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Ada vs Zendesk AI: who uses which

Customers, public proof and the companies that use both.

On usedby, 35 companies use Ada and 27 use Zendesk AI. No company is listed with both yet. Ada leads among the Fintech & Payments companies on usedby that use either tool.Latest check Oct 5, 2026: 50 of 62 public lines checked. Counts include every proof level, job-post signals included. Companies named on both have a confirmed or observed line on each side.

Who uses Ada, Zendesk AI, or both

Every company with a public proof for at least one of the two tools.

34

use only Ada

0

companies use both

26

use only Zendesk AI

34 companies use only Ada, 26 use only Zendesk AI and 0 use both, out of the 61 companies on usedby that use at least one of them.

1 more company is listed for both, with a job post on one side: not counted as using both.

35customers
27 confirmed 8 observed

Where it lands

Fintech & Payments6
E-commerce & D2C3
HR & Recruiting3

Newest customers

We have not started tracking changes for Ada yet.

Zendesk AI

Open Zendesk AI
27customers
14 confirmed 12 observed 1 signal

Where it lands

DevTools & Infrastructure4
Travel & Hospitality3
E-commerce & D2C2

Newest customers

No new customer since tracking started on October 3, 2026.

Who uses both

Companies with a confirmed or observed line on both tools.

No company uses both yetusedby has not found a company with a confirmed or observed line on both Ada and Zendesk AI.

By industry

Which tool the companies on usedby use, by industry. Shares of the companies on usedby that use Ada, Zendesk AI or both: a share of the companies on usedby, not of the market.

IndustryAda onlyBothZendesk AI only
Fintech & Payments6 companies on usedby
100%0%0%
E-commerce & D2C5 companies on usedby
60%0%40%

Ada onlyBothZendesk AI only

More common with Ada

  • Fintech & Payments6 of the 6 Fintech & Payments companies on usedby that use either tool use Ada.
  • E-commerce & D2C3 of the 5 E-commerce & D2C companies on usedby that use either tool use Ada.

Source: confirmed and observed usedby lines. Job-post signals, the weakest proof level, are left out of these shares.

Side by side

Facts from our data and from each vendor's public pages. Each line says where it comes from.

AdaZendesk AI
Customersusedby, latest check Oct 5, 2026Ada: 35 (27 confirmed, 8 observed)Zendesk AI: 27 (14 confirmed, 12 observed, 1 job-post signal)
Top industryusedby, latest check Oct 5, 2026Ada: No clear leadZendesk AI: DevTools & Infrastructure (4)
Free trialNot checked yetZendesk AI: Free trial or free plan available.zendesk.com, checked Oct 7, 2026
IntegrationsNot checked yetZendesk AI: Shopify, Microsoft Teams, Pipedrive, Klaviyo, GIPHYzendesk.com, checked Oct 7, 2026
WebsiteAda: ada.cxZendesk AI: zendesk.com

What customers report

Results as the vendor or the customer published them, with the source and the date.

Ada

By 2026, that number had climbed to 77%

Dott

Vendor case study, ada.cx, published May 21, 2026

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Melodie is involved in about 85% of Deezer's support contacts

Deezer

Vendor case study, ada.cx, published Aug 17, 2026

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Zendesk AI

a reduction by more than 56 percent

IRC-CEO

Vendor case study, zendesk.com, published Mar 9, 2026

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more than 50 percent of Babbel’s tickets are automated through AI agents

Babbel

Vendor case study, zendesk.com, published Feb 11, 2026

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Questions about Ada and Zendesk AI

Which is used more, Ada or Zendesk AI?

Ada has more customers on usedby: 35 against 27 for Zendesk AI.

Do companies use both Ada and Zendesk AI?

usedby has not found a company with a confirmed or observed line on both Ada and Zendesk AI yet.

Who uses Ada?

35 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses Ada.

Who uses Zendesk AI?

27 companies on usedby, each with the public page that shows it. See who uses Zendesk AI.

How does usedby count customers?

A company counts when a public page shows it: a vendor's customer page, a case study, a press release or a job post, most saved with a dated capture. Every line is a customer, at one of three proof levels: confirmed, observed or signal (a job post, the weakest). A company is named as using both tools when its lines on both are confirmed or observed.