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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

    Planhat

    Score7.9 out of 10
    N/APlanhat is a post-sale customer platform designed for enterprise B2B organizations to aggregate customer data, automate lifecycle workflows, and monitor account health. As a dedicated Customer Success platform, it evaluates product usage telemetry, communication logs, and financial metrics to proactively manage customer health and support value realization.N/A
    Pricing
    FreshchatPlanhat
    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
    FreshchatPlanhat
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    FreshchatPlanhat
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
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    Planhat
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    36 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    8 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    33 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    6 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    36 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    8 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    35 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Features
    FreshchatPlanhat
    Chat Analytics and Reports
    Comparison of Chat Analytics and Reports features of Freshchat and Planhat
    Feature
    Freshchat
    7.4
    18 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Planhat
    -
    Ratings
    Chat history and transcripts7.918 Ratings00 Ratings
    Chat reporting7.218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Chat and web analytics7.215 Ratings00 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Freshchat and Planhat
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Planhat
    7.5
    13 Ratings
    13% below category average
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings7.513 Ratings
    Platform & Infrastructure
    Comparison of Platform & Infrastructure features of Freshchat and Planhat
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Planhat
    7.5
    13 Ratings
    15% below category average
    API00 Ratings8.112 Ratings
    Integration with Salesforce.com00 Ratings7.09 Ratings
    Customer Data Extraction / Integration
    Comparison of Customer Data Extraction / Integration features of Freshchat and Planhat
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Planhat
    8.2
    14 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Product usage00 Ratings8.214 Ratings
    Help desk / support tickets00 Ratings8.212 Ratings
    Customer Success Management
    Comparison of Customer Success Management features of Freshchat and Planhat
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Planhat
    7.9
    14 Ratings
    8% below category average
    NPS surveys00 Ratings7.712 Ratings
    Sponsor tracking00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Customer profiles00 Ratings9.014 Ratings
    Automated workflow00 Ratings6.713 Ratings
    Internal collaboration00 Ratings8.513 Ratings
    Customer health scoring00 Ratings7.914 Ratings
    Customer segmentation00 Ratings7.914 Ratings
    CSM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CSM Reporting & Analytics features of Freshchat and Planhat
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Planhat
    6.9
    13 Ratings
    19% below category average
    Customer health trends00 Ratings6.813 Ratings
    Engagement analytics00 Ratings6.813 Ratings
    Revenue forecasting00 Ratings5.68 Ratings
    Dashboards00 Ratings8.213 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    FreshchatPlanhat
    Small Businesses
    Olark
    Score10 out of 10
    ClientSuccess
    Score6 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho SalesIQ
    Score9.7 out of 10
    ChurnZero
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Genesys DX (discontinued)
    Score10 out of 10
    Gainsight CS
    Score8.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FreshchatPlanhat
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (42 ratings)
    7.7
    (14 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (18 ratings)
    7.6
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.3
    (3 ratings)
    9.7
    (4 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
    FreshchatPlanhat
    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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    Planhat
    For someone working in the Customer Success team, Planhat is a must-have software. All your client-level data can be easily managed, stored, and reviewed at any point in time by Planhat. It also helps the management and the leadership team better see each account and its usage. It also helps in identifying potentially risky customers and taking the required actions to engage and retain the account. It also gets integrated easily with other meeting recording tools wherein the summary from the tool gets easily synced with Planhat
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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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    Planhat
    • Reporting - you can set up filters with boolean criteria to give you insight into everything you need to know.
    • Playbooks - these are very good for less-experienced CSM's who need a step-by-step guide on how to deal with different stages of the customer lifecycle. More experienced CSM's may not need the playbooks.
    • Usage data for customers - there's a wide range of charts in Planhat that tell the story of client consumption.
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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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    Planhat
    • Allow for cc'ing of AEs or others within the same organization from the messaging center. When I went to send a message from within Planhat, I had to manually type out the AE's email address every time if I wanted them cc'd.
    • The fonts were funky if I went to add text into an existing email template. For example, if I added in an extra sentence or paragraph, in Outlook on the recipient's end, the font was different despite looking the same within Planhat. Gmail was all consistent, Outlook was showing a different font.
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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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    Planhat
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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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    Planhat
    It takes a while to learn Planhat even for experienced users. It has limitations in terms of what data you can present where, but its important to set internal guides outside Planhat as well so everybody working collaborative. But as CSM Planhat is a great- and critical tool which I use daily to optimise my work schedule and customer interaction with various topics.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshchat has always been available when I needed to use it.
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    Planhat
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    Performance
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshchat always loads quickly and communication is quickly sent and received.
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    Planhat
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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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    Planhat
    The support team couldn't be better. They are quick to respond, very helpful, and thorough. Our CS manager was always happy to schedule calls to go through specific feature queries and she ensured we had a smooth and quick setup.
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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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    Planhat
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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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    Planhat
    I was not the person involved in choosing Planhat, but it seems to me that Planhat is much better suited to an account management style role, whereas Hubspot is closer to a sales CRM instead. In my position, Planhat is better suited as it is more graphical, more flexible, and easier to find information on.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Freshworks Inc
    Did not help with the purchase
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    Planhat
    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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    Planhat
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    Professional Services
    Freshworks Inc
    Did not use
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    Planhat
    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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    Planhat
    • Planhat has, for the first time, given us a 360-degree view of all our customers and access to all the different types of communication we have with them across different departments and functions.
    • The ability to automate workflows, tasks, and assign playbooks to the various phases of our customer lifecycle has aligned all our departments.
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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

    Planhat Screenshots

    Screenshot of Insights identify outliers in a portfolio to help users understand risks and opportunities.Screenshot of Displays clients through any filter to shows only the information that matters.