Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
iTop
Score 9.6 out of 10
N/A
Combodo is an editor of ITSM open source solutions headquartered in France. In addition to advising and assisting companies in ITIL to improve their services and better control their information system, they offer iTop, their flagship open source ITSM software solution.
$0
per year
Freshdesk
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Freshdesk is a cloud-based customer service software that helps businesses of all sizes to deliver customer support. Freshdesk converts requests coming in via email, web, phone, chat, and social into tickets, and unifies ticket resolution across channels. Additionally, Freshdesk lets the user automate workflows, provide self-service, manage SLAs, and measure metrics, to stay on top of customer support. Freshdesk also offers out-of-the-box features like an AI-powered support chatbot,…
$0
Up to 2 agents
Pricing
iTopFreshdesk
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Free
$0
Up to 2 agents
Growth
$15
per month (billed annually) per agent
Pro
$49
per month (billed annually) per agent
Enterprise
$79
per month (billed annually) per agent
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
iTopFreshdesk
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
iTopFreshdesk
Features
iTopFreshdesk
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
iTop
9.6
2 Ratings
16% above category average
Freshdesk
8.6
194 Ratings
4% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets9.62 Ratings9.2190 Ratings
Expert directory9.62 Ratings8.1128 Ratings
Service restoration9.62 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-service tools9.62 Ratings00 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications9.62 Ratings8.43 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation9.62 Ratings7.64 Ratings
ITSM reports and dashboards9.62 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.2190 Ratings
Ticket response00 Ratings9.0190 Ratings
ITSM asset management
Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Product A and Product B
iTop
9.0
2 Ratings
9% above category average
Freshdesk
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Ratings
Configuration mangement9.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset management dashboard8.72 Ratings00 Ratings
Policy and contract enforcement9.12 Ratings00 Ratings
Change management
Comparison of Change management features of Product A and Product B
iTop
10.0
2 Ratings
16% above category average
Freshdesk
-
Ratings
Change requests repository10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Change calendar10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Service-level management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
iTop
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Ratings
Freshdesk
8.4
174 Ratings
4% above category average
External knowledge base00 Ratings8.5158 Ratings
Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.3162 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
iTop
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Ratings
Freshdesk
8.8
183 Ratings
10% above category average
Customer portal00 Ratings8.9155 Ratings
IVR00 Ratings8.957 Ratings
Social integration00 Ratings8.698 Ratings
Email support00 Ratings9.2182 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings8.6116 Ratings
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Medium-sized Companies
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Enterprises
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ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
Score 9.2 out of 10
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
iTopFreshdesk
Likelihood to Recommend
9.6
(2 ratings)
8.6
(260 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(23 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(43 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
7.8
(7 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(7 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.4
(41 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(2 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.5
(4 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(191 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
6.8
(8 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(6 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(7 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
7.7
(7 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
8.7
(3 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(6 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(6 ratings)
User Testimonials
iTopFreshdesk
Likelihood to Recommend
Combodo
It is always at the heart of operational activities for the service center strives to establish a single repository shared by all teams that allow you to define offerings that can fit each customer. Has satellites that have the capacity to synchronize central control with [the] remote customer to provide them with solutions linked with your operations.
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Freshworks Inc
I recommend Freshdesk for people who need to handle a large volume of inquiries through tickets and follow-ups. This platform provides tools that will improve problem-solving efficiency, ensuring customers are satisfied with the speed with which their issues are resolved. Overall, it will optimize customer service support operations and the resolution of their problems.
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Pros
Combodo
  • Open source
  • Issue Tracking
  • Integrations
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Freshworks Inc
  • The price is great for small startups just large enough to need a support ticketing system.
  • This may seem minor, but many tools don't have this: the ability to link a contact to multiple companies/accounts.
  • Agent collision detection is great for making sure agents don't duplicate each others' work!
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Cons
Combodo
  • CSV import tools for any data.
  • Data synchronization.
  • Graphical impact analysis.
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Freshworks Inc
  • Data Security.
  • SLA Policies where it is not customer / contract driven but agents / groups driven.
  • Audit Trail is not available in Pro version makes the tool adoption difficult from compliance perspective.
  • Chat Bot and Fresh Chat Services has greater potential to explode, but the pricing model tagged to chat bot sessions .are illogical as it limits the ability to use the fresh chat feature
  • Agent Logon Screen use earlier version of Captcha as it is annoying for the agents to login. Very frustrating experience.
