Comparison

Gladly vs Zendesk

No leader: the top candidate Gladly has only 0.34 confidence (low), below the 0.35 needed to declare a winner. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Gladly72
Zendesk68
Score
vioscaleAI score
Gladly72 / 100low · 34%
Zendesk68 / 100medium · 69%
Pricing
Free tier
Gladly–
Zendesk✓
Model
Gladly–
Zendeskfreemium
Price level
Gladly–
Zendesklow
Transparent
Gladly–
Zendesk✗
Integrations
Count
Gladly300
Zendesk1,800
Security
Certifications
Zendesk–
Disclosure policy
Gladly–
Zendesk✓
Fedramp
Gladly–
Zendesk✓
Gdpr
Gladly✓
Zendesk–
Hipaa
Gladly✓
Zendesk✓
Iso27001
Gladly–
Zendesk✓
Pci
Gladly✓
Zendesk✓
Soc2
Gladly✓
Zendesk✓
Reliability
Sla pct
Gladly99.9
Zendesk–
Status page
Gladly✓
Zendesk✓
Market
Content
Faq
Gladly5 items
Zendesk5 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for customer support. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Ticket / case management
Gladly✓
Zendesk✓
Channels
Live chat
Gladly✓
Zendesk✓
Shared inbox
Gladly✓
Zendesk-
Omnichannel (email+chat+social+voice)
Gladly✓
Zendesk✓
Voice / telephony
Gladly✓
Zendesk✓
Self-service
Self-service knowledge base
Gladly✓
Zendesk✓
Automation
SLAs, triggers & routing
Gladly✓
Zendesk-
Automation / macros
Gladly✓
Zendesk✓
AI
AI agent / copilot
Gladly✓
Zendesk✓
Insight
Reporting & dashboards
Gladly✓
Zendesk✓
Deployment
Hosting
GladlyCloud only
ZendeskCloud only
Enterprise
SSO / SCIM
Gladly✗
Zendesk-
Extensibility
Public API
Gladly✓
Zendesk-
Pricing
Free tier
Gladly✗
Zendesk✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Gladly

An agentic commerce platform that uses AI to handle customer service and sales conversations across email, chat, SMS, voice, and social channels, allowing brands to automate support and sales while maintaining personalized customer relationships.

Independently observed

Zendesk

A cloud platform that deploys AI agents to handle customer and employee service requests. Agents improve with each interaction, manage high volumes autonomously, and operate across voice and digital channels without requiring technical configuration.

Independently observed

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Gladly✓
Zendesk✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Gladly✓
Zendesk✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Gladly

45 total
  • Zendesk
  • Shopify
  • BigCommerce
  • Magento
  • Klaviyo
  • Loop
  • Slack
  • Salesforce
  • Aircall
  • Amazon Connect
  • Messenger
  • JIRA
  • Qualtrics
  • Recharge
  • Recurly
  • Endear
  • Flip
  • AWS EventBridge
  • Fivetran
  • ReturnLogic
  • Shiphero
  • Attentive
  • Assembled Workforce Management
  • Playvox Workforce Management (WFM)
  • +21 more
Independently observed

Zendesk

Not documented yet.

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