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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Freshdesk

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AFreshdesk (a product of Freshworks Inc.) is a customer service solution with enterprise capability. Freshdesk unifies channels, conversations, AI capabilities, customer insights, and advanced ticketing into the Freshdesk Command Center so agents are ready to resolve. With Freddy, People-first AI, customer service teams can take AI agents live in minutes to fully resolve complex and simple queries, get response and resolution assistance from AI copilot, and stay ahead with AI insights.…

    $18

    per month per user

    HubSpot Content Hub

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/AHubspot Content Hub is used to take control of content assets. The unified platform is used to manage, update, and distribute content from a central location, ensuring everyone has access to the most up-to-date and relevant materials.

    $20

    per month

    Pricing
    FreshdeskHubSpot Content Hub
    Editions & Modules
    Growth
    $18
    per month per agent
    Pro
    $59
    per month per agent
    Enterprise
    $95
    per month per agent
    Starter
    $20
    per month per seat
    Content Hub Professional
    $500
    per month 3 seats included, $50 for each additional seat
    Content Hub Enterprise
    $1500
    per month 5 seats included, $75 for each additional seat
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FreshdeskHubSpot Content Hub
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Annual commitment required. A discount is offered for annual billing.
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    Community Pulse
    FreshdeskHubSpot Content Hub
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
    No answer on this topic
    HubSpot
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    213 Answers
    88%
    Would buy again
    15 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    207 Answers
    88%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    213 Answers
    82%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    147 Answers
    88%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    174 Answers
    89%
    Implementation went as expected
    8 Answers
    Features
    FreshdeskHubSpot Content Hub
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Freshdesk and HubSpot Content Hub
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    8.6
    210 Ratings
    5% above category average
    HubSpot Content Hub
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.3206 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expert directory7.9140 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications7.812 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation8.115 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission9.0207 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket response9.1207 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Freshdesk and HubSpot Content Hub
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    8.0
    185 Ratings
    0% below category average
    HubSpot Content Hub
    -
    Ratings
    External knowledge base8.0169 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base8.0173 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Freshdesk and HubSpot Content Hub
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    8.3
    197 Ratings
    3% above category average
    HubSpot Content Hub
    -
    Ratings
    Customer portal8.2169 Ratings00 Ratings
    IVR8.563 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social integration8.2105 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email support8.6197 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration7.7126 Ratings00 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    FreshdeskHubSpot Content Hub
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (277 ratings)
    7.5
    (18 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.5
    (25 ratings)
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (42 ratings)
    7.8
    (8 ratings)
    Availability
    7.5
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    7.6
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (41 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.7
    (207 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.5
    (7 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.6
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.9
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    6.8
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.8
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FreshdeskHubSpot Content Hub
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Freshworks Inc
    I believe Freshdesk is well-suited for companies that manage multiple accounts, such as those in the Business Process Outsourcing industry. It has all the necessary capabilities, such as ticket management that uses omnichannel to receive ticket requests from service requests (managed internally) in the system, emails, etc. There are also several workflow automations that can be built within the platform/system. What is lacking is the API documentation, which limits the possibilities for further automations. Overall, it is a highly recommended tool for managing employee productivity and timeliness.
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    HubSpot
    If you want all your marketing activities to be in one place, where your CRM and customer data exist, go for Hubspot's entire suite, which could include CMS, depending on your needs. If you have to create a company blog, marketing landing pages for events or lead generation, or send decently designed newsletters, Hubspot does the job well. Any company that has grown to enterprise level or has fragmented marketing should probably not use Hubspot CMS because of the fragmented activities that might occur. Hubspot's reporting can also break. Also, if you want your designed pages to be very creative with many animations, Hubspot CMS is probably not the way to go. But for anyone who is still finding their footing, go for it.
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    Pros
    Freshworks Inc
    • No prior experience with similar platforms is required to use Freshdesk. I found its interface to be quite intuitive, at least for the end user.
    • It's easy to connect with other platforms, so you can sync and manage data from other platforms because the integrations work correctly.
    • Freshdesk's technical support is quite responsive, with short and effective response times. They have easily handled my questions and issues.
    • It has tools for customizing automated chats, answering frequently asked questions before transferring to an agent. Its configuration is extensive and highly customizable.
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    • Asset control is super easy if your willing to create folder structures that make sense
    • Drag and drop building elements are great, even if you create custom blocks
