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Salesforce Community Cloud vs Zendesk comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

Salesforce Community Cloud
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Community Platforms (2nd), Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) (7th)
Zendesk
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
69
Ranking in other categories
CRM Customer Engagement Centers (3rd), CRM (6th), Help Desk Software (3rd), IT Service Management (ITSM) (5th), Reporting (7th), Knowledge Management Software (3rd), AI Customer Support (9th), AI IT Support (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

While both are Customer Relationship Management solutions, they serve different purposes. Salesforce Community Cloud is designed for Community Platforms and holds a mindshare of 18.3%, down 26.0% compared to last year.
Zendesk, on the other hand, focuses on IT Service Management (ITSM), holds 4.6% mindshare, up 3.9% since last year.
Community Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Salesforce Community Cloud18.3%
Sprinklr18.8%
Lithium15.9%
Other47.0%
Community Platforms
IT Service Management (ITSM) Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Zendesk4.6%
ServiceNow13.8%
JIRA Service Management6.9%
Other74.7%
IT Service Management (ITSM)
 

Featured Reviews

Julio Divietro - PeerSpot reviewer
Customer success manger at Peletex
Helps us with sales management of customer life cycles with good business intelligence
Our primary use case for the solution is sales management of customer life cycles. We deploy the solution on cloud The stability and ease of use are valuable. Additionally, the granularity of the tool provides a great experience because of the several variables we can manage during the process.…
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.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"All the business intelligence included in the tool gives more information about the cycle of the sales stage."
"What I found most valuable in Salesforce CRM is its reporting feature because it's extensive and it's very accurate. I also like that you can move opportunities by stages. I find that feature very important and very useful because it helps you understand where opportunities get stuck, and at what stage it is currently."
"It works really well, is very seamless, and is very good software."
"The most valuable feature was its simplicity as it was made easy to use."
"The collaboration between agents is impressive, and I also use Zendesk Workspace, which provides a seamless experience when communicating through chat and email."
"Zendesk has helped us to increase productivity and has reduced the time between when a ticket is opened and when it is completed."
"We loved the notifications and the way to build custom views for a specific user's open tickets and to see how long they have been open, how long it was since the last request."
"It's a very stable tool, very powerful."
"The most valuable features of Zendesk Support are collaboration, reports, and a self-service portal. The customer and team can see all the information needed from the portal."
"Even though I haven't tried other solutions, I think this product is very useful and easy to use."
 

Cons

"An area for improvement in Salesforce CRM is that there's still a lot of manual input you need to make. If it could pick up things automatically from an email and auto-populate, that would make the tool better. Another area for improvement is that the Salesforce CRM connector for G-suite does not work effectively."
"The user interface can be improved."
"The support for Salesforce CRM was not very prompt. It took us a lot of time to receive support."
"It's expensive."
"If you are only using it for the knowledge base, it may not be the best product."
"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 of its capabilities."
"Reporting by Tags – this is not as effective as allowing reps to disposition tickets themselves."
"There is an option, I would like to see, the ability to group my requests into different states."
"It needs to improve in terms of its flexibility, price, and installation."
"Partitioning rules and triggers need improvement."
"The price of the solution should be reduced."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Pricing for Salesforce CRM is extremely expensive."
"From what I hear, Zendesk's pricing is a little expensive."
"You have to pay extra for better support. So it's not only the license that you pay for, but you have to pay extra for the support as well."
"The price is very competitive."
"There are different plans that are offered. We are using the entry-level plan. The overall price of the solution should be reduced. The price is too high."
"Zendesk's licensing is not cheap. For Enterprise, we are paying $200 per agent. It's a per-month cost, so it's pretty steep. There are some services you need to pay extra for. For example, with Zendesk Guide, we had to buy the most expensive offering in order to get Multibrand and everything. We also had to pay a lot of money for themes."
"We pay for the solution on a yearly basis and my understanding is that the cost is about $30,000. That's the cost for 24 to 25 agents."
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Top Industries

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Construction Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

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Company SizeCount
Small Business37
Midsize Enterprise21
Large Enterprise12
 

Questions from the Community

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Zendesk Support?
I actually have no idea about pricing, setup costs, and licensing. That was provided by our client, so they handled those kinds of things. We were only using the application, so I have no idea abou...
What needs improvement with Zendesk Support?
The time saved or how quickly we resolve tickets now compared to before depends on the situation we are handling. If a customer is facing issues that need some testing in the backend, it takes time...
What is your primary use case for Zendesk Support?
My main use case for Zendesk is for ticketing purposes. I was replying to customers over Zendesk, and I was also using Zendesk for live chat purposes. As a specific example, suppose a customer is f...
 

Also Known As

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Zendesk Support, Zendesk Guide, Zendesk Sell
 

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Sample Customers

Brown-Forman, GE Aviation, Pernod Ricard, Toyota, Virgin America, GE, IAVA
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