Freshworks Inc.

Freshdesk

Composite Score

8.6 /10

CX Score

8.7 /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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Strategy and Innovation
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

95 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Product Experience

Negotiation and Contract

Conflict Resolution

Strategy & Innovation

Service Experience

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:: 87%
Negotiation and Contract:: 82%
Conflict Resolution:: 84%
Strategy & Innovation:: 83%
Service Experience:: 87%

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.

+85 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?

7% Negative

5% Neutral

88% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Enables Productivity
Acts with Integrity
Reliable

Feature Ratings

Average 81

Customer Self Service Capabilities

Agent Collaboration

Multi Channel Support

Customer Service Knowledge Management

Customer Service Workflow Management

Contact Center Integration

Agent Scripting

Analytics and Reporting

Customer Community Management

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 Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

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Score 8.4

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Score 8.0

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Freshdesk Reviews

Zulfan H.

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

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Submitted Feb 2024

Great ticketing system with fraction of the cost

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Freshdesk from other similar products?

The features is very similar with other highly cost ticketing system, but it is giving it with a fraction of the cost

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The mobile applications and a transparent ITIL workflow in the ticket's flow

What do you dislike most about this product?

We have to pay another different scheme for asset management system, which virtually is side by side with incident management

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

After deep research, I believe this tool can compete with other tools that are there, but with a cheaper cost

Pros

Efficient Service
Respectful
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product

Nicolas F.

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2024

Assigning tickets for professional support

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Freshdesk from other similar products?

FreshDesk interface is easy to use. Tickets priority can be set up right away.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The fact that it assigns a ticket number and remind the agent of any overdue/pending tickets.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Pricing can be more affordable.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

To anyone looking for a professional customer support CRM, FreshDesk is one of the best solutions.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Elin J.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2024

Efficient to manage communication with clients.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Freshdesk from other similar products?

Freshdesk is one of the best tools for managing customer interactions. It ensures that our operations run smoothly and that we can provide immediate assistance. The platform has tons of features and is also surprisingly easy to use.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It offers us a centralized place for communication records between employees and clients, automation capacity through stored responses, tags and threads and the ability to assign tickets and leave notes to colleagues.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Often when the status of the ticket changes, it must be updated several times.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Freshdesk is an excellent customer service management tool for small and medium-sized enterprises. It manages tickets well and guarantees prompt responses. It's perfect for tracking problems, keeping in touch, and expediting client requests.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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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

95 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

83 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

Emotional Footprint Overview

+85 Net Emotional Footprint

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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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 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.

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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Knowledge Management

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Freshdesk Reviews

Zulfan H.

Great ticketing system with fraction of the cost

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Nicolas F.

Assigning tickets for professional support

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Elin J.

Efficient to manage communication with clients.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Customer Self Service Capabilities

Agent Collaboration

Multi Channel Support

Customer Service Knowledge Management

Customer Service Workflow Management

Contact Center Integration

Agent Scripting

Analytics and Reporting

Customer Community Management

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 Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement