Freshchat vs. IBM watsonx Orchestrate

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Freshchat
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
A 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
IBM watsonx Orchestrate
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
IBM® watsonx™ Orchestrate® leverages AI to automate complex workflows. The solution helps build, deploy, and manage AI assistants and agents. It offers a catalogue of pre-built agents and tools, low-code agent builder, multi-agent collaboration capabilities, and integrations with enterprise apps.
$530
per month
Pricing
FreshchatIBM watsonx Orchestrate
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
Essential
$500
per month per subscription
Essentials
$500
per month Per subscription
Standard
Enterprise
Standard
Enterprise
per month Per subscription
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FreshchatIBM watsonx Orchestrate
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional DetailsIBM watsonx Orchestrate can be deployed and run on IBM Cloud, AWS, or on-premises. Prices shown are indicative, may vary by country, exclude any applicable taxes and duties, and are subject to product offering availability in a locale.
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Community Pulse
FreshchatIBM watsonx Orchestrate
Considered Both Products
Freshchat

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IBM watsonx Orchestrate
Chose IBM watsonx Orchestrate
IBM Watson Assistant is much more complex than all the other products mentioned as it uses AI and NLP from the beginning of the conversation which therefore translates into a better customer experience whereas the others are easier to set up and deploy in the beginning.
Features
FreshchatIBM watsonx Orchestrate
Chat Analytics and Reports
Comparison of Chat Analytics and Reports features of Product A and Product B
Freshchat
7.3
18 Ratings
17% below category average
IBM watsonx Orchestrate
-
Ratings
Chat history and transcripts7.818 Ratings00 Ratings
Chat reporting7.118 Ratings00 Ratings
Chat and web analytics7.115 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
FreshchatIBM watsonx Orchestrate
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(42 ratings)
7.3
(119 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.2
(4 ratings)
8.4
(4 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(18 ratings)
7.4
(78 ratings)
Availability
7.3
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Performance
7.3
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
6.1
(3 ratings)
9.1
(9 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.3
(2 ratings)
9.1
(2 ratings)
Configurability
4.5
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
4.5
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
4.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
4.5
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.2
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.2
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
FreshchatIBM watsonx Orchestrate
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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IBM
In our case, it is well-suited for workday integration, which allows us to automate the entire workflow. However, we are still working on the O9 platform integration, which we feel is less appropriate, and integrating the workflow into the platform.
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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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IBM
  • New and improved natural language processing yielding better results helps the assistants understand the intention behind the query.
  • Preserves context of communication, allowing the customers to establish inquiries on the website and continue on the mobile app without having extra informational input.
  • Intelligent conversations mean that complex paths that are branched based on the user's inputs allow for a much more natural flow of the conversation than fixed scripts.
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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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IBM
  • I think that it needs to be able to integrate better with the knowledge catalogs. It currently provides a default database, which isn't quite large enough for enterprise use. We can connect that then to an external source, but it'd be nice if we could able just to instantiate one straight away.
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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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IBM
Currently we are using to develop chatbots based on client provided flow what kind chatbot required for client either button or free text chatbots. we will decided accordingly flow and develop chatbot using IBM Watson. We will integrated custom components if required which is not present in library. Action flow and dialog flow we are currently in chatbot.
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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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IBM
With the growing use of AI and chatbots, it's very easy to use, and the conversational language makes it easier than keyword searches in a document. The contextual language processing is impressive. It's easy to integrate into our internal portal. The use of this tool would depend on each company's security and data sensitivity.
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Reliability and Availability
Freshworks Inc
Freshchat has always been available when I needed to use it.
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IBM
No answers on this topic
Performance
Freshworks Inc
Freshchat always loads quickly and communication is quickly sent and received.
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IBM
To develop chatbots based on client provided flow what kind chatbot required for client either button or free text chatbots. we will decided accordingly flow and develop chatbot using IBM Watson. We will integrated custom components if required which is not present in library. IBM Watson library anyone can easily learn and develop chatbots.
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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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IBM
We've rarely had to engage support, but they've always been prompt in responding and very attentive. Support experiences have been extremely positive (but we're mostly happy that we just don't have any cause to routinely need support in the first place!).
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Online Training
Freshworks Inc
No answers on this topic
IBM
Excellent course material.
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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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IBM
Overall the implementation was simple.
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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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IBM
Make has more community of workflows to follow that have been redeveloped and are available for download. Selecting WxO is based on our trust level with IBM and the propositions of the Granite model being less biased, more business trained, and the ecosystem allowing for expansion with Assistant and Discovery.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Freshworks Inc
Did not help with the purchase
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IBM
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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IBM
From past 3+ years I am using IBM Watson in our current project easily can implement and manage and monitor user how their using. Is there and update also just update dialog is just enough to change no need to touch any other templates. Multiple language will support, and action and dialog speak recognize chatbot we can create as per client requirement. Overall, as of now good experience with IBM Watson.
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Professional Services
Freshworks Inc
Did not use
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IBM
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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IBM
  • By automating tasks that would otherwise require human intervention, organizations may achieve cost savings in terms of labor, especially for handling large volumes of routine inquiries.
  • Virtual assistants can handle a large number of simultaneous interactions, making them scalable to accommodate growing customer bases and increasing workloads without a linear increase in staffing.
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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

IBM watsonx Orchestrate Screenshots

Screenshot of IBM® watsonx Orchestrate® homepage UI when you enter into the product.Screenshot of Catalog of AI agents and tools in different domains from multiple partnersScreenshot of Creating agents - from scratch or using a pre-built templateScreenshot of Multi Agent Collaboration - Employee Support Manager AgentScreenshot of IT domain agents from IBM and other partnersScreenshot of Integrations from multiple common applications