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The Zendesk alternative

Your Zendesk AI deflects. Richpanel resolves.

Zendesk AI answers from your help center, then hands the real work to a human. Richpanel takes the action, the refund, the cancellation, the order edit, and resolves 50%+ end to end.

4.7 on G2 SOC 2 + HIPAA-audited 3,000+ brands 30-day money-back
JL
Jasmine Lee
Subscription · monthly
Saved by AI
JL
Honestly, too much product is piling up. I want to cancel.
9:41 AM
R
Totally get it, nobody wants product piling up. Before you cancel, I’d just slow it down, every 8 weeks so it clears and you keep your current price. You can still cancel anytime, I’d just hate for you to lose your rate over a timing thing.
JL
Oh, that’s perfect. Let’s do that.
9:42 AM
R
Done. You’re on every 8 weeks now, same price. Anything else I can do?
Frequency updated every 8 weeks Subscription retained
Subscription saved No agent touched it

On Zendesk, that’s a cancellation in the queue. Here, the AI looked after the customer, and saved the subscription.

Brands that run on Richpanel
Ridge Jones Road Beauty Kimberly-Clark Shinesty Wildgrain Pela Lomi Lashify Aloha
Proof, not promises

The AI-native helpdesk of choice for 3,000+ support teams.

Richpanel has quietly become the leading choice to run customer support within AI-native teams.

Sean Frank, CEO of Ridge
Ridge

Sean Frank

CEO, Ridge

Our cost per ticket dropped 70%. That is about $500K back every year, and CSAT climbed from 88% to 96%.

$500KSaved every year
88% → 96%CSAT
Cody Plofker, CEO of Jones Road Beauty
Jones Road Beauty

Cody Plofker

CEO, Jones Road Beauty

We've had zero downside. The implementation was pretty immediate, which actually shocked me. It just went off without a hitch. We cut our CX team from 18 to 10 agents with order volume staying the same or even going up.

18 → 10Agents, volume same or up
70%Tickets handled by AI
Matt Bertulli, Co-founder and CEO of Pela
Pela

Matt Bertulli

Co-founder & CEO, Pela

All our customer experience metrics have reached an all-time high. Our Trustpilot rating jumped from 2.2 to 3.4 in the first four weeks. Our CSAT is 90%. And we've cut our SaaS costs by 50% since switching.

50%SaaS cost savings
2.2 → 3.4Trustpilot in 30 days
Mehtab S. Bhogal, Co-founder of Karta Ventures
Karta Ventures

Mehtab S. Bhogal

Co-founder, Karta Ventures

I've moved 3 of our brands to Richpanel. We experienced a 72% decrease in ticket volume for one of our portfolio brands. There were zero issues moving to Richpanel; it was super smooth. We run everything on Richpanel.

72%Decrease in ticket volume
3 brandsOne platform

Guaranteed outcomes or your money back.

50%

AI automation in 30 days

Trained on your real policies and tickets. The AI resolves 50%+ on its own, or your money back.

2 wks

Live, no engineering

We move your tickets, macros, triggers, and users off Zendesk. Your team never stops working.

$0

Risk, or your money back

Miss the number and every dollar comes back. No proration. No fine print.

The real cost

See your savings.

We add up your full cost: software, AI, and agents. Then we line up Richpanel against Zendesk, dollar for dollar.

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4 AGENTS · 8,000 TICKETS/MO Richpanel Zendesk
Platform cost $1,000/mo $5,660/mo
AI resolution rate 50% of tickets ~15% of tickets
Agents needed 2 agents 4 agents
Agent payroll $4,224/mo $8,448/mo
Total CX cost $5,224/mo $14,108/mo
You save
$106,608
every year.

That's $8,884/mo back in your budget. 63% lower total CX cost than Zendesk.

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Figures use Zendesk Suite Pro ($115/seat) plus Copilot and QA add-ons and per-resolution AI, with agents at $12/hr. Richpanel is one bill, about $0.20 a conversation, with AI, copilot and QA included. Your numbers vary by configuration.

Answers vs actions

Zendesk's AI answers questions. Ours takes the action.

Zendesk AI answers from your help center, then hands the refund, cancellation, or order edit to a human. That is the gap between 10 to 20 percent resolved and 50 percent.

  • SalesProduct recommendations made from customer context, catalog data, and brand policy.
  • RetentionSubscription cancellations handled with policy-safe save offers and escalation rules.
  • TrackingOrder status checks answered instantly with live carrier context.
  • RefundsDamage claims verified, routed, and resolved without a human lookup.
JL
Jasmine Lee
Subscription · monthly
AI resolving
The migration

We migrate the operation. Not just the tickets.

