Compare TARS and Zendesk for Customer Service 
At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (57.4% of reviews)
Mid-Market (45.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial 50 Conversations Per Month
$19.00 1 user per month billed annually
TARS
Star Rating
(171)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (57.4% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial 50 Conversations Per Month
Browse all 3 pricing plansZendesk for Customer Service
Star Rating
(6,799)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (45.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$19.00 1 user per month billed annually
Free Trial is available
Browse all 7 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Zendesk for Customer Service excels in providing a streamlined experience for managing customer queries, with users highlighting its ability to consolidate all tickets and emails in one place, making it easier to respond quickly and efficiently.
- Users say TARS stands out for its flexibility in chatbot design, allowing users to easily modify and manage conversation flows. This feature is particularly appreciated for saving time, as one user noted the ability to de-link and re-link gambits without starting from scratch.
- Reviewers mention that Zendesk for Customer Service offers a visually appealing and minimalist user interface, which enhances the overall user experience. This aesthetic appeal, combined with its robust functionality, makes it a favorite among customer support teams.
- According to verified reviews, TARS is praised for its intuitive and friendly bot design, which engages users effectively. This focus on user engagement is a significant advantage for businesses looking to enhance customer interaction through chatbots.
- G2 reviewers highlight that Zendesk for Customer Service has a strong support system, with users appreciating the quality of assistance provided. This support is crucial for teams that rely on the platform for their daily operations, ensuring they can resolve issues quickly.
- Users report that while TARS has a higher ease of use rating, Zendesk for Customer Service offers a more comprehensive set of features for customer service management, making it a better fit for mid-market businesses that require robust support tools.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
TARS
Freemium
Free Trial
50 Conversations Per Month
For individuals and small businesses.
- Basic LLM models
- Training limit of 5 Knowledge Bases
- Access to help guides
Zendesk for Customer Service
Support Only (Team)
$19.00
1 user per month billed annually
Integrated customer support
- Email & social media
- Web widget & mobile SDK
- Pre-defined business rules
Free Trial
TARS
Free Trial is available
Zendesk for Customer Service
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.7
106
8.6
5,178
Ease of Use
9.0
108
8.6
5,286
Ease of Setup
9.0
72
8.0
3,247
Ease of Admin
9.1
71
8.2
3,113
Quality of Support
9.6
106
8.4
4,914
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.4
72
8.4
3,036
Product Direction (% positive)
8.5
93
8.0
4,833
Features by Category
Ticket and Case Management
Not enough data
8.8
2581
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
2608
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
2536
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
2370
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
1932
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
2408
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
2409
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
1864
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.6
387
Not enough data
7.6
386
Agentic AI - Help Desk
Not enough data
7.8
246
Not enough data
7.9
244
Not enough data
8.0
246
Communication Channels
Not enough data
8.5
2067
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
2330
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
1745
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
1435
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
1323
|
Verified
Platform
Not enough data
7.7
1390
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
1781
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
1956
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
1766
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
2367
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
2418
|
Verified
Messenger
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
14
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
11
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
19
|
Verified
Not enough data
Channels
8.8
11
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
22
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
9
|
Verified
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.9
6
|
Verified
Not enough data
Customers
9.1
13
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
13
Not enough data
8.7
21
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
23
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
21
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Conversational Marketing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Usability
Not enough data
8.3
665
Not enough data
8.3
661
Not enough data
8.4
634
Reporting
Not enough data
8.3
587
Not enough data
7.9
562
Not enough data
8.2
643
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.3
177
Not enough data
7.2
176
Responses
Not enough data
8.2
62
Not enough data
8.6
69
Not enough data
8.2
68
Automation - AI Agents
Not enough data
7.4
25
Not enough data
7.7
25
Not enough data
7.5
25
Not enough data
7.5
25
Not enough data
7.8
25
Platform
Not enough data
8.2
67
Not enough data
8.2
65
Not enough data
8.4
62
Autonomy - AI Agents
Not enough data
7.8
24
Not enough data
7.4
25
Not enough data
7.4
26
Not enough data
7.5
26
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.6
31
Not enough data
8.1
30
Responses
8.7
31
8.1
466
9.0
29
8.1
464
8.7
24
8.3
447
9.0
25
8.1
446
Feature Not Available
8.1
355
Platform
9.3
15
8.6
470
9.3
27
8.3
469
8.8
25
8.3
463
8.5
24
8.2
465
8.3
16
Feature Not Available
8.9
18
Feature Not Available
8.6
29
8.4
454
