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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Freshdesk Contact Center

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AFreshdesk Contact Center ( Formerly Freshcaller) is a call center software for startups and small teams. Fresh Contact Center aims to enable businesses / teams set-up and run a call center without spending a lot of time and money. It is suited for phone teams of size 1- 30. Users can create custom greeting texts based on specific call scenarios. The nested Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system allows the user to provide a detailed set of options to callers. The call queues…

    $0

    per agent/per month

    Join.me (discontinued)

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/AJoin.me, once acquired by LogMeIn in 2019, was an audio, video, and web conferencing tool targeted at SMBs. Its software can be used across various devices and includes features such as one-click scheduling, personal links, interactive whiteboards, and presenter swapping. It has since been discontinued.

    $10

    per month

    Pricing
    Freshdesk Contact CenterJoin.me (discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    FREE
    $0
    per agent/per month
    Growth
    $15
    per agent/per ,billed annually
    Pro
    $39
    per agent/per month, billed annually
    Enterprise
    $69
    per agent/per month, billed annually
    Lite
    $10.00
    Month
    Pro
    $10.00
    Month
    Business
    $10.00
    Month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Freshdesk Contact CenterJoin.me (discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    Freshdesk Contact CenterJoin.me (discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    63%
    Would buy again
    5 Answers
    77%
    Would buy again
    30 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    63%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    91%
    Delivers good value for the price
    29 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    75%
    Happy with the feature set
    6 Answers
    85%
    Happy with the feature set
    33 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    75%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    6 Answers
    83%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    20 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    86%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    26 Answers
    Features
    Freshdesk Contact CenterJoin.me (discontinued)
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Freshdesk Contact Center and Join.me (discontinued)
    Feature
    Freshdesk Contact Center
    8.9
    8 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Join.me (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Hosted PBX9.06 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)8.28 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call reports9.48 Ratings00 Ratings
    Directory of employee names9.27 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of Freshdesk Contact Center and Join.me (discontinued)
    Feature
    Freshdesk Contact Center
    8.9
    8 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Join.me (discontinued)
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    Ratings
    Answering rules8.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call recording9.08 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call park9.07 Ratings00 Ratings
    Call screening8.58 Ratings00 Ratings
    Message alerts9.47 Ratings00 Ratings
    VoIP system collaboration
    Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Freshdesk Contact Center and Join.me (discontinued)
    Feature
    Freshdesk Contact Center
    9.6
    6 Ratings
    19% above category average
    Join.me (discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Audio conferencing9.66 Ratings00 Ratings
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Freshdesk Contact Center and Join.me (discontinued)
    Feature
    Freshdesk Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    Join.me (discontinued)
    7.8
    75 Ratings
    1% below category average
    High quality audio00 Ratings8.566 Ratings
    High quality video00 Ratings8.269 Ratings
    Low bandwidth requirements00 Ratings7.059 Ratings
    Mobile support00 Ratings7.336 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Freshdesk Contact Center and Join.me (discontinued)
    Feature
    Freshdesk Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    Join.me (discontinued)
    7.9
    73 Ratings
    1% below category average
    Desktop sharing00 Ratings8.573 Ratings
    Whiteboards00 Ratings7.433 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Freshdesk Contact Center and Join.me (discontinued)
    Feature
    Freshdesk Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    Join.me (discontinued)
    8.0
    69 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings8.551 Ratings
    Meeting initiation00 Ratings8.464 Ratings
    Integrates with social media00 Ratings7.121 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings8.052 Ratings
    Slideshows00 Ratings8.035 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Freshdesk Contact Center and Join.me (discontinued)
    Feature
    Freshdesk Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    Join.me (discontinued)
    8.1
    59 Ratings
    0% above category average
    Live chat00 Ratings8.759 Ratings
    Audience polling00 Ratings7.720 Ratings
    Q&A00 Ratings7.826 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Freshdesk Contact Center and Join.me (discontinued)
    Feature
    Freshdesk Contact Center
    -
    Ratings
    Join.me (discontinued)
    8.3
    58 Ratings
    3% above category average
    User authentication00 Ratings8.244 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings8.251 Ratings
    Confidential attendee list00 Ratings8.433 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Freshdesk Contact CenterJoin.me (discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    CallFire
    Score9.7 out of 10
    ClickMeeting
    Score9.5 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Fuze
    Score8.2 out of 10
    JioMeet
    Score9.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
    Score8.3 out of 10
    Webex Meetings
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Freshdesk Contact CenterJoin.me (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.8
    (9 ratings)
    7.1
    (76 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    10.0
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.1
    (3 ratings)
    8.8
    (25 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Freshdesk Contact CenterJoin.me (discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Freshworks Inc
