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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Azure Analysis Services

    Score7.3 out of 10
    N/AAzure Analysis Services delivers enterprise-grade BI semantic modeling capabilities with the scale, flexibility, and management benefits of the cloud. Azure Analysis Services helps transform complex data into actionable insights. Azure Analysis Services is built on the analytics engine in Microsoft SQL Server Analysis Services.N/A

    Zendesk Explore

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AZendesk offers Explore, a business intelligence and customer analytics tool which integrates with the Zendesk suite featuring ticket analytics, custom fields, dashboards, and other features. Zendesk is migrating customers of the BIME analytics product, which is approaching end of support, to Zendesk Explore in 2019.N/A
    Pricing
    Azure Analysis ServicesZendesk Explore
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Azure Analysis ServicesZendesk Explore
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Azure Analysis ServicesZendesk Explore
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Zendesk
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    Azure Analysis ServicesZendesk Explore
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Azure Analysis Services and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Azure Analysis Services
    8.7
    9 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Zendesk Explore
    9.0
    9 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.99 Ratings7.15 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.78 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates8.59 Ratings9.97 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Azure Analysis Services and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Azure Analysis Services
    9.0
    9 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Zendesk Explore
    8.3
    9 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Drill-down analysis9.07 Ratings9.59 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities8.98 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.98 Ratings4.85 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.09 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Azure Analysis Services and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Azure Analysis Services
    9.0
    9 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Zendesk Explore
    8.4
    9 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Publish to Web9.19 Ratings6.96 Ratings
    Publish to PDF8.98 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Report Versioning9.48 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.09 Ratings8.97 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.78 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Azure Analysis Services and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Azure Analysis Services
    9.1
    8 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Zendesk Explore
    7.1
    7 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.37 Ratings6.66 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.28 Ratings7.16 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics8.87 Ratings5.55 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings9.43 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Azure Analysis Services and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Azure Analysis Services
    9.3
    9 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Zendesk Explore
    9.1
    9 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)9.38 Ratings9.58 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model9.49 Ratings9.59 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.29 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.58 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.64 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Azure Analysis Services and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Azure Analysis Services
    8.8
    8 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Zendesk Explore
    7.8
    7 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.58 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Mobile Application9.54 Ratings8.32 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile8.56 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Azure Analysis Services and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Azure Analysis Services
    8.9
    8 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Zendesk Explore
    5.9
    4 Ratings
    28% below category average
    REST API8.97 Ratings5.34 Ratings
    Javascript API8.77 Ratings5.93 Ratings
    iFrames9.06 Ratings5.53 Ratings
    Java API8.98 Ratings5.63 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)8.65 Ratings6.23 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)9.24 Ratings7.02 Ratings
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    Cyfe
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    Cyfe
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zendesk Explore
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Geckoboard
    Score6.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score9.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Azure Analysis ServicesZendesk Explore
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    9.5
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Azure Analysis ServicesZendesk Explore
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    We would have many technical issues and glitches with previous similar providers but found that Azure Analysis Services can simply handle our workload and memory better. I remember we lost an account due to cloud issues not fully saving or corrupting some files. Granted, this is rare with any cloud but haven't had that issue with the same load of memory with Azure Analysis Services.
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    Zendesk
    Zendesk Explore is well suited for tracking ticket flow, agent performance, and customer satisfaction providing valuable insights into response and resolution time, workload and support quality. Particularly useful for monitoring ticket handling for different teams. Helps ensure accountability by tracking how long tickets remain assigned before being reassigned to another group. Drill down capability helps identify support bottlenecks. However, it is less appropriate for real time monitoring as it lacks real time data updates making it unsuitable for instant decision making.
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Providing role based access or we can say privilege based on the role to the user if it is integrated with Azure active directory and hence securing the access to sensitive data.
    • We use to run different type of analytics services to get the better result which is hectic if done manually or with human efforts.
    • We also use to collect bulk of data with the help of this tool and run customized test cases for better efficiency of result and better decision making. The result are very crucial and helps in taking big decision.
    • It supports different or we can say heterogeneous database vendors like the Oracle, SQL, and hence make the task easy.
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    Zendesk
    • Zendesk Explore is easy to use.
    • Zendesk Explore allows users to create custom metrics.
    • Zendesk Explore allows users to create custom attributes.
    • Zendesk Explore is easy to learn.
    • Compared to other analytics function of other Ticket Management System, Zendesk Explore is probably the best as of now.
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • There is very least content available on Microsoft docs and the Internet to get through with AAS.
    • i faced lots of connection issues while implementation.
    • The need for serious platform experience or expertise.
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    • Some aspects of Zendesk, in general, are not super intuitive. The same goes for Zendesk Explore. And, while you can google answers and hope you find something helpful, there isn't a great way to learn to get the full potential out of the product unless you want to pay for someone from your team to take a class (which costs several hundred dollars).
    • To piggyback off the last point, if you would prefer to get help from a Zendesk expert, you'll find that there is almost no customer support available to you. For a company that aims to help other companies help their customers, this has always struck me as odd. Again, Google is your friend and beyond that, you're mostly out of luck.
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    I rate Zendesk Explore 8 out of 10 for it's overall usability because it offers powerful reporting and analytics with an easy to navigate interface and intuitive dashboards. It helps improve customer satisfaction by providing valuable insights into ticket handling, agent performance and customer satisfaction. Though the complex query builder can be challenging for non technical users.
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    Support for all of Zendesk has exceeding my expectations. This company will always get a 10 out of 10 in my book. Any question you have they make sure you have the answer plus a step-by-step guide on how to do each step so you are set up for success!
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
    The platform has vast number of features and modules. The UI is sleek and once you get to use to it, you will be able to do a lot of stuff. Also support for data sources is more in Azure Analysis Services.
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    I selected Zendesk Explore only to provide an easy and quick access for my managers and supervisors regading metrics and volume trends. Is not the most flexible nor complete data visualization tool, but works well for day-to-day follow ups. You need to use another tool if you want to see long-term patterns (e.g. month over month volume trends) and you need another platform if you want your interaction metrics to interact with other important factors of the business
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • The tool has helped us a lot for taking critical decision which has resulted in the increase of profit of organization by 18 percent.
    • Return on investment is 70 percent as we are unable to utilize the tool with full functionalities, so we are still testing some of the use cases.
    • Human effort has been reduced and task has become automated hence helped in cost management
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    Zendesk
    • Money saved due to proper staffing.
    • Happier Staff- proper staffing ensures no one is overworked.
    • Ability to quickly pinpoint where issues are and why.
    Incentivized
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