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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Cisco Finesse

    Score5.5 out of 10
    N/ACisco Finesse is a product designed to improve customer support delivered via contact centers. Described by Cisco as a next-generation agent and supervisor desktop, Cisco Finesse provides a collaborative experience for communities that interact with your customer service organization. Finesse's user-centric design is stated to enhance satisfaction for your customer-care representatives.N/A

    Zendesk Talk

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AZendesk Talk is call center software built on the Twilio cloud communication platform that integrates with the Zendesk Support ticketing system. This allows customer service teams to provide phone support from the same platform they use to manage all other channels.N/A
    Pricing
    Cisco FinesseZendesk Talk
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    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco FinesseZendesk Talk
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco FinesseZendesk Talk
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    86%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    Features
    Cisco FinesseZendesk Talk
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Cisco Finesse and Zendesk Talk
    Feature
    Cisco Finesse
    7.5
    7 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Zendesk Talk
    7.8
    16 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Agent dashboard8.06 Ratings9.916 Ratings
    Validate callers8.75 Ratings6.012 Ratings
    Outbound response5.07 Ratings10.014 Ratings
    Call forwarding5.06 Ratings8.915 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)8.93 Ratings10.013 Ratings
    Warm transfer5.05 Ratings9.912 Ratings
    Predictive dialing8.04 Ratings5.08 Ratings
    Interactive voice response8.03 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    REST APIs8.02 Ratings5.07 Ratings
    Call scripts8.03 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    Call tracking8.36 Ratings9.914 Ratings
    Multichannel integration8.93 Ratings5.110 Ratings
    CRM software integration8.13 Ratings5.09 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Cisco Finesse and Zendesk Talk
    Feature
    Cisco Finesse
    6.1
    7 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Zendesk Talk
    7.8
    16 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Inbound call routing6.07 Ratings9.912 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing7.73 Ratings5.110 Ratings
    Recording7.95 Ratings9.915 Ratings
    Quality management5.05 Ratings9.913 Ratings
    Call analytics6.06 Ratings8.913 Ratings
    Historical reporting4.06 Ratings8.913 Ratings
    Live reporting2.06 Ratings4.914 Ratings
    Customer surveys8.74 Ratings5.08 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics7.33 Ratings8.19 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Cisco FinesseZendesk Talk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    5.0
    (7 ratings)
    9.9
    (16 ratings)
    Usability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco FinesseZendesk Talk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    I didn't personally hate working with Finesse as an end-user, but the frequent bugs and crashes were troublesome. While the frequency wasn't daily or weekly, it was enough to be memorable and difficult to work through. At times the software would crash across the board and take 15 minutes to recover, which pending call volumes, could be highly problematic. When it was working I had few issues or complaints.
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    Zendesk
    Zendesk Talk is a great partner that helps us in the customer care area by managing every type of contact with customers (both phone calls and emails). I know there is also the possibility to have integration with instant messaging apps (like messenger and WhatsApp but I have never used them in my experience). In my opinion, the best scenario for Zendesk Talk is represented by a context with a high amount of contacts/requests where a unique platform could be a help both on the external side (customers) and on the internal side (a lot of colleagues who are working in the same area and have to work in a coordinate way). For customers, they could benefit from tailor-made answers, also based on past contacts for the same topic, and avoid waiting times during phone calls, with an immediate follow-up. For internal work management, operators don't overlap in a single request, and even if the same operator is not available the one who manages the request later has complete visibility of the entire topic from the historical point of view. Last but not least, I think that Zendesk Talk helps a lot in the context in which the request's speed is a KPI to manage constantly.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • Keep detail record of the agent and supervisor activity.
    • Help to create agent and give them access to different teams and different skill groups.
    • Allows the supervisor to keep a track record of the agent different states like ready, not ready, in call, [etc...]
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    Zendesk
    • Call recording is a nice feature! It is great for training purposes and for quality assurance.
    • The metrics you get from Explore are a great insight into how the team is handling the call volumes.
    • Zendesk Talk has met most of our needs. It can be a bit unreliable at times.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • There were too many outages
    • There were a number of times I would get kicked out of the system without reason
    • Reports were difficult to read
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    Zendesk
    • The lag on the phone is by far the most annoying thing with Zendesk talk due to the voice over IP.
    • Using the Reporting feature in Zendesk has never been a walk in the park. We have to customize a lot of fields and when something doesn't seem to add up, it at times feels like pulling teeth to get to the final answer of what went wrong.
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    Usability
    Cisco
    It is easy to use, but there are outages that affect the overall customer satisfaction. There were many times when we were unable to enter the call queues or even our direct lines because the system was not functioning properly. It was extremely easy to transfer people and that was a great function of the program.
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    Zendesk
    Everything about it works, as I have previously detailed. Coming from different companies and using other tools like Twilio or Aircall, those are VOIP tools that are built to be plugged into other tools, Zendesk Talk is natively built into Zendesk and feels correct in the user experience of Zendesk
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    We have hardly had any problems, but the attention provided when we need support has been very fast and effective
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    Zendesk
    In our experience, we have had to go through many support people then ultimately getting frustrated enough to go directly to our point of contact who then doesn't always seem to be able to assist. We tend to get the support we need when it is escalated up to me and I reach out to our point of a contact person to express our frustration.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    We used to use Dialpad and it was a great tool. Since switching to Cisco Finesse, we have had no issues with call forwarding, call transfers, or holding. We no longer experience any issues with our callers in the queue or any issues with call playback for quality assurance. Cisco Finesse has made things much easier around the office.
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    Zendesk
    Slack and Zoom phones cannot compare because they have no ticketing systems. Zendesk Talk was the only option we considered because we were already using Zendesk for our email ticketing with customer concerns. We then expanded to using Zendesk's chatbot and then the Zendesk Talk system to keep it all integrated and streamlined.
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • Cisco Finesse is a pivotal piece of HubSpot's world renowned Customer Support team, seamlessly integrating with our product to deliver our customers the highest level of support.
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    Zendesk
    • We were able to reduce global headcount by 20% in our call centers.
    • Allowing customers to leave voicemails creates the personal touch needed and really increases our customer connectivity score. We saw increases in our CSAT scores after the implementation of this solution.
    • Call handling time and case reopen rates both decreased. Y/y it decreased 18% and 60%.
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