We're level-setting the effectiveness of our reps, and making their action lead to direct impacts to customer success.

We use Gainsight to support our customers. Specifically we are a cloud based subscription company and we are able to understand our customers better along with their ACV's and how well they are doing.

Unfortunately, our implementation has been very difficult, and I have heard the same from other companies as well.

I like the function where it alerts me when customers are getting overages and also when they have low usage. I also love the email function.

The reporting capabilities as very advanced, the support team is always able to help, and it's possible to get anything important in a couple of clicks. The interface is clear and easy to understand.

This needs to be improved. There are some strange glitches and lack of user alerts that can be very annoying.

Easy to use and very slick to navigate and enjoy working with in it every day. I like customizing dashboard to my client needs.

I will echo what others have said about Gainsight - it was a very difficult deployment.

I was pleased overall with the product and the service. I feel the product continues to evolve to serve the needs of CS management, the CSMs and other functions in the organization such as Sales.

I really like how this software helps me to manage my portfolio, goals for each account and track to completion.

They number of possibilities and integrations are endless. The team is knowledgable and they offer so many free resources for people starting out in customer success.

The key will be limiting the learning curve so we aren't overwhelmed with too many features at once.

Overall, Gainsight has some great features and the integration with Salesforce keeps the data accurate and easier to navigate.

I love the tasks feature and intuitive it is however I am still trying to figure out how I can see a full picture but we are in the set up phase.

Overall the tool has held up its end of the bargain.

It is good at tracking client communications and health score. By using success plans, we can proactively show ROI and we can create dashboards and reports without the need of other platforms.

Overall, I'm satisfied with the tool. It's a required piece to the organization of my role.

The tool is REALLY hard to navigate as an admin.

Overall great -- even when we run into issues, they  are quick to help and support.

Gainsight is extremely easy to use, integrates with Salesforce, and gets me the the info I need to do my job as a customer success manager.

Permissions can be a little tricky, and often the jankyness of salesforce can shine through what this software does.

The recorded training was very long and painful.

You can't do everything out the gate because it's just too much. So you're forced to pick and choose your battles.

The comprehensive dashboard and easy to use cockpit for timeline activities.

The ability to automate and streamline all your workflows is unparalleled.

Love the ability to document all customer communication and events all in one place so that anyone can see what has been happening with a customer.

We integrate ours with Salesforce, and sometimes it's difficult to navigate between the two products.

Their support team is very good, and now that I know the system pretty well I am adept at making configuration changes quickly.

I like how simple Gainsight has been to use and implement. We have been able to accomplish more with Gainsight in 3 months than we did with Strikedeck in 3 years.

Used this at one of my old jobs and it was so easy to use and amazing for functionality.

I like how easy anyone can be trained to use this, making sure clients are taken care of is a huge priority so this is a wonderful platform for that.

I have been very impressed by the available Knowledge Base and Community for answering my questions about functionality and best practices. Zendesk Support has also been a fantastic resource.

This software is a great way to centralize all customer service experiences. It also has great ability to integrate with other software.

What I like most about Zendesk is the way it can handle and manage customer relationships with ease and simplicity. Very great platform to use for your CRM needs.

Love how easy it is to submit the tickets and how easy the tool is to use. Love that I am able to follow it along.

Good for ticketing systems and really hums when it's automated. Fairly widely used in the industry so there's a lot of good forums and support on it.

It is a fantastic solution that meets all the requirements of our corporation.

I liked the standardization of different support metrics. The CSAT is pretty good and APIs are very useful.

I like the ease of finding past tickets. Not a fan of the chat feature.

If you use all Zendesk Suite, Chat it's a great add-on, and it's cost per agent it is fair enough when compared to all the metrics you can gather.

The transition from ticket to call is lovely if you require that feature and it allows you save your interaction easily.

The customer communication and support have been improved and we are happy about its functions and prices.

ZenDesk is cost effective and easy to implement. The macros features are powerful, and allow for a lot of ease of use in the system.

The interface is so intuitive and powerful. Customer service advisors adapt to it very quickly, and it makes it super easy for them to manage their tickets.

We never had support on issues, lost clients, lost statistics, etc. But when payment is due, then they sent many emails.

Their Email Platform Connect is the worst on the market.

Big array of features which can help companies in different situations. Useful feature of having different languages in the system, which helps a lot with international clients.

Over my experience was nice. Customer service was responsive and the product is well on its way to be the best in the market.

It's a great tool for Customer Care and the conexion with Facebook and Twitter allows for a complete ownership of the customer care attention.

Zendesk has solved so many issues in one program. Pricing is good and a fair price.

