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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Desk.com (discontinued)

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/ADesk.com was a helpdesk, ticketing, and customer support product offered by Salesforce, and oriented towards the needs of small businesses. It is no longer sold and support has been discontinued. Salesforce recommends its modern Service Cloud as a replacement.N/A

    Freshsales

    Score8.9 out of 10
    N/AFreshsales is a sales force automation solution for sales teams. It provides features that help salespeople to attract quality leads, engage in contextual conversations, drive deals with AI-powered insights, and nurture customer relationships. With built-in email, phone, chat, and telephony, Freshsales gives sales teams more time for selling by automating the sales process. It includes Freddy AI, salespeople can get insights into the best deals to go after and what actions to take and predict…

    $11

    per month per user

    Pricing
    Desk.com (discontinued)Freshsales
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    Growth
    $11
    per month per user
    Pro
    $47
    per month per user
    Enterprise
    $71
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Desk.com (discontinued)Freshsales
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—A discount is offered for annual billing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Desk.com (discontinued)Freshsales
    Considered Both Products
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    78%
    Would buy again
    14 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    15 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    85%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    11 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    87%
    Implementation went as expected
    13 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    Desk.com (discontinued)Freshsales
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Freshsales
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Freshsales
    9.6
    54 Ratings
    20% above category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings10.054 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings8.752 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings10.041 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings10.046 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings10.053 Ratings
    Quote & order management00 Ratings8.72 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings9.353 Ratings
    Channel / partner relationship management00 Ratings10.039 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Freshsales
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Freshsales
    10.0
    51 Ratings
    26% above category average
    Lead management00 Ratings10.049 Ratings
    Email marketing00 Ratings10.050 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Freshsales
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Freshsales
    8.3
    52 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Task management00 Ratings8.749 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings8.051 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Freshsales
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Freshsales
    8.2
    53 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings8.045 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.753 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings8.047 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Freshsales
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Freshsales
    9.0
    51 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Custom fields00 Ratings8.751 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings8.341 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings10.038 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Freshsales
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Freshsales
    10.0
    47 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings10.040 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings10.047 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Desk.com (discontinued) and Freshsales
    Feature
    Desk.com (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Freshsales
    9.0
    47 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings9.047 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Desk.com (discontinued)Freshsales
    Small Businesses
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Salesflare
    Score10 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Kintone
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Oracle Sales
    Score8.9 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Desk.com (discontinued)Freshsales
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.2
    (38 ratings)
    10.0
    (54 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.4
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.3
    (19 ratings)
    10.0
    (9 ratings)
    Availability
    1.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.2
    (21 ratings)
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Desk.com (discontinued)Freshsales
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Once I had to search the logs to find cases and data on a particular keyword, but I was not able to do so as there was no search tool available, nor was there a sort or filter tool. I was totally frustrated as I had to skim through the data to complete my task manually.
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    Freshworks Inc
    Generally speaking for small to mid sized team I really cannot recommend it enough. It has an excellent feature set, good amount of integrations, fairly customisable and backed by solid support. And the pricing is very competitive too. I feel like if your team is larger than that, you might want to look at other alternatives but for teams that size, its really perfect.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Desk.com automatically tracks analytics on all cases coming in and going out.
    • Desk.com helps prevent multiple people from working on the same case. However, it does allow us to assign the case to someone else if we feel that person is more qualified to address the case.
    • Desk.com has very few bugs or server issues that we've seen. This helps prevent any delays in communicating with our customers.
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    Freshworks Inc
    • It helps you automate your onboarding process for new leads.
    • It has lots of integrations with other apps, so you can interact with other things like calendars and calls.
    • It's pretty easy to set sequences so the platform automatically follows up with people for you. This is not only helpful for your sales pipeline, but also for client communication when working on a project that requires their input.
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    Cons
    Discontinued Products
    • Internal knowledge tools are clunky and annoying to access, outside the regular workflow of everyday staff
    • Arbitrary and confusing limitations in business rules and custom fields
    • Arbitrary and confusing limitations in case handling - for example, if you begin a case as a phone call you CANNOT email the customer from the case. As though no one working at Desk has ever sent a follow-up email...?
    • Not very good for B2B, mid-to-large businesses. Difficult to set business rules based on company information (for example, service level/tier) and nearly impossible to track key stakeholders and get clear insight into the relationship at a high level
    • Reporting tools are clunky, slow, and just all-around pretty useless
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    Freshworks Inc
    • Leads and Contacts do not seem to be adequately defined.
    • Reporting is not as robust as we would like it to be
    • Integration with FreshDesk is one way - we can see information from FreshDesk to FreshSales but not vice versa
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Discontinued Products
    We will be very likely to renew our contract with Desk.com. It is easy to use, and provides us with everything we need to keep our customers and employees happy. They have also been very helpful in catering the application to our specific and unique needs, including working across brands and adding specific content for our products
    Incentivized
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    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Discontinued Products
    Desk.com and Salesforce Service Cloud's usability is seamless to get up and running, administer, and scale across the organization. It allows us to get up and running in days rather than weeks and has transformed our customer support teams globally into efficient, world-class teams. The best practices that the Salesforce and Desk.com teams provide are also very valuable, as we have the right case studies and tips to implement right away in our organization.
    Incentivized
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    Freshworks Inc
    I would give Freshworks CRM's overall usability a 7 out of 10. Although the software has improved since we first obtained it, it still could use improvements to make functionality more intuitive and easier for the average user. It is not that challenging but there is definitely a learning curve
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Discontinued Products
    We've never had a problem with Desk.com's availability.
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    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Discontinued Products
    Fast, responsive, gorgeous, and fun. It's always run like a thoroughbred for me.
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    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Discontinued Products
    Their support leaves much to be desired. They do not respond quickly and do not follow up with feature requests. There is also a lack of on-demand or live training available for the teams to use as they learn a new tool. Because there is so much customization, a lot of questions do come up regularly.
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    Freshworks Inc
    When you initially log in to Freshworks, you get snippets to guide you on how to set up. You have a chat option on every page so you can reach out to the support agent and get your issues resolved in real time. The agents are fast, responsive, and experienced in handling even a person who introduced CRM to the world...
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    Implementation Rating
    Discontinued Products
    As I stated earlier, implementation of Desk.com went more smoothly than most. The resources in the "Support Center" are fantastic, and I never ran into anything that left me stumped, angry, or disappointed.
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    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    Overall, it performs a lot better than all three combined, with a lot fewer glitches and a lot more user-friendly and user experience efficiency. Any new link that needs to be done, takes a lot less time to execute on desk compared to the three others. Simply advanced when it comes to execution this platform is.
    Incentivized
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    Freshworks Inc
    We selected FreshSales because we needed something cheaper and more user-friendly than Salesforce, but we're now in the process of switching to HubSpot because it gives you the best of both worlds - ease of use + scale and reliability
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    Return on Investment
    Discontinued Products
    • Better customer service and employee efficiency when dealing with cases
    • It's so universal, meaning that everyone can use it and it's easy to understand.
    • The only negative impact is that our IT department who is assigned tickets has responded to customers instead of to the local reps and we have to ensure they know to change the email if it's assigned to them.
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    Freshworks Inc
    • Increased visibility of open deals, as well as encouraging 'clean' data
    • Faster data updating (if Freshsales is used as our sole source of data)
    • Some follow-ups are missed, as sales staff forget to create new tasks after each follow up, depending on if the call was answered or not (for example)
    Incentivized
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