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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

    Progress ShareFile

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AShareFile is a cloud-based file sharing and storage service built for business. The product was acquired by Citrix Systems in 2011, and is now offered by Progress Software.

    $54.45

    per month 3 users (minimum)

    Pricing
    FreshchatProgress ShareFile
    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
    Advanced
    $18.15
    per month per user (minimum 3 users)
    Premium
    $28.59
    per month per user (minimum 3 users)
    Industry Advantage
    $45.83
    per month per user (minimum 3 users)
    Virtual Data Room
    $77.00
    per month per user (minimum 5 users)
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FreshchatProgress ShareFile
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Discount available for annual pricing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    FreshchatProgress ShareFile
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
    No answer on this topic
    Progress ShareFile
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    95%
    Would buy again
    36 Answers
    98%
    Would buy again
    59 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    33 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    41 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    36 Answers
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    59 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    24 Answers
    98%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    40 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    35 Answers
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    43 Answers
    Features
    FreshchatProgress ShareFile
    Chat Analytics and Reports
    Comparison of Chat Analytics and Reports features of Freshchat and Progress ShareFile
    Feature
    Freshchat
    7.4
    18 Ratings
    16% below category average
    Progress ShareFile
    -
    Ratings
    Chat history and transcripts7.918 Ratings00 Ratings
    Chat reporting7.218 Ratings00 Ratings
    Chat and web analytics7.215 Ratings00 Ratings
    File Sharing & Management
    Comparison of File Sharing & Management features of Freshchat and Progress ShareFile
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Progress ShareFile
    9.0
    94 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Versioning00 Ratings9.077 Ratings
    Video files00 Ratings8.857 Ratings
    Audio files00 Ratings9.153 Ratings
    Document collaboration00 Ratings9.082 Ratings
    Access control00 Ratings9.589 Ratings
    File search00 Ratings8.090 Ratings
    Device sync00 Ratings9.575 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Security & Administration
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Security & Administration features of Freshchat and Progress ShareFile
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Progress ShareFile
    9.4
    89 Ratings
    8% above category average
    User and role management00 Ratings9.484 Ratings
    File organization00 Ratings9.490 Ratings
    Device management00 Ratings9.571 Ratings
    Cloud Storage Platform
    Comparison of Cloud Storage Platform features of Freshchat and Progress ShareFile
    Feature
    Freshchat
    -
    Ratings
    Progress ShareFile
    8.8
    90 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Performance00 Ratings9.287 Ratings
    Reliability00 Ratings8.990 Ratings
    Storage Reports00 Ratings8.373 Ratings
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    FreshchatProgress ShareFile
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    Olark
    Score10 out of 10
    IDrive Online Backup and Object Storage e2
    Score9.1 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Zoho SalesIQ
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Apple iCloud
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Genesys DX (discontinued)
    Score10 out of 10
    ownCloud
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FreshchatProgress ShareFile
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (42 ratings)
    8.8
    (119 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.2
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (18 ratings)
    8.6
    (33 ratings)
    Availability
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (14 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.3
    (3 ratings)
    1.0
    (14 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Configurability
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    6.6
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    4.5
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 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
    FreshchatProgress ShareFile
    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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    Progress ShareFile
    When we have a particularly large ad or job printing file that would "clog up" the email process, using ShareFile is very helpful. It's also useful for particular photographers we work with to upload a batch of photos all at once. Where it doesn't work as well for us is when trying to get clients to make use of a login to access folders. We find them reluctant to take on the learning curve. It works best for us when we just send them a clickable download link, and at most just require a tracking name and email address.
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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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    Progress ShareFile
    • Secure File Storage and Sharing.
    • Workflows to get customer/affiliate responses to comments on documents.
    • I used to have the signature feature initially, but it was removed from the original plan, so I could only use it if I chose to select the higher plan price.
    • I love the upload notifications and reports on user activity.
    • The document storage versions are fantastic. I am the only user with Delete privileges, and I love that I can make those selections.
    • Integrations with Microsoft 365 - FANTASTIC - thank you.
    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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    Progress ShareFile
    • The web console is not the most user friendly site to use to get to, and send my files.
    • We have had users that have not liked the change in workflow to get files from Progress ShareFile when they were used to just clicking on files on an email.
    • That management of the tools are not the most user friendly. There have been some improvements but keeping up with certs and setting up new users can be more work than expected.
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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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    Progress ShareFile
    It's a highly effective and secure storage system, has robust workarounds for serving the various equipment limits of our users, meets high security requirements of HIPAA standards, significantly reduces our needs for producing paper trails.
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Progress ShareFile
    ShareFile is so easy to use I was able to download all of my projects files and have them set up to sync before my supervisor could even come over to explain the process to me. It is a neatly organized and intuitive software that allows even the less tech-savvy to become power users.
    Incentivized
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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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    Progress ShareFile
    The software has never been down when I needed to use it.
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    Performance
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshchat always loads quickly and communication is quickly sent and received.
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    Progress ShareFile
    Easy to use, easy to integrate with Outlook. I only gave it a 9 because I have found that sometimes it does not play nicely with Outlook and can slow it down. But, when that happens (not frequent), I restart Outlook and all is well again
    Incentivized
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Progress ShareFile
    Citrix was generally responsive and helpful in solving technical issues. Like any cloud based SaaS product there is a danger that it may go down. This was a rare occurrence over my three years of using the product. The more common issue we encountered was clients forgetting their login which was easily managed through a forgot password functionality.
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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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    Progress ShareFile
    Good documentation for the API. With a little help from RS tech staff, any competent programmer should be able to integrate RightSignature with an existing system in a week or three. That help is easy to get as well
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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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    Progress ShareFile
    ShareFile is easier and does what you need. I have moved a few organizations from SharePoint to ShareFile. Just easier. You can setup different areas for different departments, setup their permissions and it is easy enough for them to do what they want in their zones. The mobile app works great as well. So you can all the features you really use from SP, but just easier to setup and use.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Freshworks Inc
    Did not help with the purchase
    Incentivized
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    Progress ShareFile
    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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    Progress ShareFile
    I am a one person office. I have no idea how this software would scale to a larger office.
    Incentivized
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    Professional Services
    Freshworks Inc
    Did not use
    Incentivized
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    Progress ShareFile
    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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    Progress ShareFile
    • All of our clients and consulting engineers find ShareFile easy to use, thus complementing our business.
    • Our staff also find ShareFile intuitive, accessible, and easy to use, making it an ideal, everyday indispensable desktop tool for everyone in our company.
    • ShareFile can be linked to our firm's primary website as a placed for private use. We haven't found need for this yet, but might in the future.
    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

    Progress ShareFile Screenshots

    Screenshot of the ShareFile dashboardScreenshot of ShareFile's Outlook PluginScreenshot of the Projects interfaceScreenshot of ShareFile's link sharing optionsScreenshot of ShareFile's e-signature