# Gladly vs Zoho Desk

| Attribute | Gladly | Zoho Desk |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 71.7 (34% (low)) | 58.5 (70% (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":"AI customer service software that unifies customers, channels, and context to deliver exceptional customer service. Combines AI automation with human judgment for support team workflows. It is indexed under Customer Support.","source":"https://www.zoho.com/desk/","question":"What is Zoho Desk?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Zoho Desk offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.zoho.com/desk/","question":"Is Zoho Desk free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Zoho Desk. 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.zoho.com/desk/","question":"What platforms does Zoho Desk support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Zoho Desk, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.zoho.com/desk/","question":"Can Zoho Desk be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 8 integrations for Zoho Desk, including Google, YouTube, Zoho CRM, Zoho Creator, Zoho Books, Zoho RPA, Zoho Catalyst and Zoho Cliq. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.zoho.com/desk/","question":"What does Zoho Desk integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001 and HIPAA for Zoho Desk. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Zoho Desk not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.zoho.com/jp/compliance.html","question":"What security certifications does Zoho Desk 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. | AI customer service software that unifies customers, channels, and context to deliver exceptional customer service. Combines AI automation with human judgment for support team workflows. |
| 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,"ticketing":true,"api_access":true,"omnichannel":true,"sla_routing":true,"shared_inbox":true,"knowledge_base":true,"automation_macros":true,"reporting_dashboards":true}` |
| integrations.count | 300 | 8 |
| 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"}]` | `[{"name":"Google"},{"name":"YouTube"},{"name":"Zoho CRM"},{"name":"Zoho Creator"},{"name":"Zoho Books"},{"name":"Zoho RPA"},{"name":"Zoho Catalyst"},{"name":"Zoho Cliq"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"hqCountry":"US","primaryMarkets":["US","GB"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | - | `{"freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.zoho.com/desk/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-13T17:04:28.435Z"}` |
| 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"}]` | `[{"name":"ISO/IEC 27001","status":"active","validUntil":"2028-08-21"},{"name":"ISO/IEC 27701","status":"active","validUntil":"2028-08-21"},{"name":"ISO/IEC 27017","status":"active","validUntil":"2028-08-21"},{"name":"ISO/IEC 27018","status":"active","validUntil":"2028-08-21"},{"name":"ISO 9001","status":"active","validUntil":"2029-02-02"},{"name":"ISO/IEC 20000-1","status":"active","validUntil":"2027-07-29"},{"name":"ISO 22301","status":"active","validUntil":"2026-11-20"},{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"}]` |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | - |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | - | yes |
| security.pci | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | yes |
| security.trust_center | https://www.gladly.ai/blog/importance-of-soc-2-type-ii-compliance-in-cx/ | https://www.zoho.com/compliance.html |

## Capabilities (Customer Support)

| Capability | Gladly | Zoho Desk |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **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 2026-10-16T21:00:22.800Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*