Median vs Zoho Assist
Median
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| Figure | Median | Zoho Assist |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $25/mo | $10/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 9 | 13 |
| Spec score · Video Customer Support Software | 8.9 (#3) | 8.3 (#7) |
| Integrations | Median advertises integrations with chat and website tools including Intercom, Drift, LiveChat, Tawk.to, Olark, WordPress, Wix, Shopify and Weebly. | Integrations include Zoho ecosystem tools, popular third-party tools, and Zendesk. |
Plans
Median
- StarterFree
- Starter PlanFree
- Business Plan (yearly)$25 a month
- Business$33 a month
- Business Plan (monthly)$33 a month
- Expert Plan (yearly)$45 a month
- Expert$59 a month
- Expert Plan (monthly)$59 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
Zoho Assist
- FreeFree
- Remote Support - Standard$10 a month
- Remote Support - ProfessionalPrice not published
- Remote Support - EnterprisePrice not published
- Unattended Access - StandardPrice not published
- Unattended Access - ProfessionalPrice not published
- Free EditionFree
- Remote Support EnterprisePrice not published
- Remote Support ProfessionalPrice not published
- Remote Support StandardPrice not published
In their own words
Median
Median gives support teams a way to share and navigate a customer’s website alongside them in real time. An agent can find active visitors on a live dashboard and join with one click; the visitor does not need an invite, download, or installation. During a session, agents can point with a cursor, highlight or draw on the page, and request permission to type and click. Phone Mode lets a caller start sharing by pressing CTRL five times and giving the agent the code displayed. One-to-one audio and video streaming through a customer’s website is also available on Expert plans. Admins can exclude selected parts of a site from sharing, and Median says it does not record session data. Its FAQ says the service is CCPA and GDPR compliant. Median works only on pages with its code installed, not other browser tabs or the desktop. It runs as API, self-hosted, and web software. Plans include Free for Life, Business from $25 a month per user billed annually, and Expert from $45 a month per user billed annually; a 14-day trial is listed.
Zoho Assist
Zoho Assist is remote support software for attended and on-demand sessions, as well as unattended access. It runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Chrome OS, Raspberry Pi, and web browsers. Support tools include screen sharing, multi-monitor navigation, chat, session scheduling, file transfer, and diagnostics. Technicians can initiate on-demand sessions without installing software, and sessions do not require prior downloads. Remote camera sharing offers guidance through smartphone cameras or smartglasses; browser cobrowse supports live guidance with field highlighting and sensitive-data masking, without downloads or plugins. File transfer and session recording are supported. Zoho Assist lists TLS 1.2 and AES 256-bit encryption and recurring security audits. The free plan covers one technician and five devices. Remote Support Standard is $10 a month, billed annually, for two concurrent sessions per technician. Plans can be changed or canceled at any time. Enterprise Support includes 24/7 assistance by live chat or email.