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Complete Guide to Zendesk Pricing

Could you save money on your Zendesk Plan? Zendesk is often the go-to choice for businesses seeking a robust customer support tool. But navigating their extensive range of plans and pricing options can feel overwhelming. Don’t worry—we’ve got you covered. In this guide, we’ll unravel Zendesk's pricing plans to help you understand how they match up against your team’s needs. We'll help you understand which Zendesk tier works for different kinds of organizations.

The best way to refresh Zendesk reports automatically

If you spend a lot of time reporting in Zendesk, or using Zendesk Explore, then you will have noticed the platform doesn’t always show you the most up-to-date metrics. That’s because Zendesk Explore doesn’t include an auto-refresh feature for its analytics views and reports. In this article, we’ll explain how you can solve this problem, with live dashboards that auto refresh.

How to auto refresh Zendesk reports

If you spend a lot of time reporting in Zendesk, or using Zendesk Explore, then you will have noticed the platform doesn’t always show you the most up-to-date metrics. That’s because Zendesk Explore doesn’t include an auto-refresh feature for its analytics views and reports. In this article, we’ll explain how you can solve this problem, with live dashboards that auto refresh.

4 ways to simplify your Zendesk reporting

When it comes to Zendesk Explore and reporting in Zendesk, there's no denying Zendesk’s power in analyzing customer data and uncovering insights. However, even experienced users will acknowledge that Zendesk Explore can be complex to understand, and challenging to master. Perhaps you’re new to Zendesk, or are a long-time Zendesk user who’s recently been tasked with new reporting responsibilities?

How we're using Geckoboard to discover the right sales KPIs

TouchCare’s sales team recently expanded. It was at this point COO, Juliet Frerking knew it was time to bring in a system of KPIs to support the team’s growth and set them up for success. But how would she decide which KPIs to track, and which metrics to ignore?

Geckoboard had a direct impact on our sales figures

When Dymatec began expansion into the US, Vaughn Newton wanted to share sales targets in a way that would make new team members across the pond feel included. What he hadn’t banked on was the profound culture change that would happen as a result of making sales figures visible to everyone.

How Sycous reduced 'Dropped Calls' by 97% with Geckoboard

At the start of 2023, Sycous’ Support agents had no access to live Zendesk data. Data Analyst, Michael Brooke would spend an hour each day creating reports for the Support Manager, and the agents would only see what was happening at monthly meetings — well past the point where they could affect what was happening. With a spare TV lying around the office, they decided to try a real-time dashboard. Spoiler alert: it was a huge success!

With Geckoboard, our First Touch Resolution improved by 41%

When Amir started in his role as Customer Service Director at a leading, global software company there was little structure or accountability within the Support team. They weren’t on the same page — and individual performance varied drastically. Being a remote team only amplified the problems, agents were often working in silos with no visibility of what others were doing.

You can't run a Customer Support team on "gut-feel"

Ralph van den Borst has been with 3D printing filament company ColorFabb for four years. When he joined, the team were using Outlook to manage their incoming tickets – they had about 240 sub-folders. He’d often hear the team say things like “we’re really busy today” or “today was a bad day” but as a data oriented person, he couldn’t grasp how they were making such statements.