Overall my experience was great. It is a nice product that integrates easily with other softwares.

I loved how feature rich this software was, it definitely helped me help my shoppers and website visitors.

Another cons is their technical support is very poor, it’s not that often you’ll need it but when you do, it’s hard to get it.

I love zendesk and find it pretty easy to use. I like how useful it is in everyday business setting.

I had a great experience using zen desk. My team was happy too with how easy it is to use and how quickly they can move from ticket to ticket.

The alert sound is as bad as one could sound and the lack of some useful features proved a NO GO! for me.

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Gainsight CS is a customer success solution that helps organizations streamline customer onboarding, retention and support operations via a unified platform. It enables employees to configure workflows, analyze the customer journey across multiple channels and handle the training and implementation of new customers.
 
Gainsight CS lets administrators create surveys using custom templates, analyze customer responses and set up automated follow-up reminders. It facilitates integration with several third-party applications such as Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Google Analytics, SAP CRM, SurveyMonkey and more.


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User Management

360 Degree Feedback

Customer Segmentation

Reference Management

Sentiment Analysis

Communication Management

Customer Database

Collaboration Tools

Account Alerts

Customer Experience Management

Configurable Workflow

Survey/Poll Management

Workflow Management

Video Support

Revenue Management

Visual Analytics

Activity Dashboard

Advocate Management

Customizable Questions

Account Management

Customizable Templates

Customer Management

Customer Engagement

Customizable Branding

Reporting/Analytics

Usage Tracking/Analytics

Feedback Management

Third-Party Integrations

Onboarding

Campaign Management

Health Score

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FAQs/Forum

Knowledge Base

Phone Support

Chat

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Zendesk is a cloud-based help desk management solution offering customizable tools to build customer service portal, knowledge base and online communities. The solution offers a customizable front-end portal, live chat features and integration with applications like Salesforce and Google Analytics. Zendesk is used across a wide range of vertical markets including technology, government, media and retail, from small to large.


Zendesk’s online customer portal helps support agents to keep track of tickets raised and their status. Customers can go through existing tickets to find answers from queries similar to their question and if not satisfied, customers can raise their own tickets in the portal. Zendesk also offers branding of support pages with business logos, themes and brand images.


Zendesk allows businesses to build a knowledge base to address some of the most prominent and repetitive questions, so that customers can go through the basic set of queries asked in general. Using Zendesk, businesses can also set up an online community where their customers can post queries and reply to ongoing discussion threads.

Zendesk Suite includes the following products: Ticketing System, Help Center, Community Forum, Messaging, Zendesk Talk, Zendesk Explore and Zendesk Sunshine Conversations. 

The Zendesk Suite is offered in five different plans depending on a companies need. These plans are: Team, Growth, Professional, Enterprise and Enterprise Plus. Connect with Zendesk to see which plan is best for your business. 


 



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Support Ticket Management

Real-Time Analytics

AB Testing

Cataloging/Categorization

Case Management

Personalization

Multi-Channel Management

Text Analysis

Customizable Reports

Document Storage

Activity Tracking

Transfers/Routing

SMS Messaging

Real-Time Monitoring

Customer Service Analytics

Workflow Configuration

Contract/License Management

Active Directory Integration

SSL Security

Change Management

IVR/Voice Recognition

Single Sign On

Automatic Call Distribution

Voice Mail

Project Management

Rules-Based Workflow

Blended Call Center

Procurement Management

Knowledge Management

Call Recording

Interactive Content

Call Logging

Offline Form

Print Management

Customizable Fields

Automated Routing

Churn Management

Assignment Management

Full Text Search

Call Center Management

Batch Communications

Progressive Dialer

Template Management

Data Import/Export

Email Tracking

Win/Loss Analysis

Customer Complaint Tracking

Call Routing

Problem Management

Email Templates

Self Service Portal

Email Distribution

Text to Speech

Help Desk Management

Audit Trail

Outbound Call Center

Content Management

Screen Sharing

Mobile Access

Social Media Monitoring

Proactive Chat

Multi-Channel Data Collection

Service Reporting

CMDB

Capacity Management

On-Demand Communications

Real-Time Data

Transcripts/Chat History

Performance Metrics

Inbound Call Center

Routing

Service Catalog

Call Scripting

Discussions/Forums

Phone Key Input

Issue Scheduling

Issue Management

Text Editing

Call Reporting

Multi-Channel Communication

Complaint Monitoring

Filtering

Configuration Management

Queue Management

Support Ticket Tracking

Role-Based Permissions

Web browser (OS agnostic)

Support only pricing starts at $19 per agent/month.
Suite pricing starts at $55 per agent/month. 
Free trial available.

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