Datadeck vs. Zendesk Explore

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Datadeck
Score 6.7 out of 10
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Datadeck aims to put everyone in sync with beautiful dashboards of all your data sources.N/A
Zendesk Explore
Score 8.8 out of 10
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Zendesk offers Explore, a business intelligence and customer analytics tool which integrates with the Zendesk suite featuring ticket analytics, custom fields, dashboards, and other features. Zendesk is migrating customers of the BIME analytics product, which is approaching end of support, to Zendesk Explore in 2019.N/A
Pricing
DatadeckZendesk Explore
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
DatadeckZendesk Explore
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
DatadeckZendesk Explore
Considered Both Products
Datadeck
Chose Datadeck
Datadeck offers a BI/analytics platform that produces internal data sets and panels and streamlines data observations for users. It's intuitive and straightforward, with all the features and resources we need to
Chose Datadeck
DataDeck definitely makes the reading and analyzing data easier than accessing the GA dashboard.
Zendesk Explore
Chose Zendesk Explore
Zendesk Explore stands out against Freshchat and Freshdesk for it's deeper analytics capabilities and seamless integration with Zendesk ecosystem. While Freshdesk offers reporting, it lacks on the same level of granular insights and customization that Zendesk Explore provides. …
Chose Zendesk Explore
I selected Zendesk Explore only to provide an easy and quick access for my managers and supervisors regading metrics and volume trends. Is not the most flexible nor complete data visualization tool, but works well for day-to-day follow ups.
You need to use another tool if you …
Chose Zendesk Explore
N/A - the company had already implemented Zendesk Explore when I was hired.
Chose Zendesk Explore
What's good with Zendesk Explore is that data is already provided since it's included in the package. We get the data from Zendesk Support and make a report in Zendesk Explore.

It provides suggested templates and report formats also which you don't get on the other platforms. …
Chose Zendesk Explore
Zendesk Explore is more user friendly and the software plus maintenance cost is less. The report section is more detailed and no lag while creating report for a large data source. The report segments and formats are editable which make it more convenient to make a report …
Chose Zendesk Explore
We tried other reporting and Zendesk Explore was by far the best as it was already implemented into our support system we were already using; Zendesk. The main selling point for us, is that all of the reports are customizable and that no coding knowledge is needed to build out …
Chose Zendesk Explore
Zendesk Explore is better than Freshservice Analytics. In Freshservice, even though the interface is more attractive, the functions are not as good as Zendesk Explore. Reports and dashboards are hard to build, and the materials to learn are not as good as the materials on …
Chose Zendesk Explore
For support data, we have only used Explore because it came with our ZenDesk membership. So I can't speak to other solutions! That said, it's awesome to have Knowledge Base and support data in one place.
Features
DatadeckZendesk Explore
BI Standard Reporting
Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Datadeck
8.8
Ratings
8% above category average
Zendesk Explore
9.0
Ratings
10% above category average
Pixel Perfect reports9.00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Customizable dashboards8.30 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Report Formatting Templates9.10 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Ad-hoc Reporting
Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Product A and Product B
Datadeck
8.3
Ratings
3% above category average
Zendesk Explore
8.3
Ratings
3% above category average
Drill-down analysis7.60 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Formatting capabilities8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Integration with R or other statistical packages8.40 Ratings4.80 Ratings
Report sharing and collaboration9.40 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Report Output and Scheduling
Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Product A and Product B
Datadeck
8.7
Ratings
5% above category average
Zendesk Explore
8.4
Ratings
1% above category average
Publish to Web9.10 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Publish to PDF8.70 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Report Versioning8.30 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Report Delivery Scheduling8.70 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Delivery to Remote Servers8.70 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Data Discovery and Visualization
Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Product A and Product B
Datadeck
8.9
Ratings
11% above category average
Zendesk Explore
7.2
Ratings
10% below category average
Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)9.10 Ratings6.60 Ratings
Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization9.10 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Predictive Analytics8.70 Ratings5.50 Ratings
Pattern Recognition and Data Mining00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Access Control and Security
Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Product A and Product B
Datadeck
8.8
Ratings
4% above category average
Zendesk Explore
9.1
Ratings
7% above category average
Multi-User Support (named login)9.10 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Role-Based Security Model8.70 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)9.10 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Single Sign-On (SSO)8.30 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Mobile Capabilities
Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Product A and Product B
Datadeck
8.3
Ratings
5% above category average
Zendesk Explore
7.8
Ratings
1% below category average
Responsive Design for Web Access8.00 Ratings6.10 Ratings
Mobile Application7.60 Ratings8.30 Ratings
Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile9.40 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding
Comparison of Application Program Interfaces (APIs) / Embedding features of Product A and Product B
Datadeck
8.5
Ratings
9% above category average
Zendesk Explore
5.9
Ratings
28% below category average
REST API8.30 Ratings5.40 Ratings
Javascript API8.50 Ratings5.90 Ratings
iFrames8.50 Ratings5.50 Ratings
Java API8.50 Ratings5.60 Ratings
Themeable User Interface (UI)8.70 Ratings6.20 Ratings
Customizable Platform (Open Source)8.50 Ratings7.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
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9.5
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Usability
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10.0
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Support Rating
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10.0
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User Testimonials
DatadeckZendesk Explore
Likelihood to Recommend
It is beneficial to use these reports to provide product data with other team members or customers. This tool allows us to easily build panels, and you can generate data sets for internal employees within the organisation.
