Zendesk

Zendesk for Service

Composite Score

8.5 /10

CX Score

8.7 /10

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What is Zendesk for Service?

Zendesk streamlines your support with time-saving tools like ticket views, triggers, and automations. This helps you get straight to what matters most – better customer service and more meaningful conversations. Zendesk helps companies empower their customer service agents and sales teams with the tools they need to get the job done right.

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Awards & Recognition

Zendesk for Service won the following awards in the Customer Service - Enterprise category

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Latest Award, 2025

1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2023

1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2022

Zendesk for Service Ratings

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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

84 Likeliness to Recommend

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Since last award

92 Plan to Renew

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+86 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Zendesk for Service?

2% Negative

10% Neutral

88% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Respectful
Performance Enhancing
Efficient Service

Feature Ratings

Average 79

Customer Self Service Capabilities

Contact Center Integration

Agent Collaboration

Customer Service Knowledge Management

Intelligent Search

Agent Scripting

Customer Service Workflow Management

Analytics and Reporting

Mobile Customer Care

Customer Community Management

Multi Channel Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 78

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Availability and Quality of Training

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Score 8.2

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Score 8.1

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Zendesk for Service Reviews

Jessica B.

Role: Vendor Management
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2023

Easy to use

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Zendesk for Service from other similar products?

They definitely have a name recognition- they are a top provider in this particularly area of software as a service

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

How easily it merges and integrates with other software programs. I also feel like it is easy to use and requires little training.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I do think the cost is a little high for as large as they are.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Meet with their sales team, watching any tutorials, take some trainings. You will likely find that it is a software you will use regularly.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Neira H.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2023

Great tool for customer-service related businesses

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Zendesk for Service from other similar products?

The interface is sleek and uncluttered, and creating scripts and workflows is a straightforward process. It serves as an excellent customer service solution that businesses can depend on.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Extremely simple to set up and start using. Agents quickly embraced and adapted to it. Highly user-friendly and packed with useful features. Additionally, it seamlessly integrates with other systems and custom-built APIs, making it a valuable addition to any setup.

What do you dislike most about this product?

While the automation process could be made somewhat more straightforward, the advantages it offers far outweigh this minor concern.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

An excellent ticketing system suitable for a Tech Support team that is just beginning in the industry.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Altruistic

Dawid K.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Energy
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2023

Overall good, but expensive ticketing system

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Zendesk for Service from other similar products?

Very good data analysis and report engine, automation and triggers, ease of implementation

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy to use, intuitive, readily integrates a lot of customers and communication channels

What do you dislike most about this product?

No filtering, limited amount of easily accessible views, pretty expensive, hard to manage internal vs. external communication in one thread

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Not the greatest solution for engineering and technical support teams, consider if you have more communication channels than only mail, you will appreciate the powerful reporting engine (Explore)

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Respectful

Cons

Less Efficient Service
Less Effective Service
Commodity Features

Zendesk for Service

What is Zendesk for Service?

Company Details

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Awards & Recognition

Zendesk for Service Ratings

84 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

92 Plan to Renew

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+86 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Zendesk for Service?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Customer Self Service Capabilities Central product portals, customer-facing resolution wizards and guidance, customer community forums.

Contact Center Integration Agent desktop, CTI integration. Call scripting, call queuing, prioritization by different support channels.

Agent Collaboration Supports live collaboration between agent and customers, among customers e.g. forums, and service professionals e.g. team-based customer service.

Customer Service Knowledge Management Customer and/or agent-facing knowledgebase and search capabilities. Ability to create KBs, FAQs, wikis, and capture effectiveness ratings from customers.

Intelligent Search Knowledgebase search with content indexing, and search of external content repositories. Proactive search and auto-suggestions. Natural language processing.

Agent Scripting Recommend resolution steps to agents based on machine learning or AI.

Customer Service Workflow Management Ticketing and case management capabilities. Automated assignment and escalation, decision trees, guided resolution wizards (ideally GUI drag-and-drop).

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Mobile Customer Care Can create custom-branded service applications for customers on a mobile device (preferably native application rather than a responsive design site).

Customer Community Management Creation and management of branded and focussed user communities.

Multi Channel Support Integration with email, telephone, and live chat, and with self-service and social media.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

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IT Service Management - Midmarket

Zendesk for Service Reviews

Jessica B.

Easy to use

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Neira H.

Great tool for customer-service related businesses

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Dawid K.

Overall good, but expensive ticketing system

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Customer Self Service Capabilities

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Agent Collaboration

Customer Service Knowledge Management

Intelligent Search

Agent Scripting

Customer Service Workflow Management

Analytics and Reporting

Mobile Customer Care

Customer Community Management

Multi Channel Support

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