Zendesk Contact Center
Zendesk Contact Center is a paid product for managing customer conversations across voice and digital channels.
What Zendesk Contact Center is
Zendesk Contact Center is a paid product for managing customer conversations across voice and digital channels. Supported channels include social, web, mobile, voice and email, with an omnichannel scope for digital interactions. Calling features include inbound calling, an outbound dialer and an IVR builder. The Contact Center plan includes a unified agent workspace, native inbound and outbound calling, reporting dashboards and one Minutes Block. It costs $83/user/mo (annual), and any Zendesk Suite plan is required. The plan details also list $83 a month billed yearly. A separate Minutes Block costs $33 a month billed yearly and provides 1,000 Contact Center Minutes; additional blocks can be purchased per user. Other listed capabilities include workforce management, workflow actions, human handoff, multilingual support and API access. Customer service features include SLA management, a help center, ticket automation and a customer portal. Reports are interactive, can be scheduled for delivery, and are available on the web or for download. Zendesk is headquartered in San Francisco, California, and was founded in 2007.
Good
- Supports social, web, mobile, voice and email.
- Includes inbound calling, outbound dialer and IVR builder.
- Lists workforce management and multilingual support.
- Reports can be scheduled and downloaded.
- Includes one Minutes Block with the Contact Center plan.
Watch out
- No free plan.
- Requires any Zendesk Suite plan.
- Additional Minutes Blocks cost $33 a month billed yearly.
Who it suits
Zendesk Contact Center may suit teams handling customer interactions across voice and digital channels. It requires a Zendesk Suite plan, and additional minutes can be purchased in per-user blocks.
Verdict
Zendesk Contact Center combines voice and digital channel capabilities with reporting and customer-service tools. The required Zendesk Suite plan and separate cost for additional minutes are important considerations.
Plans and prices
From Zendesk Contact Center's own pricing page, checked 22 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Center | $83 a month | Unified Agent Workspace · Native inbound and outbound calling · Reporting dashboards · One Minutes Block included · paid yearly; any Zendesk Suite plan is required |
| Minutes Block | $33 a month | 1,000 Contact Center Minutes · paid yearly; additional blocks can be purchased per user |
The facts
Each one read from Zendesk Contact Center's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Digital channel scope
- omnichannelchecked 22 Sep 2026
- Inbound calling
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- IVR builder
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Outbound dialer
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Paid from
- 83checked 22 Sep 2026
- Workforce management
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2007checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- San Francisco, Californiachecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
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