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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    RingCentral Contact Center

    Score8.1 out of 10
    N/ARingCentral Contact Center is an AI-first contact center offers a set of cloud-based software plans with basic features including support for inbound and outbound call centers and IVR and ACD capabilities. Advanced features include analytics, real-time call reporting, workforce optimization analytics, and omni-channel integration with SMS, email, and social media platforms.N/A

    Zendesk Talk

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AZendesk Talk is call center software built on the Twilio cloud communication platform that integrates with the Zendesk Support ticketing system. This allows customer service teams to provide phone support from the same platform they use to manage all other channels.N/A
    Pricing
    RingCentral Contact CenterZendesk Talk
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    RingCentral Contact CenterZendesk Talk
    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    RingCentral Contact CenterZendesk Talk
    Considered Both Products
    RingCentral
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    Zendesk
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    96%
    Would buy again
    23 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
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    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
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    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    94%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    15 Answers
    90%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
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    100%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    RingCentral Contact CenterZendesk Talk
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of RingCentral Contact Center and Zendesk Talk
    Feature
    RingCentral Contact Center
    8.6
    22 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Zendesk Talk
    7.8
    16 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Agent dashboard9.518 Ratings9.916 Ratings
    Validate callers7.010 Ratings6.012 Ratings
    Outbound response9.619 Ratings10.014 Ratings
    Call forwarding9.720 Ratings8.915 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)9.611 Ratings10.013 Ratings
    Warm transfer8.010 Ratings9.912 Ratings
    Predictive dialing9.97 Ratings5.08 Ratings
    Interactive voice response8.410 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    REST APIs8.87 Ratings5.07 Ratings
    Call scripts9.913 Ratings7.06 Ratings
    Call tracking9.010 Ratings9.914 Ratings
    Multichannel integration6.011 Ratings5.110 Ratings
    CRM software integration6.310 Ratings5.09 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of RingCentral Contact Center and Zendesk Talk
    Feature
    RingCentral Contact Center
    8.5
    21 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Zendesk Talk
    7.8
    16 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Inbound call routing9.619 Ratings9.912 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing8.011 Ratings5.110 Ratings
    Recording9.719 Ratings9.915 Ratings
    Quality management9.517 Ratings9.913 Ratings
    Call analytics9.518 Ratings8.913 Ratings
    Historical reporting9.018 Ratings8.913 Ratings
    Live reporting9.516 Ratings4.914 Ratings
    Customer surveys9.19 Ratings5.08 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics2.46 Ratings8.19 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    RingCentral Contact CenterZendesk Talk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.7
    (22 ratings)
    9.9
    (16 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    6.3
    (4 ratings)
    -
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    Usability
    8.7
    (3 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    3.3
    (3 ratings)
    5.0
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
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    User Testimonials
    RingCentral Contact CenterZendesk Talk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    RingCentral
    The ease of use and file retention/retrieval is key. The adjustment from an e-mail-focused workflow to the RingCentral Contact Center was easier with the organization. Recall and search features mimic Outlook and allow me to quickly find what I’m looking for. RingCentral Contact Center is not ideal for communication with external partners, so we still have to rely on Outlook e-mails for that.
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    Zendesk
    Zendesk Talk is a great partner that helps us in the customer care area by managing every type of contact with customers (both phone calls and emails). I know there is also the possibility to have integration with instant messaging apps (like messenger and WhatsApp but I have never used them in my experience). In my opinion, the best scenario for Zendesk Talk is represented by a context with a high amount of contacts/requests where a unique platform could be a help both on the external side (customers) and on the internal side (a lot of colleagues who are working in the same area and have to work in a coordinate way). For customers, they could benefit from tailor-made answers, also based on past contacts for the same topic, and avoid waiting times during phone calls, with an immediate follow-up. For internal work management, operators don't overlap in a single request, and even if the same operator is not available the one who manages the request later has complete visibility of the entire topic from the historical point of view. Last but not least, I think that Zendesk Talk helps a lot in the context in which the request's speed is a KPI to manage constantly.
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    Pros
