Zoho Desk
Customers notice slow answers, not ticket numbers — so a help desk is set up around how fast each kind of request must be closed.
Zoho Desk turns emails, calls, chats, social messages and web forms into tickets, routes them to the right team, tracks response and resolution times against SLAs, and gives customers a help centre to answer their own questions. We set up your channels and departments, write the assignment and escalation rules, build Blueprints for processes such as returns and warranty claims, and connect Desk to Zoho CRM so agents see the customer's history. For live chat on your website, it works alongside Zoho SalesIQ.
Last reviewed — prices, plan details and other figures on this page were checked then.
The parts of Zoho Desk we configure
Zoho Desk is priced per agent. The plan is usually decided by whether you need more than one department, telephony or Blueprints, which start at Professional.
Channels
Email, web forms and social media from Express; instant messaging channels and business messaging from Standard; telephony from Professional; live chat through Zoho SalesIQ on Enterprise.
Departments and assignment
Separate departments for products, brands or regions, each with its own agents, rules and help centre. Multiple departments and round-robin assignment start at Professional; skill-based assignment at Enterprise.
SLAs and escalations
Response and resolution targets by priority or customer type, with escalations to a supervisor when a ticket is about to breach. Multi-level escalations are available from Express.
Blueprints for processes
Step-by-step processes for returns, warranty claims, service requests or onboarding, so a ticket cannot be closed without the steps that matter. Blueprints start at Professional.
Help centre and knowledge base
Articles, FAQs and a community forum customers can search before raising a ticket, with an answer bot that suggests articles. From Standard; multilingual help centres from Professional.
Zoho CRM and other apps
Agents see the customer's deals, orders and past tickets from Zoho CRM inside the ticket, and sales sees open complaints before calling.
Which Zoho Desk plan fits
Count the agents who answer tickets, not everyone who might look at one. Then decide which of departments, telephony and Blueprints you need from the start.
| Plan | Per agent / month | What it adds |
|---|---|---|
| Free | ₹0 | Up to 3 agents. Email ticketing out of the box. |
| Express | ₹420 | Email, social and web-form tickets, workflows, direct assignment, multi-level escalations, contact management. |
| Standard | ₹800 | Adds business messaging and instant messaging channels, answer bot, knowledge base and self-service widget, community forum, happiness ratings, custom reports and dashboards. |
| Professional | ₹1,400 | Adds telephony, Zia, Blueprints, multiple departments, round-robin assignment, parent-child tickets, multilingual help centre, webhooks. |
| Enterprise | ₹2,400 | Adds live chat through Zoho SalesIQ, guided conversations, skill-based assignment, multi-level IVR, multi-brand help centre, custom modules, sandbox. |
Zoho India list price per agent per month, billed annually, as of October 2026, excluding GST. Monthly billing costs more. Multiple departments and SLAs by department need Professional, which is where most service teams with more than one product line land.
From shared inbox to measured service
The first goal is that every request is a ticket with an owner and a deadline. Automation comes after that works.
- 1
Service review
We list where requests arrive today, the kinds of request, who answers them and how fast they should be closed, and agree the SLAs.
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Configuration
Channels, departments, assignment rules, SLAs, escalations, templates, roles and the Zoho CRM connection are set up.
- 3
Processes and content
Blueprints for multi-step processes, canned replies and the first knowledge base articles from the questions you answer most.
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Go-live and training
Channels switched over one at a time, agents and supervisors trained by role, and SLA reports checked after the first two weeks.
Six reasons a Zoho Desk setup stops being trusted
Every channel switched on at once, so agents learn the tool while the queue floods.
SLAs copied from a template instead of agreed with the business, so every ticket shows as breached.
One department for everything, so product and billing questions sit in the same queue.
No rule for who owns unassigned tickets, so the oldest ones are the ones nobody sees.
Desk not connected to Zoho CRM, so agents ask customers for details the company already has.
Reports never reviewed, so the SLA timers run but nothing changes when they are missed.
How service teams typically use Zoho Desk
Example scenarios, not client case studies: the setups we are most often asked for.
After-sales and warranty
Warranty claims as a Blueprint with proof of purchase, inspection and approval steps, and field visits handed to technicians through Zoho FSM.
Education and admissions
Student and parent queries from email, web forms and messaging in departments for admissions, fees and exams, with a help centre for the questions asked every term.
Software and IT services
Tickets by product and priority with SLAs per customer contract, parent-child tickets for incidents that affect many customers, and status visible to account managers in CRM.
Zoho Desk — common questions
How much does Zoho Desk cost in India?
Zoho Desk is free for up to 3 agents with email ticketing. Paid plans are priced per agent: Express ₹420 a month, Standard ₹800, Professional ₹1,400 and Enterprise ₹2,400, billed annually and excluding GST (October 2026). Our implementation fee is separate and one-off.
Can Zoho Desk take support requests from WhatsApp?
Yes. Zoho Desk's instant messaging channels, from the Standard plan, bring messaging apps including WhatsApp into the ticket queue alongside email and web forms. A WhatsApp Business account is needed; we set up the connection and the rules that turn messages into tickets.
Does Zoho Desk integrate with Zoho CRM?
Yes. Zoho CRM and Desk share contacts and accounts, agents see deals and history from CRM inside a ticket, and sales users see open tickets on the CRM record. It is one of the first things we connect.
What is the difference between Zoho Desk and Zoho SalesIQ?
Zoho SalesIQ is live chat and chatbots on your website and app, used for both sales and support. Zoho Desk is where support requests from every channel are tracked to closure. On Desk's Enterprise plan, SalesIQ chats arrive as Desk tickets.
How long does a Zoho Desk implementation take?
A single support team on email and web forms can be live in one to two weeks. Several departments, telephony, Blueprints and CRM integration usually take three to five weeks, most of it agreeing SLAs and processes with the teams involved.
Related pages
- Zoho CRMCustomer records and deals that Desk agents see inside each ticket.
- Zoho SalesIQLive chat and chatbots on your website, feeding Desk and CRM.
- Zoho OneDesk, CRM, Books and 40+ apps on one licence.
- Zoho integrationConnecting Desk to telephony, WhatsApp and other systems.
- Zoho implementationHow we run Zoho projects, from process review to go-live.
- Zoho Partner in KeralaEvery Zoho app we implement in Kerala, across all 14 districts.
Talk to us about Zoho Desk
Tell us where support requests arrive today, how many people answer them, and what kinds of request you handle. We will tell you which plan fits and how long the setup takes.
- SLAs agreed with the business, not copied from a template
- Channels switched over one at a time
- Zoho CRM connected so agents see the customer's history
- Blueprints for warranty, returns and service processes
Tech Geum is a Zoho Authorized Partner implementing Zoho for businesses across India and the GCC, and for Kerala's fourteen districts from our base in Malappuram.