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    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.…

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    Pricing
    Dropbox DocSendFreshdesk
    Editions & Modules
    Personal
    $10
    per month per user
    Standard
    $45
    per month per user
    Advanced
    $150
    per month
    Advanced Data Rooms
    $180
    per month
    Growth
    $18
    per month per agent
    Pro
    $59
    per month per agent
    Enterprise
    $95
    per month per agent
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Dropbox DocSendFreshdesk
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Dropbox DocSendFreshdesk
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    Dropbox
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    Freshworks Inc
    Chose Freshdesk
    Far more straightforward than Salesforce which has too many features and modules and is very hard to navigate, making it too complicated for our organization. Similarly for Zoho, but not nearly as bad as Salesforce. Zendesk, for us, is quite similar to Freshdesk. The key reason …
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    213 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    92%
    Delivers good value for the price
    12 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    207 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    13 Answers
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    213 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    147 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
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    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 Dropbox DocSend and Freshdesk
    Feature
    Dropbox DocSend
    -
    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 Dropbox DocSend 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
    Dropbox DocSendFreshdesk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (23 ratings)
    8.6
    (277 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (42 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (6 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.4
    (41 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (207 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.5
    (7 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.9
    (6 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    6.8
    (6 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.7
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (5 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
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    7.7
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    User Testimonials
    Dropbox DocSendFreshdesk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Dropbox
    DocSend works really great if you want to send out a doc to a prospect and want to track when they open it and what content they view. The reporting on this works really well and I've been happy with this functionality. Where it falls short is when you're trying to use it for a live demo utilizing the join.me integration. There are a lot of issues when you try to switch your screen and it only works 2/3s the time. I'd prefer an all-in-one solution instead of this Frankenstein model.
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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
    Dropbox
    • Additional information from users who have already downloaded the files or material.
    • Additional information if the download link(s) have been resent.
    • Password encryption if necessary.
    • Email verification for third-party download via email.
    • Add-ons with other platforms and applications, such as Outlook and Gmail.
    • Seal of documents by electronic signature
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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
    Dropbox
    • DocSend has a newer feature called Spaces, it lets you place multiple files into a single "deal room". Unfortunately for us, we need it to support nested file structures for larger content sets. Their support team says this is on the way.
    • I'd like to be able to change the icons for links add to Space, currently, they're a default icon.
    • Navigating the UI is just a bit laborious, it feels like it should be easier to get to link creation since that is what you're doing 90% of the time you go to the site.
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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
    Dropbox
    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
    Dropbox
    The platform and UI are great. never faced any problems.
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    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
    Dropbox
    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
    Dropbox
    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
    Dropbox
    I haven’t used the support as our internal teams do a great job of fixing and supporting our DocSend use.
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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
    Dropbox
    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
    Dropbox
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    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
    Dropbox
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    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
    Dropbox
    DocSend is more convenient than DocuSign if you are already using Dropbox, otherwise a lot of these solutions come down to pricing and preference on user interface. For us, DocSend was great until our needs changed to needing a more sophisticated contract management tool. With further integrations and API accesses in the future, I think it will be easier to have all systems communicating and working together .
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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
    Dropbox
    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
    Dropbox
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    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
    Dropbox
    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
    Dropbox
    • For about $100 you can optimize all
    • Of your pipelines that rely on decks or documents - worth it!
    • The time you’d spend having to send each link to individual clients without tracking is well worth the $100 on the product
    • We’ve been able to close our fundraising round and increase partnerships by utilizing DocSend - would recommend!
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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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    ScreenShots

    Dropbox DocSend Screenshots

    Screenshot of the granular permissions that give control of what content visitors can access.Screenshot of document analytics that provide insights on the links that have been forwarded to someone that hasn't been engaged with yet. Page-by-page analytics for each viewer of a document reveal any unique interests.Screenshot of the dashboard to manage sensitive documents securely and get real-time deal insights on deals from start to finish with advanced data rooms.