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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Talkdesk

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/ATalkdesk® supports CX with Customer Experience Automation (CXA), using AI agents to replace manual workflows. Powered by the Talkdesk Data Cloud, CXA delivers real-time context and fast deployment—to transform CX without a rip-and-replace.

    $85

    per month per user

    Zendesk Suite

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AZendesk is a customer support solution with built-in ticketing, conversational messaging, and live chat, designed to help businesses of all sizes and industries deliver personalized service at scale. Zendesk's AI agents are trained in CX to help Service teams resolve customer issues faster and more accurately while still providing a human-centered experience. Zendesk ultimately aims to help businesses improve time to value, reduce effort per ticket, and keep costs low.

    $69

    per month per agent

    Pricing
    TalkdeskZendesk Suite
    Editions & Modules
    CX Cloud Digital Essentials
    $85
    per month per user
    CX Cloud Voice Essentials
    $105
    per month per user
    CX Cloud Elite
    $145
    per month per user
    CX Cloud Elite
    $165
    per month per user
    Industry Experience Clouds
    $225
    Suite Team
    $69
    per month per agent
    Suite Growth
    $115
    per month per agent
    Suite Professional
    $149
    per month per agent
    Suite Enterprise
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    TalkdeskZendesk Suite
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional Details*Talkdesk also offers per hour login consumption pricing and concurrent pricing. Prices are based on a minimum 3 year commitment to these Editions. Additional telco and usage fees not included. Due to foreign exchange rate approximation, list price is not the exact price that will be quoted.20% discount available with annual pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    TalkdeskZendesk Suite
    Considered Both Products
    Talkdesk
    Chose Talkdesk
    Call recordings, quality assessments, feedback, coaching, and monitoring, the call flow is effortless and painless, changing statuses from after-call work is updated to be qued so you cannot change after aftercall work is finished, shows you the company metrics, SLA, …
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Talkdesk is used to take inbound and outbound calls, which helps improve customer experience. It also provides evaluations through quality management. Talk desk scores are sometimes behind, but they still work well regarding taking and receiving calls. Some agents blame the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Due to our utilization of Zendesk for digital support, centralized information management is critical. Although we have attempted to implement the integration, the user experience for agents utilizing the Talkdesk console within Zendesk is suboptimal as well as the options for …
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Recordings are always available. It has been a savior. I have used secondline and there was no recording available in secondline. I have also used Exotel and Zendesk. My best experience was with Talkdesk because the platform is easy to use and understand. Also, Exotel and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Each platform is robust in its feature set. Where Talkdesk crept above all these is in the following areas: ease of use, easy to configure, easy to maintain, easy to integrate yet robust out-of-the-box feature set. Expanding our staffing in order to optimize or maintain the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    I firmly believe that working together on this two makes our work extremely efficient. As working [simultaneously] it really improved our quality and we started giving better customer experience. The only thing that needs a bit of improvement is the time it takes to start. It …
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Talkdesk falls under a much premium category and is almost bot comparable to the other
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Zendesk is integrated with Talkdesk for better performance and good use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    There is no comparison since we already had Talkdesk. We did not want to invest time into Zendesk Talk.
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Easy to use, easy to deploy, records all calls and the data is maintained. Great support, great team of engineers that can integrate the application with other in house or third party software's and databases
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Talkdesk is the only call platform I have experience with.
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Talkdesk is a bit easier to use and it had the HIPAA and security features we needed in order to support our customers according to our agreements. We liked Zendesk but we couldn't reach an agreement. [Additionally,] Talkdesk is easier to use.
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    We were using RingCentral before making the switch. RingCentral works fine for a call center type of environment but didn't offer much in regards to setting up an actual call flow that would ring the agent who's been available the longest. It was more of a "ring everyone and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    We were unable to stay with Zendesk due to their contractual requirements that opposed ours. Talkdesk came highly recommended.
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    I have not used any other products outside of Talkdesk for calling online.
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Talkdesk and Zendesk connect to each other so it is quick and easy to access the customer's account.
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    We have used several different CRM's and call center software programs. The reason we went to talkdesk is the adaptability to multiple teams, and the access to meaningful data. Other programs worked for one team well, but failed the needs of other teams. And it would often lead …
