Freshdesk Omni vs. Zendesk Suite

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Freshdesk Omni
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
Freshdesk Omni is an AI-powered, comprehensive solution for offering customers seamless experiences today and in the future.
$35
per month per agent
Zendesk Suite
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Zendesk is a customer support solution with built-in ticketing, conversational messaging, and live chat, designed to help businesses of all sizes and industries deliver personalized service at scale. Zendesk's AI agents are trained in CX to help Service teams resolve customer issues faster and more accurately while still providing a human-centered experience. Zendesk ultimately aims to help businesses improve time to value, reduce effort per ticket, and keep costs low.
$69
per month per agent
Pricing
Freshdesk OmniZendesk Suite
Editions & Modules
Growth
$29
per month (billed annually) per agent
Pro
$69
per month (billed annually) per agent
Enterprise
$109
per month (billed annually) per agent
Suite Team
$69
per month per agent
Suite Growth
$115
per month per agent
Suite Professional
$149
per month per agent
Suite Enterprise
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Freshdesk OmniZendesk Suite
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details20% discount available with annual pricing.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
Freshdesk OmniZendesk Suite
Considered Both Products
Freshdesk Omni
Chose Freshdesk Omni
Feature and functionality was similar to Zendesk but the initial cost was lower and they were very helpful with the initial configuration and deployment.
Chose Freshdesk Omni
Better value for money with more flexibility on support and add-on packages.
Zendesk Suite
Chose Zendesk Suite
We Initially started working the Zendesk Suite and it is more easier to understand all the functionalities and workflows. It is more secured and well managed platform
Chose Zendesk Suite
The fact that Zendesk will allow us to integrate a lot of apps by our own, to create rules, triggers, automation and severall other features by our own was a great opportunity. - even in the situation we are, that we are not having the people available to adjust the support …
Features
Freshdesk OmniZendesk Suite
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk Omni
9.0
13 Ratings
9% above category average
Zendesk Suite
8.8
171 Ratings
7% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets8.913 Ratings9.2170 Ratings
Expert directory8.613 Ratings8.2117 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications8.711 Ratings8.6118 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation9.410 Ratings8.2121 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission9.313 Ratings9.4171 Ratings
Ticket response9.113 Ratings9.3170 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk Omni
8.5
13 Ratings
6% above category average
Zendesk Suite
8.4
155 Ratings
4% above category average
External knowledge base8.313 Ratings8.4149 Ratings
Internal knowledge base8.713 Ratings8.5142 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk Omni
8.6
13 Ratings
7% above category average
Zendesk Suite
8.8
167 Ratings
10% above category average
Customer portal8.713 Ratings9.0137 Ratings
IVR8.510 Ratings8.570 Ratings
Social integration7.912 Ratings8.4111 Ratings
Email support9.213 Ratings9.3164 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration8.813 Ratings9.0127 Ratings
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Enterprises
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
Freshdesk OmniZendesk Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
(13 ratings)
9.0
(209 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(43 ratings)
Usability
9.1
(13 ratings)
8.8
(82 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(14 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(11 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
5.7
(31 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
6.4
(10 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(19 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(4 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Freshdesk OmniZendesk Suite
Likelihood to Recommend
Freshworks Inc
For a typical technical support help desk use case Freshdesk Omni is great! It has the advanced features of automating responses and canned answers where appropriate. The AI functionality seems good but not something we are leveraging at this point given the volume of tickets.
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Zendesk
Being a customer support agent, I found it very good when it comes to send an email or call or chat- with the user. I can do all that from the one single platform which is so easy and time saving for you. It does not take much time to use this, We can chat- with the user and at the same time we can send an email to them as well.
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Pros
Freshworks Inc
  • When an agent receives a call via Dialpad or Amazon Connect, Freshdesk Omni automatically displays relevant customer details, previous interactions, and ticket history in a single view.
  • Every call (answered, missed, or voicemail) is automatically logged into Freshdesk as a ticket, including details like call duration, customer number, and agent notes.
  • Agents can initiate outbound calls directly from Freshdesk using click-to-call functionality, reducing manual dialing errors and saving time.
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Zendesk
  • UI/UX; mature macros and automations, slick and well thought out UI.
  • Reporting, reporting, reporting. With user, org, and ticket level tags, we can track every aspect of our ticket flow.
  • Extensibility; the app marketplace is a great resource for expanding functionality from the baseline offering.
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Cons
Freshworks Inc
  • It is a very user-friendly tool. We haven't found any drwback in any of the modules provided. It works excellently at my organization.
  • Its powerful workflow automation reduces manual effort for job assigning and makes our process more efficient and saves valuable time.
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Zendesk
  • Is there a way for AEs and CSMs to be informed in a weekly summary of all their accounts and any tickets? Example: Disney submitted a ticket on XYZ. Google has an urgent issue on X still unresolved.
  • Is there a way for CSMs or AEs to have a Dashboard that's specific to their accounts instead of seeing all the tickets in the queue that are not relevant to them?
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Likelihood to Renew
Freshworks Inc
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
Zendesk is an amazing tool for communicating with your customers easily. The communication tickets from sellers to us or from us to sellers are stored, and there are statuses used to make communication easy. We have internal conversations between departments, linked with useful software such as Zingtree, Talkdesk, and Webs.
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Usability
Freshworks Inc
Utilizing a unified platform has successfully reduced the resolution time for customer-facing issues. This streamlined approach enhances efficiency and generates valuable insights that can be leveraged to improve our services and better understand customer needs, ultimately leading to a more satisfying experience for our clients.
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Zendesk
Pros: The agent interface is sleek, contemporary, and relatively easy to learn compared to many other enterprise tools. For common tasks, admins are given point-and-click options- adding fields, modifying workflows, constructing macros. The knowledge base (Guide) editor is easy to use for non-developers. Drawbacks: Once you move past the initial things - complex automations, reporting/analytics in Explore, and/or customizations integrating the API, it requires much more advanced training to use successfully. Navigating between the different modules (Support, Explore, Chat, Guide) can feel very disconnected; often you are reminded that it really is a "suite" of products brought together -not really one unified platform. If you're using multiple brands managing simultaneous support tickets, or heavily customizing workflows to meet your brand, you may run into a bit of struggle with usability. So: it's a lot more user friendly than the palaces (Salesforce Service Cloud, ServiceNow), but is not used as quickly or with as much streamlined flow as a product made for a small shop. So if you are looking for a great balance, this is a good option if you are a net new organization or an organization on their way to scaling from 15 - 50 employee. Expect some elbow grease from the admin team once learning, adapting, and working efficiently once you move past the basics with your support tickets and initial customizations.
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Reliability and Availability
Freshworks Inc
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
In the past year, I'd say I have only noticed maybe two hours total of downtime in my own usage. Very minimal.
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Performance
Freshworks Inc
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
There has been minor performance degradation on a very few days out of the two years I have been using the product.
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Support Rating
Freshworks Inc
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
We rarely need to contact their support team, but when we do they are responsive. However there have been notable times when communication between myself and the support rep was challenging despite me providing clear explanation of the issue, screenshots, and a thorough explanation of the goal we hope to achieve. It took several back and forth attempt, on a few occasions, to get resolution on an otherwise simple request
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Online Training
Freshworks Inc
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
Zendesk has tons of available material for training - videos, webinars, articles, etc. The only reason this is not a 10 is because it can be hard to figure out how to navigate to these things and find what you are looking for.
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Implementation Rating
Freshworks Inc
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
I was very satisfied. They have a free trial for 30 days and I recommend you do that and use it. It is very easy to get started with the basics and the build on over time.

