Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Freshdesk
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Freshdesk is a cloud-based customer service software that helps businesses of all sizes to deliver customer support. Freshdesk converts requests coming in via email, web, phone, chat, and social into tickets, and unifies ticket resolution across channels. Additionally, Freshdesk lets the user automate workflows, provide self-service, manage SLAs, and measure metrics, to stay on top of customer support. Freshdesk also offers out-of-the-box features like an AI-powered support chatbot,…
$0
Up to 2 agents
GLPI
Score 9.2 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
GLPI is an IT Service Management software based on open source technologies. It is a suite for IT, project, financial and user management. GLPI can support companies of any size, and offers both on-premises and cloud (SaaS) solutions.
$23
per IT agent/per month
Pricing
FreshdeskGLPI
Editions & Modules
Free
$0
Up to 2 agents
Growth
$15
per month (billed annually) per agent
Pro
$49
per month (billed annually) per agent
Enterprise
$79
per month (billed annually) per agent
GLPI Network Cloud
$23
per IT agent/per month
Basic
$1,455
for <10 IT agents; <500 IT assets
Standard
$4,365
for <50 IT agents; < 5000 IT assets
Advanced
$14,550
for >51 IT agents; > 5001 IT assets
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FreshdeskGLPI
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$1,200 per installation
Additional DetailsPrices for on-premises support L.3 and editor´s guarantee depends on the number of IT agents and IT assets. The price for GLPI Network Cloud is unique price per IT agent/per month. IT assets are free of charge and unlimited on GLPI Network Cloud. End users are free of charge for both options.
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Community Pulse
FreshdeskGLPI
Features
FreshdeskGLPI
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
8.6
187 Ratings
4% above category average
GLPI
9.1
2 Ratings
10% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets9.2183 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Expert directory8.0123 Ratings8.02 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation7.64 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission9.3183 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket response9.1183 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-service tools00 Ratings9.32 Ratings
ITSM reports and dashboards00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
8.4
168 Ratings
5% above category average
GLPI
-
Ratings
External knowledge base8.5152 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledge base8.2157 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
8.7
177 Ratings
9% above category average
GLPI
-
Ratings
Customer portal8.7151 Ratings00 Ratings
IVR8.755 Ratings00 Ratings
Social integration8.495 Ratings00 Ratings
Email support9.1176 Ratings00 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration8.6112 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM asset management
Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
-
Ratings
GLPI
8.8
2 Ratings
7% above category average
Configuration mangement00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Asset management dashboard00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
Change management
Comparison of Change management features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
-
Ratings
GLPI
9.2
2 Ratings
8% above category average
Change requests repository00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Service-level management00 Ratings9.52 Ratings
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FreshdeskGLPI
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
SysAid
SysAid
Score 8.9 out of 10
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
Score 9.3 out of 10
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User Ratings
FreshdeskGLPI
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(254 ratings)
9.3
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.8
(22 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.8
(42 ratings)
9.0
(1 ratings)
Availability
7.7
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.0
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.7
(40 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
9.9
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.8
(184 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
6.6
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
6.6
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.5
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
5.8
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
6.4
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
6.9
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
6.9
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
FreshdeskGLPI
Likelihood to Recommend
Freshworks Inc
I recommend Freshdesk for people who need to handle a large volume of inquiries through tickets and follow-ups. This platform provides tools that will improve problem-solving efficiency, ensuring customers are satisfied with the speed with which their issues are resolved. Overall, it will optimize customer service support operations and the resolution of their problems.
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Teclib
GLPI is
well suited to an on prem environment, I work for a company that values open-source
software and European solutions.
I have no
experience with GLPI cloud hosted solution or their support as we have in house
devs that fix and improve our installation, their community in the support forum
is excellent if you have a question or want advice on an issue.
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Pros
Freshworks Inc
  • The price is great for small startups just large enough to need a support ticketing system.
  • This may seem minor, but many tools don't have this: the ability to link a contact to multiple companies/accounts.
  • Agent collision detection is great for making sure agents don't duplicate each others' work!
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Teclib
  • Tickering
  • Inventory
  • FAQ
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Cons
Freshworks Inc
  • Data Security.
  • SLA Policies where it is not customer / contract driven but agents / groups driven.
  • Audit Trail is not available in Pro version makes the tool adoption difficult from compliance perspective.
  • Chat Bot and Fresh Chat Services has greater potential to explode, but the pricing model tagged to chat bot sessions .are illogical as it limits the ability to use the fresh chat feature
  • Agent Logon Screen use earlier version of Captcha as it is annoying for the agents to login. Very frustrating experience.
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Teclib
  • Lack of auto update mechanism.
  • Admin interface is somewhat dated.
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Likelihood to Renew
Freshworks Inc
We are extremely happy with Freshdesk and can foresee using it for the next year. We might only consider using a different platform if our average daily ticket volume reaches four digits and its AI isn’t enough to handle our needs by then. While we haven’t tested this yet, we have read reviews that it’s AI capabilities are lacking
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Teclib
No answers on this topic
Usability
Freshworks Inc
I gave it a rating of 9 out of 10 because they delivered on everything we asked them to do. Easy to setup, easy to deploy to end users, easy to customize, easy to enter tickets and so much more. Our experience with their support is top notch! After opening a ticket for support they call use back within 10 minutes every time!
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Teclib
We’ve used
GLPI for many years and the interface has gotten better with every major
release, the dashboard is easy to use and customizable.

