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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Clari

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AClari is a predictive sales analytics and sales forecasting solution from the company of the same name headquartered in Sunnyvale.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
    ClariZendesk Explore
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    ClariZendesk 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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    ClariZendesk Explore
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    Clari
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    10 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    ClariZendesk Explore
    Sales Forecasting Features
    Comparison of Sales Forecasting Features features of Clari and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Clari
    9.9
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Zendesk Explore
    -
    Ratings
    Quick Dashboard/Forecast10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Visuals10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Forecast Templates9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Forecasting Factors10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Forecast Review10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Forecasting Management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Custom Forecast Models10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Record of Previous Sales Forecasts10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Forecast Collaboration:10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM Data Import10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Clari and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Clari
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Explore
    9.0
    9 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings7.15 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings9.97 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Clari and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Clari
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Explore
    8.3
    9 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings9.59 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings4.85 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Clari and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Clari
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Explore
    8.4
    9 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings6.96 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings8.97 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Clari and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Clari
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Explore
    7.1
    7 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings6.66 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.16 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings5.55 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings9.43 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Clari and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Clari
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Explore
    9.1
    9 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings9.58 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings9.59 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.64 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)00 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Clari and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Clari
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Explore
    7.8
    7 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings6.05 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings8.32 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Clari and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Clari
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Explore
    5.9
    4 Ratings
    28% below category average
    REST API00 Ratings5.34 Ratings
    Javascript API00 Ratings5.93 Ratings
    iFrames00 Ratings5.53 Ratings
    Java API00 Ratings5.63 Ratings
    Themeable User Interface (UI)00 Ratings6.23 Ratings
    Customizable Platform (Open Source)00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
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    Cyfe
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score6.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Jaspersoft Community Edition
    Score9.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ClariZendesk Explore
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (28 ratings)
    9.5
    (9 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    9.4
    (3 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Data Sources
    9.2
    (3 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ClariZendesk Explore
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Clari
    This is the only forecasting tool you need. Best for CSMs renewal forecasting. Can even forecast churn as far out as you'd like. Example: we forecast 3 quarters out (even if it's just a rough guess). Helps ELT determine OKRs for H1 & H2. Best for Sales for net new opps or existing customer expansions. We're able to segment and see that mid market is closing more deals in a specific tool than enterprise and can segment down by industry or AE/CSM to see what's working and what's not
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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
    Clari
    • Creates call summary and add them in created tags to help us to targeted monitoring.
    • Help us create battlecards that agents can use on live calls.
    • Help us create library and playbook of good and bad calls for training.
    • Help us provide a call overview by team.
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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
    Clari
    • Occasionally it can be difficult to save specifically formatted criteria views
    • The QBR dashboard has a lot of information on it, would be helpful if that was simplified to show what is most important
    • The Salesforce integration is not immediate, so when updating opps it can take Clari 10-15 minutes to accurately reflect (but honestly still works great)
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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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    Likelihood to Renew
    Clari
    I will renew my Clari Subscription for many reasons. 1. Streamlines Sales - Clari automates many manual tasks like note-taking and transcripts. This frees my sales team so they can focus on closing deals. 2. Increased customer retention - Clari helps me identify potential churn risks and take proactive measures. 3. AI-Driven Insights
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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Clari
    Because i never had issues with using the product it is more that the departments that need to set up all fields for the sales teams can use more training and guidance to quickly get the right results using Clari
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    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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    Reliability and Availability
    Clari
    During the last 5 years, we have never faced unplanned outages
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    Zendesk
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    Performance
    Clari
    The system is usually fast and loads quickly. Occasional slowness is observed during processing heavy uploads or downloads.
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    Zendesk
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    Support Rating
    Clari
    Clari is very willing to jump in and build out use cases. They will work to do anything for you. That said, their follow up is not great. We have had to reach out for follow up several times on a project, which is still not complete. I wish they taught us how to complete what we want, rather than doing it in house for us
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    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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    In-Person Training
    Clari
    We had one session of in-person training conducted in our office.
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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Clari
    Clari has good training materials, videos, and documentation.
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    Zendesk
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    Implementation Rating
    Clari
    No more the better there is a plan and technical support the business needs and functionalities can be created for the company to use it like that
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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Clari
    At the time of selection, Clari was a more mature product than Xactly Forecasting. We did not want to experience growing pains with Xactly. Pipeline Inspection from SFDC was just becoming available. We had already selected Clari before we learned about Pipeline Inspection.
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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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    Scalability
    Clari
    Clari is worth the investment with its advanced forecasting and pipeline management. They have a unified revenue platform that serves as a single source of truth for revenue data.
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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Clari
    • I no longer spend hours reconciling spreadsheets or guessing which opportunities are real - Clari shows me exactly where to focus to drive results.
    • I have consistently hit my quota the last 3 quarters thanks to Clari's precision and detailed insights.
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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.
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