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    Free Trial
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    It had a good set of features and tight integration with other Zoho apps, but the UI felt less modern, and some customizations were a bit clunky. That said, Zoho Desk is still a great option, especially for teams already deep into the Zoho ecosystem or those looking for a …
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    We set up test instances of Zendesk, Zoho Desk, UVdesk, Freshdesk and trakdesk and asked our agents to evaluate the products themselves. It was very clear to all that Freshdesk was the more user-friendly, easy-to-set-up and more innovative solution. In the meantime we are very …
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    Chose Freshdesk
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    I use Freshdesk over other similar products I've tested because the price difference and ease of use for the end user seem to me to be the most suitable for achieving a better return on investment within my company. I also found the various AI-powered automation tools to be …
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    We felt that Freshdesk offered better value in terms of pricing and offered a matching feature set. It was also highly recommended by a member of a team that had used Freshdesk in their previous organisation. Lastly the fact that it could integrate into Hubspot (that we use as …
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    Chose Freshdesk
    We chose Freshdesk for the variety of capabilities and easy-to-use features. Jobber lacked the analytics, history, sales features, and easy-to-use options needed to grow our business. Zendesk was not user-friendly and many of the "integrations" could only be connected by people …
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    Chose Freshdesk
    We used to use Spiceworks but it was extremely clunky and not very customisable at the time. When we started looking at other options we ended up focusing on Freshdesk, Zendesk and Zoho as they seemed like the best out of all the ones we found. We eventually went with Freshdesk …
    Incentivized
    Chose Freshdesk
    We are currently looking to move to other services due to the prohibitive nature of Freshdesk's licenses & the overall cost associated with it. So far, we have looked at Zoho,which currently provides similar services for a lower price.
    Incentivized
    Chose Freshdesk
    Freshdesk offers a free trial of 21 days and the onboarding is a very smooth process. It is comparatively cheaper than its competitors and the UX is far more simple than the other products in the market. Also, the customer support that we get post the purchase is brilliant and …
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    Chose Freshdesk
    Kustomer is great, however, is missing the mark when it comes to managing multiple service lines/unique stores under one account. Freshdesk's ability to do exactly this makes them a superior product.
    Incentivized
    Chose Freshdesk
    For our use case, Freshdesk was the best option. In particular, the ability to create unlimited automation is what pushed us over the line. On top of that, the Freshdesk UI is far easier to navigate and is more responsive with lower latency.
    Incentivized
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    The other products in this genre has also amazing offerings and their quality is great, though we have chosen Freshdesk because of the following differentiators -
    • Excellent onboarding, Ease of learning and Very intuitive UX
    • Module-wise pricing and integrations between different …
    Incentivized
    Chose Freshdesk
    Being an early adopter, we were able to fully test the product and could see its potential. We were at first looking for greater value and focus on smaller tech. We found that with Freshdesk and have been able to embed its use right through all the channels of our company as we …
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    Freshdesk is the best overall help desk software that facilitates stronger teamwork between various departments for quicker resolution of issues from different channels and at the same time offering state-of-the-art information security by setting up single sign on script for …
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    I feel that they can go head to head with Zendesk, which is considered to be the most popular and well known help desk software.
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    Chose Freshdesk
    Freskdesk is the best support system, solving problems, helps connecting and bonding with the customers and gaining their trust. It collects all the tickets and queries of customers across multiple channels on a single platform makes life easier for a company. You can label …
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    Zoho [Desk] has much more quality of the information we required for our business than Freshdesk.
