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Kai Support answers in chat, email and WhatsApp and hands the hard ones to your team with everything it found. Gleap includes unlimited seats from Team instead of Zendesk’s per-agent pricing, plus in-app bug reports and a public roadmap.

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Planned 31

Richer Jira (and Linear) Sync: Link, Track, and Customize Issues from Gleap

Also, other setting for integration would be nice: - set labels for tickets (like environment label) - set reporter, maybe we can identify the user and have it as reporter (this tool is used by internal employees) - define a description template for Jira ticket

Auto-detect host app dark/light mode for Gleap widget theme

Auto-detect host app dark/light mode for Gleap widget theme Customer asks if Gleap can detect whether the app (or widget host) is in dark mode or light mode and automatically switch the widget theme accordingly.

Add support for regional public holidays in operating hours settings

Add support for regional public holidays in operating hours settings Select Public Holiday for our Federal State. And create custom holiday for our company e.g. company party.

In progress 2

Team working hours

Set availability per agent and route conversations by working hours.

Bulk CSV export

Export tickets and contacts in one go.

Released 43

Tables in Knowledge Base

How can I insert a table in Gleap KB editor? I need to insert pricing...

Send Later + Undo Send for Support Replies (with scheduling)

Hello, it happens that customer tickets are being handled from our team.

Gleap widget apps

Add the ability to support custom widget apps.

Try a real support case from first question to engineering handoff.
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Zendesk vs Gleap at a glance. Gleap is an AI-native support platform that connects the inbox to bug evidence, product feedback and, from Team, reviewed code work, with unlimited seats from $149/month billed annually; Zendesk is a service platform for ticketing, messaging and voice, priced per agent from $55 per month billed annually on Suite Team (checked September 26, 2026).
Compared
Gleap
Zendesk
Overview
Best for
Gleap Support, bug reports, feedback Software teams that want support, bug reports and product feedback in one workspace
Zendesk Ticketing, messaging and voice Service teams running ticketing, messaging and voice across many channels
Price
Gleap From $29/month Starter $29/month billed annually or $35 monthly; Team $149/month billed annually or $179 monthly with unlimited seats, Kai Support’s investigations and Kai Code; Pro $299/month ($359 monthly) adds advanced reports, LLM model choice, the SOC 2 report and priority support; AI usage separate. USD list prices, checked September 30, 2026
Zendesk From $19 per agent Suite Team $55 per agent per month billed annually; Support Team $19; Suite Professional $115. USD list prices, checked September 26, 2026
Seats
Gleap Unlimited from Team Unlimited seats and projects from Team; Starter has 1 seat
Zendesk Per agent Per agent; light agents as an add-on on Suite Team and included from Growth
Features
AI agent
Gleap Kai Support on every plan Kai Support on every plan, billed by the AI it uses; from Team, Kai Support calls the API and MCP tools your team adds
Zendesk AI agents on every plan AI agents on every plan; 5 automated resolutions per agent a month on Suite Team, then $1.50 committed or $2.00 pay-as-you-go per resolution (checked October 3, 2026)
Channels
Gleap Live chat; more from Team Live chat on every plan; email, WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, Slack and Telegram from Team
Zendesk Messaging, chat, email, telephony Messaging, live chat, email and telephony with omnichannel routing
Bug reporting
Gleap In-app reports with logs In-app bug reports with a marked screenshot and console and network logs on every plan; replay from Team
Zendesk Attachments, no logs or replay Customers attach images and files in the Web Widget and SDKs; no in-app log or replay capture listed
Engineering handoff
Gleap Pull requests from Team From Team, Kai Support investigates with logs, the click trail and code, and Kai Code opens a pull request for review
Zendesk Jira integration The Jira integration creates or links issues from a ticket and syncs fields
Feedback and roadmap
Gleap Votes and roadmap from Team Feature requests with votes, a public roadmap, and a changelog from Team, with Kai Copilot on every plan
Zendesk Forums from Suite Professional Community forums with votes and post statuses from Suite Professional; no public roadmap listed
Try and switch
Free trial
Gleap 7-day free trial 7-day free trial on every plan, Starter from $29/month
Zendesk 14-day trial, no free plan 14-day trial of Suite Professional; no free plan
Moving over
Gleap Native importer Native importer for companies, contacts and tickets with comments and internal notes
Zendesk Exports from Growth Ticket, user and organization exports from Growth; Suite Team exports through the API
Invite the whole team. Team includes unlimited seats and projects for $149/month billed annually. Compare your subscription, required channels and AI usage separately.
One workspace. Unlimited seats.

