Freshworks Customer Service Suite vs. Gist

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Freshworks Customer Service Suite
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Freshworks Customer Service Suite is an AI-powered, comprehensive solution for offering customers seamless experiences today and in the future.
$29
per month per user
Gist
Score 9.6 out of 10
N/A
Gist is a unified marketing, sales, and support platform. It includes live chat, a help desk, knowledge base, email marketing, marketing automation, opt-in forms, and more.
$29
per month
Pricing
Freshworks Customer Service SuiteGist
Editions & Modules
Growth
$29
per month (billed annually) per agent
Pro
$69
per month (billed annually) per agent
Enterprise
$109
per month (billed annually) per agent
Professional
$29.00
per month
Premium
$99.00
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Freshworks Customer Service SuiteGist
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Freshworks Customer Service SuiteGist
Considered Both Products
Freshworks Customer Service Suite

No answer on this topic

Gist
Chose Gist
Gist is better because easy of use and pricing. Hands down. It has an unbeatable cost-benefit ratio. Customer service has been with us since we started using it. That's great. For us, shortcomings such as no CRM are manageable. We like its front end appearance and customization …
Chose Gist
There are lots of alternatives in the market but I choose Gist due to its pocket-friendly cost and amazing team.
Chose Gist
To begin with, the attitude in all these well-established brands is absolutely horrendous as they think they run the world. Gist is so friendly and every time I have spoken to anyone of them they all take it personally and help you to the end. I have even been helped many times …
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Top Cons

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Features
Freshworks Customer Service SuiteGist
Chat Analytics and Reports
Comparison of Chat Analytics and Reports features of Product A and Product B
Freshworks Customer Service Suite
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Ratings
Gist
8.6
2 Ratings
3% above category average
Chat history and transcripts00 Ratings8.62 Ratings
Chat reporting00 Ratings8.62 Ratings
Chat and web analytics00 Ratings8.62 Ratings
Best Alternatives
Freshworks Customer Service SuiteGist
Small Businesses
Gist
Gist
Score 9.6 out of 10
Olark
Olark
Score 9.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
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Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Freshworks Customer Service SuiteGist
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(24 ratings)
9.6
(112 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.5
(2 ratings)
8.2
(2 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
6.7
(4 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.6
(9 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Freshworks Customer Service SuiteGist
Likelihood to Recommend
Freshworks Inc
its good app Freshdesk Messaging help me to contact the customer and contact the customer to inform my problem to solve it and is a good app and help full app and its easy to use uncomplicated and Freshdesk Helps me provide good quality to the customer and make customer feedback good for a company
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Gist
If your marketing model is selling products, services, or SAAS where you are doing inbound marketing and your website will do most of the lead generation and conversion, this is a great product. From live chat, support, event tracking, and automation, you could almost put your entire business on autopilot. If your marketing model is mostly outreach to cold leads and conversion, this software currently does not have any type of sales stages or task generation. I would still use Gist for website inbound but use another software for outreach and cold leads then when they become a lead put them into Gist for marketing automation.
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Pros
Freshworks Inc
  • Freshchat has been offering best-in-class chatbots that primarily focus on intent and engagement.
  • It is quite proactive and has rich media campaigns to segment and target audiences.
  • Freshchat is also one of my favorite software because it offers seamless integration with apps.
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Gist
  • Customer service via a unified inbox so you dont have to separately monitor your twitter, Facebook or IG account for consumer communication there. Gist unified all into one inbox, better than anyone else I've seen in the market. They archive all communications and tie them back to a single user so you get unified customer history / data.
  • Marketing segmentation and automation: they track user history and behavior across the site and have super detailed segmenting capability, on par with ActiveCampaign's, but better I'd say. Better UI for the marketing admin person, and more unified data than in AC.
  • Live chat and chatbot. Usually it's either one or the other but with Gist you can do both seamlessly.
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Cons
Freshworks Inc
  • Bot communications used to take time to appear, but this was fixed recently and we are now more than satisfied to use it.
  • The initial process of setting up a Freshchat account is a long one.
  • The billing is per member/month which can get expensive fast.
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Gist
  • Plan limits can be confusing. For example, there is a monthly charge for support and a monthly charge for "growth," plus there's a separate charge depending on how many contacts and seats you have. Perhaps this is normal in the industry, but it can make it a little challenging to understand the bill every month.
  • The vast amount of features means development will never be as fast as you'd like it to be (even though they release updates all the time). This may not actually be a valid concern, and it certainly isn't unique to Gist (who doesn't have a wishlist they're waiting on their favorite SaaS to get to?), but I do believe the likelihood of being stuck without your desired feature being developed goes up a lot as the product gets bigger and bigger.
  • Email deliverability has been less than perfect in the past, but it has improved drastically in the last year.
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Likelihood to Renew
Freshworks Inc
Because all my work is based on fresh disk
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Gist
Gist is a quite reliable service with a lot of added values. We don't need to pay for different Saas for these important features. If I had an issue the team was super responsive and helpful, that is essential for every business. The email delivery is great, so virtually no email has landed into spam folder
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Usability
Freshworks Inc
I think this is the best evaluation in my opinion
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Gist
It’s pretty simple, but it does a lot so there are more complicated features which depend on an individuals ability for software implementation. I am not an IT expert and I’ve managed to implement everything myself, others that are more tech-minded may find everything easier.
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Support Rating
Freshworks Inc
I think this is the right assessment in my opinion
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Gist
Fantastic support. Ask a question, get an answer within 24 hours every time. And sometimes within a few minutes. They've always come through for me, helpful and, even when it's an issue on my end, they point me in the right direction.
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Implementation Rating
Freshworks Inc
I hope to show new users data because this can save a lot of time
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Gist
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Freshworks Inc
I have not used other messaging apps like Freshchat messaging. I did look at other options when evaluating if I would use Freshchat and it was apparent that Freshchat was the most cost-effective option with the highest potential for customization and the most features that would assist our customer service team the best.
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Gist
Gist combines all our previous products into one application and adds many more features that would require more apps. Gist is excellent and a no-brainer all-in-one application when compared to having to manage multiple applications at higher cost. The support from the whole Gist team has been extremely responsive.
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Return on Investment
Freshworks Inc
  • Freshchat makes it convenient for me to have a presence on Social Media Platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp and Telegram and respond to messages from these platforms from a single Freshchat dashboard.
  • Freshchat is a very reliable platform.
  • The platform has helped me in addressing the business problem of relying on poor modes of communication that delay the execution and resolving issues plaguing with our customers.
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Gist
  • They are perfect for me as a someone who needs a lot of bang for the buck. The chat messenger device on my website alone has brought me new prospects that I did not have to spend money recruiting.
  • I am able to save hours of time with the automated emails that are GDPR compliant.
  • I don't have to pay for a designer to have excellent looking emails either.
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ScreenShots

Freshworks Customer Service Suite Screenshots

Screenshot of Advanced AnalyticsScreenshot of Team InboxScreenshot of Customer Communication ManagementScreenshot of Conversational AI

Gist Screenshots

Screenshot of Live ChatScreenshot of Email MarketingScreenshot of Marketing Automation WorkflowsScreenshot of Knowledge BaseScreenshot of Meetings