Zendesk AI vs Ada
Zero of fourteen models named Zendesk AI first on the direct prompt; zero named Ada. Zendesk AI was named by thirteen of the fourteen models and Ada by twelve and Zendesk AI carries 40 labels and Ada 28, so the shares are not directly comparable.
By Zendesk, San Francisco, United States, founded 2007. Named in one category this edition.
Named in two categories this edition.
Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the Chatbots and conversational AI for support page.
By framing
Zendesk AIFirst choices, of fourteen modelsAda
Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Zendesk AI and Ada were named in the same answer thirty-six times, of the 114 answers naming Zendesk AI and the 66 naming Ada. In those answers Ada took the first choice five times and Zendesk AI three.
Every model, every framing
| Model | Direct | Paraphrase | Comparative | Budget-constrained | Scale-constrained | Negative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | | |||||
| GPT-5.4 mini | | | | |||
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | | | | | ||
| Perplexity Sonar | | | | | ||
| Grok 4.1 Fast | | | | | ||
| Mistral Small | | |||||
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | | | | | ||
| Llama 4 Maverick | ||||||
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | | | | | | |
| Kimi K2 | | | | |||
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | | |||||
| MiniMax M2.5 | | | ||||
| GPT-6 Luna | | | ||||
| Muse Glimmer 30B | | | |
Zendesk AI Ada first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Zendesk AI on the left and Ada on the right.The direct prompt
Neither was the first choice, one was named
7 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.Neither was named
7 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.
By buyer segment
What the models said about Zendesk AI
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“strongest when you already live in those ecosystems; they may be less ideal if you need broad customization outside them” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“its native chatbot tools are often criticized for being clunky compared to third-party AI specialists” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“*Proceed with caution regarding feature gating*” Gemini 3.5 Flash · negative prompt · soft negative
“I'd usually recommend Zendesk AI as the safest default choice.” GPT-5.4 mini · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“Zendesk AI (Answer Bot) is often recommended as a top choice” Mistral Small · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“If you need deep IT/ticketing integration: Choose Zendesk.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · comparative prompt · first choice
What the models said about Ada
Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Six of eight in this category shown.
“it may require hands-on tuning and works best when your knowledge lives in structured help-center content” Perplexity Sonar · negative prompt · soft negative
“The gold standard for "pure" AI support bots. Expensive, but very powerful for higher volumes.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · scale prompt · soft negative
“Sierra and Ada are pricing-prohibitive and feature-heavy for mid-market” Muse Glimmer 30B · direct prompt · soft negative
“Ada: Excellent for mid-market to enterprise companies. Highly advanced in taking actual business "actions"” Gemini 3.5 Flash · scale prompt · first choice
“Enterprise-level performance with no-code authoring and automation-first design.” Muse Glimmer 30B · comparative prompt · first choice
“If you need high-volume, enterprise-scale automation with professional services, Ada is the next step up” Muse Glimmer 30B · paraphrase prompt · alternative
Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.