Freshworks

Freshdesk

Composite Score

8.5 /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 Customer Service - Enterprise category

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Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation

2023

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

9 Top Rated Capabilities

7 Top Rated Features

2023

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022

8 Top Rated Capabilities

5 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.

86 Likeliness to Recommend

94 Plan to Renew

83 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.

+82 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?

8% Negative

6% Neutral

86% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Enables Productivity
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Customer Self Service Capabilities

Agent Collaboration

Multi Channel Support

Customer Service Knowledge Management

Agent Scripting

Customer Community Management

Contact Center Integration

Customer Service Workflow Management

Analytics and Reporting

Intelligent Search

Mobile Customer Care

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

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Freshdesk Reviews

David T.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Other
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2021

Great product

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Freshdesk from other similar products?

This is the most powerful product for ensuring that all clients are on the same page with the service providers.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It offers great platform for giving excellent services to potential customers. With Freshdesk customer satisfaction is guaranteed hence having higher chances of winning more clients.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I have not experienced any drawback from the operation of this product.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For excellent service delivery to customers and proper relationships with team members Freshdesk is the best tool to deploy.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Unique Features
Efficient Service
Effective Service

Amanda C.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Other
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2021

Excellent Product

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Freshdesk from other similar products?

Freshdesk has been most effective product for supporting effective customer service.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like the platform due to its excellent features for supporting quality customer services. Since we started using Freshdesk our clients are always happy with our services and this has also enabled us to win more customers.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I have not disliked anything to do with this great product.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

From the time of deployment this product has given us great services and we have learned a lot from its operation on customer service.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Unique Features

Abdul H.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Retail
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2021

Fantastic Product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Freshdesk from other similar products?

I have got experience from Freshdesk and it is the most effective platform for customer service I have come across.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It enables us to serve our customers better. My team is able to get feedback directly from customers on our services. There is customer satisfaction since we usually attend to their needs when there is a problem.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I have not disliked anything to do with this great product.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For effective and customer satisfaction services I highly recommend Freshdesk.

Pros

Enables Productivity
Inspires Innovation
Caring
Saves Time

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Freshdesk Ratings

86 Likeliness to Recommend

94 Plan to Renew

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+82 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

Customer Self Service Capabilities Central product portals, customer-facing resolution wizards and guidance, customer community forums.

Agent Collaboration Supports live collaboration between agent and customers, among customers (e.g. forums), and among service professionals (e.g. team-based customer service).

Multi Channel Support Integration with email, telephone, and live chat, and with self-service and social media.

Customer Service Knowledge Management Customer and/or agent-facing knowledgebase and search capabilities. Ability to create KBs, FAQs, wikis, and capture effectiveness ratings from customers.

Agent Scripting Recommend resolution steps to agents based on machine learning or AI.

Customer Community Management Creation and management of branded and focussed user communities.

Contact Center Integration Agent desktop, CTI integration. Call scripting, call queuing, prioritization by different support channels.

Customer Service Workflow Management Ticketing and case management capabilities. Automated assignment and escalation, decision trees, guided resolution wizards (ideally GUI drag-and-drop).

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Intelligent Search Knowledgebase search with content indexing, and search of external content repositories. Proactive search and auto-suggestions. Natural language processing.

Mobile Customer Care Can create custom-branded service applications for customers on a mobile device (preferably native application rather than a responsive design site).

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

David T.

Great product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Amanda C.

Excellent Product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Abdul H.

Fantastic Product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Feature Ratings

Customer Self Service Capabilities

Agent Collaboration

Multi Channel Support

Customer Service Knowledge Management

Agent Scripting

Customer Community Management

Contact Center Integration

Customer Service Workflow Management

Analytics and Reporting

Intelligent Search

Mobile Customer Care

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Customization

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement