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Josh P.
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Updated February 9, 2026
Nextiva Contact Center vs Zendesk Suite: Which is best for you?
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Starting Price
$30.00
per month
$55.00
per month
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Free Version
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Top Rated
Features
Features
Voice Mail
4.89
Queue Management
4.82
Computer Telephony Integration
4.80
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Customer History
4.76
Real-Time Updates
4.75
Search/Filter
4.73
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Integrations
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Pros / Cons
- extiva Contact Center provides robust analytics tools that offer insights into agent performance, call metrics, customer satisfaction levels, and more.
- While their Nextiva / NextOS Voice portal is certainly not the worst administrative interface I've worked in, I do find their Nextiva / NextOS Voice portal is a little confusing when it comes to trying to figure out where a phone number or extension is hidden.
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- Overall, Zendesk suite serves as a robust and scalable support platform centralizing mulit-stakeholder support, improving response times through automation and self-service capabilities supported with analytics to report on support metrics.
- They do a terrible job of screening for junk and spam letting a significant numbers of spam and malicious messages through and flagging real customer message en masse after each update.
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Ease-of-Use
Highest performing feature
in the comparison
4.5/ 5in the comparison
4.3/ 5
Value for Money
Highest performing feature
in the comparison
4.4/ 5in the comparison
4.2/ 5
Customer Support
Highest performing feature
in the comparison
4.5/ 5in the comparison
4.3/ 5
Functionality
4.4/ 5
4.4/ 5
Support Options
Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Phone Support
24/7 (Live Rep)
Chat
Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Phone Support
24/7 (Live Rep)
Chat
Training Options
In Person
Live Online
Webinars
Documentation
Videos
In Person
Live Online
Webinars
Documentation
Videos
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FrontRunners 2026
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Recommendations
Recommendations
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12 Recommendations
Ideal Customer Size
Small
Medium
Large
Small
Medium
Large
Deployment Options
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Desktop - Mac
Desktop - Windows
Desktop - Linux
Desktop - Chromebook
On-Premise - Windows
On-Premise - Linux
Mobile - Android
Mobile - iPhone
Mobile - iPad
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Desktop - Mac
Desktop - Windows
Desktop - Linux
Desktop - Chromebook
On-Premise - Windows
On-Premise - Linux
Mobile - Android
Mobile - iPhone
Mobile - iPad