management capability

  • Omnichannel support

    Omnichannel support capability

  • Knowledge base

    Knowledge base capability

  • Live chat

    Live chat capability

  • Call center

    Call center capability

  • Analytics & reporting

    Analytics & reporting capability

  • Automation

    Automation capability

  • Customer satisfaction

    Customer satisfaction capability

  • Slack

    Integration with Slack

  • Salesforce

    Integration with Salesforce

  • Jira

    Integration with Jira

  • Shopify

    Integration with Shopify

Behind it

Who makes Zendesk

Company
Zendesk Inc
Based in
San Francisco, CA
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