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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Mode

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/AMode, or Mode Analytics, from ThoughtSpot since the June 2023 acquisition, is a business intelligence platform that unifies company analytics by bringing data teams and business teams together, so analysts can provide rapid answers to strategic, ad hoc questions. And, business stakeholder can access relevant data to answer their own questions which can often detract more impactful work.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
    ModeZendesk Explore
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ModeZendesk Explore
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    ModeZendesk Explore
    Considered Both Products
    ThoughtSpot
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    Zendesk
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    9 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    9 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    ModeZendesk Explore
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Mode Analytics and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Mode Analytics
    8.5
    9 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Zendesk Explore
    9.0
    9 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports9.34 Ratings7.15 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards8.49 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates7.86 Ratings9.97 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Mode Analytics and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Mode Analytics
    7.4
    9 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Zendesk Explore
    8.3
    9 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Drill-down analysis7.18 Ratings9.59 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities6.79 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages7.39 Ratings4.85 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration8.78 Ratings10.09 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Mode Analytics and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Mode Analytics
    7.9
    8 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Zendesk Explore
    8.4
    9 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Publish to Web8.15 Ratings6.96 Ratings
    Publish to PDF5.88 Ratings9.07 Ratings
    Report Versioning7.74 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling9.68 Ratings8.97 Ratings
    Delivery to Remote Servers8.34 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Mode Analytics and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Mode Analytics
    6.5
    9 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Zendesk Explore
    7.1
    7 Ratings
    12% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)7.79 Ratings6.66 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization5.56 Ratings7.16 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics6.46 Ratings5.55 Ratings
    Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings9.43 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Mode Analytics and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Mode Analytics
    9.5
    2 Ratings
    11% 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 Model9.02 Ratings9.59 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.02 Ratings8.07 Ratings
    Single Sign-On (SSO)9.82 Ratings10.07 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.64 Ratings
    Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
    Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Mode Analytics and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Mode Analytics
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    14% above category average
    Zendesk Explore
    5.9
    4 Ratings
    28% below category average
    REST API9.01 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
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Mode Analytics and Zendesk Explore
    Feature
    Mode Analytics
    -
    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
    Best Alternatives
    ModeZendesk 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
    ModeZendesk Explore
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (9 ratings)
    9.5
    (9 ratings)
    Usability
    8.1
    (4 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.4
    (5 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (3 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ModeZendesk Explore
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ThoughtSpot
    Mode is a clear category winner for how it easy it is to go from interactive analysis to professional quality reporting. You can easily do all your SQL and quite a bit of R/Python. If you want to quickly go from your database to simple charts, this is your pick. If you need to do heavier data modeling, scheduling jobs, or ML, you'll need something else, like Databricks. In my opinion, the quality of visualizations and some developer/analyst features make Databricks an unacceptable substitute.
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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
    ThoughtSpot
    • It allows me to undertake data visualization tasks by creating really insightful charts and dashboards
    • It allows for easy sharing and work collaboration on data analysis tasks
    • Mode has an easier to use SQL editor as well
    • I love how it organizes all our SQL data tables into easy-to-view data we can draw insights on
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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
    ThoughtSpot
    • Date ranges aren't always the most intuitive to set, strangely
    • Faster refresh rates would be ideal
    • Would love more dynamic mobile device integration (alerts, etc)
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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
    ThoughtSpot
    For the advanced user already familiar with Python. It is just the same tool, already managed and connected to the data.
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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
    ThoughtSpot
    Mode has dedicated agents who are online in a chatroom, ready to take on any questions and provide helpful feedback.
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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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    Alternatives Considered
    ThoughtSpot
    We used both Qlik and Mode at our organization. The mode was used a quick analysis SQL tool while Qlik was our enterprise BI solution.
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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
    ThoughtSpot
    • Extremely positive. It's a key feature in our application.
    • Were it not for the account management bit, Mode would be hands-down our recommendation for anyone looking for cloud BI.
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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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