Yext, the AI Search Company, announced new integrations with Zendesk, as part of its continued focus on empowering customer support teams.
Released in May, Yext Support Answers is a suite of enterprise search solutions built on Yext’s AI-powered platform for customer support use cases. Businesses using Support Answers and Zendesk’s customer support tools can further equip their agents and customers to self-serve in a variety of ways:
- Help Center Search: Businesses can now implement Yext’s multi-algorithmic search experience on their Zendesk-powered help center so that when a customer asks a question in the search bar, they’ll get an accurate answer drawn directly from the business’s Knowledge Graph, or official database of facts. By empowering customers to resolve issues on their own through search, businesses can reduce support ticket submissions and improve customer satisfaction overall
- Agent Workspace Search: Customer support agents can also leverage Yext’s AI search directly on their internal Zendesk agent workspace. The feature suggests relevant information to an agent the moment they receive a customer support ticket, enabling them to resolve cases more efficiently
- Case Deflection: Oftentimes, customers go straight to contacting customer support when they have an issue. To proactively deflect tickets and reduce friction in the customer experience, businesses can now augment their traditional Zendesk ticket form with Yext’s AI search so that it suggests relevant answers in real time, as customers are filling out the details of their issue.
Tim Marsden, Senior Director, Technology Partner Ecosystem at Zendesk, said:
“Businesses that remove friction from the customer experience are leveraging powerful capabilities — such as self-service — that make searching for relevant content radically simple for both customers and agents.”
“With this integration, companies can use Yext’s robust federated search capability to improve resolution time and ultimately, deliver better customer experiences.”
Joe Jorczak, Head of Industry for Service and Support at Yext, who recently moved from Zendesk to Yext, said:
“Customer support and AI search go hand in hand, and are even more tightly linked as customers ask more questions online to resolve their issues independently.”
“We’re excited to continue our work with Zendesk, a leading company in this space, on integrations that set the precedent for how seamless the customer support experience can and should be today.”
These integrations are the latest additions to Yext and Zendesk’s ongoing collaboration, along with the Zendesk data connectors already in Yext’s App Directory, including the Zendesk Guide App.
