DataEQ vs. Desk.com (discontinued)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
DataEQ
Score 8.3 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
BrandsEye is a South African reputation management and social media monitoring system competing with vendors like Trackur. BrandsEye scours the social web for mentions and uses crowdsourced analysis to judge sentiment.N/A
Desk.com (discontinued)
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Desk.com was a helpdesk, ticketing, and customer support product offered by Salesforce, and oriented towards the needs of small businesses. It is no longer sold and support has been discontinued. Salesforce recommends its modern Service Cloud as a replacement.N/A
Pricing
DataEQDesk.com (discontinued)
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DataEQDesk.com (discontinued)
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsEnterprise focused solution, with pricing based on data volumes
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
DataEQDesk.com (discontinued)
Best Alternatives
DataEQDesk.com (discontinued)
Small Businesses
Simplify360
Simplify360
Score 7.8 out of 10
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Front
Front
Score 7.2 out of 10
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Front
Front
Score 7.2 out of 10
SysAid
SysAid
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
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8.2
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Likelihood to Renew
-
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8.4
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Usability
-
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8.3
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Availability
-
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1.0
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Performance
-
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10.0
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Support Rating
-
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8.2
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Implementation Rating
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10.0
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User Testimonials
DataEQDesk.com (discontinued)
Likelihood to Recommend
If you are looking for an analytics product that doesn't just monitor, but also listens to online conversations then BrandsEye is the ideal tool.
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Desk.com and the Salesforce Service Cloud provide a sophisticated suite to easily create and track cases coming in, along with automatically routing and escalating issues as they arise. It allows me to configure my own workflows and customizes consoles with easy drag and drop functionality. It is the perfect help desk software, which integrates with the Salesforce Sales and Commerce clouds seamlessly. The in-app and mobile support is also very expedient and helpful.
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Pros
  • Ease of use
  • Reporting
  • Scalability
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  • Help Center. Desk has worked endlessly with us to perfect our Help Center. They are dedicated and willing to work in order to make your product right.
  • Customization. Though we exceeded the rule limitation for Desk, they have still allowed us to take their product and make it our own. We have our own labeling, and priority system which help us hit important SLAs.
  • User education. Whenever there is a new feature released, I feel like I'm in the know about it which is extremely important when we've been requesting certain features for a long period of time. Their communication is on point.
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Cons
  • Explaining the Advert Value Equivalent
  • A more user-friendly system
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  • Internal knowledge tools are clunky and annoying to access, outside the regular workflow of everyday staff
  • Arbitrary and confusing limitations in business rules and custom fields
  • Arbitrary and confusing limitations in case handling - for example, if you begin a case as a phone call you CANNOT email the customer from the case. As though no one working at Desk has ever sent a follow-up email...?
  • Not very good for B2B, mid-to-large businesses. Difficult to set business rules based on company information (for example, service level/tier) and nearly impossible to track key stakeholders and get clear insight into the relationship at a high level
  • Reporting tools are clunky, slow, and just all-around pretty useless
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Likelihood to Renew
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We will be very likely to renew our contract with Desk.com. It is easy to use, and provides us with everything we need to keep our customers and employees happy. They have also been very helpful in catering the application to our specific and unique needs, including working across brands and adding specific content for our products
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Usability
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Once it is fully set up with all of the unique and necessary customizations for your organization, it becomes easier to use, but before that, it is not very user-friendly and there are not a lot of training resources available. You likely need a Salesforce admin for initial set-up who is experienced with customization.
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Reliability and Availability
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We've never had a problem with Desk.com's availability.
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Performance
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Fast, responsive, gorgeous, and fun. It's always run like a thoroughbred for me.
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Support Rating
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I always get the support and needed answers in a timely manner. Whether by email, ticket, or call. There's always a solution available or a potential one available. Everything is clear and straight to the point in customer support from Desk. I didn't face any difficulty so far with that.
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Implementation Rating
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As I stated earlier, implementation of Desk.com went more smoothly than most. The resources in the "Support Center" are fantastic, and I never ran into anything that left me stumped, angry, or disappointed.
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Alternatives Considered
BrandsEye has a better UI, better support, more knowledgeable staff when it comes to support and much better reputation on the whole.
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Wix Answers was much better compared to Desk.com. It had more excellent and much better and more tools and was very customizable. Luckily it also had a search tool and also the sort and filter tools. The only thing better than Wix Answers on desk.com was that we could keep internal communication records by adding notes on tickets, and it saved a lot of time.
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Return on Investment
  • Thanks to Brandseye's unique offering and structured reporting capabilities, I was able to provide accurate insights to my client throughout their marketing campaign, which allowed the extended team to make informed communication and business decisions. In addition, we are now able to provide current event partners with an accurate measure of their brand reach.
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  • It has definitely had a positive impact by helping our team quickly address issues people are having with our product.
  • Desk.com has helped our team and company get better by addressing customer and tester issues faster, and tracking data so that our team can improve the quality and speed of all of our outgoing communications.
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ScreenShots

DataEQ Screenshots

Screenshot of Various Dashboard WidgetsScreenshot of BrandsEye dashboard

Desk.com (discontinued) Screenshots

Screenshot of Desk.com ConsoleScreenshot of Desk.com Issue ScreenScreenshot of Desk.com Reporting and Analytics