Talkdesk is automating the full complexity of modern customer journeys with Customer Experience Automation (CXA). Fragmented, manual workflows are replaced with multi-agent orchestration that drives speed, precision, and efficiency. Powered by the Talkdesk Data Cloud, AI agents act with real-time context to resolve issues and improve over time. Talkdesk helps organizations lower costs, improve outcomes, and modernize service without a full rip-and-replace.
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The custom product integrations are standout compared to others, i.e. it doesn't need an Enterprise CRM to work The project delivery approach is one that delivers in accordance with customer needs rather than just delivering the product as is The AI product features are seamlessly integrated into the customer journey The product is very configurable and easy to use, from a customer perspective Talkdesk want the customer to be autonomous in being able to update the product. Talkdesk have had no outages since we went live which has been truly exceptional. We have been able to learn fast and adapt, i.e. when we try something and it doesn't work we can implement another solution very quickly.
The underlying capabilities. The analytics, automation, and gent tools give us far more control and insight than legacy CCaaS platforms once they are properly configured and adopted.
Powerful AI features, easy configuration, and a genuinely supportive vendor partnership that accelerates delivery and understands our business well.
Talkdesk invest a lot in their product, but as a customer if you want to benefit from it you have to buy the additional capabilities. As an example, after we signed the contract Talkdesk brought out agentic AI capability which made what we bought feel a bit legacy. On the flipside, Talkdesk did allow us product swaps. Overall though I would like to see more of the Talkdesk enhancements to be delivered as part of the existing licence you pay rather than being an extra. Talkdesk have charged extra for things that we would have expected to be in the product and was not clear anywhere in the agreement that they were optional extras. Key examples of this - the voice used for IVR was not in line with our brand. When we asked for a better one they charged us extra. Also, the voice recognition for certain accents wasn't great, we were told there was a better one available but we had to pay for it. We were told that we could transfer calls from Talkdesk to MS Teams. What wasn't clarified was that the Teams user had to have a phone number. These small details matter massively as we had to buy a lot more phone numbers post contract to support that requirement.
The complexity and lack of guardrails. Talkdesk is powerful, but it is easy to misconfigure and hard to know what right looks like without very strong implementation and admin support. When things are off, it impacts reporting, routing and agent experience quickly and takes too long to diagnose.
Audio file upload support is limited to .mp4 or .wav, which means native telephony formats can't always be used directly. Some advanced AI features require close collaboration during rollout - some UI improvements could make navigation smoother, but none of these have been major blockers. There is also a current challenge with mass-testing AI outcomes at scale, which makes large validation cycles extremely slow. The interaction based AI pricing model - where any activity within a 3 minute window counts as a full interaction - creates cost-forecasting uncertainty and can unintentionally drive behaviour focussing on ending calls early, which isn't aligned with good customer service.