    • control of domains and how they link into your main system is super easy
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    Cons
    Freshworks Inc
    • Freshdesk is buggy, full stop. I don't know how many support tickets I submitted related to user login.
    • There can be a language barrier with support and sales.
    • There were a couple of hours-long outages that significantly impacted my company's customer experience.
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    • Although you can integrate it with Google Analytics, there is still a significant difference between what each tells you about [a] number of visitors to a given page, etc.
    • There's a lot to the program and it's not always intuitive where to go for a feature. Though the help center and academy are good and usually have the answers, having to look things up isn't.
    • It's expensive.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Freshworks Inc
    New support agents can learn the system quickly, minimizing training time and maximizing productivity from day one. Agents are more willing to use a system that is simple, reducing resistance to change and ensuring all interactions are logged (a common problem with complex systems). The platform is known for being easy to set up and customize, allowing teams (especially smaller ones) to get started with minimal technical expertise.The platform makes it easy to set and monitor Service Level Agreements (SLAs), ensuring customers get timely responses and helping managers enforce performance standards.
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    HubSpot
    I don't think we justify the amount of usage we have of CMS Hub professional. We might discontinue it to save some bucks. But if we ever need an extensive solution, we'll come back to it, as we already other products of Hubspot (Sales Hub, Reporting, Automations)
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    Usability
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshdesk is extremely easy to use as implemented it on our own with average technical skills. A lot of the options are straightforward and Freshdesk provides easy-to-understand explanations for some of the more complex-sounding ones. We recently onboarded new specialists and they were able to learn Freshdesk with minimal training.
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    HubSpot
    HubSpot CMS HUB is well-rounded and brings a robust list of capabilities while maintaining an ease-of-use that beginners can engage. HubSpot is by far the best at doing this among the half-dozen or so CMS platforms I've used in my 20+ years experience. It turns glorified business card websites into purposeful marketing machines that become a key part of a marketing strategy rather than a complicated and frustrating mess.
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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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    HubSpot
    As of now we didn't face any application errors and unplanned outages.
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    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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    HubSpot
    Yes the pages load fastly and this tool is pretty good in integration with other tools like zapier, calendly and so on.
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    Support Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    Because I never worked with a company that responds so quickly to their customer! They are always fast at responding and very open to new ideas and quickly turning them around to include them in future releases. They walk us through when we need assistance and are very good at communicating. Overall top notch support
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    HubSpot
    They are always there to help in any way possible. Our account manager works out any situations we may encounter during business hours
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    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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    HubSpot
    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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    HubSpot
    Pretty easy and resources available at fingertips.
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    Implementation Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    Was a fairly quick implementation for us. However, we are only doing email integration and not some of the more complex integrations that are possible. One clarification on an earlier question. I selected that Freshdesk doesn't have a given feature, but this is not true. I selected this because there wasn't a selection for I don't use the feature. This is a weakness in the survey.
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    HubSpot
    Yes, recreation of landing pages, forms and email templates.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Freshworks Inc
    Compared to Crisp, Freshdesk offers much more organization and is just much more helpful when it comes to having more than one region/team. Not that Crisp is bad, but with Freshdesk, internal communication and collaboration are much easier, which was quite important for our team to grow.
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    HubSpot
    We have about 10 seats that were needed. Wanted a sales platform that had good status and reputation. HubSpot was the best choice for me given Salesforce not being the best in the past. Price was appealing and our team liked the overlay. Other options do not provide the same ability with data
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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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    HubSpot
    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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    HubSpot
    Because it aligns with our goals and streamlined all the hubspot at one place.
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    Professional Services
    Freshworks Inc
    - good customer support
    - personal contact
    - usage limited to basic product features, individually designed solutions seem unlikely
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    HubSpot
    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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    HubSpot
    • When I was using it I couldn't see the direct return on investment since I was only seeing web development.
    • Practicality when creating articles and content
    • Efficiency when creating landing pages, basically content and interactions, but no return on investment in money.
    • Cuando lo estuve usando no pude ver el retorno de inversión directa ya que solo veía desarrollo web
    • Practicidad al momento de crear artículos y contenido
    • Eficiencia al momento de crear landings, basicamente contenido e interacciones pero no retorno de inversion en dinero
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