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Service Creatio vs Zendesk comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Service Creatio
Ranking in CRM Customer Engagement Centers
11th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
Customer Experience Management (19th)
Zendesk
Ranking in CRM Customer Engagement Centers
7th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.8
Number of Reviews
60
Ranking in other categories
CRM (20th), Help Desk Software (9th), IT Service Management (ITSM) (7th), Sales Force Automation (7th), Reporting (13th), Knowledge Management Software (3rd), Community Platforms (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the CRM Customer Engagement Centers category, the mindshare of Service Creatio is 1.3%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zendesk is 5.4%, down from 11.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
CRM Customer Engagement Centers
 

Featured Reviews

Anatolii Vovniuk - PeerSpot reviewer
City governments improve service efficiency with automated workflow processes
The customer self-portal is not good. Service Creatio ( /products/service-creatio-reviews ) has a special capability for external customers and users to access the web portal, but we had to use third-party solutions developed by us. The design of the customer self-portal is quite bad, particularly the UI. It is not capable of integrating third-party identification systems like GEO, Per zone, or BankID for authorization of external users. It would be beneficial to have the possibility to easily build communication or interaction between different services with different instances of Service Creatio.
Ahmed Nassar - PeerSpot reviewer
Stable tool, making it reliable for handling tasks but difficult initial setup
It has a huge problem regarding the price. The price increases every year. Every year, they raise the price of the licenses, which makes a lot of limitations, and you have to pay more. So that's some conditions. Actually, most of the companies that use Zendesk need a customer experience or customer care department. However, Zendesk only works with chatbox or emailing services, but it can also use Genesys, VoIP, or voice sensors. Additionally, Zendesk needs the administration panels to be easier because it's a very complex panel. You need to search for a lot of things to do, like a small job. So you have to do a lot of setup regarding the integration, and it's a little bit challenging to integrate any software in the vendor.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Our customers have seen value and efficiency using this solution."
"You can draw a video map or draw on a piece of paper and put it in creation using the designer tool."
"I love how the tickets would auto-populate very quickly in Zendesk, especially when a call comes in."
"One of the most valuable features is the ease of use. If you take the standalone product, it is so easy to use, but if you want a tailor-made Zendesk Guide, you can't do it yourself. However, you can use a template that already exists—they have a lot, and they're very cheap, around 300-400 euros—and use it on all your brands. It's a very easy product to use."
"What is cool about Zendesk Guide is how it works together with others Zendesk products. Especially with support and with the analytics. Put those together for a small or medium-sized company and it's a really powerful tool."
"The most valuable feature is the trackability of incoming requests. The system keeps a comprehensive history of work requests, making it a useful tool for our internal processes."
"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 use, and I haven't encountered any issues with delays or communication gaps in ticket resolutions."
"It's very convenient to use."
"It is a scalable solution."
"The product offers very good management. It has a great ability to assign tickets based on content."
 

Cons

"The return material authorization should utilize no-code or low-code."
"The customer self-portal is not good. Service Creatio has a special capability for external customers and users to access the web portal, but we had to use third-party solutions developed by us."
"The price of the solution should be reduced."
"Report generation is still slightly tricky and not very customizable as per my inquiries."
"One of the drawbacks of Zendesk is that it doesn't provide a secure way for us to send data. So, we usually use a secure SharePoint folder link. We put that in the Zendesk ticket so that the requester has a secure way of getting to their data."
"The support team is time-consuming, and they don't find the answer to our problem."
"The solution could integrate better with QR codes from some websites such as Facebook."
"There is always a network issue with Zendesk. But we don’t know whether it is managed. The network issue is that when I call, it does not let us."
"The data you get when logged in to Zendesk Support differs from the data you get when you programmatically query Zendesk Support through its API because of a sync time delay."
"Zendesk Guide could be improved by allowing us to put our assets in one location. What happens now for each article, for example, is we have to upload the images for that article to that location, so the image reuse is still not something that they have perfected. If they could allow us to update all the images in one location, and then pull the image from there, it would be easier when working on Multibrand projects. There are no Multibrand updates available—we have to update each brand manually. For my company, I have come up with an API tool which allows me to push the content to multiple brands together, but if you don't have something like that, you have to manually do it."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"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."
"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."
"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."
"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."
"From what I hear, Zendesk's pricing is a little expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Computer Software Company
23%
Educational Organization
12%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
 

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Service Creatio?
You can draw a video map or draw on a piece of paper and put it in creation using the designer tool.
What needs improvement with Service Creatio?
The customer self-portal is not good. Service Creatio ( /products/service-creatio-reviews ) has a special capability for external customers and users to access the web portal, but we had to use thi...
What advice do you have for others considering Service Creatio?
I would recommend improving the ease of building interactions between different installations of Service Creatio. The interactions would allow one service to start in one city and finish in another...
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?
I am not currently aware of the exact pricing, but since we are still using Zendesk, it appears to be at a reasonable price point.
What needs improvement with Zendesk Support?
Report generation is still slightly tricky and not very customizable as per my inquiries. It would be advantageous to have an AI layer that can analyze incoming requests and generate summaries, as ...
 

Also Known As

bpm’online customer service, bpm’online service enterprise
Zendesk Support, Zendesk Guide, Zendesk Sell
 

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Sample Customers

Health e(fx), People 2.0, Citilink, Dealer eProcess (DEP)
Mailchimp, Tesco, Vimeo, Instacart, Mediaocean, Slack, Uber
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