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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

    IFS Applications

    Score7.6 out of 10
    N/AIFS Applications is presented by the vendor as an agile application suite that offers enterprise resource planning (ERP), enterprise asset management (EAM) and enterprise project management, handling 4 core processes: Service & Asset Management Full Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), Maintenance Repair and Overhaul (MRO) and Field Service Management (FSM) Manufacturing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) with support for process manufacturing, discrete manufacturing…N/A
    Pricing
    FreshchatIFS Applications
    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
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FreshchatIFS Applications
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    FreshchatIFS Applications
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
    No answer on this topic
    IFS
    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
    FreshchatIFS Applications
    Chat Analytics and Reports
    Comparison of Chat Analytics and Reports features of Freshchat and IFS Applications
    Feature
    Freshchat
    7.4
    18 Ratings
    16% below category average
    IFS Applications
    -
    Ratings
    Chat history and transcripts7.918 Ratings00 Ratings
    Chat reporting7.218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Chat and web analytics7.215 Ratings00 Ratings
    Payroll Management
    Comparison of Payroll Management features of Freshchat and IFS Applications
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    IFS Applications
    4.7
    3 Ratings
    46% below category average
    Pay calculation00 Ratings8.03 Ratings
    Benefit plan administration00 Ratings7.43 Ratings
    Direct deposit files00 Ratings6.43 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Freshchat and IFS Applications
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    IFS Applications
    8.7
    5 Ratings
    14% above category average
    API for custom integration00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
    Plug-ins00 Ratings8.75 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Freshchat and IFS Applications
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    IFS Applications
    9.9
    5 Ratings
    16% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings10.05 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings9.85 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Freshchat and IFS Applications
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    IFS Applications
    8.8
    5 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings8.55 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings9.55 Ratings
    General Ledger and Configurable Accounting
    Comparison of General Ledger and Configurable Accounting features of Freshchat and IFS Applications
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    IFS Applications
    7.5
    5 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Accounts payable00 Ratings9.55 Ratings
    Accounts receivable00 Ratings9.55 Ratings
    Global Financial Support00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Primary and Secondary Ledgers00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Journals and Reconciliations00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Configurable Accounting00 Ratings8.84 Ratings
    Standardized Processes00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Inventory Management
    Comparison of Inventory Management features of Freshchat and IFS Applications
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    IFS Applications
    9.1
    5 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Inventory tracking00 Ratings9.35 Ratings
    Automatic reordering00 Ratings9.55 Ratings
    Location management00 Ratings9.55 Ratings
    Order Management
    Comparison of Order Management features of Freshchat and IFS Applications
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    IFS Applications
    6.3
    5 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Pricing00 Ratings9.05 Ratings
    Order entry00 Ratings8.25 Ratings
    Credit card processing00 Ratings8.74 Ratings
    Cost of goods sold00 Ratings8.35 Ratings
    Order Orchestration00 Ratings7.84 Ratings
    Subledger and Financial Process
    Comparison of Subledger and Financial Process features of Freshchat and IFS Applications
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    IFS Applications
    3.9
    4 Ratings
    64% below category average
    Billing Management00 Ratings8.34 Ratings
    Cash and Asset Management00 Ratings8.84 Ratings
    Travel & Expense Management00 Ratings8.84 Ratings
    Budgetary Control & Encumbrance Accounting00 Ratings7.84 Ratings
    Period Close00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Project Financial Management
    Comparison of Project Financial Management features of Freshchat and IFS Applications
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    IFS Applications
    2.7
    1 Ratings
    95% below category average
    Budgeting and Forecasting00 Ratings3.01 Ratings
    Project Costing00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Cost Capture00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Capital Project Management00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Customer Contract Compliance00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Project Revenue Recognition00 Ratings2.01 Ratings
    Project Execution Management
    Comparison of Project Execution Management features of Freshchat and IFS Applications
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    IFS Applications
    3.5
    4 Ratings
    67% below category average
    Project Planning and Scheduling00 Ratings9.54 Ratings
    Task Insight for Project Managers00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Project Mobile Functionality00 Ratings7.54 Ratings
    Definable Resource Pools00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Grants Management
    Comparison of Grants Management features of Freshchat and IFS Applications
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    IFS Applications
    9.3
    2 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Award Lifecycle Management00 Ratings9.32 Ratings
    Procurement
    Comparison of Procurement features of Freshchat and IFS Applications
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    IFS Applications
    3.5
    4 Ratings
    68% below category average
    Bids Analyzed and Compared00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Contract Authoring00 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Contract Repository00 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Requisitions-to-Purchase Orders Integrated00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Supplier Management00 Ratings9.24 Ratings
    Risk Management
    Comparison of Risk Management features of Freshchat and IFS Applications