The only thing technically complex was single sign-on and integration to Salesforce.com required some tweaks – otherwise setting up system was very easy
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Alternatives Considered
Freshworks Inc
1) Price is also a point to decide, other Service Providers were providing similar features but the prices were slightly on a higher side. 2) Coming to feature comparison, JIRA offers whole lot of other features but currently we did not require them and Zoho had few less features comparing to Freshworks
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Zendesk
The customisable reporting every time. Our leadership reply on me to run my team and want to know what customers are telling us so they can elevate our products. We have extensive custom reports that tie up all aspects of our product and customer journeys. I've not found another product that allows me as much freedom as Zendesk Suite explore does, so far.
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Scalability
Freshworks Inc
No answers on this topic
Zendesk
WHY we will use Zendesk in HR and PD internally
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Return on Investment
Freshworks Inc
  • Our customers often give feedback to closed tickets to track satisfaction scores
  • Customers appreciate the value of viewing their tickets in the customer portal
  • We save time by having a single source system to interact with our customers and track issue history.
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Zendesk
  • Integrating other AI solutions for an organization with high volumes can cost about USD5000 monthly. With Zendesk AI and by building onto the same with AI powered apps built for Zendesk Suite we save a projected USD4000 monthly.
  • Robust Zendesk APIs have enabled us to integrate our internal system with a customized app saving us hundreds of hours every quarter spent loading customer profiles that are not loaded instantly from the app.
  • Plug and play apps like Round robin save us weeks of sprint delay timelines as they do not require additional coding or developer support to install and start using.
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ScreenShots

Freshdesk Omni Screenshots

Screenshot of Advanced AnalyticsScreenshot of Team InboxScreenshot of Customer Communication ManagementScreenshot of Conversational AI

Zendesk Suite Screenshots

Screenshot of the Zendesk Agent WorkspaceScreenshot of Omnichannel MessagingScreenshot of Zendesk TicketingScreenshot of Bots powered by Zendesk AIScreenshot of Tone shift with Zendesk AIScreenshot of Zendesk ticketing side conversations