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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Freshchat

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/AA solution to engage customers with smarter conversations on any channel, designed so support, marketing, sales, and even bots to have conversations at scale with customers.

    $0

    per month free for up to 10 agents

    Gorgias

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AGorgias is a Conversational AI platform for ecommerce used to drive sales and resolves support inquiries. Built for Shopify but featuring integrations for WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Magento, and PrestaShop.

    $60

    per month Up to 350 mothly tickets

    Pricing
    FreshchatGorgias
    Editions & Modules
    Growth
    $19
    per month (billed annually) per agent
    Pro
    $49
    per month (billed annually) per agent
    Enterprise
    $79
    per month (billed annually) per agent
    Starter
    $10
    per month 50 monthly tickets
    Basic
    $50
    per month 300 monthly tickets
    Pro
    $300
    per month 2,000 monthly tickets
    Advanced
    $750
    per month 5,000 monthly tickets
    Enterprise
    Custom Pricing
    Custom ticket volume
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FreshchatGorgias
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Discount available for annual billing. Additional cost for automated ticket handling.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    FreshchatGorgias
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
    No answer on this topic
    Gorgias
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    36 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    33 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    36 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    35 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    FreshchatGorgias
    Chat Analytics and Reports
    Comparison of Chat Analytics and Reports features of Freshchat and Gorgias
    Feature
    Freshchat
    7.4
    18 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Gorgias
    -
    Ratings
    Chat history and transcripts7.918 Ratings00 Ratings
    Chat reporting7.218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Chat and web analytics7.215 Ratings00 Ratings
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Freshchat and Gorgias
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Gorgias
    8.4
    4 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.44 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings7.34 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings9.43 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Freshchat and Gorgias
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Gorgias
    7.6
    4 Ratings
    5% below category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings7.64 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings7.64 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Freshchat and Gorgias
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Gorgias
    8.8
    4 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings8.44 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings8.84 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings8.73 Ratings
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    FreshchatGorgias
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    Olark
    Score10 out of 10
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho SalesIQ
    Score9.7 out of 10
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Genesys DX (discontinued)
    Score10 out of 10
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FreshchatGorgias
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (42 ratings)
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (18 ratings)
    8.4
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.3
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FreshchatGorgias
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Freshworks Inc
    It is best suited for having 24-hour support, where customers can interact easily, even using their phones, to raise concerns or inquire about information. This makes it easier than going through the documents portal as a source of knowledge or sending emails for worries. However, it can be less appropriate for scenarios when you need more formal communication, like emails, and when proper documentation is necessary.
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    Gorgias
    Gorgias is one of the easiest platforms I've used, as it was easy to navigate. You can customize your views so you can easily track them. The shared views are also specific and convenient. The search button is also one thing I like, as it easily shows what you're looking for with just keywords, email addresses, or any information.
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    Pros
    Freshworks Inc
    • Real time customer support. During busy times all our available agents can jump on and handle large volume of customer interactions.
    • Automations and canned response features. With automation we can greet our customers the moment a chat gets assigned to an agent letting customers know they are being attended to similarly canned response helps us use templates for generic and commonly asked questions.
    • Dashboards and analytics. Freshchat's ability to build customized dashboards and analyze performance in a granular level helps us monitor workload and manage performance effectively.
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    Gorgias
    • Tagging- the tagging system was a great way to stay organized.
    • Rules- when you have 49 inboxes implementing rules on when to fire a macro or auto tag is necessary and Gorgias’ UI was easy to understand and execute.
    • Integrations- I had to integrate with dozens of inboxes many times using aliases and most of the time Gorgias was able to help.
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    Cons
    Freshworks Inc
    • Freshchat is one of the best platforms, but still there are certain areas that require further improvement in order for the platform to become flawless.
    • I feel that the automated system in Freshchat is comparatively slow and due to this, it does not respond well according to all the requirements.
    • There are certain features in Freshchat which are not available for everyone and they can only be accessed by those who are paying the highest pricing tier.
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    Gorgias
    • Rules are powerful, but clunky, showing them to others can put them off as it looks "easy to break" because of their messy nature.
    • Pricing seems to be increasing due to the inclusion of more advanced AI that currently does not provide value.
    • Macros could really use contextual support, or a hotkey system to make it easier to pick highly used ones that aren't in the top 3.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshchat has met all our expectations and more. It has allowed our team to be more efficient with their time, field questions quickly, and escalate issues up the chain. We highly recommend freshchat as the perfect addition to anyone already using freshdesk or simply looking for a good solution for in app messaging.
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    Gorgias
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Freshworks Inc
    I give it an 8 due to its usability. Yes, I had a few issues to begin with and needed some assistance from Freshchat agents, but considering this is something that is completely new to me, to set up what feels like a professional chat handling system complete with autobot within a day is really saying something I feel.
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    Gorgias
    Gorgias is still by far most the most complete customer service tool to handle multiple responses and channels at a single umbrella without the needs of opening multiple tabs and sometimes will even make us missed some messages what supposed to be taken care of at a timely manner
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    Reliability and Availability
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshchat has always been available when I needed to use it.
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    Gorgias
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshchat always loads quickly and communication is quickly sent and received.
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    Gorgias
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    The experience we had in past for lets say 4-5 months with the support team and our TAM was really helpful. The changes in the bot flow has helped our bot to ensure we connect with customer easily.
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    Gorgias
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    I hope to show new users data because this can save a lot of time
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    Gorgias
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Freshworks Inc
    Messaging across mediums - Freshchat integrates with majority of mainstream instant messaging apps. Like Facebook messenger, Telegram and WhatsApp . This makes it convenient for us to have a presence on the above-mentioned platforms and respond to messages from these platforms from a single Freshchat dashboard.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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    Gorgias
    We selected Gorgias from Zendesk based on its Shopify integration. Given how many stores we were managing the team needed to quickly find all of a customer's information in an email. We preferred it to Zendesk. However, now that I use intercom I have many more features such as surveys, topics, extensive reporting, auto tags, and series I prefer intercom for my work now
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Freshworks Inc
    Did not help with the purchase
    Incentivized
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    Gorgias
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Freshworks Inc
    We only implemented the product in 1 way so I cant speak to this.
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    Gorgias
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Freshworks Inc
    Did not use
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    Gorgias
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Freshworks Inc
    • From the positive effect of working on it, it helps employees to speed up their thinking and writing.
    • One of the positive effects of our clients is that their problems are solved easily and quickly.
    • Each employee knows how many of his chats have been resolved.
    • There is no negative effect in general.
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    Gorgias
    • Drastically reduced our response time from 2 business days, to 2 hours on average.
    • Made it easier to sync data for damaged item, allowing us to better understand damages.
    • Allowed us to easily see that statistics of what kind of issues we are seeing from our customers.
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    ScreenShots

    Freshchat Screenshots

    Screenshot of Channel Freedom: The interface to engage customers on the channel of their choiceScreenshot of Unified Agent Workspace: Equips agents to deliver personalization at scaleScreenshot of Admin and Analytics: These drive informed decisions to help business scale