Freshworks

Freshdesk

Composite Score

8.4 /10

CX Score

8.6 /10

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What is Freshdesk?

Freshworks' cloud-based customer support software, Freshdesk, makes customer happiness refreshingly easy. With powerful features, an easy to use interface, and a freemium pricing model, Freshdesk enables companies of all sizes to provide a seamless multi-channel support experience across email, phone, web, chat, forums, social media, and mobile apps. Freshdesk’s capabilities include robust ticketing, SLA management, smart automations, intelligent reporting, and game mechanics to motivate agents.

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Awards & Recognition

Freshdesk won the following awards in the Knowledge Management category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

2 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Product Impact

2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2023

2 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2022

Freshdesk Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

91 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Freshdesk?

1% Negative

2% Neutral

97% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Effective Service
Saves Time

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Configurable Knowledge Repository

Workflow and Approval Management

Social Features

Intelligent Search

API Integration

Role-Based Access

Multi-Language Support

Bulk Actions

AI Capabilities

Multiple File Type Support

Rich Text Editor

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 85

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

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Score 7.7

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Freshdesk Reviews

Parimita G.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Transportation
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2021

Awesome Customer Support tool for us

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Freshdesk from other similar products?

Free plan with unlimited agents Integration with social media platforms for importing queries Notify over mail and remind on high priority label tickets Gives warning before reaching TAT period of tickets. Great customer support. Bulk of features with justified pricing.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It is a tool to convert your customer queries to tickets tom resolve easily. You can integrate with your social media platforms to import queries and convert them to tickets. It will notify support team ticket type and priority label. It also detects keywords from tickets and assign to dedicated support team for faster resolution. If you have skipped any ticket and it is going to cross TAT period it will give you notification over dashboard and mail. Customers able to raise tickets with required details and you can reply to them directly on tickets. Customers can also attach image to tickets for better clarification on issues.

What do you dislike most about this product?

No hate to this tool as it has helped us a lot in our business.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Confirm recommendation as it is budget friendly tool for small and medium businesses. If you are new and can't spend much then you can go with free plan with limited features which are also benefited to all. It has quality customer support where staffs talk as friendly and solves your issues with this tool.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Kendall K.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2021

It works very well for our needs.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Freshdesk from other similar products?

Sold to us as a package with chat, Helpdesk and knowledge base, without getting separately charged for each feature.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ease of use; mobile app.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Inflexibility in billing.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Make sure you know whether you want monthly or yearly agreement before jumping in.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Cons

Vendor's Interest First

Rahul M.

Role: Operations
Industry: Healthcare
Involvement: Vendor Selection and Purchasing

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2021

Delivers what you buy it for

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Freshdesk from other similar products?

The breadth of features and functionality is great. It is simple to use and set up. You can assign different tickets to different people and make internal notes as well. The reporting is good for managers and provides good insights

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The canned responses is something I liked. You can use keyboard shortcuts to use canned responses (templates) and send them in a few seconds. That makes it a lot easier because you dont have to copy paste things. It it like probably one click response. It is user friendly and also has an app. you can download the tickets in a excel to dig in to details if you have to

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing as of now. So far it is good

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are a small or mid sized start up, you can use it. it even has a free version

Pros

Enables Productivity
Unique Features
Inspires Innovation
Caring

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Freshdesk Ratings

91 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Freshdesk?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Configurable Knowledge Repository The solution provides the ability to create, manage, disseminate and archive knowledge articles in a structured format.

Workflow and Approval Management Ability to model, build, and execute automatic workflows for the purpose of managing content-centric processes.

Social Features Social features allow knowledge users to like, rate, comment, or tag knowledge content.

Intelligent Search Provide user with filters and facets to refine search results, with auto-suggest capabilities, natural language search and search engine indexing.

API Integration API integrations with enterprise apps e.g. collaboration/communication tools, CRM, ECM, and existing knowledge sources allow access to content in multiple ways.

Role-Based Access Enable different levels of access based on role, allowing different articles to be available only to specific audiences as needed.

Multi-Language Support Write or translate articles to multiple languages and allow users to search in multiple languages to support global customers.

Bulk Actions Allows users to import and export multiple articles at a time, make updates and changes to multiple categories, properties, or articles simultaneously.

AI Capabilities Artificial intelligence to enhance knowledge management such as automatically tagging content, recognizing duplicate content, and suggesting relevant content.

Multiple File Type Support Write or translate articles to multiple languages and allow users to search in multiple languages to support global customers.

Rich Text Editor Allows users to create and share information using text and other formats such as charts, images, audio, and video, with easy formatting options.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

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Freshdesk Reviews

Parimita G.

Awesome Customer Support tool for us

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Kendall K.

It works very well for our needs.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Rahul M.

Delivers what you buy it for

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Configurable Knowledge Repository

Workflow and Approval Management

Social Features

Intelligent Search

API Integration

Role-Based Access

Multi-Language Support

Bulk Actions

AI Capabilities

Multiple File Type Support

Rich Text Editor

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Business Value Created

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement