Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Freshdesk
Score 8.6 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 10 agents per user
HubSpot Service Hub
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
HubSpot Service Hub aims to bring customer service data and channels together in one place, and helps scale support through automation and self-service. According to the vendor, Service Hub provides more time for proactive service that delights, retains, and grows your customer base.
$50
per month
Pricing
FreshdeskHubSpot Service Hub
Editions & Modules
Free
$0
Up to 10 agents
Growth
$15
per month per agent
Pro
$49
per month per agent
Enterprise
$69
per month per agent
Starter
$50 ($45)
monthly (annually)
Professional
$400 ($360)
monthly (annually)
Enterprise
Starting at $1,200
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FreshdeskHubSpot Service Hub
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
FreshdeskHubSpot Service Hub
Considered Both Products
Freshdesk
Chose Freshdesk
Salesforce Service Cloud required a longer deployment time for us. It also required adding different modules to achieve the same level of integration between channels and tools. HubSpot Service Hub allowed us to do something similar to what we currently have in Freshdesk, with …
Chose Freshdesk
We initially used HubSpot Service Hub but found it extremely lacking and only appropriate for small businesses. Freshdesk was able to help us manage our tickets prioritization and execute automation that addressed redundant tasks.
Chose Freshdesk
It is easier to start with, but less robust overall. Freshdesk has a better free tier, and had some advanced customization capabilities. Zendesk is easier to get to an advanced level with, has more and better integrations, and has a better data tool. HubSpot is comparable to …
Chose Freshdesk
Over our time using Freshdesk we have tried to always keep up-to-date with other options within the sector but we've never found anything that has made us consider changing the system. Aside from features and costs we've always felt valued and supported as a customer so there …
Chose Freshdesk
The other products in this genre has also amazing offerings and their quality is great, though we have chosen Freshdesk because of the following differentiators -
  • Excellent onboarding, Ease of learning and Very intuitive UX
  • Module-wise pricing and integrations between different …
Chose Freshdesk
One of the main reasons we went with Freshdesk was the search. Some other ticketing systems have horrible search functions that make it very difficult to surface the communications you're looking for. It's also meant to be a ticketing system first, and some others we've seen …
Chose Freshdesk
We're actually already using other systems to make up for the lack of things that Freshdesk can do. However, Freshdesk is easy to learn and easy to use. With everything going more digital, we need software that can keep up. Freshdesk is still a good project management tool. We …
HubSpot Service Hub
Chose HubSpot Service Hub
Freshdesk is a significant upgrade over email-based service.
HubSpot is a simple and quick way to collect user reviews and provide customer service.
Chose HubSpot Service Hub
Hubspot Automations are very powerful has it provides a drag-and-drop interface to create journeys on doing automation. It integrates seamlessly with the Hubspot CRM and the integration is much deeper and powerful
Chose HubSpot Service Hub
For the feature set we were looking for, particularly with an integrated customer 360 view and solid sales pipeline system to help our sales track new leads, HubSpot came out a lot cheaper than the alternatives and allowed the sales pipeline and support team to operate together …
Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
FreshdeskHubSpot Service Hub
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
8.4
145 Ratings
6% above category average
HubSpot Service Hub
8.5
11 Ratings
7% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets8.7141 Ratings9.211 Ratings
Expert directory8.195 Ratings7.94 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications8.43 Ratings8.26 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation7.64 Ratings7.65 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission8.8142 Ratings8.711 Ratings
Ticket response8.7142 Ratings9.511 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
8.3
130 Ratings
7% above category average
HubSpot Service Hub
9.3
10 Ratings
18% above category average
External knowledge base8.4116 Ratings9.310 Ratings
Internal knowledge base8.3120 Ratings9.310 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
8.4
138 Ratings
9% above category average
HubSpot Service Hub
8.1
6 Ratings
5% above category average
Customer portal8.1116 Ratings9.14 Ratings
IVR8.143 Ratings7.13 Ratings
Social integration8.572 Ratings7.34 Ratings
Email support8.7138 Ratings7.86 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration8.284 Ratings9.26 Ratings
Best Alternatives
FreshdeskHubSpot Service Hub
Small Businesses
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Score 9.0 out of 10
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Score 9.0 out of 10
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Salesforce Service Cloud
Salesforce Service Cloud
Score 8.7 out of 10
Salesforce Service Cloud
Salesforce Service Cloud
Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
FreshdeskHubSpot Service Hub
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(212 ratings)
8.6
(12 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.8
(14 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.9
(35 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.6
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.6
(33 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.4
(142 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
8.5
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
9.1
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.8
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.8
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
FreshdeskHubSpot Service Hub
Likelihood to Recommend
Freshworks Inc
Using a collection of Skill Based Ticket Assignment, Ticket Allocation, and alerts, we’ve been able to bring our average resolution time to under half our previous time. This is done by making sure the right tickets get to the right agents, and by ensuring agents are followed up on to ensure they do not forget deadlines on tickets in their queue. Furthermore, tickets which would be open for weeks due to lack of a client response are now closed automatically following a prompt email to the end-user
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HubSpot
It all depends on what business you're operating. You should also consider your needs, goals, and pain points when looking at [HubSpot] Service Hub. If you’re in need of a tool that will help you manage everything from start to finish, then yes HubSpot might be something to consider. It’s truly an all-in-one platform for everything and anything marketing, sales, and customer support, all in one place.
