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    Freshdesk

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AFreshdesk (a product of Freshworks Inc.) is a customer service solution with enterprise capability. Freshdesk unifies channels, conversations, AI capabilities, customer insights, and advanced ticketing into the Freshdesk Command Center so agents are ready to resolve. With Freddy, People-first AI, customer service teams can take AI agents live in minutes to fully resolve complex and simple queries, get response and resolution assistance from AI copilot, and stay ahead with AI insights.…

    $18

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    Pricing
    ContactOfficeFreshdesk
    Editions & Modules
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    Growth
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    per month per agent
    Pro
    $59
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    Enterprise
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    Pricing Offerings
    ContactOfficeFreshdesk
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    ContactOfficeFreshdesk
    Project Management
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    Feature
    ContactOffice
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    Task Management8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Gantt Charts7.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Scheduling8.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workflow Automation7.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Mobile Access7.33 Ratings00 Ratings
    Search7.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visual planning tools9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Communication
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    Feature
    ContactOffice
    7.9
    3 Ratings
    1% below category average
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    Chat8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Notifications8.73 Ratings00 Ratings
    Discussions9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Surveys8.62 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledgebase8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with GoToMeeting7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Gmail and Google Hangouts6.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Outlook7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
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    Feature
    ContactOffice
    7.9
    3 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Freshdesk
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    Ratings
    Versioning7.82 Ratings00 Ratings
    Video files7.42 Ratings00 Ratings
    Audio files8.13 Ratings00 Ratings
    Document collaboration9.03 Ratings00 Ratings
    Access control8.12 Ratings00 Ratings
    Advanced security features7.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Integrates with Google Drive7.92 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of ContactOffice and Freshdesk
    Feature
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    -
    Ratings
    Freshdesk
    8.6
    210 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.3206 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings7.9140 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings7.812 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings8.115 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.0207 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings9.1207 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of ContactOffice and Freshdesk
    Feature
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    -
    Ratings
    Freshdesk
    8.0
    185 Ratings
    0% below category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings8.0169 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.0173 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of ContactOffice and Freshdesk
    Feature
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    -
    Ratings
    Freshdesk
    8.3
    197 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings8.3169 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings8.563 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings8.2105 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings8.6197 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings7.7126 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ContactOfficeFreshdesk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    8.6
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    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (42 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (6 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.4
    (41 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    7.7
    (207 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    6.5
    (7 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
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    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    7.9
    (6 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    6.8
    (6 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
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    8.7
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    7.6
    (5 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
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    7.7
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    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
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    1. Its cloud-based messaging and collaboration suite includes among others an email solution, calendars, address books, documents, polling tool and more. 2. Handling big data, managing events, and reminders. 3. Rich API allowing for a deep integration of the Contact Office applications. 4. Universal access to your data through desktop and mobile. 5. Almost every device supported.
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    Freshworks Inc
    I believe Freshdesk is well-suited for companies that manage multiple accounts, such as those in the Business Process Outsourcing industry. It has all the necessary capabilities, such as ticket management that uses omnichannel to receive ticket requests from service requests (managed internally) in the system, emails, etc. There are also several workflow automations that can be built within the platform/system. What is lacking is the API documentation, which limits the possibilities for further automations. Overall, it is a highly recommended tool for managing employee productivity and timeliness.
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    Pros
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    • Can use it from anywhere, can access your documents, emails and others.
    • Can message your group and arrange meetings, and it will notify you.
    • Can manage tasks.
    • Fairly good customer support
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    • No prior experience with similar platforms is required to use Freshdesk. I found its interface to be quite intuitive, at least for the end user.
    • It's easy to connect with other platforms, so you can sync and manage data from other platforms because the integrations work correctly.
    • Freshdesk's technical support is quite responsive, with short and effective response times. They have easily handled my questions and issues.
    • It has tools for customizing automated chats, answering frequently asked questions before transferring to an agent. Its configuration is extensive and highly customizable.
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    Cons
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    • Data safety concerns
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    Freshworks Inc
    • Freshdesk is buggy, full stop. I don't know how many support tickets I submitted related to user login.
    • There can be a language barrier with support and sales.
    • There were a couple of hours-long outages that significantly impacted my company's customer experience.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    ContactOffice
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    New support agents can learn the system quickly, minimizing training time and maximizing productivity from day one. Agents are more willing to use a system that is simple, reducing resistance to change and ensuring all interactions are logged (a common problem with complex systems). The platform is known for being easy to set up and customize, allowing teams (especially smaller ones) to get started with minimal technical expertise.The platform makes it easy to set and monitor Service Level Agreements (SLAs), ensuring customers get timely responses and helping managers enforce performance standards.
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    Usability
    ContactOffice
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshdesk is extremely easy to use as implemented it on our own with average technical skills. A lot of the options are straightforward and Freshdesk provides easy-to-understand explanations for some of the more complex-sounding ones. We recently onboarded new specialists and they were able to learn Freshdesk with minimal training.
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    Reliability and Availability
    ContactOffice
    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
    ContactOffice
    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
    ContactOffice
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    Freshworks Inc
    Because I never worked with a company that responds so quickly to their customer! They are always fast at responding and very open to new ideas and quickly turning them around to include them in future releases. They walk us through when we need assistance and are very good at communicating. Overall top notch support
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    In-Person Training
    ContactOffice
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    In-person training is provided to all the agents and it is very easy to learn the basics of the Freshdesk interface. Solving tickets via dashboards, replying to the guest queries in bulk via Freshdesk. The training which is a bit hard is creating the logic according to the ticket flow and intergeration.
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    Online Training
    ContactOffice
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    This tool is no doubt easy to learn but in-person training is a lot better than online training. It takes time to grasp things in the online training, however, in pandemic we have done all the training online. Apart from a bit more time we haven't faced any issues with online training.
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    Implementation Rating
    ContactOffice
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    Was a fairly quick implementation for us. However, we are only doing email integration and not some of the more complex integrations that are possible. One clarification on an earlier question. I selected that Freshdesk doesn't have a given feature, but this is not true. I selected this because there wasn't a selection for I don't use the feature. This is a weakness in the survey.
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    Alternatives Considered
    ContactOffice
    ContactOffice handles almost all data, all files like doc, pdf, mp3 etc. Task management. Worksection is an all-around project management app that gives users visibility and organization. ContactOffice is a contact management software that helps you to easily manage your data from any computer with a web browser. Worksection is Free: no charge. ContactOffice offers four plans for its Individual version. ContactOffice has more supported Integrations than Worksection.
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    Freshworks Inc
    Compared to Crisp, Freshdesk offers much more organization and is just much more helpful when it comes to having more than one region/team. Not that Crisp is bad, but with Freshdesk, internal communication and collaboration are much easier, which was quite important for our team to grow.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    ContactOffice
    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
    ContactOffice
    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
    ContactOffice
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    - good customer support
    - personal contact
    - usage limited to basic product features, individually designed solutions seem unlikely
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    Return on Investment
    ContactOffice
    • Can get documents from anywhere if you forgot your files.
    • Can connect with anyone in your group, chat, share ideas, and requirements in a single instance.
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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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