Zendesk
Help desk and customer service suite
OpsIQ
AI front office: chat, WhatsApp, tickets, CRM and help center in one place
OpsIQ vs Zendesk.
Zendesk is a mature help desk and customer service suite priced per agent, with AI agents billed per automated resolution. OpsIQ puts website chat, WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook, tickets, a help center and a CRM in one workspace, prices it per workspace instead of per seat, and bills AI by the tokens used.
How Zendesk and OpsIQ charge.
| Zendesk | OpsIQ | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | From $55 per agent per month, billed yearly | Launch $15 per workspace per month, 3 seats included |
| How the price grows | With every seat (agent) you add | Per workspace: seats are included in the plan |
| Free plan | No: free trial | Yes: Starter, 2 seats included |
| AI pricing | AI agents billed per automated resolution; the rate is not on the public pricing page. Copilot $50 per agent a month | Per token used, from a prepaid wallet at your plan's rate, or bring your own AI key |
| Where it runs | Vendor cloud | Cloud, or self-hosted on your own server |
All Zendesk plans we compared
- Suite Team: $55 per agent per month, billed yearly · Cheapest plan with messaging, live chat and AI agents (Support Team at $19 is email ticketing)
- Suite Professional: $115 per agent per month, billed yearly
- Suite Enterprise: on quote · Talk to sales
What you get with each.
| Capability | Zendesk | OpsIQ | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live chat on your websiteZendesk: on Suite plans | ✓ | ✓ | Zendesk: on Suite plans |
| AI that answers from your own contentZendesk: AI agents per automated resolution | ✓ | ✓ | Zendesk: AI agents per automated resolution |
| Help center | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Ticketing | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Price grows with every seatOpsIQ includes seats in each plan | ✓ | — | OpsIQ includes seats in each plan |
| Built-in online store that sells through chat | — | ✓ | |
| HR: staff records, leave and recruitingPeopleOS HR | — | ✓ | PeopleOS HR |
| Surveys and NPS | — | ✓ | |
| Self-hosted on your own serverBusiness plan and above | — | ✓ | Business plan and above |
Where Zendesk is strong: A mature help desk with deep ticketing, telephony and a large app marketplace.
What would your team pay?
Pick your team size and how many conversations the AI answers a month. We take the cheapest paid plan on each side that fits your team; free plans are compared above.
Zendesk
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OpsIQ
- Plan
- AI
- Total a month
Estimate from list prices before taxes and discounts: OpsIQ at monthly billing, Zendesk as its pricing page shows them (often billed yearly, which is cheaper). Zendesk prices checked on 15 October 2026.
Moving from Zendesk, step by step.
Run OpsIQ next to Zendesk until you trust it. Nothing has to move on day one.
- Create your workspace. Start on the free plan, no card needed.
- Bring your contacts. Export them from Zendesk as a CSV file and use Import in OpsIQ Contacts. Duplicates are matched by email. Coming from a CRM? The CRM Import connector copies contacts, companies and deals from ten major CRMs.
- Teach the AI. Import your existing help articles or let OpsIQ crawl your website, so the AI answers from your own content from the first chat.
- Install the chat widget. Paste one line of code, or use the WordPress, WooCommerce, Shopify or WHMCS connector.
- Connect your channels. Add WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and email to the same inbox, then switch off the old tool when your team is ready.
OpsIQ or Zendesk?
Sources and fairness. Zendesk figures checked on 15 October 2026. Source. Competitor names and trademarks belong to their owners; OpsIQ is not affiliated with or endorsed by them. Prices change, so check the vendor's site before you decide. All comparisons