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We performed a comparison between Google Data Studio and Zendesk based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Reporting solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Google Data Studio vs. Zendesk Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The ability to integrate with a great variety of data sources.""The solution is free so that is a good feature.""I am impressed with the tool's scheduling mechanism, refresh mechanism, and different types of charts.""Data Studio integrates seamlessly with other Google products, and we can use it with other APIs if we like.""This has improved our organization by allowing people to see their data and develop visualizations themselves.""Valuable features include advanced integrated analysis and easy implementation.""I find it favorable regarding speed of development, ease of building, and flexibility.""The ability to design complex data models and equations."

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"The feature to move over my customer experience team tickets for different specialists is very valuable for my team.""We rarely had issues with Zendesk.""One of the most valuable features is that Zendesk gives you a lot of configurability, and a lot of leeway in terms of customizing the look and theme. Zendesk offers you the facility to design your own landing page, as well as the look and feel of the entire knowledge base. At the same time, they offer themes that you can simply purchase and implement. Either way, it can really be turned into the right look and feel of the knowledge base required by our company, which is very important—if you have a bland-looking page, most of the time, people will lose interest. Zendesk also allows you to test the customizations before you publish it. It gives you a sandbox location where you can test everything new that you're trying to create and publish, which is very interesting.""The product offers very good management. It has a great ability to assign tickets based on content.""Zendesk Support has a lot of good APIs.""It's very convenient to use.""It is a scalable solution.""The initial setup is simple and straightforward."

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Cons
"There are issues with integration and I encountered limits and warnings, especially with my pivot table size.""Stability and scalability an be improved for a full ten.""Panels are not as easy to use as other data extraction UIs.""It's not yet a replacement for a complete BI tool.""When you physically install a product on one machine instead of the cloud, you have a better visibility, best icon quality, etc.. It's more of an issue with how we are adapting to the transition. We are still in the early moments of using this tool, and we need to go deeper to discover some improvements.""There is a significant degree of sophistication required to compete with Tableau or Cognos.""Insisting on forums, blogs and community outreach in communications, and posting videos on an established calendar would be useful.""The tool should come up with data modeling layer features that are present in other products like Power BI."

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"The dashboard could be better.""The solution itself wasn't easy to set up.""As per me, there arent much significant issues or areas for improvement with Zendesk, as my usage of it is limited. I appreciate its ability to organize tickets effectively based on tags, allowing me to easily gather and analyze customer feedback and requests.""Sometimes if there was a way to just flag the actual issue out of those email chains - that would be really helpful.""The data you get when logged in to Zendesk Support differs from the data you get when you programmatically query Zendesk Support through its API because of a sync time delay.""It needs to improve in terms of its flexibility, price, and installation.""Zendesk Guide's customization could be improved. I would like it to be easier and maybe open-sourced, so that if you have a developer in your company, you can do it yourself. Right now, that isn't allowed, so you need to have it done via the integrator. Another improvement—this is nit-picking—is that it could be less easy to make changes. Some things are so easy that they sometimes look a little amateur-ish. Most of the templates are built-in so they can be used directly, so they are very simple.""If I write an article, and I have a team of 30 people, and they all have a Zendesk account, when I write an article, I send them an email. "Hey guys, I just wrote this article. It's one of the most popular topics this month on which we are not covered. Please check it and make sure that you include it in your resolutions". The issue is, once I send it to those 30 people, and they open it, the next morning, that article is the most popular article."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The tool is free."
  • "The solution is free but the Google Looker is expensive."
  • "The cost is quite affordable based on feature analysis."
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  • "We pay for the solution on a yearly basis and my understanding is that the cost is about $30,000. That's the cost for 24 to 25 agents."
  • "The price is very competitive."
  • "Zendesk's licensing is not cheap. For Enterprise, we are paying $200 per agent. It's a per-month cost, so it's pretty steep. There are some services you need to pay extra for. For example, with Zendesk Guide, we had to buy the most expensive offering in order to get Multibrand and everything. We also had to pay a lot of money for themes."
  • "There are different plans that are offered. We are using the entry-level plan. The overall price of the solution should be reduced. The price is too high."
  • "You have to pay extra for better support. So it's not only the license that you pay for, but you have to pay extra for the support as well."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:The company dashboard is useful because we could share it via a link as a reminder for everyone to check it weekly. We observed the progress of our portfolio from last week to the current week… more »
    Top Answer:Google Data Studio allows you to set up notifications for dashboard changes, so you don't have to adjust the fields each time manually there's a modification. We connected it to BigQuery tables… more »
    Top Answer:We use Google Data Studio to track company KPIs, create the company dashboard, and generate sales reports to compare sales over time.
    Top Answer:I found the user experience with vendors on Zendesk to be straightforward, especially when it comes to understanding and searching for specific tickets. The search and navigation tools are easy to… more »
    Top Answer:You have to pay extra for better support. So it's not only the license that you pay for, but you have to pay extra for the support as well. The pricing is expensive. Back then, we were paying $51 per… more »
    Top Answer:As per me, there arent much significant issues or areas for improvement with Zendesk, as my usage of it is limited. I appreciate its ability to organize tickets effectively based on tags, allowing me… more »
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    Also Known As
    Data Studio
    Zendesk Support, Zendesk Guide, Zendesk Sell
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    Overview

    Google Data Studio (beta) turns your data into informative dashboards and reports that are easy to read, easy to share, and fully customizable. Dashboarding allows you to tell great data stories to support better business decisions.

    Zendesk Support is intuitive, and it's built with support agents in mind. Everything they need lives in a single, dynamic help desk interface so it's easy to be productive and manage customer interactions.

    Sample Customers
    Genesys, Shueisha
    Mailchimp, Tesco, Vimeo, Instacart, Mediaocean, Slack, Uber
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Manufacturing Company10%
    Financial Services Firm10%
    Educational Organization7%
    REVIEWERS
    Computer Software Company24%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Construction Company10%
    Non Profit7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company22%
    Educational Organization10%
    Financial Services Firm6%
    University6%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business38%
    Midsize Enterprise25%
    Large Enterprise38%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise61%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business46%
    Midsize Enterprise35%
    Large Enterprise19%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise55%
    Buyer's Guide
    Google Data Studio vs. Zendesk
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Google Data Studio vs. Zendesk and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
    770,458 professionals have used our research since 2012.

    Google Data Studio is ranked 13th in Reporting with 8 reviews while Zendesk is ranked 12th in Reporting with 57 reviews. Google Data Studio is rated 7.6, while Zendesk is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Google Data Studio writes "The cloud environment makes it easier to use large volumes of data and collaborate with coworkers". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Zendesk writes "Straightforward, very transparent, and very well organized". Google Data Studio is most compared with Amazon QuickSight, Tableau, Looker, Microsoft Power BI and QlikView, whereas Zendesk is most compared with ServiceNow, JIRA Service Management, Atlassian Confluence, Freshservice and Microsoft Dynamics CRM. See our Google Data Studio vs. Zendesk report.

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