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Zendesk vs monday.com comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 11, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

ROI

Sentiment score
6.8
Users find monday.com improves efficiency, productivity, and organization, resulting in significant time and cost savings.
Sentiment score
6.0
Zendesk provides significant ROI with cost savings, productivity boosts, and improved efficiency through better ticket management and supportive sales team.
Being able to auto-create, auto-close, and many other automated functions makes it easier to follow processes and make fewer mistakes.
Project Engineer at Unilever
Some of the advantages or returns on investment we've seen since we started using monday.com include the time savings from automating tedious tasks, making team catch-ups quicker.
Sr. Project Manager at GlaxoSmithKline
I can tell you that we probably saved at least three employees full-time with the ticket management and the automation and the macros and the user follow-up being built in.
Consultant and Startup Founder at AimHi Enterprises
Time saved is definitely a benefit because it puts all of our tickets in one spot.
Technical Solutions Lead at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
I feel that Zendesk helped us set up our platform for providing support way faster than other platforms due to its easy configuration.
Junior system analyst at Wevt clous
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
7.4
Monday.com's support is praised for responsiveness and effectiveness, though some desire improvements in chat and live support options.
Sentiment score
6.2
Zendesk support is praised for responsiveness and availability but criticized for slow responses and lack of personal interaction.
I would rate their customer service a ten.
Head of Financial Team at resolutte
The customer support is very proactive, responsive, and easy to reach.
Sr. Project Manager at GlaxoSmithKline
monday.com is very cost-effective and it has great customer support.
Project Engineer at Unilever
There appears to be a lack of connection between the bot and the agents, making it feel scripted rather than helpful.
Technical Support Engineer/ QA at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
The technical support provided by Zendesk has been very satisfactory.
CEO at Etcetera Networks
Their support team from Zendesk is excellent, similar to what you have in Freshdesk.
Customer Success Manager at Mimshackworks Endeavors
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
8.0
Monday.com is praised for its scalability and flexibility, though cost and complexity can be concerns for smaller businesses.
Sentiment score
7.2
Zendesk is adaptable and scalable for diverse organizations, handling growth well but posing challenges in cost and customization.
monday.com is very scalable because we can work with multiple projects at a time from different departments, and it can handle all of that.
Project Engineer at Unilever
We have not hit a peak or a turn yet that Zendesk has not been able to go with us or been able to grow with us in the process, change or pivot that the company is making.
Project Manager III at City of Union City Government
Zendesk can scale from very small companies to very large ones.
CEO at Etcetera Networks
Zendesk's scalability is excellent.
Technical Support Engineer/ QA at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
7.9
Monday.com is a stable and reliable project management tool, with minor issues quickly resolved and strong user satisfaction.
Sentiment score
7.8
Zendesk is reliable and stable, with minor issues and rare outages, communicated promptly via Twitter, ideal for small businesses.
monday.com is very stable.
Project Engineer at Unilever
They are always informing us with a status update and an ETA, and the turnaround time is usually within the same day with no extended downtime that would cause a detriment to our company.
Project Manager III at City of Union City Government
Zendesk is quite stable; we experience major outages only once or twice a year, making it very reliable.
Technical Support Engineer/ QA at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
The stability has been quite reliable.
CEO at Etcetera Networks
 

Room For Improvement

Users seek improved integrations, enhanced features, better customization, and scalability to enhance monday.com's functionality and user experience.
Zendesk users seek enhancements like efficient ticket merging, advanced reporting, better integrations, improved usability, and AI features.
The need for a stable connection is critical as there are network issues that slow our processes down.
PM at Galaxy Software Services
I would like to have the ability to create more than two levels of subtasks in monday.com.
Project manager at WITS
The integration with Google Sheets is also not working very well.
Sr. Project Manager at GlaxoSmithKline
Zendesk could actually support HTML on the tickets so we could format our text better than the current options such as size, bold, italic, or underscored, because the text processing is too simple.
Junior system analyst at Wevt clous
Zendesk is missing an AI aspect that could help provide quick answers based on the knowledge housed within the platform.
Technical Support Engineer/ QA at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Zendesk is amazing, and because they are always working on a new upgrade or a new integration, they are very forward-thinking from an engineering perspective.
Project Manager III at City of Union City Government
 

Setup Cost

Enterprise users find monday.com pricing justified by customization benefits despite higher costs, with long-term ROI deemed worthwhile.
Zendesk's pricing is high but flexible, justified by its value in saving time and enhancing customer experience.
It is quite expensive.
Head of Financial Team at resolutte
The pricing is cost-effective, especially for my organization, helping us manage a lot of projects efficiently.
Sr. Project Manager at GlaxoSmithKline
It is not the cheapest solution nor the most expensive, but it provides value for money.
CEO at Etcetera Networks
The experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Zendesk was quite expensive.
Consultant and Startup Founder at AimHi Enterprises
 

