See why Gladly is the #1 Zendesk alternative

Don’t let rising costs hold you back from providing outstanding customer service. Gladly, the game-changing customer service platform that delivers exceptional value for the long-term success of your business.

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Here’s what makes Gladly the #1 Zendesk alternative

Explore key advantages of Gladly over Zendesk and why brands prefer Gladly.

People, not tickets

Good ticket service isn't good customer service. Unlike Zendesk, Gladly helps you nurture relationships with customers, so they feel like people, not tickets.

  • Immediately recognize a customer.
  • See their preferences and conversation history.
  • Know their intent without ever needing to ask, "what's your order number?"
  • Avoid ticket duplication.

All your conversations in one place

Take back the time spent merging tickets with Zendesk. With Gladly, your support heroes resolve issues from a single, continuous conversation timeline.

  • Remove ticket silos and help agents focus.
  • Say goodbye to searching and merging tickets.
  • Get a complete view of your customer's conversation history.
  • All channels in one place.

The #1 rated easiest-to-use platform

Customers prefer the simplicity of Gladly over the complexity of Zendesk. When support heroes onboard in hours instead of days it’s easier to delight customers.

  • Rated the #1 easiest-to-use help desk software.
  • Modern UI, inspired by mobile messaging apps.
  • No need to jump between multiple screens and apps.
  • Increase agent retention.

Great service is a team sport

At Gladly, we don't just say we're committed to the success of our customers, we live it. That's why customers rate our quality of support higher than Zendesk's.

  • Proven experience to help you onboard and succeed.
  • Guidance and help to achieve your CX goals.
  • Fast customer support whenever you need us.
  • Help when you need it.

Gladly turns customer service cost centers into profit centers

Brands that switch to Gladly are able to save costs, increase agent efficiency, and boost NPS. Deckers, the parent company of Ugg, Hoka One, Teva, and Sanuk, saw the following results:

Now

60%

of customers self-serve

Reduction of

19%

in first call resolution

Increase of

87%

in first call resolution

Users consistently rank Gladly as better than Zendesk

Zendesk Support Suite

Ease-of-use
9.5
8.6
Quality of support
9.3
8.4
Ease of setup
9.2
8
Integrations
9.1
8.3
Customer profiles
9.4
8.6

"With our previous platform, it was hard to make customers feel like they were being treated as human. They became tickets, and they would get ticket numbers with automated messages like do not reply above this line. We really wanted customers to feel like they’re contacting a friend when they’re contacting Andie."

Karen Zhou

Karen Zhou
Director of Operations, Andie

Why Andie switched

With Zendesk, Andie customers not only received cold automated texts but also had to repeat their sizes and concerns each time they needed help. The human connection was lost.


Customer service as you’ve never seen it before

Explore all the ways Gladly is better than Zendesk.

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No tickets or cases

Know who your customer is within the first 5 seconds, agents can provide service that keeps them coming back for life.

A single conversation

A single conversation

See a customer's entire conversation history in a single view, no matter what channel they come from.

The right agent

The right agent

Match customers with the best-suited agent to accelerate time-to-resolution.

Answers everywhere

Answers everywhere

Leverage one knowledge base to publish standardized information across all channels.

Actionable insights

Actionable insights

Understand team performance across agents, channels, and conversations with historic and real-time insights.

Customer-centric tasks

Customer-centric tasks

Keep every interaction tied to the customer under a single communication thread.

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