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    IFS Applications
    5.0
    4 Ratings
    30% below category average
    Risk Repository00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Control Management00 Ratings8.74 Ratings
    Control Efficiency Assessments00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Issue Detection00 Ratings7.54 Ratings
    Remediation and Certification00 Ratings8.04 Ratings
    Logistics
    Comparison of Logistics features of Freshchat and IFS Applications
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    IFS Applications
    7.8
    4 Ratings
    11% above category average
    Transportation Planning and Optimization00 Ratings8.32 Ratings
    Transportation Execution Management00 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Trade and Customs Management00 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Fulfillment Management00 Ratings7.73 Ratings
    Warehouse Workforce Management00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Manufacturing
    Comparison of Manufacturing features of Freshchat and IFS Applications
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    IFS Applications
    6.8
    4 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Production Process Design00 Ratings9.33 Ratings
    Production Management00 Ratings9.04 Ratings
    Configuration Management00 Ratings8.84 Ratings
    Work Execution00 Ratings9.34 Ratings
    Manufacturing Costs00 Ratings9.54 Ratings
    Supply Chain
    Comparison of Supply Chain features of Freshchat and IFS Applications
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    IFS Applications
    9.1
    4 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings8.84 Ratings
    Inventory Planning00 Ratings9.54 Ratings
    Performance Monitoring00 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Product Lifecycle Management
    Comparison of Product Lifecycle Management features of Freshchat and IFS Applications
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    IFS Applications
    4.8
    4 Ratings
    42% below category average
    Proposal Management00 Ratings8.33 Ratings
    Product Master Data Management00 Ratings8.83 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    FreshchatIFS Applications
    Small Businesses
    Olark
    Score10 out of 10
    Zoho One
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho SalesIQ
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Zoho One
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Genesys DX (discontinued)
    Score10 out of 10
    Microsoft Dynamics AX (discontinued)
    Score4.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FreshchatIFS Applications
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (42 ratings)
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (18 ratings)
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    Availability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.3
    (3 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 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
    FreshchatIFS Applications
    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.
    Incentivized
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    IFS
    Order to cash processes and scenario are implemented natively in IFS. An HR module exists for career management also (objectives, comportments, training, mobility) but may be improved in terms of workflow validation (e.g. training to validate by a manager) or reporting.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    IFS
    • It supports the web version in most later versions.
    • It provides various mobile versions of the applications as mobile apps to cater various areas.
    • IFS Applications allows easy configurations of the application without going for costly customization.
    • It covers almost every areas of an industrial company so any other third party applications are minimum.
    • It allows safer and easier built-in options for integrations capabilities.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    IFS
    • Handling massive volumes of data can be improved.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    IFS
    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.
    Incentivized
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    IFS
    The system is very difficult to use, overly complex, and difficult to learn. It also has limitations that are hard to overcome.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshchat has always been available when I needed to use it.
    Incentivized
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    IFS
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshchat always loads quickly and communication is quickly sent and received.
    Incentivized
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    IFS
    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.
    Incentivized
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    IFS
    We have been unable to get answers to our questions, solutions to our problems, and they don't seem interested in working in the construction industry.
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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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    IFS
    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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    IFS
    IFS Applications is based on Agile Technology which allows organizations to reconfigure user interface as per user requirements and make it user-friendly. Other applications are lagging on many fronts like User Interface, Online help document availability, Implementation methodology, and post-implementation expenses.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Freshworks Inc
    Did not help with the purchase
    Incentivized
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    IFS
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Freshworks Inc
    We only implemented the product in 1 way so I cant speak to this.
    Incentivized
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    IFS
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Freshworks Inc
    Did not use
    Incentivized
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    IFS
    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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    IFS
    • Reporting is now centralized and managed. Previously, reports were outside the information systems and there was a risk of incoherence.
    • Accounting controls are now in place on the overall processes, including production, which helped the company to reduce closing periods or to produce more easily official mandatory accounting files yearly.
    • Interfaces between the CRM forecast tool and IFS helped to keep the tools in sync, and to decrease the processing times prior to production launch.
    Incentivized
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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

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