Vivantio vs Zoho Desk

Vivantio is a service management platform for IT, customer service, HR, facilities, and other service teams. Its ITIL 4-aligned capabilities cover incident, problem, change, and service request management. No-code workflows trigger actions across tickets, approvals, notifications, and escalations. A configurable branded portal lets users find answers, log incidents, and raise requests from any device. Asset management tracks assets and configuration items through their lifecycle and links them to tickets and changes. FLEXBridge provides more than 600 built-in integrations, including Microsoft Teams, Slack, Azure Active Directory, Jira, and Tableau; every price point includes full API access. Vivantio offers SaaS and can provide on-premise deployment when regulatory requirements call for it. The company lists HIPAA, SOC 2, ISO 27001, and Cyber Essentials+ among its security credentials. Its data-processing addendum states that customer data is encrypted at rest with AES-256 and hosted on Microsoft Azure infrastructure. Pricing starts at $49 per agent per month, billed annually, and there is no free plan. Listed support includes dedicated onboarding, a customer success manager, and US and UK technical support. Vivantio was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Boston, with product and engineering in Bristol, UK.

Zoho Desk is customer support software with a shared inbox, customer portal, and help center. Its listed tools also include SLA management, ticket automation, and API access, giving teams ways to organize support conversations and service workflows. The Free plan includes three users and is listed at free. Paid plans are billed annually: Express is ₹420 a month for 5 users; Standard is ₹800 a month for unlimited users; Professional is ₹1,400 a month for unlimited users; and Enterprise is ₹2,400 a month for unlimited users. The pricing note lists a 15-day trial and paid access from ₹420/user/mo (annual). Zoho Desk is freemium, with an API listed as its platform. The maker is identified as Zoho Desk, and 1996 is listed as its founding year.