    One scenario where Freshdesk Contact Center is well suited is when we have a lot of parents calling in with requests about student transcripts, and or grades, we can better interact with each caller and not have a lot of people on hold waiting for a long time. One scenario where Freshdesk might not be well suited is when callers get the chatbot more often than talking to an actual person.
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    Discontinued Products
    I would neither recommend nor dissuade anyone from using Join.Me. When it first came on the scene, it was a game-changer as far as providing remote access to other authorized individuals and helped save a great deal of time trying to walk someone less proficient through all the detailed steps of computer repair. However, with the proliferation of Zoom and other conferencing products that also provide built-in remote access through its service, the need for a separate application is now limited and not as essential as its own product.
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    Pros
    Freshworks Inc
    • From this centralized help desk, we are able to allocate tickets and communicate with staff and clients via email.
    • The ability to phone a lead or customer directly from Freshdesk is fantastic.
    • Handling of waiting lines.
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    • No need to download anything to get started. Once you sign up you can get started from within your browser. This is probably the single best feature, its a get up and go solution for video conferencing and you do not need any software for it to work.
    • The one click join a meeting URL is genius. Users who struggle with remembering passwords or invites can just click a link and immediately participate in a meeting which means one email and a couple of clicks and a meeting can start.
    • Good control features - As the main user, you have many control features including deciding who can speak, annotations, screen sharing easily.
    • Screen Recordings to the Cloud - This can save on time when you have had a long conference, you can save a recording to the cloud and download it later.
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    Cons
    Freshworks Inc
    • Cost - the system was felt to be way overpriced for the feature-set it provided. For the cost of 10 support agents, I could engage with a full-blown VoIP UCaaS provider to support 20-30 users.
    • The system was dependent on the Amazon Web Services system, which was prone to outages, and as it was outsourced by Freshworks to Amazon, resolution time did not have clear SLAs.
    • Non-US support - any issues encountered with the system would go through international channels which decreased resolution time depending on when the development team was available.
    • Call reliability was questionable - sometimes agents would have ringing devices that would have no one on the other end - other times calls would be dropped without explanation.
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    Discontinued Products
    • There should be a complete guide to understand its features before installation because if one feature will be missed then, we can’t get them working properly.
    • Furthermore, there should be high-quality internet for getting its function and it won’t work without good network coverage.
    • I think its interface is a little hard for beginners and is not that user friendly.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    This platform enables a very high ROI for the solution that it provides to our team to support our end-users.
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    Usability
    Freshworks Inc
    It's a really simple and affordable software solution if you're looking to upgrade your system or processes to a softphone. The service has been fantastic for both our outbound sales team and our inbound customer service team. As a manager, I'm really grateful I found FreshCaller early on in the process of evaluating companies to go to for a softphone.
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    Join.me is one of the easiest programs I've ever used. It's so easy to get it set up and installed and even easier for someone to join a meeting. The controls are very intuitive and labeled appropriately. The UIX makes sense. It's been a reliable product in my app stack-I love it!
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    Support Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshcaller support is great. They will respond very quickly once I submit a ticket. On occasion, they are unable to answer a question and require a deep dive on some research for random questions but that's completely understandable. Overall, great service, great quality, and very accommodating. This is one of the better support groups, in my opinion.
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    Discontinued Products
    I honestly haven't reached out to their Support team. I get notifications of what they are working on which is good to see, but I haven't directly spoken with any of them. I think my main reason for this is that join.me gives me just what I need (not much more and not much less).
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    Implementation Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    This is a fairly simple product which doesn't require much "implementation" work for our use cases.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Freshworks Inc
    After multiple checks and constant research we found Freshdesk is one of the leading product service providers and the best at it too. We used to have PSTIN hard phones which caused a lot of drops and customer discontent. After Freshdesk, it has been a cakewalk. Really happy with it.
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    Discontinued Products
    If you're looking for something basic that handles a little bit of everything when it comes to meetings, screen shares and remote desktop control join.me is a great options. If you're a super user and really wanting a lot of detailed features and rich user interfaces and money is not an issue you may want to consider use specific options.
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    Return on Investment
    Freshworks Inc
    • Call logs helps analyse the interactions which each lead - helps space out if need be.
    • Follow ups are simplified due to viewing of past activity.
    • Easy integration helps in saving costs of phone calls.
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    Discontinued Products
    • Customer support solution - join.me has made it so much easier to quickly get with a customer and see their trouble and show them a solution. This saves lots of back and forth time and gives the customer more power over owning their solution.
    • More efficient communication - without join.me we would waste time going back and forth on emails or slack trying to get our message across. Join.me lets us quickly show AND tell others what's going on. I honestly don't know how we ever functioned without it.
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