With the
massive catalogue of plugins, you can change or add so many features and if you
have the right team, you can turn it into a completely unique piece of
software.

So, if the
default setup isn’t to your liking you can tweak it extensively.
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Reliability and Availability
Freshworks Inc
I have encountered a lot of errors in the Freshdesk, however, they tend to resolve it on priority or at least they will share the timeline by when this can be resolved. Most of the time the issue has been from the other partner's end. They take time to resolve their vendor issues and they don't have any timelines in case of developed app errors.
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Teclib
No answers on this topic
Performance
Freshworks Inc
The reports take a lot of time to download if the time period is large. Also, the tickets take their sweet time to open and load. It is not fast as Zendesk. Only 30 tickets are visible in a single go and there isn't any option to select all. If we need to change the pages and dashboards it takes a lot of time to open.
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Teclib
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Freshworks Inc
The main thing about Freshdesk user service is that once a request has been made for information about a feature of the platform, the support team responds to tickets quickly, within a day of writing and submitting them, with information that is concise enough so that there is no need to ask for help on the same topic again.
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Teclib
No answers on this topic
In-Person Training
Freshworks Inc
In-person training is provided to all the agents and it is very easy to learn the basics of the Freshdesk interface. Solving tickets via dashboards, replying to the guest queries in bulk via Freshdesk. The training which is a bit hard is creating the logic according to the ticket flow and intergeration.
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Teclib
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Freshworks Inc
This tool is no doubt easy to learn but in-person training is a lot better than online training. It takes time to grasp things in the online training, however, in pandemic we have done all the training online. Apart from a bit more time we haven't faced any issues with online training.
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Teclib
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Freshworks Inc
Our team easily implemented Freshdesk, and as soon as we started, we were pros with it. In a matter of days, we had integrated signatures and canned responses. The biggest problem was the Help Center part, but after some time, that was also integrated. We did not know some features when we started, but that is normal.
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Teclib
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Freshworks Inc
Freshdesk has a more modern and intuitive user interface, while Help Scout's interface is simpler and more minimalist.In case of features, Freshdesk offers a wider range of features, includes omnichannel support, AI powered automations, and advanced analytics. Help Scout is more focused on providing a simple and efficient ticketing system.
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Teclib
We selected GLPI because it is free software, and because of the potential it expected to have. We do not consider other alternatives.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Freshworks Inc
I was not very involved with the purchase/contract (my company purchased Fresjdesk before I was brought on), but I will say that pricing per agent made it difficult to grow our support team. Additionally, we were kind of disappointed after our upgrade because it didn't solve our pain points as much as we expected.
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Teclib
No answers on this topic
Scalability
Freshworks Inc
My company had Freshdesk agents from support and success. It's generally difficult to customize permissions for different agent "roles." We were a fully distributed company, so "multiple sites" doesn't apply to us. We found Freshdesk features lacking as we grew our customer base, and adding agents wasn't easy because price steeply increases with number of agents.
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Teclib
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
Freshworks Inc
- good customer support
- personal contact
- usage limited to basic product features, individually designed solutions seem unlikely
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Teclib
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Freshworks Inc
  • Increased response times - Client Success maintains at 98% SLA for resolution
  • Categorization of feedback and issues - custom ticket fields make it easier for us to review why clients contact us on a high level
  • Standardization of internal procedures via templates, canned responses and automations
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Teclib
  • Quick resolution of incidents
  • User satisfaction measurement
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ScreenShots

GLPI Screenshots

Screenshot of Dashboards for Asset Management and HelpdeskScreenshot of Asset ManagementScreenshot of Asset management: item viewScreenshot of User managementScreenshot of Helpdesk: Kanban viewScreenshot of Helpdesk