Valuable Features

Monday.com offers automation, customizable boards, integration capabilities, and visual tools, boosting productivity and collaboration with real-time updates.
Zendesk enhances productivity with customizable ticket management, CRM integrations, automation, and multi-channel support for improved customer satisfaction.
monday.com saves time and gets everyone on the same page within my team.
Head of Financial Team at resolutte
monday.com has positively impacted my organization because automation helps us automate a lot of time-consuming and tedious tasks, and we've been able to save about 80% of our time.
Sr. Project Manager at GlaxoSmithKline
Through automation of tasks which were previously time-consuming and tedious, we've been able to save a lot of time and cost.
Project Engineer at Unilever
It allows us to handle more support cases with fewer people due to its advanced artificial intelligence capabilities.
CEO at Etcetera Networks
Zendesk is way cheaper than other ITSM platforms such as ServiceNow, providing a good platform at a lower price so we could offer good support with a low budget for the license.
Junior system analyst at Wevt clous
Being able to put response counters on certain tickets and have certain ones that are high priority and have a tighter SLA than lower priority items, being able to categorize them as a question versus an urgent request, and being able to bucket them as feature requests or product enhancements.
Consultant and Startup Founder at AimHi Enterprises
 

Categories and Ranking

monday.com
Ranking in CRM
9th
Average Rating
9.4
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
231
Ranking in other categories
Project Portfolio Management (6th), Project Management Software (2nd), Marketing Management (6th), Opportunity Management (6th)
Zendesk
Ranking in CRM
8th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.6
Number of Reviews
68
Ranking in other categories
CRM Customer Engagement Centers (4th), Help Desk Software (5th), IT Service Management (ITSM) (6th), Sales Force Automation (4th), Reporting (10th), Knowledge Management Software (3rd), Community Platforms (1st), AI Customer Support (21st), AI IT Support (7th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of February 2026, in the CRM category, the mindshare of monday.com is 1.1%, down from 4.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zendesk is 1.3%, up from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
CRM Market Share Distribution
ProductMarket Share (%)
Zendesk1.3%
monday.com1.1%
Other97.6%
CRM
 

Featured Reviews

Mirii Nyambura - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Engineer at Unilever
Project collaboration has improved and automation saves time and reduces errors
The best features monday.com offers are reporting, customization, and company contacts, tracking communication, and project plans. All of the features are really important, especially the project planning, which gives us the ability to manipulate project plans, and it's very helpful. Also, tracking our communication is valuable. I love that I can see both my communications and the communications of my coworkers with the company contacts. When it comes to company contacts, I appreciate the ability to have the company as well as various tags, documents, and contact types. It has really boosted our team collaboration, where different departments are able to collaborate within one project, and we are able to complete many projects on time and deliver them to our clients. Our clients have become very happy over time since we started using monday.com. We've been able to complete many projects on time and meet our deadlines. This has really made our clients happy, and they have trusted us a lot. Through automation of tasks which were previously time-consuming and tedious, we've been able to save a lot of time and cost. We've also improved our team collaboration. We can collaborate securely remotely, thereby improving our productivity. We've been able to save thousands of dollars since we started using automation. We're able to save approximately 80% of our time through automation. We've also been able to reduce human risk, where there is no human contact with the data, thereby greatly reducing human error.
AmandaSanchez - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant and Startup Founder at AimHi Enterprises
Macros and automation have streamlined workflows and reduced manual effort across support teams
The ability to communicate on the Zendesk ticket through the actual user software, so TOPs, would have been helpful. Somehow seeing a user's ticket history within our app would have been beneficial. That is the only thing that I do not think existed at the time that might have been helpful. Some people struggled with Zendesk, but it was always easy enough to show them how to use it and what they were missing. The only times we really had people report concerns about it was when they did not understand that it could do that or how to use it in that way.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
8%
Computer Software Company
8%
Comms Service Provider
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Performing Arts
8%
Computer Software Company
7%
Outsourcing Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business179
Midsize Enterprise26
Large Enterprise28
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business36
Midsize Enterprise21
Large Enterprise11
 

Questions from the Community

Do you recommend Monday.com?
Monday.com is one of the best project management softwares available on the market. It lets you create and customize the tools you need to run every aspect of your work. I particularly favor it bec...
What needs improvement with monday.com?
If monday.com was cheaper, that would be better because it's quite expensive.
What is your primary use case for monday.com?
We use monday.com on a daily basis for our to-do lists and to stay in touch with our team to see how projects are progressing. We have everything on monday.com for each project step, allowing us to...
What do you like most about Zendesk Support?
I found the user experience with vendors on Zendesk to be straightforward, especially when it comes to understanding and searching for specific tickets. The search and navigation tools are easy to ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zendesk Support?
From what I recall, the experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Zendesk was quite expensive and that is what prohibited us from expanding usage of it into more users and using more o...
What needs improvement with Zendesk Support?
I wish there was a more easily dynamic tool. Currently, it is quite difficult because not all the tools are labeled. A feature that would be beneficial is if hovering over an icon would tell you wh...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

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Zendesk Support, Zendesk Guide, Zendesk Sell
 

Overview

 

Sample Customers

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