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
HubSpot Service Hub
Score 8.4 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.
$15
per month per seat
Pricing
FreshdeskHubSpot Service Hub
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
Service Hub Starter
$15
per month per seat
Professional
$100
per month per seat
Enterprise
$150
per month per seat
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 DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing.
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
We felt that Freshdesk offered better value in terms of pricing and offered a matching feature set. It was also highly recommended by a member of a team that had used Freshdesk in their previous organisation. Lastly the fact that it could integrate into Hubspot (that we use as …
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 …
Features
FreshdeskHubSpot Service Hub
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
8.6
196 Ratings
5% above category average
HubSpot Service Hub
7.9
16 Ratings
4% below category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets9.3192 Ratings7.616 Ratings
Expert directory8.2129 Ratings7.94 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications8.43 Ratings8.26 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation7.64 Ratings7.65 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission9.3192 Ratings8.416 Ratings
Ticket response9.1192 Ratings7.816 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
8.5
175 Ratings
6% above category average
HubSpot Service Hub
8.7
16 Ratings
8% above category average
External knowledge base8.6159 Ratings8.816 Ratings
Internal knowledge base8.4163 Ratings8.516 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
8.9
184 Ratings
11% above category average
HubSpot Service Hub
8.1
6 Ratings
1% above category average
Customer portal9.0156 Ratings9.14 Ratings
IVR9.158 Ratings7.13 Ratings
Social integration8.599 Ratings7.34 Ratings
Email support9.2183 Ratings7.86 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration8.6117 Ratings9.26 Ratings
Best Alternatives
FreshdeskHubSpot Service Hub
Small Businesses
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
SysAid
SysAid
Score 8.9 out of 10
SysAid
SysAid
Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
FreshdeskHubSpot Service Hub
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(262 ratings)
8.7
(18 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.7
(26 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.4
(43 ratings)
8.8
(6 ratings)
Availability
7.9
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
8.1
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(42 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
10.0
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.5
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.3
(193 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
6.8
(8 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.7
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
8.2
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
7.7
(7 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
8.8
(3 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.1
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.1
(6 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
FreshdeskHubSpot Service Hub
Likelihood to Recommend
Freshworks Inc
Freshdesk is very easy to implement. This tool is very easy to understand and adapt. Omnichannel capability enables keeping a track of every complaint from different channels, including chat, call, email, and social media. Excellent, customizable self-service portal, and AI-powered deflection tools such as Freddy AI, which help advisors provide proper resolution.
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HubSpot
I'd recommend HubSpot Service Hub for sure. When switching from a different platform to HubSpot Service Hub orgs and admins can count with a vast number of trainings in HubSpot Academy and most of them are free. This means users will find the resources they need without needing to reach for their superiors for training sessions or guidance.
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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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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
  • 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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HubSpot
  • We've had some issues setting up the Client Portal functionality because we merged with another company and are still operating under two domains; Setting up the Client Portal could be easier or they could provide better support to help us work through it
  • We've been able to do everything we need to do with HubSpot Service Hub
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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
I'd give it a 9 or 10 for the survey functionality because that is what we use regularly. I left it at an eight because we don't yet have experience with some of the other functionalities within the ServiceHub. Based on our demos, the ticketing system and the ChatBot are great, and we look forward to adding them soon.
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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
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
Support Team's knowledge and understood the company's requirement, and always shared the insight of the usage of the tool to it s full potential, moreover the team checks periodically to check if we using the tool right and if we are facing any kind of challenges. Also they would update us on new features that can make the work easy.
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HubSpot
No answers on this topic
Online Training
Freshworks Inc
Video tutorials, questions answers round before and after testing and Fresh desk team would always share best practices on the needs. Furthermore would periodically check if we are able to work smoothly. Would send alerts to known any issues, send recommendation on new features. Freshdesk team always available when we need certain advise.
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HubSpot
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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HubSpot
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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HubSpot
HubSpot [Service Hub] had many integrations we needed to connect to our CRM, and the cost was just right from them VS the others. We had to look at all the features, and HubSpot CRM just had way more than the others and more bang for your buck. So the Service Hub was just a bonus with their CRM tools.
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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
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
Freshworks Inc
Very professional, they would always ask for the steps followed and where we went wrong, they would politely share the video recording to review in case any other team member faces the same issue
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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
  • Easy to keep track of leads and track their journey into becoming a customer. For example, we can tell which leads open what emails and target people differently to help increase sales.
  • Even though HubSpot Service Hub is very expensive, I do think it is worth the price because we can keep track of all leads/ customers very easy, track the customer journey, rework emails with AI, etc.
  • HubSpot Service Hub also has reporting so you can track everything which helps to improve our sales
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ScreenShots

HubSpot Service Hub Screenshots

Screenshot of where Service Hub helps to quickly address service tickets