Watershed LRS vs. Zendesk Explore

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Watershed LRS
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Watershed LRS is a learning management software solution built to help employers identify skills and competencies.
$0
Zendesk Explore
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Zendesk 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
Watershed LRSZendesk Explore
Editions & Modules
Essentials
$0
Watershed
Custom Pricing
Watershed Enterprise
Custom Pricing
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Watershed LRSZendesk Explore
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Watershed LRSZendesk Explore
Features
Watershed LRSZendesk Explore
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Watershed LRS
9.3
Ratings
13% above category average
Zendesk Explore
9.0
Ratings
10% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports10.00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates10.00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Watershed LRS
9.3
Ratings
14% above category average
Zendesk Explore
8.3
Ratings
3% above category average
Drill-down analysis10.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Formatting capabilities10.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages8.00 Ratings4.80 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Watershed LRS
8.8
Ratings
6% above category average
Zendesk Explore
8.4
Ratings
1% above category average
Publish to Web9.00 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Publish to PDF9.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Report Versioning8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling9.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers9.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Watershed LRS
9.3
Ratings
15% above category average
Zendesk Explore
7.1
Ratings
12% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)10.00 Ratings6.60 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization8.00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Predictive Analytics10.00 Ratings5.50 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Watershed LRS
8.3
Ratings
2% below category average
Zendesk Explore
9.1
Ratings
7% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)9.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)6.00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Watershed LRS
9.0
Ratings
14% above category average
Zendesk Explore
7.8
Ratings
0% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access10.00 Ratings6.10 Ratings
Mobile Application8.00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Watershed LRS
9.0
Ratings
14% above category average
Zendesk Explore
5.9
Ratings
28% below category average
REST API8.00 Ratings5.40 Ratings
Javascript API10.00 Ratings5.90 Ratings
iFrames10.00 Ratings5.50 Ratings
Java API10.00 Ratings5.60 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)8.00 Ratings6.20 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Watershed LRSZendesk Explore
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(0 ratings)
9.5
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Watershed LRSZendesk Explore
Likelihood to Recommend
Watershed is a great platform that helps you to understand the overall impact of learning programs on your business and where the improvements are needed.
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Compared to other analytics functions of other Ticket Management System, Zendesk Explore is the easiest to learn. Moreover, the learning curve is high. Once you pick up the fundamentals, you will be able to create all types of analytic reports. In addition, if you know basic coding or SQL, you can create your own metrics and attributes to capture extremely specific elements such as the tickets that contain a certain word or etc.
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Pros
  • Amazing Data Quality Control.
  • Master Data Management is very helpful.
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  • As with most "suite" products, if you already use other Zendesk features (Chat, Talk, etc), then Zendesk Explore adds an extra facet to the customer experience. The more we know about our clientele, the better we can understand/anticipate their needs.
  • I like that we can get as in-depth as we feel is necessary. For example, is just one customer having an issue? Or are many experiencing a similar problem? We can better rack this type of trend using Explore.
  • Our team can dive deep into the data based on exactly what we're looking for. If the marketing team wants a certain kind of segment, we can give them that info. If we want to sort by date or another set of parameters, we can do that as well.
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Cons
  • Scheduling performance can be improved.
  • Price is little bit high.
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  • More detailed pieces of training on where to find datasets/queries.
  • Have demo reports to do live trainings; instead of watching videos.
  • Have a key as to what all of the datasets mean.
  • Have a pop-up that analyzes the data "looks like your csat dropped this week!" etc...
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Usability
It has all the features that we were trying to get from any other software for our business problems.
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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
Every time we got the proper support from Watershed.
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Zendesk Community is extremely useful for Zendesk Explore beginners. The live support provided by Zendesk will also help a lot. If you don't know anything you can ask live support right away. However, one drawback of Zendesk Community and Support is the creation of complex reports on Zendesk Explore. Zendesk Community and Support cannot really help you much if you are trying to build a complex report as they are not a complete expert on it as well.
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Alternatives Considered
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Zendesk Explore stands out against Freshchat and Freshdesk for it's deeper analytics capabilities and seamless integration with Zendesk ecosystem. While Freshdesk offers reporting, it lacks on the same level of granular insights and customization that Zendesk Explore provides. Compared to Freshchat which focuses more on live chat and conversational analytics Zendesk Explore excels in historical trend analysis and comprehensive dashboarding. We choose Zendesk Explore for it's robust reporting and drill down capabilities.
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Return on Investment
  • Nice Reporting & Statistics.
  • KPI Monitoring and Visual analytics.
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  • Positive impact of around 5 hours/week in Dashboard building and visualization
  • 10 hours from Product to review dashboards and find potential patterns
  • Enabler to find opportunities based on agents´ occupancy rates
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ScreenShots

Watershed LRS Screenshots

Screenshot of Identify & Eliminate Scrap Learning: Stop wasting time and money on learning that isn’t used or applied on the job.Screenshot of Demonstrate Improvements: Show knowledge acquisition and performance improvements to ensure training effectiveness.Screenshot of Compare Groups & Cohorts: Break out results across your organizational hierarchy to identify patterns in learning performance.Screenshot of Correlate Training with Performance Outcomes: Find out if increased and/or improved training is indeed correlated with higher performance.Screenshot of Find Common Search Terms & Popular Topics: Find the topics people want to learn about to ensure you’re providing the most relevant and comprehensive resources.