# Gladly vs Zendesk

| Attribute | Gladly | Zendesk |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 71.7 (34% (low)) | 68.2 (69% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Customer Support.","source":"https://www.gladly.ai/blog/freshdesk-pricing/","question":"What is Gladly?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Gladly. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.gladly.ai/blog/freshdesk-pricing/","question":"What platforms does Gladly support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Gladly, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.gladly.ai/blog/freshdesk-pricing/","question":"Can Gladly be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 6 integrations for Gladly, including Zendesk, Shopify, BigCommerce, Magento, Klaviyo and Loop. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.gladly.ai/blog/freshdesk-pricing/","question":"What does Gladly integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, HIPAA and GDPR for Gladly. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Gladly not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.gladly.ai/blog/importance-of-soc-2-type-ii-compliance-in-cx/","question":"What security certifications does Gladly have?","confidence":0.7}]` | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Customer Support.","source":"https://www.zendesk.com","question":"What is Zendesk?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Zendesk offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.zendesk.com","question":"Is Zendesk free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Zendesk. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.zendesk.com","question":"What platforms does Zendesk support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Zendesk, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.zendesk.com","question":"Can Zendesk be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA for Zendesk. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Zendesk not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.zendesk.com/security","question":"What security certifications does Zendesk have?","confidence":0.7}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true}` | `{"cloud":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"hosting":"cloud","ai_agent":true,"sso_scim":false,"free_tier":false,"live_chat":true,"ticketing":true,"api_access":true,"omnichannel":true,"sla_routing":true,"shared_inbox":true,"knowledge_base":true,"voice_telephony":true,"automation_macros":true,"reporting_dashboards":true}` | `{"hosting":"cloud","ai_agent":true,"free_tier":true,"live_chat":true,"ticketing":true,"omnichannel":true,"knowledge_base":true,"voice_telephony":true,"deployment_model":"cloud_managed_saas","automation_macros":true,"reporting_dashboards":true}` |
| integrations.count | 300 | 1,800 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Zendesk"},{"name":"Shopify","native":true,"category":"ecommerce","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"BigCommerce","native":true,"category":"ecommerce"},{"name":"Magento","native":true,"category":"ecommerce"},{"name":"Klaviyo","native":true},{"name":"Loop","native":true,"direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Slack","native":true,"category":"communication"},{"name":"Salesforce","native":true,"category":"crm"},{"name":"Aircall","native":true,"category":"voice"},{"name":"Amazon Connect","native":true,"category":"voice"},{"name":"Messenger","native":true,"category":"social"},{"name":"JIRA","native":true},{"name":"Qualtrics","native":true},{"name":"Recharge","native":true},{"name":"Recurly","native":true},{"name":"Endear","native":true},{"name":"Flip","native":true,"category":"voice"},{"name":"AWS EventBridge","native":true},{"name":"Fivetran","native":true},{"name":"ReturnLogic","native":true},{"name":"Shiphero","native":true},{"name":"Attentive","native":true,"category":"marketing"},{"name":"Assembled Workforce Management","native":true},{"name":"Playvox Workforce Management (WFM)","native":true},{"name":"MaestroQA","native":true},{"name":"Calabrio","native":true},{"name":"Medallia Agent Connect","native":true},{"name":"SentiSum","native":true},{"name":"SupporTrends","native":true},{"name":"Hark","native":true},{"name":"Jotform","native":true},{"name":"ScreenMeet","native":true},{"name":"Linc","native":true},{"name":"KODIF.ai","native":true},{"name":"Ada Support Inc.","native":true},{"name":"Siena","native":true},{"name":"Simplr","native":true},{"name":"AgentsOnly","native":true},{"name":"HiOperator","native":true},{"name":"Skio","native":true},{"name":"Ordergroove","native":true},{"name":"Klavioy"},{"name":"Assembled"},{"name":"Playvox"},{"name":"Corso"}]` | - |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US","GB"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | - | `{"freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.zendesk.com","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T16:47:54.531Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | - | yes |
| pricing.model | - | freemium |
| pricing.price_level | - | low |
| pricing.transparent | - | no |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.9 | - |
| reliability.status_page | yes | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.fedramp | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.pci | yes | yes |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://www.gladly.ai/blog/importance-of-soc-2-type-ii-compliance-in-cx/ | - |

## Capabilities (Customer Support)

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

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-15T22:02:40.786Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*