Compare zendesk and Five9 - Dec 2022

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Dec 12, 2022

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - zendesk or Five9?

Five9 is more expensive to implement (TCO) than zendesk, and zendesk is rated higher (90/100) than Five9 (87/100). zendesk offers users more features (11) than Five9 (0). There is a clear winner in this case and it is zendesk!

Looking for the right Call Center solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Zendesk Vs. Coordinated Systems

Zendesk: Zendesk is founded in Copenhagen, Denmark. Zendesk is the leading cloud-based customer service software solution. More than 20,000 companies such as Groupon, Box, and Zappos are using Zendesk to lower costs, raise productivity, and increase customer satisfaction.

Coordinated Systems: CSI is the provider of Virtual Observer, a call recording and workforce optimization solution for contact centers. Virtual Observer's robust features include a web-based user interface, Call Recording, Integrated Screen Capture, Call evaluation and scoring, Dashboard Analytics, Call Insight Speech Analytics, Agent Portal for E-learning and agent d...

Who is more expensive? zendesk talk or Virtual Observer?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of Call Center software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for zendesk talk and Virtual Observer.

zendesk talk price starts at $49 per user/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 zendesk talk is rated 2, which is much lower than the average cost of Call Center software. Virtual Observer price starts at $20,000 per license , When comparing Virtual Observer to its competitors, the software is rated 4 - lower than the average Call Center software cost.

Bottom line: Virtual Observer is more expensive than zendesk talk.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared zendesk Vs. Five9 based on some of the most important and required Call Center features.

zendesk talk: this software is considered "feature-rich" with more than 10 important features, here is a partial list: Self Service Portal, Help Desk, Knowledge Base, Blended Call Center, Call Queue Management, Call Recording, Inbound Call Center, IVR (Interactive Voice Response).

Virtual Observer: We are still working to collect the list of features for Virtual Observer.

Target customer size

zendesk talk's typical customers include: Small, medium and large size businesses, and Virtual Observer's target customer size include: SMBs.

zendesk talk

ITQlick rating
(4.3/5)

starts at $49 per user/month

Zendesk Talk is a VoIP call center software designed to help companies talk directly to their customers and provide personalized solutions to every issue they face. Being an integrated solution, Zendesk Talk en...

Categories: Call Recording, IVR, Call Center, Complaint Management.

Five9

ITQlick rating
(3.1/5)

starts at $20,000 per license

Virtual Observer is a cloud-based and an on-premise call recording and call monitoring software. Virtual Observer is suitable for the cloud-based platform that offers various services, which include desktop ana...

Categories: Data Analysis Tools, Call Recording, IVR, Call Center, Workforce Management.

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zendesk talk: 11 Features

Self Service Portal
Help Desk
Knowledge Base
Blended Call Center
Call Queue Management
Call Recording
Inbound Call Center
IVR (Interactive Voice Response)
Ticket Management
Survey Software
Social Media Management

Virtual Observer: 0 Features

We are working to collect the information
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
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zendesk
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4.3/5
Score
90/100
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2/10
License pricing
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3.1/5
Score
87/100
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5.8/10
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$20,000 per license
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8
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3.9/5
Score
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Score
91/100
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Functionality
9

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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.