Talkdesk

Talkdesk for users

Comments: overall, my experiences has been exemplary with talkdesk as we're able to integrate this with zendesk which is a huge plus

Pros:

ease of use voip system allowing you to use not only via desktop/laptop machines, but also configure it via mobile app

Cons:

sometimes, the servers just goes down where you would only know that there's a downtime by experiencing issues or by visiting the status page

Powerful phone system, though focus shifting away from startups

Comments: We needed a phone system which allowed our distributed team to take business calls on mobile numbers and not expose their personal phones. Talkdesk has empowered this use case, though we wish the apps were easier to use.

Pros:

Product is full featured, including full ability to call anywhere (including internationally), digital voicemail, contact management, calling from a browser, analytics and performance statistics, and integration with CRMs. You can also receive incoming calls via phone line rather than just via data connection. Many customization options including business hours settings, which phone lines to ring in certain circumstances, and a call tree builder are also helpful.

Cons:

For the longest time, Talkdesk did not have apps for iOS nor Android, but now it appears that they do as of October 2019. Even still, you need to activate the app via a technical support request, which is not a very user-friendly way to handle things. The web-browser based version occasionally hangs (nonresponsive) and a page reload is required, even though we are using a modern computer and modern browser. We've also noticed that the company's focus is shifting away from small customers and startups towards only enterprise customers, so the platform is not as easy to deploy or use for this segment as it was before.

Alternatives Considered: Grasshopper, RingEX and OpenPhone

Reasons for Choosing Talkdesk: Grasshopper was not connecting all calls, meaning a customer would call us and leave a message, yet none of our agents were never rang or notified. We haven't had this problem much with Talkdesk (though, not never).

Switched From: Grasshopper

Reasons for Switching to Talkdesk: Balance between cost and feature set

Worst experience we had

Comments: I was really happy that i found a cloud sollution for our company with lots of integrations.
The contract was made in just couple of days and we started to use the solution from day 1. The sale agent was really great. Now, the problems started when we opened the first ticket to support which was handled in 3 or 4 days (for a call-center sollution this is extremely high). There are tickets which was never handled. Later on if you wanted a ticket to be resolved you needed to go on their facebook page and write the ticket number along with a small complain. Take a look on their facebook page, and you will see lots of complaints there along with tickets number. After couple of months we have seen a really high raise in our cost and we knew that something is not normal. After a small investigation we discovered that we have been overcharged with over 3000$ in 4-5 months. After an intern audit which was done in over 6 weeks by Talkdesk, we have recieved the money back to our talkdesk account. The fun part is that we cannot use the money which was taken illegaly for paying the monthly services, they need additional money. This is totally unacceptable! Anyway, it was a lot of friction between us. We even try to contact the CEO of TalkdDesk on Linkedin which by the way didnt't even reply to our problem.
Talkdesk was the worst experience in 8 years since i have started the company. Think twice before you will use their services.

Pros:

Nice app, nice design, easy to use, good quality of sound.

Cons:

Support and Billing needs to much time to reply. The billing system is not transparent at all. You cannot see the cost of each call in your dashboard. You never know when you will be overcharged. Nobody cares about you after you have signed the contract. They are interested only in your money.

TalkYES!

Pros:

ease of use- easy set up and if there are ever issues they are very responsive and fix them quick

Cons:

not much- it truly is a great product I can't think of anything I would change

Talkdesk makes the job run smoothly

Comments: Talkdesk is used as the main application for new and old customer contact accounts. It is used by every support and sales department in the entire company. The main difficulty it solves is the ability to reduce the number of windows or screens in the transition between different knowledge areas and, at the same time, display to staff/management when it is available and when it is not. Talkdesk is most optimal for companies that have a lot of knowledge and equally display to staff/management when it is available and when it is not. Your ability to switch between these areas is where it really pays off. That being said, I would not recommend it for a company that is all about email. Talkdesk really offers itself well to companies that use the "talk" function, otherwise it would not be of use to you.

Pros:

Streamline and speed up the difficulties of your usual procedure without affecting your intentions. If you wish, you may use its display mode or position it where you want it on the screen. Reduces the fatigue of switching seamlessly between major workspace tasks, such as email and chat, while maintaining openness with your group about food, meetings and time arrangements.

Cons:

When you log out, if you do not update your status to Offline, it will remain operative until the next time you log in. A note about your inability to customize the options available, it would be beneficial to have the ability to customize the option you have as an appointment or a staff. A major weakness I have been experiencing so far is that it sometimes fails; such as not being ready for calls when it is clearly impossible or not being able to accept calls from another.