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Likelihood to Renew
Combodo
No answers on this topic
Freshworks Inc
We are extremely happy with Freshdesk and can foresee using it for the next year. We might only consider using a different platform if our average daily ticket volume reaches four digits and its AI isn’t enough to handle our needs by then. While we haven’t tested this yet, we have read reviews that it’s AI capabilities are lacking
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Usability
Combodo
No answers on this topic
Freshworks Inc
I gave it a rating of 9 out of 10 because they delivered on everything we asked them to do. Easy to setup, easy to deploy to end users, easy to customize, easy to enter tickets and so much more. Our experience with their support is top notch! After opening a ticket for support they call use back within 10 minutes every time!
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Reliability and Availability
Combodo
No answers on this topic
Freshworks Inc
I have encountered a lot of errors in the Freshdesk, however, they tend to resolve it on priority or at least they will share the timeline by when this can be resolved. Most of the time the issue has been from the other partner's end. They take time to resolve their vendor issues and they don't have any timelines in case of developed app errors.
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Performance
Combodo
No answers on this topic
Freshworks Inc
The reports take a lot of time to download if the time period is large. Also, the tickets take their sweet time to open and load. It is not fast as Zendesk. Only 30 tickets are visible in a single go and there isn't any option to select all. If we need to change the pages and dashboards it takes a lot of time to open.
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Support Rating
Combodo
No answers on this topic
Freshworks Inc
The main thing about Freshdesk user service is that once a request has been made for information about a feature of the platform, the support team responds to tickets quickly, within a day of writing and submitting them, with information that is concise enough so that there is no need to ask for help on the same topic again.
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In-Person Training
Combodo
No answers on this topic
Freshworks Inc
Support Team's knowledge and understood the company's requirement, and always shared the insight of the usage of the tool to it s full potential, moreover the team checks periodically to check if we using the tool right and if we are facing any kind of challenges. Also they would update us on new features that can make the work easy.
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Online Training
Combodo
No answers on this topic
Freshworks Inc
Video tutorials, questions answers round before and after testing and Fresh desk team would always share best practices on the needs. Furthermore would periodically check if we are able to work smoothly. Would send alerts to known any issues, send recommendation on new features. Freshdesk team always available when we need certain advise.
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Implementation Rating
Combodo
No answers on this topic
Freshworks Inc
Our team easily implemented Freshdesk, and as soon as we started, we were pros with it. In a matter of days, we had integrated signatures and canned responses. The biggest problem was the Help Center part, but after some time, that was also integrated. We did not know some features when we started, but that is normal.
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Alternatives Considered
Combodo
You can not beat [Combodo iTop] community edition in terms of features. It is a great piece of software that has its place for any company that needs to get a helpdesk up and a budget is a big concern.
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Freshworks Inc
Freshdesk has a more modern and intuitive user interface, while Help Scout's interface is simpler and more minimalist.In case of features, Freshdesk offers a wider range of features, includes omnichannel support, AI powered automations, and advanced analytics. Help Scout is more focused on providing a simple and efficient ticketing system.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Combodo
No answers on this topic
Freshworks Inc
I was not very involved with the purchase/contract (my company purchased Fresjdesk before I was brought on), but I will say that pricing per agent made it difficult to grow our support team. Additionally, we were kind of disappointed after our upgrade because it didn't solve our pain points as much as we expected.
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Scalability
Combodo
No answers on this topic
Freshworks Inc
My company had Freshdesk agents from support and success. It's generally difficult to customize permissions for different agent "roles." We were a fully distributed company, so "multiple sites" doesn't apply to us. We found Freshdesk features lacking as we grew our customer base, and adding agents wasn't easy because price steeply increases with number of agents.
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Professional Services
Combodo
No answers on this topic
Freshworks Inc
Very professional, they would always ask for the steps followed and where we went wrong, they would politely share the video recording to review in case any other team member faces the same issue
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Return on Investment
Combodo
  • Has tickets that report requests and bugs .
  • Has documentation that covers official extensions.
  • Customizable CMDB.
  • Guidelines.
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Freshworks Inc
  • Increased response times - Client Success maintains at 98% SLA for resolution
  • Categorization of feedback and issues - custom ticket fields make it easier for us to review why clients contact us on a high level
  • Standardization of internal procedures via templates, canned responses and automations
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