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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service

    Score6.4 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service is designed to create positive experiences through any channel and on any device to exceed customer expectations.

    $50

    per month per user

    Zoho Desk

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AZoho Support is a Saas help desk / ticketing system aimed at SMBs. I competes most often with Zendesk, and Desk.com.

    $9

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer ServiceZoho Desk
    Editions & Modules
    Dynamics 365 Customer Service Professional
    $50
    per month per user
    Add-In - Chat
    $60
    per month per user
    Dynamics 365 Customer Service Enterprise
    $105
    per month per user
    Dynamics 365 Customer Service Premium
    $195
    per month per user
    Free
    $0
    Express
    $9
    per month per user
    Standard
    $20
    per month per user
    Professional
    $35
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $50
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer ServiceZoho Desk
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional DetailsA discount is offered for yearly billing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer ServiceZoho Desk
    Considered Both Products
    Microsoft
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    Zoho
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    94%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    15 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    88%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    12 Answers
    Features
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer ServiceZoho Desk
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    8.6
    4 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets10.02 Ratings8.94 Ratings
    Expert directory8.02 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications10.01 Ratings7.93 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation3.02 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission10.02 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Ticket response10.02 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
    5.5
    2 Ratings
    35% below category average
    Zoho Desk
    8.9
    4 Ratings
    13% above category average
    External knowledge base3.02 Ratings8.94 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base8.02 Ratings8.94 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
    7.8
    2 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    7.4
    4 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Customer portal8.02 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    IVR5.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social integration8.02 Ratings6.02 Ratings
    Email support10.02 Ratings6.64 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration8.02 Ratings8.93 Ratings
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    Enterprises
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    User Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer ServiceZoho Desk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    7.8
    (23 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.4
    (12 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (12 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer ServiceZoho Desk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Microsoft
    With the constant changes included in the product, we can now use it for all the customer service scenarios / channels, for e.g. earlier for voice, we had to buy 3rd party CTI based tools, but now Voice Channel being available as the part of the product, that solves that thing. Also we see constantly new AI-driven features added to the product that could save lot of time of the agents while working on the cases like case summary, automate email generation, sentiment analysis etc.
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    Zoho
    Zoho Desk is a great customer service tool. It is very easy to track the ability to receive tickets and send responses in Zoho Desk. There are lots of options for customization. The knowledge base feature is very extensive and powerful. It makes creating internal and external FAQs easy.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Microsoft
    • Dynamic CS allows you to access a wider customer base and gain artificial intelligence-powered insights into numerous client interaction activities.
    • It assists in gaining deep insights into numerous data analyses performed on various customer interaction activities, as well as data visualization and customer satisfaction enhancement.
    • This product has been extremely beneficial to my firm since it allows us to communicate with customers via a variety of channels, including e-mail and social media.
    • Extensible, and Microsoft responds rapidly to market demand with new features. In terms of service, both Microsoft customer success and technical teams collaborate closely to ensure appropriate delivery.
    • A better way to track client interactions is SaaS-based cloud services. This software may also be linked to outlook.
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    Zoho
    • It provides a simple widget code with a few clicks once you decide to integrate it with your website or application.
    • There is a very user friendly dedicated mobile application for Zoho Desk for Android and IOS devices.
    • You can easily track all of your tickets and agents from the dashboard interface.
    • You can insert tags with each ticket to group them into specific categories for analysis and troubleshooting.
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    Cons
    Microsoft
    • It occasionally crashes or slow down, but it usually works great.
    • Costly.
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    Zoho
    • The biggest drawback that I am facing while using the platform is that their ticketing system is not that great [in my opinion]. It does not give us the option to add sales tax and other charges in the invoices which leads to a big problem for us.
    • [I feel] its customer support needs improvement.
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    Usability
    Microsoft
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service is generally very user-friendly, especially for those familiar with Microsoft products. The strength of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service is its integration with Outlook and Microsoft Office products like Word, Excel etc. and it user interface being similar to those products. This makes it easy for user to adopt to any new app.
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    Zoho
    I give [Zoho Desk] [an] overall usability score of 9. This is partly due to the search functionality needs improvement. There are several times where I am left unable to find a ticket and have to generate a new one. I am hoping in the future that they will make some changes!
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    Support Rating
    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Zoho
    As Zoho Support is based in a different timezone to ours it can be an issue that we cannot get an immediate response to an issue. But I will say that once their Support is in the office they are fairly good to respond. they have resolved almost all issues I have told them about, but Zoho have also made system changes and not communicated these beforehand which means we are faced with something new and cannot get support on this until their support team is in the office
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    Alternatives Considered
    Microsoft
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    Zoho
    We selected Zoho Desk as we needed a platform that was going to allow the business to grow through both usage and staffing numbers. We wanted something cost-effective but still offered standard features in an effective cloud-delivered solution but would still allow customization by our internal dev team, to derive better value from the service where it natively didn't do what we needed it to. FreeAgent was okay for a while, but Zoho Desk has allowed a vast improvement in our service offering to end customers.
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    Return on Investment
    Microsoft
    • It has help us serve our customers better and get Support Contracts from them after we have designed / developed and deployed Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service based solutions for them
    • Ease of Routing it to appropriate customer support agent
    • Because of multiple channel support we now give our customers option to raise a ticket or connect with their preferred communication medium, be it email, SMS, Chat etc.
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    Zoho
    • Zoho Desk has created an organised sytem of support which alows me to help my customers more efficiently.
    • By saving resolutions as articles, Zoho Desk has provided a training resource for current customers and support staff as part of solving problems.
    • All new customers become part of a database of customers who continue to receive support and education from forums created by the articles and customer questions.
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    ScreenShots

    Zoho Desk Screenshots

    Screenshot of Log and monitor phone conversations, convert them into new tickets, or attach them to existing ones. Convert social media interactions and live chat into tickets at the click of a button.Screenshot of Bring a Help Center directly into a website to strengthen self-service. Chat with Zia, an AI-powered conversation assistant. Customers can chat with Zia right from a mobile app or website. Zia processes their questions and suggests appropriate solutions from the Knowledge Base.Screenshot of With advanced process automation, internal processes can be setup within the help desk, implement them automatically, and make sure that all processes are followed precisely.Screenshot of Instant responses for instant happiness. Respond to customers the minute they reach out with Zoho Desk's embeddable chat widget. Customers can get in touch with agents instantly, right from the Help Center, so agents can respond and help them find answers faster.Screenshot of Monitor a team's performance, customize and schedule reports. Custom dashboards can be created.Screenshot of Zia brings together predictions across anomalies, sentiment, trending ticket tags, and more into a common dashboard for decision-makers to consume. They can drill down further into the details from the same dashboard to investigate further.