Altitude uCI vs. Zendesk Talk

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Altitude
Score 8.0 out of 10
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Altitude uCI is a configurable, modular unified communications, VoIP, and inbound or outbound contact center solution from Portuguese company Altitude Software.N/A
Zendesk Talk
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Zendesk Talk is call center software built on the Twilio cloud communication platform that integrates with the Zendesk Support ticketing system. This allows customer service teams to provide phone support from the same platform they use to manage all other channels.N/A
Pricing
Altitude uCIZendesk Talk
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AltitudeZendesk Talk
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Altitude uCIZendesk Talk
Considered Both Products
Altitude
Chose Altitude
Altitude uCI offers some CRM capabilities that Genesys Cloud does not. It offers the option to store multi-dimensional interaction outcomes and presents them in reports. Altitude uCI agent scripts can be more elaborate than Genesys Could ones, and its reports are fully …
Zendesk Talk
Chose Zendesk Talk
It's natively built into the user experience, the others rely on outside apps to integrate into their platform. You can set up a Zendesk Talk account within minutes and have a phone number ready for customers to contact you.
Chose Zendesk Talk
Both have pros and cons. We chose Zendesk Talk for stability as Talkdesk almost always encounter user issues on a daily basis.
Chose Zendesk Talk
Maintenance costs for ServiceNow are higher, so Zendesk Talk is a good option even if I think it could be improved in terms of integration with other apps/flows/systems.
Chose Zendesk Talk
Exotel has a fair advantage when it comes to telephony as it offers a wide range of products at a fraction of the price of Zendesk. But when it comes to premium content and ease of access. Zendesk takes away the trophy. We have been using this for a while now and clearly, it …
Chose Zendesk Talk
We were made aware of Zendesk Talk through good reviews from reputable sites. Zendesk Talk's ACD was very outstanding and this is what attracted us as this was what we needed. The other products mentioned they glitched a lot and caused multiple dropped calls.
Chose Zendesk Talk
Explanations behind switching to Zendesk: It comes up short on cutting-edge customization choices and this doesn't simply turn out for us. The given ticket that executive's arrangement presented by Zendesk is incredible, and it upholds the omnichannel commitment to clients. The …
Chose Zendesk Talk
Slack and Zoom phones cannot compare because they have no ticketing systems. Zendesk Talk was the only option we considered because we were already using Zendesk for our email ticketing with customer concerns. We then expanded to using Zendesk's chatbot and then the Zendesk …
Chose Zendesk Talk
Prior to using Zendesk Talk, we used standard hand held phones in the office. Zendesk Talk has made us 75% more productive and efficient and allowed us to reach a lot more customers to serve.
Chose Zendesk Talk
We switched to Kustomer, as it is omnichannel and Zendesk is not.
Chose Zendesk Talk
Zendesk Talk has been far more reliable and robust than Ring Central. We had a lot of unreliable instances with our old provider. We didn't have call recording before either.
Chose Zendesk Talk
Zendesk Talk has many of the features as the other phone systems I have used. My only reservation is their lack of focus on a feature that will allow their clients to remain PCI compliant.
Features
Altitude uCIZendesk Talk
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Altitude uCI
9.7
Ratings
16% above category average
Zendesk Talk
7.8
Ratings
6% below category average
Agent dashboard9.00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Validate callers10.00 Ratings6.00 Ratings
Outbound response10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Call forwarding10.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)9.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Warm transfer10.00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Predictive dialing10.00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Interactive voice response10.00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
REST APIs9.00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Call scripts10.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Call tracking10.00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Multichannel integration10.00 Ratings5.10 Ratings
CRM software integration9.00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Altitude uCI
9.6
Ratings
16% above category average
Zendesk Talk
7.8
Ratings
5% below category average
Inbound call routing10.00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing10.00 Ratings5.10 Ratings
Recording10.00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Quality management9.00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Call analytics8.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Historical reporting10.00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Live reporting10.00 Ratings4.90 Ratings
Customer surveys00 Ratings5.00 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
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User Ratings
Altitude uCIZendesk Talk
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
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9.9
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Usability
-
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10.0
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Support Rating
-
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5.0
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User Testimonials
Altitude uCIZendesk Talk
Likelihood to Recommend
  • Both inbound and outbound interactions for telephony, social media (Twitter and Facebook out of the box), email, chat and more.
