Zopim

• Triggers
• Free Trial
• Analytics
• Tools
• Third-Party Apps

Triggers

Zendesk Chat's trigger features are some of the best in the industry; businesses have the ability to create an "if, then" situation to chat with customers. Zendesk Chat's triggers can be customized to start a live chat if a user goes to a specific area of the website or spends a certain amount of time on a page.

Free Trial

Zendesk Chat offers a free trial of its product. During the trial period, 30 agents receive access to Zendesk Chat's Advanced package. After the trial, customers can choose to either choose the package that best meets their needs or cancel.

Analytics

For a basic chat option, Zendesk Chat provides some pretty powerful analytic tools, including the following:

• Emailed analytics: Monthly and weekly reports to help you manage your client chat traffic
• Powerful visitor profiles: Information on how customers access your site, including the referring site
• Chat analytics: Length and quantity of chats
• Agent analytics: Information on how much time each agent spent helping your customers

Tools

Zendesk Chat offers a number of helpful chat tools, including the following:

• Customized chat profile: Users can connect their social media profile or enter detailed personal information
• Pre-chat survey: Businesses can determine the background of the customer using the live chat services
• Mobile integration: Users can utilize chat services on any Android or iOS mobile device

Third-Party Apps

Zendesk Chat offers a number of third-party app integrations with e-commerce and CRM platforms. Zendesk Chat works particularly well with Magento, one of the leading business platforms in the market.

• Standalone Package
• Limitations
• Customer Support

Standalone Package

Zendesk Chat is designed to either be a standalone product or be used with the rest of the Zendesk suite, which means that many of the features customers may wish to use are contingent upon a Zopim/Zendesk integration.

Limitations

Zendesk Chat's service does have a number of limitations, including the following:

• Only one third-party application can be integrated at a time
• Customers must use Zendesk in order to have access to screen sharing and other "real-time" solutions
• Email reports are only available with the Advanced package
• Only two chat triggers can be enabled with the Basic package

Customer Support

Unfortunately, Zendesk Chat does not show a company's business hours with the Lite and Basic packages, making it difficult for customers to receive appropriate support.