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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Desk.com (discontinued)

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ADesk.com was a helpdesk, ticketing, and customer support product offered by Salesforce, and oriented towards the needs of small businesses. It is no longer sold and support has been discontinued. Salesforce recommends its modern Service Cloud as a replacement.N/A

    Salesforce Service Cloud

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AService Cloud is a customer service platform that helps businesses manage and resolve customer inquiries and issues. It provides tools for case management, knowledge base, omni-channel support, automation, and analytics, enabling companies to deliver exceptional customer service experiences.

    $25

    per month

    Pricing
    Desk.com (discontinued)Salesforce Service Cloud
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Starter Suite
    $25
    per month
    Pro Suite
    $100
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $165
    per month per user
    Unlimited
    $330
    per month per user
    Agentforce 1
    $550
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Desk.com (discontinued)Salesforce Service Cloud
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Desk.com (discontinued)Salesforce Service Cloud
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    Chose Desk.com (discontinued)
    Desk.com is comparable, on a smaller scale. We went with Desk.com because it provided the functionality we needed and was more affordable.
    Incentivized
    Salesforce
    Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
    Desk.com was our previous foray into customer support, and it was functional and worked quite well. It was not exactly the most intuitive to update, but it got the job done and was reliable.

    Freshdesk was our primary next decision, and we would have gone with them except we were …
    Incentivized
    Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
    Service Cloud is a step up from Desk mainly because of its reporting, but if you can integrate other Salesforce products together, I'd recommend looking at its other solutions and looking at its own integrated CRM case closer. Service Cloud isn't the perfect solution, but it …
    Incentivized
    Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
    We chose Service Cloud because of its deep, native integration with Salesforce, unified billing, and for the fact that we didn't have to learn or train on an entirely new platform. These other products were excellent, but for us it was more time and cost effective to use …
    Incentivized
    Chose Salesforce Service Cloud
    Salesforce has increased their traction in the SMB space for service with the acquisition of Desk.com. It provides a good entry level solution for customer service and knowledge for less complex organizations. Additionally, it gets them up and running quicker. Without Desk.com, …
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    Desk.com (discontinued)Salesforce Service Cloud
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Salesforce Service Cloud
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Service Cloud
    8.8
    77 Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.475 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings8.553 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings8.663 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings8.260 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.375 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings9.174 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Salesforce Service Cloud
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Service Cloud
    8.7
    72 Ratings
    External knowledge base00 Ratings8.463 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.970 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Salesforce Service Cloud
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Salesforce Service Cloud
    8.7
    77 Ratings
    Customer portal00 Ratings7.954 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings8.834 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings8.947 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings9.276 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings8.866 Ratings
    User Ratings
    Desk.com (discontinued)Salesforce Service Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (38 ratings)
    8.3
    (83 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (14 ratings)
    6.1
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (19 ratings)
    8.0
    (12 ratings)
    Availability
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    9.5
    (28 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.6
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (21 ratings)
    7.0
    (20 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)