    RingCentral
    • Reliability: Our previous service was prone to outages, RingCentral Contact Center has been rock solid as long as we've used it.
    • Integration: Our IT team was able to build a custom RingCentral Contact Center dashboard on our website for our salespeople to manage inbound/ outbound calling. From there we were able to send call data directly into activities in our ERP (Acumatica).
    • Ease of use: It works well whether in the office or WFH (which many employees do regularly.
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    Zendesk
    • Call recording is a nice feature! It is great for training purposes and for quality assurance.
    • The metrics you get from Explore are a great insight into how the team is handling the call volumes.
    • Zendesk Talk has met most of our needs. It can be a bit unreliable at times.
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    Cons
    RingCentral
    • I would like to be able to text from our main office line rather than only my office direct line, so I can keep my direct line private
    • I wish it was easier for all users to be able to toggle between calls ringing at their desk phone and cell phone
    • It would be nice if the process to add other team member's numbers to our desk phone screen was easier
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    Zendesk
    • The lag on the phone is by far the most annoying thing with Zendesk talk due to the voice over IP.
    • Using the Reporting feature in Zendesk has never been a walk in the park. We have to customize a lot of fields and when something doesn't seem to add up, it at times feels like pulling teeth to get to the final answer of what went wrong.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    RingCentral
    We have no intention of renewing our contract with Ring Central. We have had multiple outages in the past 2 years. We have been without an account manager for the past 4 months and the resolution of open issues takes 2-3 months. We were being misbilled for cancelled services for almost 12 months. We are not satisfied with the quality, support, or price of the service
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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    RingCentral
    RingCentral Contact Center is not just only an app or platform which allows the company to manage the telephone calls, messaging functions, social media and emails, but also allows advanced features like the possibility of easy integration with other industrial systems, and customer/call analysis functions as well. It also supports and included with AI technology as well into some extent.
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    Zendesk
    Everything about it works, as I have previously detailed. Coming from different companies and using other tools like Twilio or Aircall, those are VOIP tools that are built to be plugged into other tools, Zendesk Talk is natively built into Zendesk and feels correct in the user experience of Zendesk
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    Support Rating
    RingCentral
    We honestly did not need much support but whatever we wanted was resolved via email and that experience was nice but took a bit of time
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    Zendesk
    In our experience, we have had to go through many support people then ultimately getting frustrated enough to go directly to our point of contact who then doesn't always seem to be able to assist. We tend to get the support we need when it is escalated up to me and I reach out to our point of a contact person to express our frustration.
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    Implementation Rating
    RingCentral
    As I recall it was not a very cumbersome implementation and we were up and running as promised
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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    RingCentral
    RingCentral Contact Center's application is much more intuitive than Nextiva's application. It's also easier to configure. It also has a lot of functionality that Nextiva does not. For example, RingCentral will transcribe Voice mail messages for us, whereas Nextiva does not. RingCentral also sends us notifications when a customer sends us a text message, whereas Nextiva does not.
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    Zendesk
    Slack and Zoom phones cannot compare because they have no ticketing systems. Zendesk Talk was the only option we considered because we were already using Zendesk for our email ticketing with customer concerns. We then expanded to using Zendesk's chatbot and then the Zendesk Talk system to keep it all integrated and streamlined.
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    Return on Investment
    RingCentral
    • With RingCentral Contact Center we were able to connect with our customers. The feature that allows the call to be sent to the first available rep ensured that this happened.
    • Also, my favorite feature is the call recording and transcription feature. This allowed me to get the customer's emails without asking them to repeat if I missed them the first time. Hence, happier customers and more meetings.
    • RingCentral Contact Center also made it very easy to set up a mailbox for customers to leave messages and reassure them that they've connected with the right person.
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    Zendesk
    • We were able to reduce global headcount by 20% in our call centers.
    • Allowing customers to leave voicemails creates the personal touch needed and really increases our customer connectivity score. We saw increases in our CSAT scores after the implementation of this solution.
    • Call handling time and case reopen rates both decreased. Y/y it decreased 18% and 60%.
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