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    85%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
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    Features
    Five9FreshdeskZoho Desk
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Five9 and Freshdesk and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Five9
    7.9
    20 Ratings
    7% below category average
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Agent dashboard6.819 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Validate callers8.017 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Outbound response7.717 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call forwarding7.715 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)8.515 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Warm transfer8.218 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Predictive dialing8.515 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Interactive voice response7.715 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    REST APIs8.514 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call scripts7.615 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call tracking8.919 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multichannel integration7.118 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    CRM software integration7.618 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Five9 and Freshdesk and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Five9
    8.0
    28 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    Zoho Desk
    -
    Ratings
    Inbound call routing9.017 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Omnichannel inbound routing8.315 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Recording9.018 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Quality management7.927 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call analytics7.417 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Historical reporting7.719 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Live reporting7.918 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics7.215 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Five9 and Freshdesk and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Five9
    -
    Ratings
    Freshdesk
    8.6
    210 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    8.5
    5 Ratings
    4% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.3206 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings7.9140 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings7.812 Ratings7.14 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings8.115 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.0207 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings9.1207 Ratings8.95 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Five9 and Freshdesk and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Five9
    -
    Ratings
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    8.0
    185 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Zoho Desk
    9.8
    5 Ratings
    20% above category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings8.0169 Ratings9.85 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.0173 Ratings9.85 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Five9 and Freshdesk and Zoho Desk
    Feature
    Five9
    -
    Ratings
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    8.3
    197 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Zoho Desk
    6.6
    5 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings8.2169 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings8.563 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings8.2105 Ratings6.83 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings8.6197 Ratings6.15 Ratings
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    User Ratings
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
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    8.7
    (277 ratings)
    8.8
    (23 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (25 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.7
    (8 ratings)
    9.0
    (42 ratings)
    8.0
    (12 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.5
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.6
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.0
    (9 ratings)
    8.4
    (41 ratings)
    8.8
    (11 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (207 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.5
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.9
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    6.8
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
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    Likelihood to Recommend
    Five9
    We use Five9 as a tool to make and receive calls from various departments such as Customer Service, Underwriting, Claims, and others. It's a tool that has helped us complete various tasks to contact our customers. It has also allowed us to replace Zoom Phone, as it makes it easier to assign new contact numbers to agents, while Zoom Phone only allows reusing numbers. It's a good tool with an easy-to-use interface for new users.
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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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    Zoho
    Zoho Desk is a great customer service tool. It is very easy to track the ability to receive tickets and send responses in Zoho Desk. There are lots of options for customization. The knowledge base feature is very extensive and powerful. It makes creating internal and external FAQs easy.
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    Pros
    Five9
    • Inbound and outbound calls it process is so well.
    • The service is so good and they give very efficient support in customer need.
    • The calls we can do in Five9 include incoming, outgoing, voicemails and we can also send a note to a specific person. It's a very reliable mode of communication.
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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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    Zoho
    • It provides a simple widget code with a few clicks once you decide to integrate it with your website or application.
    • There is a very user friendly dedicated mobile application for Zoho Desk for Android and IOS devices.
    • You can easily track all of your tickets and agents from the dashboard interface.
    • You can insert tags with each ticket to group them into specific categories for analysis and troubleshooting.
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    Cons
    Five9
    • Text. Texting is incredibly difficult on Five9. We've had issues with only some texts logging to Salesforce, issues with threading of text conversations, and issues with having Salesforce contact information appear on the text widget (knowing who you are texting, not just their phone number).
    • The interface to "pause" is challenging. There are not good reminders to our reps to remember to pause or log out of Five9. If you forget to log out, this can affect stats about who worked the longest hours that day - and it's hard to know who actually was active on the phones.
    • Inbound voicemails are too-easily hidden. It's challenging for a lot of our reps to remember to check their inbound voicemails because it is hard to access them in the Five9 widget.
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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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    Zoho
    • The biggest drawback that I am facing while using the platform is that their ticketing system is not that great [in my opinion]. It does not give us the option to add sales tax and other charges in the invoices which leads to a big problem for us.
    • [I feel] its customer support needs improvement.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Five9
    Robust product, great reliability and support.
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    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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    Zoho
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    Usability
    Five9
    overall usability is very great. User friendly interface for agents within the Salesforce with the engage button. Easy to go offline and online. Very good Integrations with Salesforce helps lot of clients that implemented Salesforce. As it is cloud based, agents can access it from anywhere. While the agent experience is goof, as a technical person it is hard to manage with the Five9 VCC and also the reporting User Interface is bad and slow when there are large amount of records.
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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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    Zoho
    I give [Zoho Desk] [an] overall usability score of 9. This is partly due to the search functionality needs improvement. There are several times where I am left unable to find a ticket and have to generate a new one. I am hoping in the future that they will make some changes!
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    Reliability and Availability
    Five9
    We have had minimal downtime due to system outages since it was implemented.