A Zendesk migration isn't a data export. It's your routing, custom fields, escalation paths, and years of tribal knowledge. A dedicated implementation manager moves all of it and signs off before you go live. Nothing lost, zero downtime, and we buy out your remaining contract.

Helpdesk migration in progress: importing tickets, tags, custom fields, users, and macros from Zendesk in parallel.
Day 101

Your old tickets move in.

We bring your tickets, macros, custom fields, and routing over from Zendesk. Nothing breaks.

Day 502

We train your team.

We show your team how it works and answer every question.

Day 703

Your AI starts in copilot mode.

It drafts every reply from your past chats. Your team approves each one.

Day 1404

Your AI goes solo.

Turn on auto mode. It resolves 50% of tickets. Your team handles the rest.

And the bill gets simpler too: one plan, no per-resolution meter, no Copilot or QA add-ons.

Locked in? We've got it

Stuck in a Zendesk contract? We'll buy it out.

Don't wait for your renewal date. We cover up to 100% of your remaining Zendesk contract when you switch.

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Honest answers

The fears that keep you on Zendesk.

Will your AI actually resolve tickets, or just deflect like Zendesk's?+
Resolve. Zendesk's AI answers from your help center, then routes the action to a human. Richpanel's AI takes the action itself: it issues the refund, edits the order, cancels the plan, end to end. That is the difference between deflecting and resolving, and it is why our AI clears 50%+ of tickets with a money-back guarantee.
How do you stop the AI from making things up?+
Four layers. Your CX team authors the test cases, a QA AI reviews every conversation, tool actions like refunds run through deterministic code not guesswork, and anything the AI is unsure of goes to a human. Start in collaborative mode, where the AI drafts and your team approves, then switch to autonomous when you trust the numbers.
Isn't Zendesk the safer, more proven choice?+
Zendesk is older, not safer. We are SOC 2 Type II audited, HIPAA-audited and GDPR compliant, we serve 3,000+ brands, we are profitable, and we are backed by Sequoia and Surge. We will introduce you to teams running Richpanel at your scale before you sign anything.
How hard is it to migrate off Zendesk?+
We migrate the operation, not just the tickets. A dedicated implementation manager imports your full history, maps your custom fields, routing and escalation rules 1:1, and runs parallel-mode QA against Zendesk before signing off on go-live. Your team keeps working in Zendesk until cutover, so nothing is lost and there is zero downtime.
I'm locked into an annual Zendesk contract. Can I still switch?+
Yes. We buy out your remaining Zendesk contract, up to 100% of the term. Most teams run Richpanel in collaborative mode alongside Zendesk during the overlap, then cut over once the AI is hitting the numbers. You switch on your timeline, not at renewal, and you never pay twice out of pocket.
Our agents are used to Zendesk. Won't switching slow them down?+
The opposite. Most teams describe Zendesk as clunky and tab-heavy, with features scattered across separate consoles. Richpanel is one modern workspace: the conversation, the customer, the order and the AI copilot in a single pane. Agents pick it up in a day, and the AI drafts and researches alongside them.
How is your pricing different from Zendesk's?+
Zendesk stacks add-ons: Copilot, Quality Assurance and Workforce Management each bill on top of your seats, then AI resolutions meter per resolution. Richpanel is one bill, roughly $0.20 a conversation, with the AI, copilot and QA included. You pick the model and the tokens.
The safe choice

Zendesk's last argument is that it's the safe choice.

It is the older choice, not the safer one. And switching shouldn't feel like a risk either, so here is the proof a CTO asks for, before you have to ask.

SOC 2 Type II
Zero exceptions Independently audited across roughly 90 controls for the May to October 2025 period. Security, confidentiality, availability.
HIPAA-audited
Zero non-compliant findings Third-party audited to NIST SP 800-66 in December 2025. Business Associate, with an AWS BAA in place.
GDPR
Data processor, zero findings 55 controls across 10 domains. EU data handling with a 48-hour breach notification window.
3,000+Brands on Richpanel
ProfitableSequoia & Surge backed
4.7★G2, 94 reviews
ReferencesAt your scale, on request
Talk to a Richpanel customer at your scale →

50% resolved in 30 days, or your money back.

We buy out your Zendesk contract, up to 100%, and run the full migration end to end. Nothing lost, zero downtime.

Live in 2 weeks 50% guaranteed in 30 days Migration managed for you SOC 2 + HIPAA-audited 4.7 on G2
50% of tickets resolved in 30 days, guaranteed. Or your money back. Book a demo →