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Talkdesk seems to be more easy to train employees on along with being really easy to navigate. At times Zendesk was a little overwhelming or confusing to navigate. Talksdesk has all of your calls/stats organized in order by date and Zendesk sometimes has the dates all mixed up …
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Our company provided Talkdesk as the option for verbal communication with applicants and customers.
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    It's been our favorite to use in comparison to other similar products and we will continue to use Talkdesk!
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Incontact was functional, but hard to use and understand, especially for newer employees. While the incontact call routing was expansive, their interface was also a little clunky. Incontact also did not integrate with any of the third party products that use here, which was a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    I do not have any other products like Talkdesk I can compare too. I have dealt with multi line systems but this is a first that is online through a computer system and not directly through a phone line. This system is so much for efficient than anything i have ever used.
    Incentivized
    Chose Talkdesk
    Customer Support and Quality! the providers mentioned above always had issues when customers networks were flawless, their support would often blame the ISP provider when we would have fiber networks connected to the company and verified network uptime would surpass any VoIP …
    Incentivized
    Zendesk
    Chose Zendesk Suite
    I use Zendesk and Talkdesk. Talk desk is a bit more robust but integrating both takes some effort.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zendesk Suite
    Zendesk Suite is way less complicated than Salesforce. The response from the team is prompt if the company is in need. It's all in one place. Commercial friendly as well. Cost effective to what we pay. Used by MNC's hence better clarity of the suite even brand wise. Zendesk …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zendesk Suite
    Zendesk suite provides assistance; you can chat, email, call, keep track of all the business SLAs, productivity, and customer messages, and send and share links to easily access our website. It is very important in rearranging our workflow, minimizing breaching tickets, and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zendesk Suite
    we have chosen to use Zendesk because we have read reviews from other companies, we have researched so we would exactly how it works and what benefits it would bring to our business to better our customer's experience without any hassles or difficulties and without delaying the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zendesk Suite
    It prioritizes tickets from the urgent to the least urgent, and the best feature on Zendesk is that it illustrates when the other person is currently interacting with the ticket you are working on.
    Incentivized
    Chose Zendesk Suite
    Zendesk has a knowledge base, and macros and customer details are stored. The communication tickets from sellers to us or from us to sellers are stored, and statuses are used to make communication easy. In my area of work, an open ticket means we have a notification from a …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zendesk Suite
    Overall, the ease of system admin that is done within the Support team, the reasonable license cost for multi-channel support and ability to create custom brand dashboards and needed reports, along with the helpful client support we get- made it an easy decision to purchase and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zendesk Suite
    Zendesk is more established than these two companies and provides a more robust solution for multi-channel support. Intercom is better suited for chat support and Freshdesk doesn't offer as many features and Zendesk does.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    323 Answers
    84%
    Would buy again
    98 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    253 Answers
    82%
    Delivers good value for the price
    84 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    324 Answers
    91%
    Happy with the feature set
    105 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    180 Answers
    82%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    63 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    201 Answers
    84%
    Implementation went as expected
    76 Answers
    Features
    TalkdeskZendesk Suite
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Talkdesk and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Talkdesk
    7.7
    470 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Agent dashboard7.5450 Ratings00 Ratings
    Validate callers8.7397 Ratings00 Ratings
    Outbound response7.0413 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call forwarding7.0403 Ratings00 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)8.6375 Ratings00 Ratings
    Warm transfer8.8425 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive dialing8.3219 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interactive voice response8.2300 Ratings00 Ratings
    REST APIs8.0236 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call scripts7.0213 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call tracking8.3418 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multichannel integration7.5305 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM software integration5.8361 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Talkdesk and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Talkdesk
    8.5
    456 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Zendesk Suite
    -
    Ratings
    Inbound call routing8.2416 Ratings00 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing8.2299 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recording9.0440 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quality management9.0400 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call analytics8.2414 Ratings00 Ratings
    Historical reporting9.2421 Ratings00 Ratings
    Live reporting8.3413 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer surveys7.9230 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics8.2265 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Talkdesk and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Talkdesk