Generative AI
8.5
8
8.1
112
8.8
8
8.2
111
Conversational Platform
Not enough data
8.1
860
Not enough data
8.3
716
Not enough data
8.2
683
Not enough data
8.2
748
Support Automation
Not enough data
8.1
713
Not enough data
8.3
757
Not enough data
8.4
714
Not enough data
8.1
788
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.8
204
Not enough data
7.8
203
Messaging Channels
Not enough data
7.6
78
Not enough data
9.1
171
Not enough data
8.3
94
Not enough data
8.5
102
Administration
Not enough data
8.2
108
Not enough data
8.9
156
Not enough data
8.3
111
Not enough data
8.4
144
Customer Support
Not enough data
8.1
83
Not enough data
7.6
77
Not enough data
8.1
85
Automation
Not enough data
8.1
85
Not enough data
8.2
83
Not enough data
8.1
83
Artificial Intelligence
Not enough data
7.8
82
Not enough data
7.7
81
Not enough data
7.7
84
Generative AI
9.0
5
Not enough data
9.0
5
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Bot Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
206
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Communication
Not enough data
8.6
948
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
963
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
719
Not enough data
8.5
735
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
520
Internal Use
Not enough data
8.0
1781
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
847
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
649
Not enough data
8.5
897
Not enough data
8.6
826
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
846
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Self-Service Experience
Not enough data
8.5
1510
Not enough data
8.5
1441
Not enough data
8.0
1024
Not enough data
7.7
647
Not enough data
8.0
779
Self-Service Platform
Not enough data
8.2
829
Not enough data
8.2
845
Not enough data
7.7
664
Not enough data
8.2
811
Agentic AI - Customer Self-Service
Not enough data
8.3
63
Not enough data
8.3
63
Not enough data
8.2
65
Not enough data
8.7
63
Not enough data
8.6
61
Not enough data
8.2
63
Not enough data
8.1
63
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.5(won by default)
78
Not enough data
7.5(won by default)
79
Process
Not enough data
8.4(won by default)
564
Not enough data
9.1(won by default)
744
Not enough data
8.8(won by default)
693
Channels
Not enough data
9.0(won by default)
743
Not enough data
8.4(won by default)
587
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
566
Not enough data
8.2(won by default)
487
Not enough data
8.3(won by default)
422
Insight
Not enough data
8.1(won by default)
540
Not enough data
8.3(won by default)
648
Not enough data
8.5(won by default)
563
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
667
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.8
67
Not enough data
7.7
66
Conversational AI - Conversational Commerce Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform integration - Conversational Commerce Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics and Reporting - Conversational Commerce Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Customer Query Resolution - AI Customer Support Agents
Not enough data
8.4
72
Not enough data
8.1
71
Not enough data
8.2
70
Not enough data
8.3
70
Not enough data
8.3
69
Customer Interaction Automation - AI Customer Support Agents
Not enough data
8.2
70
Not enough data
8.4
71
Not enough data
8.3
71
Not enough data
8.5
70
Automation
Not enough data
8.7
73
Not enough data
8.6
71
Not enough data
7.9
69
Autonomy
Not enough data
8.1
69
Not enough data
8.4
68
Not enough data
8.4
70
Not enough data
8.3
71
Agentic AI - AI Agents
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Platform
Not enough data
9.4
11
Not enough data
9.0
12
Not enough data
9.6
8
Not enough data
9.5
10
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
9.0
7
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
8.7
10
Workforce Management Platform Features
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
TARS and Zendesk for Customer Service are categorized as Chatbots
Unique Categories
TARS is categorized as Conversational Marketing and Bot Platforms
Zendesk for Customer Service is categorized as AI Customer Support Agents, AI Agents For Business Operations, Help Desk, Customer Service Automation, Conversational Support, Workforce Management, Live Chat, Complaint Management, Customer Self-Service, Conversational Commerce Platforms, Digital Customer Service Platforms, Social Customer Service, Proactive Notification, and Shared Inbox
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
TARS
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Zendesk for Customer Service
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Marketing and Advertising
12.8%
Financial Services
11.5%
Health, Wellness and Fitness
7.4%
Internet
5.4%
Information Technology and Services
4.1%
Other
58.8%
Computer Software
14.2%
Information Technology and Services
12.7%
Financial Services
5.8%
Retail
5.0%
Consumer Services
4.4%
Other
57.9%
Discussions
How to integrate TARs with CRM platform like Salesforce?
2 Comments
VA
Hi Biplab,
You can do this using our API Integration feature where you can make 3rd party API calls directly from the chatbot. Please refer to this help...Read more
How soon can we expect AI Bot from Tars?
1 Comment
MF
Depends on what scope of the AI. Right now it can be integrated with Dialogflow. You can also use this for NLP and Vision object identification using Google...Read more
Is zendesk any good?
8 Comments
AM
For support teams, Zendesk Support is fantastic and will do everything you want it to do. Zendesk Support can not be easily adapted for use with other...Read more
Is there a free version of Zendesk?
7 Comments
JC
There is not a free version of Zendesk, but there are multiple pricing options depending on the size of your organization/agents. Read more
How is Zendesk Support Suite transforming the customer service experience in various industries?
6 Comments
OE
I am thrilled by how Zendesk Support Suite is transforming customer service across industries with its seamless omnichannel integration and AI-driven...Read more
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