A ten-seat example. USD list prices, billed annually, checked September 25, 2026.

Gleap Team
$149 / month$149 / month$149 / month
$1,788 billed annually. Unlimited seats, projects and every Kai agent. Pro adds reports, LLM model choice and the SOC 2 report from $299/month.
Shared inbox, knowledge base and routing
Bug reports, roadmap and changelog
Tours, checklists and surveys
Every Kai agent; AI usage billed separately
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Unlimited seats
Zendesk Suite Team
$550 / month$550 / month$550 / month
$6,600 billed annually. 10 agents at $55 each.
Ticketing, messaging and live chat
Knowledge base and AI agents
Omnichannel routing and telephony
Usage and optional add-ons may cost extra
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Meet your AI team.

Answer customers. Investigate issues. Build what comes next. Kai Support and Kai Copilot work on every plan; investigations and Kai Code come with Team. AI usage is billed separately on every plan.

Kai Support

Answers customers

Answers from your knowledge base and connected sources. From Team, it investigates hard tickets with logs, the click trail and your code.

Meet Kai Support

Kai Copilot

Works with your team

Press ⌘J on any page. It answers customers when you say yes, drafts articles, explains your numbers and, from Team, drafts the changelog when a fix ships. Your team sends what it drafts.

Meet Kai Copilot

Kai Code

Builds the fix

Plans the change, writes and tests code, and opens a pull request. Your engineers review and merge.

Meet Kai Code

Bugs arrive with evidence.

See what your customer saw.
Capture screenshots, session replay, console logs and network activity with the customer’s report. Support and engineering can work from the same context.
Explore bug reporting

Investigate inside the ticket.

Give hard questions a next step.
From Team, Kai Support investigates the hard tickets with the logs, click trail, screenshots and code. Findings return to the inbox, and confirmed bugs can become coding tasks.
Explore Kai Support

Turn reports into reviewed fixes.

The ticket stays connected.
From Team, Kai Code plans the change, writes and tests code, and opens a pull request. Your engineers review and merge, with progress linked to the original ticket.
Explore Kai Code
Planned 31

Richer Jira (and Linear) Sync: Link, Track, and Customize Issues from Gleap

Also, other setting for integration would be nice: - set labels for tickets (like environment label) - set reporter, maybe we can identify the user and have it as reporter (this tool is used by internal employees) - define a description template for Jira ticket

Auto-detect host app dark/light mode for Gleap widget theme

Auto-detect host app dark/light mode for Gleap widget theme Customer asks if Gleap can detect whether the app (or widget host) is in dark mode or light mode and automatically switch the widget theme accordingly.

Add support for regional public holidays in operating hours settings

Add support for regional public holidays in operating hours settings Select Public Holiday for our Federal State. And create custom holiday for our company e.g. company party.

In progress 2

Team working hours

Set availability per agent and route conversations by working hours.

Bulk CSV export

Export tickets and contacts in one go.

Released 43

Tables in Knowledge Base

How can I insert a table in Gleap KB editor? I need to insert pricing...

Send Later + Undo Send for Support Replies (with scheduling)

Hello, it happens that customer tickets are being handled from our team.

Gleap widget apps

Add the ability to support custom widget apps.

Give requests a roadmap.

Everyone who asked stays linked.
Collect requests and votes, decide what to build, and publish release updates. Support conversations stay linked to the product decisions they inform.
Explore product feedback
Bring your Zendesk history. Import companies, contacts and tickets with comments and internal notes. Set up routing and channels separately, then test a sample before your cutover.
How teams use Gleap
“Everything is in the same place.”
Tridonic brought customer conversations, ticket routing, surveys, and AI support into one Gleap workspace.
Elif Kavas
Digital Customer Experience Platforms Specialist, Tridonic
“This is an exceptionally good tool.”
Commonplace brought feedback, support, knowledge, and roadmap work into Gleap.
Benjy Meyer
Chief Product & Technology Officer, Commonplace
AI support handles about half of Lywand’s customer inquiries.
Lywand runs AI answers, its knowledge base and ticketing in Gleap. The support result reflects its own workflow.
Peter Müller
System Engineer & Head of Support, Lywand
Your switching questions, answered. Service coverage, costs and the details of moving from Zendesk.
Bring support closer to your product.

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