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Suite
    8.8
    154 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.2153 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings8.3102 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings8.6106 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings8.5104 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.3153 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings9.3152 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Talkdesk and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Talkdesk
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Suite
    8.5
    139 Ratings
    8% above category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings8.5133 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.5127 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Talkdesk and Zendesk Suite
    Feature
    Talkdesk
    -
    Ratings
    Zendesk Suite
    9.0
    150 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings9.2121 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings8.659 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings8.597 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings9.4147 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings9.2112 Ratings
    User Ratings
    TalkdeskZendesk Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (483 ratings)
    9.0
    (192 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.5
    (37 ratings)
    10.0
    (43 ratings)
    Usability
    8.5
    (299 ratings)
    8.9
    (65 ratings)
    Availability
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    8.6
    (13 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    8.0
    (10 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.6
    (130 ratings)
    5.5
    (31 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    7.9
    (9 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.4
    (217 ratings)
    9.0
    (18 ratings)
    Configurability
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    TalkdeskZendesk Suite
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Talkdesk
    Talkdesk does an excellent job with productivity reports. I can monitor my agent's lives during calls and their current status, allowing me to affect them productively at that moment. I can also download a productivity report on Talkdesk to analyze historical data and see patterns and problems.
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    Zendesk
    Being a customer support agent, I found it very good when it comes to send an email or call or chat- with the user. I can do all that from the one single platform which is so easy and time saving for you. It does not take much time to use this, We can chat- with the user and at the same time we can send an email to them as well.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Talkdesk
    • Receives calls immediately and connects well.
    • Making outbound calls and having Talkdesk display the name associated with the number.
    • Aux on break, lunch, or meeting, and it stays as it is and does not change status on its own.
    • Being able to check on colleagues on whether they are available.
    • Able to track your work for the day, the amount of calls you made and received.
    • Being able to check your Daily and monthly score from QA.
    Incentivized
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    Zendesk
    • UI/UX; mature macros and automations, slick and well thought out UI.
    • Reporting, reporting, reporting. With user, org, and ticket level tags, we can track every aspect of our ticket flow.
    • Extensibility; the app marketplace is a great resource for expanding functionality from the baseline offering.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Talkdesk
    • From experience, customer service is terrible, we've had 5 account executives over 18 months, extremely difficult to get timely answers to pressing issues.
    • Integration with other tools, such as ServiceNow, is not truly integration (in my opinion). There was a marked difference between what the salesperson communicated during the evaluation period and what we actually got once we purchased and implemented the product.
    • We continue to have stability issues which force our agents to restart the Talkdesk client. I frequently receive vague error messages ('something went wrong') that can be frustrating as there's no actual detail to what happened. To be fair, it has improved since we implemented the tool, but if you were to ask our agents what frustrated them, Talkdesk would be at the top of their list.
    • Being a multi-channel platform was one of the things that drew us to Talkdesk; however, the chat channel lags way behind voice in customization and reporting.
    • Lack of training resources. The 'Talkdesk Academy' is often very out-of-date. Would be nice to have actual webinars or online training (even paid training) for various functions of the tool like reporting, WFM, IVR, etc.
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    Zendesk
    • Is there a way for AEs and CSMs to be informed in a weekly summary of all their accounts and any tickets? Example: Disney submitted a ticket on XYZ. Google has an urgent issue on X still unresolved.
    • Is there a way for CSMs or AEs to have a Dashboard that's specific to their accounts instead of seeing all the tickets in the queue that are not relevant to them?
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Talkdesk
    Renewing the use of talkdesk is a cost-effective solution for our company. By continuing to use it, we can leverage potential cost savings and efficiencies. For instance, talkdesk may have features that automate certain processes or enable better resource allocation, resulting in reduced operational costs. Secondly, renewing the contract contributes to enhanced customer service. Talkdesk likely offers specific functionalities that improve customer satisfaction and support. This could include features such as intelligent routing or real-time analytics that help agents provide personalized assistance and resolve issues more effectively. Thirdly, renewing the contract ensures seamless integration and compatibility with other systems or technologies used in our company. Having a unified system across different departments or functions enhances efficiency and reduces potential disruptions caused by incompatible systems. Moreover, there may be benefits gained from data sharing or streamlined workflows enabled by an integrated platform.