  • Powerful predictive dialing--gives the option to change between dialing modes without interruptions.
  • Offers the possibility to load customer data and tie interactions with specific customers to get a better idea of the customer's journey.
  • Offers the possibility to save interaction outcomes and present them in monitoring and reports.
  • Cannot replace a corporate PBX.
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Zendesk Talk is a great partner that helps us in the customer care area by managing every type of contact with customers (both phone calls and emails). I know there is also the possibility to have integration with instant messaging apps (like messenger and WhatsApp but I have never used them in my experience). In my opinion, the best scenario for Zendesk Talk is represented by a context with a high amount of contacts/requests where a unique platform could be a help both on the external side (customers) and on the internal side (a lot of colleagues who are working in the same area and have to work in a coordinate way). For customers, they could benefit from tailor-made answers, also based on past contacts for the same topic, and avoid waiting times during phone calls, with an immediate follow-up. For internal work management, operators don't overlap in a single request, and even if the same operator is not available the one who manages the request later has complete visibility of the entire topic from the historical point of view. Last but not least, I think that Zendesk Talk helps a lot in the context in which the request's speed is a KPI to manage constantly.
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Pros
  • Predictive outbound
  • Offers a reliable CRM-lite option
  • GDPR platform module
  • Customizable reports
  • Powerful IVR flows with many options
  • Web-based management and agent applications available
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  • Call recording is a nice feature! It is great for training purposes and for quality assurance.
  • The metrics you get from Explore are a great insight into how the team is handling the call volumes.
  • Zendesk Talk has met most of our needs. It can be a bit unreliable at times.
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Cons
  • User interface
  • Offers no direct access to its database
  • Support responsiveness could be better
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  • The lag on the phone is by far the most annoying thing with Zendesk talk due to the voice over IP.
  • Using the Reporting feature in Zendesk has never been a walk in the park. We have to customize a lot of fields and when something doesn't seem to add up, it at times feels like pulling teeth to get to the final answer of what went wrong.
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Usability
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Everything about it works, as I have previously detailed. Coming from different companies and using other tools like Twilio or Aircall, those are VOIP tools that are built to be plugged into other tools, Zendesk Talk is natively built into Zendesk and feels correct in the user experience of Zendesk
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Support Rating
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In our experience, we have had to go through many support people then ultimately getting frustrated enough to go directly to our point of contact who then doesn't always seem to be able to assist. We tend to get the support we need when it is escalated up to me and I reach out to our point of a contact person to express our frustration.
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Alternatives Considered
Altitude uCI offers some CRM capabilities that Genesys Cloud does not. It offers the option to store multi-dimensional interaction outcomes and presents them in reports. Altitude uCI agent scripts can be more elaborate than Genesys Could ones, and its reports are fully customizable. While Genesys Cloud is moving toward that direction, it still doesn't offer the level of customizability Altitude Xperience does.
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Slack and Zoom phones cannot compare because they have no ticketing systems. Zendesk Talk was the only option we considered because we were already using Zendesk for our email ticketing with customer concerns. We then expanded to using Zendesk's chatbot and then the Zendesk Talk system to keep it all integrated and streamlined.
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Return on Investment
  • Reliable prediction improves productivity
  • Multichannel integration offers an all-in-one solution
  • Offers its own custom-made PBX solution that is more reasonably priced than standalone PBX solutions
  • Can work with existing corporate PBXs (Cisco, Alcatel, Avaya)
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  • We were able to reduce global headcount by 20% in our call centers.
  • Allowing customers to leave voicemails creates the personal touch needed and really increases our customer connectivity score. We saw increases in our CSAT scores after the implementation of this solution.
  • Call handling time and case reopen rates both decreased. Y/y it decreased 18% and 60%.
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