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    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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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Five9
    The system's performance is great. Page loads quickly. Reports are generated quickly and sent to our email or FTP. The integration did not impact the performance of our other applications. We have not seen any drop in the performance of either applications since we performed the integration.
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    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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    Zoho
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    Support Rating
    Five9
    Five9's Customer Support team is also based in Manila Philippines, thus turnaround email response times for our reported issues are great for our requirements. Their CS agents also facilitate mobile calls to followup on outstanding issues and operate on a 24/7 schedule. We've also had experience working with the senior tech agents to investigate recurring issues to completion.
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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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    Zoho
    As Zoho Support is based in a different timezone to ours it can be an issue that we cannot get an immediate response to an issue. But I will say that once their Support is in the office they are fairly good to respond. they have resolved almost all issues I have told them about, but Zoho have also made system changes and not communicated these beforehand which means we are faced with something new and cannot get support on this until their support team is in the office
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    In-Person Training
    Five9
    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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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Five9
    I took the certification course for administrator and also received some tips while working with the developer during implementation. The UI was very intuitive, so I was able to figure out how things worked when I configured the users, skills, campaigns, IVR scripts. I worked with the Five9 AI team to beta test Agent Assist.
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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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    Zoho
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    Implementation Rating
    Five9
    The implementation team that was assigned to us was great. The project manager was very helpful and managed the timeline very efficiently. The developer was very helpful and provided insights while helping us configure the system.
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    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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    Zoho
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    Alternatives Considered
    Five9
    Initially selected Five9 but have since switched to RingCentral which has given us what we needed. Better CRM integration, simpler and in my opinion more robust reporting capabilities and the same omnichannel solution at a fraction of the cost
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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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    Zoho
    We selected Zoho Desk as we needed a platform that was going to allow the business to grow through both usage and staffing numbers. We wanted something cost-effective but still offered standard features in an effective cloud-delivered solution but would still allow customization by our internal dev team, to derive better value from the service where it natively didn't do what we needed it to. FreeAgent was okay for a while, but Zoho Desk has allowed a vast improvement in our service offering to end customers.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Five9
    We do annual renewals and it's concurrent licensing which is great.
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    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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    Zoho
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Five9
    It was very easy to add additional licenses. Once we placed the order, it was activated the following day. Since it's web-based, it's very quick to deploy across multiple sites.
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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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    Zoho
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    Professional Services
    Five9
    Five9 Professional Services team is very knowledgeable and efficient. I worked with them during implementation and during beta testing for Five9 Agent Assist and Ai Insights.
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    Freshworks Inc
    - good customer support
    - personal contact
    - usage limited to basic product features, individually designed solutions seem unlikely
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    Zoho
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    Return on Investment
    Five9
    • Cost savings: Five9 replaced a premise-based outbound dialer and a different virtual call center solution for inbound.
    • Cost savings: Five9's voice over IP is less expensive than the land lines we were using.
    • Cost savings: Five9 requires significantly less management than our previous solutions.
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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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    Zoho
    • Zoho Desk has created an organised sytem of support which alows me to help my customers more efficiently.
    • By saving resolutions as articles, Zoho Desk has provided a training resource for current customers and support staff as part of solving problems.
    • All new customers become part of a database of customers who continue to receive support and education from forums created by the articles and customer questions.
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    Zoho Desk Screenshots

    Screenshot of Log and monitor phone conversations, convert them into new tickets, or attach them to existing ones. Convert social media interactions and live chat into tickets at the click of a button.Screenshot of Bring a Help Center directly into a website to strengthen self-service. Chat with Zia, an AI-powered conversation assistant. Customers can chat with Zia right from a mobile app or website. Zia processes their questions and suggests appropriate solutions from the Knowledge Base.Screenshot of With advanced process automation, internal processes can be setup within the help desk, implement them automatically, and make sure that all processes are followed precisely.Screenshot of Instant responses for instant happiness. Respond to customers the minute they reach out with Zoho Desk's embeddable chat widget. Customers can get in touch with agents instantly, right from the Help Center, so agents can respond and help them find answers faster.Screenshot of Monitor a team's performance, customize and schedule reports. Custom dashboards can be created.Screenshot of Zia brings together predictions across anomalies, sentiment, trending ticket tags, and more into a common dashboard for decision-makers to consume. They can drill down further into the details from the same dashboard to investigate further.