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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

    Ontraport

    Score7.5 out of 10
    N/AONTRAPORT offers customer relations management services that help with content management (creating and hosting webpages), lead tracking, traditional marketing approaches (e-mail, SMS, social media, direct mail), managing online payments, and workflow automation.

    $29

    per month

    Pricing
    FreshchatOntraport
    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
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FreshchatOntraport
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional Details—Ontraport offers a variety of plans to choose from based on the features needed. Pricing adjusts with the number of contacts in the database and users in the account. Monthly or annual plans are available, and all plans start with a 14-day free trial. Ontraport offers a Done-With-You Setup and Training Package for getting set up in the account quickly. Users can also access a free video library with step-by-step instructions on getting started and using every feature of the platform.
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    Community Pulse
    FreshchatOntraport
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
    No answer on this topic
    Ontraport
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    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
    FreshchatOntraport
    Chat Analytics and Reports
    Comparison of Chat Analytics and Reports features of Freshchat and Ontraport
    Feature
    Freshchat
    7.4
    18 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Ontraport
    -
    Ratings
    Chat history and transcripts7.918 Ratings00 Ratings
    Chat reporting7.218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Chat and web analytics7.215 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email & Online Marketing
    Comparison of Email & Online Marketing features of Freshchat and Ontraport
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Ontraport
    9.0
    17 Ratings
    15% above category average
    WYSIWYG email editor00 Ratings8.216 Ratings
    Dynamic content00 Ratings10.014 Ratings
    Ability to test dynamic content00 Ratings8.37 Ratings
    Landing pages00 Ratings10.016 Ratings
    A/B testing00 Ratings9.912 Ratings
    Mobile optimization00 Ratings8.410 Ratings
    Email deliverability reporting00 Ratings6.016 Ratings
    List management00 Ratings10.016 Ratings
    Triggered drip sequences00 Ratings9.813 Ratings
    Lead Management
    Comparison of Lead Management features of Freshchat and Ontraport
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Ontraport
    5.5
    17 Ratings
    36% below category average
    Lead nurturing automation00 Ratings7.115 Ratings
    Lead scoring and grading00 Ratings2.413 Ratings
    Data quality management00 Ratings2.614 Ratings
    Automated sales alerts and tasks00 Ratings10.016 Ratings
    Campaign Management
    Comparison of Campaign Management features of Freshchat and Ontraport
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Ontraport
    7.7
    8 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Calendaring00 Ratings6.25 Ratings
    Event/webinar marketing00 Ratings9.38 Ratings
    Social Media Marketing
    Comparison of Social Media Marketing features of Freshchat and Ontraport
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Ontraport
    7.1
    4 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Social sharing and campaigns00 Ratings7.13 Ratings
    Social profile integration00 Ratings7.24 Ratings
    Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of Reporting & Analytics features of Freshchat and Ontraport
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Ontraport
    9.3
    16 Ratings
    21% above category average
    Dashboards00 Ratings10.015 Ratings
    Standard reports00 Ratings8.012 Ratings
    Custom reports00 Ratings10.010 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Freshchat and Ontraport
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Ontraport
    7.3
    15 Ratings
    4% below category average
    API00 Ratings3.011 Ratings
    Role-based workflow & approvals00 Ratings9.09 Ratings
    Customizability00 Ratings10.013 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Integration with Microsoft Dynamics CRM00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Integration with SugarCRM00 Ratings7.31 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    FreshchatOntraport
    Small Businesses
    Olark
    Score10 out of 10
    Vbout
    Score9.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho SalesIQ
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Bloomreach
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Genesys DX (discontinued)
    Score10 out of 10
    Iterable
    Score8.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FreshchatOntraport
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (42 ratings)
    10.0
    (20 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (18 ratings)
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    Availability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    7.7
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.3
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 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)
    8.2
    (1 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
    FreshchatOntraport
    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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    Ontraport
    Here are some cases where Ontraport is well suited : - When writing emails, you can easily access to preview, manage the changes and go back to what you did before - When using automations, if there's an error, you can go back to a previous version of it. There are also some super tools that allows to see where a clients is on an automation without having to go through the all automation. It is less appropriate when you are several colleague that are addressing an issue on an email/automation as it doesn't allows you to be multiple person on the item.
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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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    Ontraport
    • Dashboards for our daily stats.
    • The email follows up and broadcasts are simple and easy.
    • Sales and marketing can now see the impact they have working together. Nobody can point finger anymore.
    • They have the best customer support. I can't tell you how many times they have walked me through the problems that I created.
    • Amazing email inboxing.
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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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    Ontraport
    • Wish they had more options for their forms. Would really like to use multi-step forms.
    • A lot of times their forms load slowly on the website. Would like to see them speed up their services.
    • Their broadcasting options are legacy. There are better options out there for sending broadcast messages.
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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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    Ontraport
    My client was already using Ontraport and had a decent investment in the tool. As soon as we turn around the revenue situation with my client's products, we will be ditching OAP immediately, despite the significant re-implementation cost we are going to face moving to a new system. I am part of a high-end, professional marketing group, and the overwhelming sentiment with these other professionals is that one should run away from this as fast as humanly possible. I thought their words were just ungrounded opinion, and I deeply regret that I did not heed them more closely before sinking still more time and effort into OAP.
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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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    Ontraport
    The software is just easy to use. The UI is fairly intuitive. The help system is pretty good. I find it is pretty quick to get my work completed and if I don't document my things well, I can always figure out how I did something when I need to make changes. When I have a problem the tech support is easy to deal with and when things need to get escalated they are resolved quickly.
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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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    Ontraport
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshchat always loads quickly and communication is quickly sent and received.
    Incentivized
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    Ontraport
    Most of the time OP runs fine. But I've had to submit more support tickets this year do to messages, seq.'s or rules not running correctly. Also experienced slow response times moving in and around OP.
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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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    Ontraport
    The techs are reasonably savvy, highly courteous and want to do right by their customers. Unfortunately, the product they are supporting is so deeply flawed that there's only so much they can do when your legitimate business requirements are simply not supported.
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    In-Person Training
    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Ontraport
    I went to their Ontrapalooza event, and it opened my mind as to how the software can be used.
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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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    Ontraport
    If you know your business, ONTRAPORT is easy
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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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    Ontraport
    Task management was the main thing that separated ONTRAPORT for me. Keeping things accountable. As well, I felt the campaign builder was slicker, and that the contact management was more robust. Custom fields are very customizable.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Freshworks Inc
    Did not help with the purchase
    Incentivized
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    Ontraport
    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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    Ontraport
    With the new lower priced options, it's now easier for newer businesses to start with a more basic version and upgrade as they need more features.
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    Professional Services
    Freshworks Inc
    Did not use
    Incentivized
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    Ontraport
    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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    Ontraport
    • We are providing better customer service as a direct result of Ontraport. We can track where all of our customers are, what pages/sites/modules they are visiting with ease and tailor our communication accordingly.
    • Our marketing funnel has become vastly improved, meaning that our ROI for marketing has gone up. Sales this April are double what they were last year.
    • Our team works better together because we all have a better idea of what the other needs and when. The tasks that we can assign in Ontraport mean nothing gets missed, creating a better customer and employee experience.
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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

    Ontraport Screenshots

    Screenshot of Manage, track, sort and add to a contact listScreenshot of Design professional emails, forms and landing pages with block formatsScreenshot of Utilize the Support Center's in-depth advice on maximizing Ontraport's features