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Pros
Freshworks Inc
  • Follow up on all conversations that enter and are easy to use by the employee and save responses ready for use.
  • Find out the average rate of the number of conversations that occur in the company and conduct the analysis.
  • There is a feature it allows one to take a permit in the name of the employee who responds to the conversation and to know the problem faced by the customer and the solution.
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HubSpot
  • It makes it easier for us to keep track of customer awareness and review in one spot.
  • The great thing about how easy it is to use all of its fantastic tools.
  • The ability to check customer retention.
  • It's easy to track and measure the success of our organization's sales team.
  • This is a fantastic all-in-one customer success suite that includes ticketing.
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Cons
Freshworks Inc
  • Ticket templates and canned responses should be able to be used interchangeably. We frequently have the same response in both fields.
  • The spam filter can be a little too aggressive. We have had issues with tickets being accidentally marked as spam then filtering incorrectly for weeks at a time.
  • Freshdesk doesn't quite have the right integrations with our other providers (Vonage, and Avochato, to name a few).
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HubSpot
  • Need to be able to customize and prioritize tiles when in deal view
  • Should have web forms and telescripts built into the program (templates)
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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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HubSpot
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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HubSpot
No answers on this topic
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
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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HubSpot
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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HubSpot
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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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
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
Freshworks Inc
Not applicable. I have never used a support desk system before and FreshDesk had already been implemented at my company before I joined. I am not involved in financial decisions and I have no opinion on buzzwords like "time to productivity" and "time to value"
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HubSpot
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Freshworks Inc
FreshDesk was the best combination of ease of use and price. While inexpensive, even the lowest tier offered more functionality than the other guys, and the learning curve is almost nonexistent so it's easy to add new agents and get them up to speed quickly instead of having them spend days getting use to the UI.
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HubSpot
Hubspot Live chat is not the most feature backed but its core service is solid and gets the job. Other live chat software like Live Chat or Zendesk has more features but most of those features are not needed for the everyday biz user
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Freshworks Inc
The pricing we had taken is on yearly basis but the subscription and billing frequency that we have is on monthly basis. I would not want to make any changes to it, it is a seamless process with all the contract terms and we both agreed on it. It should be as per the customer's need.
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HubSpot
No answers on this topic
Scalability
Freshworks Inc
The product they have developed is amazing. They have made different products for emails, tickets, chats & calls as well. It is flexible according to multiple departments. The finance team can use it, the Customer support team is using it, we can use it in call centres, emails etc. We can use these tickets internally as well to create child tickets and assign them to different departments for query resolution.
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HubSpot
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Freshworks Inc
  • Freshdesk is certainly better than nothing, or a simple shared inbox
  • Freshdesk is frustrating to incorporate social media with
  • Freshdesk excels at ticket management
  • Freshdesk needs to do more to bring it into alignment with business, rather than 'just' service desk needs.
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HubSpot
  • Lead management has become more streamlined
  • Sales targets are visible; any changes made can be easily tracked and accounted for
  • Overall lead lifecycle management has improved and the way data moves to other apps makes life easier for the other business functions to keep track on the new and old deals
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ScreenShots

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