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    Zendesk
    Zendesk is an amazing tool for communicating with your customers easily. The communication tickets from sellers to us or from us to sellers are stored, and there are statuses used to make communication easy. We have internal conversations between departments, linked with useful software such as Zingtree, Talkdesk, and Webs.
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    Usability
    Talkdesk
    Talkdesk is helpful because we use it to receive calls in our BPO. Not only do we track live ques and statuses from agents, but we also receive feedback from our assessors through the talk desk as well as coaching, and it also stores customer contact data; I can track all my calls, and It records all the calls so we can come back to review them. You can also listen live and track your daily productivity. You can change your aux statuses very quickly, and there was an update talk desk that allows you to queue another status while you are on a call or after-call work, which is a great feature.
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    Zendesk
    Pros: The agent interface is sleek, contemporary, and relatively easy to learn compared to many other enterprise tools. For common tasks, admins are given point-and-click options- adding fields, modifying workflows, constructing macros. The knowledge base (Guide) editor is easy to use for non-developers. Drawbacks: Once you move past the initial things - complex automations, reporting/analytics in Explore, and/or customizations integrating the API, it requires much more advanced training to use successfully. Navigating between the different modules (Support, Explore, Chat, Guide) can feel very disconnected; often you are reminded that it really is a "suite" of products brought together -not really one unified platform. If you're using multiple brands managing simultaneous support tickets, or heavily customizing workflows to meet your brand, you may run into a bit of struggle with usability. So: it's a lot more user friendly than the palaces (Salesforce Service Cloud, ServiceNow), but is not used as quickly or with as much streamlined flow as a product made for a small shop. So if you are looking for a great balance, this is a good option if you are a net new organization or an organization on their way to scaling from 15 - 50 employee. Expect some elbow grease from the admin team once learning, adapting, and working efficiently once you move past the basics with your support tickets and initial customizations.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Talkdesk
    Talkdesk is very handy but, sometimes we do face issues were the system can just kick you out and not be able to do calls or receive calls but, what I like about the system once you start refreshing or troubleshooting, everything becomes normal it is a unique system and very modern we don't usually have system issues with Talkdesk.
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    Zendesk
    In the past year, I'd say I have only noticed maybe two hours total of downtime in my own usage. Very minimal.
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    Performance
    Talkdesk
    I give this system a full 10/10 once you refresh or troubleshoot you do not wait for too long to use it . It easy like ABC . I honestly recommend this system, even when you check the QA score card, you do not have to wait that long; you just click on the notification bell and view your score card.
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    Zendesk
    There has been minor performance degradation on a very few days out of the two years I have been using the product.
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    Support Rating
    Talkdesk
    If Talkdesk had a dedicated phone support line I would have given this rating an overall 10. Their knowledge base is absolutely HUGE and at times very helpful. It's easy to search through and their customer support chat system works perfectly fine, but there are just some times that you need to speak to a human on the phone to ensure you are always on the same page.
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    Zendesk
    We rarely need to contact their support team, but when we do they are responsive. However there have been notable times when communication between myself and the support rep was challenging despite me providing clear explanation of the issue, screenshots, and a thorough explanation of the goal we hope to achieve. It took several back and forth attempt, on a few occasions, to get resolution on an otherwise simple request
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    In-Person Training
    Talkdesk
    The training that was given to us was very smooth and professional. I give my trainer 10/ 10 rate the training was so smooth and very helpful she would make sure we also watch videos of how to use the system which made it very easier for us and what was interesting it is because, the system is also easy.
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    Zendesk
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Talkdesk
    Nothing is perfect!! Needing the ability to repeat the training so everyone was on board was important. Not real sure how many people had to repeat the training as they trained on their own and given 30 minutes at a time.
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    Zendesk
    Zendesk has tons of available material for training - videos, webinars, articles, etc. The only reason this is not a 10 is because it can be hard to figure out how to navigate to these things and find what you are looking for.
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    Implementation Rating
    Talkdesk
    Really easy to get set up out of the box. Anything I needed to understand further, I was able to just hop into the Academy and self-teach. I could then bring my team-members to those same sections so they could learn as well without me having to put together complicated SOP's / etc
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    Zendesk
    I was very satisfied. They have a free trial for 30 days and I recommend you do that and use it. It is very easy to get started with the basics and the build on over time.

