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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    IBM Cloud Foundry

    Score6 out of 10
    N/AIBM Cloud Foundry is an IBM version of the open-source platform designed for building, testing, deploying, and scaling applications. Enterprises can run Cloud Foundry in a public isolated environment, while natively integrating with other IBM Cloud services, such as AI, Blockchain, and IoT.

    $0.07

    Per GBH

    Zendesk Sunshine

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ASunshine is the foundation beneath Zendesk that can be used by customers to build their own customer engagement solutions. Sunshine can be configured to meet the user's business needs using its available apps, tools, and pre-built capabilities that fits the user's own systems. Sunshine uses open standards and common languages, so it’s easier to create a support platform from a modified Zendesk, that may better suit the organization's specific needs.N/A
    Pricing
    IBM Cloud FoundryZendesk Sunshine
    Editions & Modules
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    $0.07
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    Pricing Offerings
    IBM Cloud FoundryZendesk Sunshine
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    IBM Cloud FoundryZendesk Sunshine
    Platform-as-a-Service
    Comparison of Platform-as-a-Service features of IBM Cloud Foundry and Zendesk Sunshine
    Feature
    IBM Cloud Foundry
    7.6
    24 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Zendesk Sunshine
    -
    Ratings
    Ease of building user interfaces7.010 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scalability8.524 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform management overhead8.512 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow engine capability8.020 Ratings00 Ratings
    Platform access control10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Services-enabled integration7.523 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment creation7.722 Ratings00 Ratings
    Development environment replication6.49 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue monitoring and notification4.711 Ratings00 Ratings
    Issue recovery7.520 Ratings00 Ratings
    Upgrades and platform fixes7.522 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Score6 out of 10
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    Score9.6 out of 10
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    Score7.3 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    IBM Cloud FoundryZendesk Sunshine
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (32 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    IBM Cloud FoundryZendesk Sunshine
    Likelihood to Recommend
    IBM
    As it is an open-source platform as a service, it is very easy to operate, scale, and deploy regardless of what programming language and framework it's written in. However, it could be improved in terms of scalability. There should be proper documentation for easier and clearer understanding to make the process smooth.
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    Zendesk
    For growing technology-based companies, Zendesk Sunshine is the best ally to provide email and chat support. It supports various integrations and can provide exceptional service that is fully customizable for both the customer and the agents using Zendesk. It is not appropriate for small companies, and for companies with a very small customer base, it is a considerable expense after a customer base of at least 10,000 customers.
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    Pros
    IBM
    • Simplicity - the command line tool provided can get you up and running within minutes.
    • Resourceful - IBM Cloud Foundry is built on top of the open source Cloud Foundry technology, so any resources you find online about Cloud Foundry generally can be applied.
    • Feature rich - provides all the necessary features for a cloud based platform, such as auto-scaling, 0 downtime deployment.
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    Zendesk
    • Customization and ability to create customer profiles
    • Easy integration with other tools and rich history of customer actions.
    • Provides a fully intuitive interface
    • Very good ways to analyze
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    Cons
    IBM
    • Need: VISUALIZATION CAPABILITIES! Particularly with the Conversation Service.
    • Need: Annotation capabilities for dialog nodes in Conversation Service.
    • Need: Search/querying capabilities in Conversation Service
    • Need: Clearer documentation of the S2T service. I had to use a third party website for an understanding of how to use this.
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    Zendesk
    • There are some glitches when doing upgrades on information or data, sometimes
    • It is difficult to find tickets once they are solved, we could have a tracking of the most recent or solved tickets during the day.
    • The integration or merge with other tickets from the same client is not intuitive at all, there should be an alert that throws a match.
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    Usability
    IBM
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    Zendesk
    Because it is a tool that we use on a daily basis and has provided confidence for the massive use that is given to it, it has also been the expected product, allowing customization and optimizing processes, saving us a lot of money and time. Definitely, the ability to track customers and the way to automate all customer support processes becomes totally easy and intuitive.
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    Support Rating
    IBM
    No answers on this topic
    Zendesk
    Due to the implementation and the few issues that ha In summary, there are few times that we have had to use this functionality, but the help that Zendesk has provided has been of another level, complying with our standards and SLAs so as not to interfere in the operation or processes.ve arisen, it is a platform that provides a fast, intuitive and tailor-made service for each user.
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    Alternatives Considered
    IBM
    CF is what we initially went with to establish a development pipeline and start our cloud journey, now we are expanding this and although we are now pulling in many other tools and functions around CF, it is not being replaced. It stands out as having a key place working ‘with’ git, Kubernetes, IBM cloud etc, not against or segregated from it.
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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    IBM
    • IBM Bluemix is mainly a foundation enabler at this stage, although our business plan does look promising.
    • The low cost of development on Bluemix for a start-up like us is so helpful......we had no spare cash for this project besides what we could save or borrow at first, and that wasn't much. We are still trying to attract venture capital to cover the main Cordova Coding effort plus the launch "Cash Burn".
    • Features like push notifications, mobile-back end, and world-beating security help us to sell our SaaS products/services.
    • The pure (usually!) functionality of IBM products and services is very rewarding to work with.They are so insightful and thoughtful, to say naught of clever!
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    Zendesk
    • Agility and improved response times
    • Improved customer relationship/engagement
    • Integration and tracking capabilities for customer growth phases.
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