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Compared to other analytics functions of other Ticket Management System, Zendesk Explore is the easiest to learn. Moreover, the learning curve is high. Once you pick up the fundamentals, you will be able to create all types of analytic reports. In addition, if you know basic coding or SQL, you can create your own metrics and attributes to capture extremely specific elements such as the tickets that contain a certain word or etc.
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Pros
  • My experience while using the software was to manage our data at one place
  • One of the best thing is it is so flexible and easy to use
  • You can keep as much as data at a place in different categories
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  • As with most "suite" products, if you already use other Zendesk features (Chat, Talk, etc), then Zendesk Explore adds an extra facet to the customer experience. The more we know about our clientele, the better we can understand/anticipate their needs.
  • I like that we can get as in-depth as we feel is necessary. For example, is just one customer having an issue? Or are many experiencing a similar problem? We can better rack this type of trend using Explore.
  • Our team can dive deep into the data based on exactly what we're looking for. If the marketing team wants a certain kind of segment, we can give them that info. If we want to sort by date or another set of parameters, we can do that as well.
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Cons
  • We think the DataDeck dashboard can be a little easier to organize
  • For first time users, they can get lost with all the functionality DataDeck offers
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  • More detailed pieces of training on where to find datasets/queries.
  • Have demo reports to do live trainings; instead of watching videos.
  • Have a key as to what all of the datasets mean.
  • Have a pop-up that analyzes the data "looks like your csat dropped this week!" etc...
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Usability
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I rate Zendesk Explore 8 out of 10 for it's overall usability because it offers powerful reporting and analytics with an easy to navigate interface and intuitive dashboards. It helps improve customer satisfaction by providing valuable insights into ticket handling, agent performance and customer satisfaction. Though the complex query builder can be challenging for non technical users.
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Support Rating
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Zendesk Community is extremely useful for Zendesk Explore beginners. The live support provided by Zendesk will also help a lot. If you don't know anything you can ask live support right away. However, one drawback of Zendesk Community and Support is the creation of complex reports on Zendesk Explore. Zendesk Community and Support cannot really help you much if you are trying to build a complex report as they are not a complete expert on it as well.
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Alternatives Considered
DataDeck definitely makes the reading and analyzing data easier than accessing the GA dashboard.
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Zendesk Explore stands out against Freshchat and Freshdesk for it's deeper analytics capabilities and seamless integration with Zendesk ecosystem. While Freshdesk offers reporting, it lacks on the same level of granular insights and customization that Zendesk Explore provides. Compared to Freshchat which focuses more on live chat and conversational analytics Zendesk Explore excels in historical trend analysis and comprehensive dashboarding. We choose Zendesk Explore for it's robust reporting and drill down capabilities.
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Return on Investment
  • Easy to use, excellent interface, 3rd-party data integration, and dynamic reports.
  • It's helped us organize and leverage enterprise-wide data to solve problems faster and make better decisions.
  • It lets us synchronize all our data on one platform, analyze it quickly, customize dashboards, and create excellent reports.
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  • Positive impact of around 5 hours/week in Dashboard building and visualization
  • 10 hours from Product to review dashboards and find potential patterns
  • Enabler to find opportunities based on agents´ occupancy rates
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