    The only thing technically complex was single sign-on and integration to Salesforce.com required some tweaks – otherwise setting up system was very easy
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    Alternatives Considered
    Talkdesk
    Talkdesk is used to take inbound and outbound calls, which helps improve customer experience. It also provides evaluations through quality management. Talk desk scores are sometimes behind, but they still work well regarding taking and receiving calls. Some agents blame the Talk Desk because they lack knowledge of how to use it.
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    Zendesk
    The customisable reporting every time. Our leadership reply on me to run my team and want to know what customers are telling us so they can elevate our products. We have extensive custom reports that tie up all aspects of our product and customer journeys. I've not found another product that allows me as much freedom as Zendesk Suite explore does, so far.
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    Scalability
    Talkdesk
    We have over 200 employees in 11 states across the United States. Everyone uses Talkdesk. I believe that says a lot about the product and its flexibility. We need to be able to rely on system in order to assist our customers. Reliability and sustainability is important to our success
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    Zendesk
    WHY we will use Zendesk in HR and PD internally
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    Return on Investment
    Talkdesk
    • Decreased average response time on emails - due to proper forecasting by our team but of course by usage of data received from this tool.
    • Increase in quality audit scores through weekly reviews by this tool.
    • Employee morale and company survey as agents are not stressing with the easy use of this tool.
    • Reduced average handle time to ensure first response is addressed or first rings are addressed immediately.
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    Zendesk
    • Integrating other AI solutions for an organization with high volumes can cost about USD5000 monthly. With Zendesk AI and by building onto the same with AI powered apps built for Zendesk Suite we save a projected USD4000 monthly.
    • Robust Zendesk APIs have enabled us to integrate our internal system with a customized app saving us hundreds of hours every quarter spent loading customer profiles that are not loaded instantly from the app.
    • Plug and play apps like Round robin save us weeks of sprint delay timelines as they do not require additional coding or developer support to install and start using.
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    ScreenShots

    Talkdesk Screenshots

    Screenshot of Talkdesk Guardian™, which is an AI-driven, native cloud compliance solution that enables contact centers to gain visibility and take control of their WFH and hybrid workforce.Screenshot of Talkdesk Autopilot™, which is a tool that handles common customer queries, like orders, returns and billing, and automatically responds with conversational answers. And when complex cases are detected that need human empathy and expertise, the virtual agent will redirect customers to a human agent.Screenshot of Talkdesk AI Trainer™, which equips customers with tools to observe, simulate, and put guardrails on AI, according to their needs. This way, generative AI can be used responsibly, preventing AI mishaps, and protecting the brand from potentially poor AI experiences.

    Zendesk Suite Screenshots

    Screenshot of the Zendesk Agent WorkspaceScreenshot of Omnichannel MessagingScreenshot of Zendesk TicketingScreenshot of Bots powered by Zendesk AIScreenshot of Tone shift with Zendesk AIScreenshot of Zendesk ticketing side conversations