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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Dimensional Insight

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ADimensional Insight provides integrated business intelligence and performance management solutions globally.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
    Dimensional InsightZendesk Explore
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Dimensional InsightZendesk 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
    Dimensional InsightZendesk Explore
    Considered Both Products
    Dimensional Insight
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    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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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    Dimensional InsightZendesk Explore
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Dimensional Insight and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Dimensional Insight
    8.3
    2 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Zendesk Explore
    9.0
    9 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports8.01 Ratings7.15 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards10.02 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.02 Ratings9.97 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Dimensional Insight and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Dimensional Insight
    8.0
    2 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Zendesk Explore
    8.3
    9 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Drill-down analysis10.02 Ratings9.59 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities5.02 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages8.01 Ratings4.85 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration9.01 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Dimensional Insight and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Dimensional Insight
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    18% above category average
    Zendesk Explore
    8.4
    9 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Publish to Web10.02 Ratings6.96 Ratings
    Publish to PDF10.02 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Report Versioning10.01 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling10.02 Ratings8.97 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers10.01 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Dimensional Insight and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Dimensional Insight
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Zendesk Explore
    7.1
    7 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.01 Ratings6.66 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.01 Ratings7.16 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics9.01 Ratings5.55 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings9.43 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Dimensional Insight and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Dimensional Insight
    10.0
    2 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Zendesk Explore
    9.1
    9 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)10.02 Ratings9.58 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model10.02 Ratings9.59 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)10.02 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)10.01 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.64 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Dimensional Insight and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Dimensional Insight
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Zendesk Explore
    7.8
    7 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access8.01 Ratings6.15 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile10.01 Ratings9.06 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings8.32 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Dimensional Insight and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Dimensional Insight
    -
    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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    Dimensional InsightZendesk Explore
    Small Businesses
    Cyfe
    Score8.8 out of 10
    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
    Dimensional InsightZendesk Explore
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.5
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Data Sources
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Dimensional InsightZendesk Explore
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Dimensional Insight
    Well suited - as stated before - allows user to answer their own questions.
    Incentivized
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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
    Dimensional Insight
    • The product is excellent!
    • Experienced DI Consultants with a broad knowledge in both, product and client data.
    • Customer service and technical support is always available; very professional and investigate reported issues until resolved.
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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
    Dimensional Insight
    • Some screens are not adjustable for sizing.
    • Better capability to import from a spreadsheet.
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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
    Dimensional Insight
    Navigation thru the Diver portal is simple; some users have trouble but it also depends on how the analysts build models and present the reports with quickviews selections and report layouts. I am aware of DI capability to access reports thru mobile devices but I have not experience it first hand.
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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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    Support Rating
    Dimensional Insight
    Support is always quick to answer and good to deal with.
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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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    Implementation Rating
    Dimensional Insight
    I don't have direct experience with the first time DI was implemented but on subsequent upgrades there have been positive experiences with support and seamless transitions to avoid users discomfort.
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    Zendesk
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    Alternatives Considered
    Dimensional Insight
    Dimensional Insight is a lot easier to design and use. User interface is much more intuitive.
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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
    Dimensional Insight
    • Increased efficiency - very positive.
    • Sales Reporting is Interactive and Light Years ahead of previous solution.
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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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