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What Is Zoho Desk?

Zoho Desk is Zoho's flagship web-based help desk software that helps companies deliver lasting customer experiences. It aims to make customers happier, agents empowered, and businesses healthier. With Zoho Desk, you can deliver seamless omnichannel support, improve agent productivity at scale, customize your help desk, leverage powerful AI capabilities, automate mundane tasks, get live performance insights, and deeply integrate with apps you use daily - all without spending a fortune.

Who Uses Zoho Desk?

Zoho Desk, Zoho's flagship web-based customer service software, helps businesses of all sizes and types deliver superior customer service without spending a fortune.

Where can Zoho Desk be deployed?

Cloud-based
On-premise

About the vendor

  • Zoho
  • Founded in 1996

Zoho Desk support

  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat

Countries available

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada and 26 others

Languages

Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Danish, Dutch and 14 others

Zoho Desk pricing

Starting Price:

$14.00/month
  • Yes, has free trial
  • No free version

Zoho Desk does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. Zoho Desk paid version starts at $14.00/month.

Pricing plans get a free trial

About the vendor

  • Zoho
  • Founded in 1996

Zoho Desk support

  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat

Countries available

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada and 26 others

Languages

Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Chinese, Danish, Dutch and 14 others

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Features of Zoho Desk

  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Account Management Software
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Assignment Management
  • Automated Routing
  • Autoresponders
  • CRM Software
  • Call Center Management
  • Call Logging
  • Call Monitoring Software
  • Call Recording Software
  • Call Routing
  • Call Scripting
  • Call Transfer
  • Catalog Management Software
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Chatbot Software
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Communication Management
  • Computer Telephony Integration
  • Content Management System (CMS) Software
  • Customer Database
  • Customer Engagement Software
  • Customer Experience Management
  • Customer History
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard Software
  • Discussions/Forums
  • Email Management Software
  • Feedback Management
  • File Sharing Software
  • For Insurance Industry
  • Full Text Search
  • IVR Software
  • Inbox Management
  • Interaction Tracking
  • Issue Tracking Software
  • Knowledge Base Management
  • Knowledge Management Software
  • Lead Management Software
  • Live Chat Software
  • Macros/Templated Responses
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Multi-Channel Data Collection
  • Multi-Language
  • Negative Feedback Management
  • Offline Form
  • Onboarding Software
  • Personalization and Behavioral Targeting Software
  • Prioritization
  • Proactive Chat
  • Queue Management
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Real-Time Chat
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-time Consumer-facing Chat
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Rich Text Editor
  • SEO Management
  • Sales Pipeline Management
  • Self Service Portal
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
  • Single Sign On Software
  • Support Ticket Management
  • Survey/Poll Management
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Task Management Software
  • Template Management
  • Text Analysis Software
  • Text Editing
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Transcripts/Chat History
  • Transfers/Routing
  • Usage Tracking/Analytics
  • User Management
  • Workflow Management Software

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Reviews of Zoho Desk

Average score

Overall
4.5
Ease of Use
4.4
Customer Service
4.3
Features
4.5
Value for Money
4.5

Reviews by company size (employees)

  • <50
  • 51-200
  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001
Saskia
Saskia
Senior Director Sales Marketing in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Restaurants, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Excellent solution that meets all of our requirements.

5.0 last year

Comments: Zoho Desk is a top-tier platform for developing individualized customer service offerings. It's a separate platform connected to the company that has all the greatest capabilities for prioritizing requests, managing the requests, and closing more and more requests. I've been using Zoho Desk for quite some time now, and it's been invaluable for streamlining my operations and those of my customer service staff.

Pros:

As a ticketing and customer service platform, Zoho Desk comes highly recommended from me. Because of how simple and straightforward it is to use, my staff has had no trouble adapting it for handling client concerns. We've been able to enhance productivity and optimize our processes because to the platform's many useful features, including as automation and connections to other Zoho products. We also like how quickly and effectively the customer service team responds to our inquiries and resolves any problems that may arise. In conclusion, Zoho Desk is an excellent option for any company that wants to boost its customer care procedures.

Cons:

Although the program provides a great return on investment, the upfront fees might be prohibitive, especially for startups. One other thing that may be improved with Zoho Desk is the reporting capabilities. I need to export data to external programs to gain a full picture of my customer service performance because the present reporting options are inadequate.

Ana
Ana
Security Architecture Discipline leader in Spain
Verified LinkedIn User
Banking, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Zoho Desk: easy to use, customizable, and evolving service desk suite

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: We looked at a few others (Salesforce, FreshDesk, and others) and were surprised by many of the features. There were many Zoho branded products and services available that seemed to work well during testing. The interface and mobile apps were fairly intuitive and we were able to get a fully functional demo up and running in a matter of hours without much trouble. We evaluated it with other software at the same time, so let's compare how long it took us to get it up and running and use it functionally with other systems.

Pros:

The initial setup wizard worked smoothly. Navigation through the configuration menus is simple and intuitive. The customer access portal home page is in place and ready for further customization of content. A clean design that displays the functions that are needed at this time.

Cons:

The initial 14-day trial period is fine for "getting started", but trying to juggle a new set of desktop services and day-to-day work seems to work against the clock. A 30 to 45-day trial period would be excellent, as it allows you to become so familiar with the software that you are more willing to use it.

Alternatives Considered: Zendesk Suite

Reasons for Choosing Zoho Desk: We are creating the first in-house service solution for the company. Having a managed solution to handle requests that other team members can monitor and resolve is much better than trying to handle email support requests that sit in an inbox with many other unrelated emails.

Switched From: Freshdesk

Reasons for Switching to Zoho Desk: We are a growing company and we need to track our issues not only by the customer but also by specific serial number. We had a very rudimentary system to do this, but our size is pushing us to modernize to stay on top of everything. This system should help us.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 501–1,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Comprehensive Features

3.0 last year

Pros:

Zoho Desk offers a wide range of features, including ticket management, multi-channel support, self-service portals, automation, SLA management, and reporting.

Cons:

The free plan of Zoho Desk has certain limitations on customization options and features compared to the paid plans.

Alternatives Considered: Salesforce Sales Cloud and SurveyMonkey

Switched From: Freshdesk, Help Scout, JIRA Service Management, and Kayako

Sanjay
Sanjay
Business Development Manager in South Africa
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Zoho Desk- Efficient Support Tool

5.0 4 months ago

Comments: It's great. Good tool and does the job.

Pros:

Easy Setup Good 3rd Party Intergration Provides the user experience we need

Cons:

There should be more telephony providers for more countries

Sarah
Sarah
System Administrator in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Information Technology & Services, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

The gold standard in customer service!

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Invaluable progress has been made in facilitating communication. Helping us more effectively assist and guide customers who have questions or concerns about our offerings. Because of the faster resolution of customer issues, we have also seen a rise of at least 10% in the number of new customers requesting our services.

Pros:

Currently, we're using the Zoho Desk application to aid our customers and foster deeper connections between our products and services. And in this way, we can speed up the resolution of any issues or complaints our users may have inside the service.

Cons:

If we were using an issue tracking application, the ability to drag and drop items across categories would be really helpful. To my knowledge, the ability to receive and transmit voice memos has also been introduced. What you propose is novel in the extreme.