Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Freshdesk
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
Freshdesk (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
Igloo
Score 6.9 out of 10
N/A
Igloo Software is a social business software company that builds digital workplaces and intranet solutions to support online communities and businesses of any size. It is a suite of content management, collaboration and knowledge sharing tools within one secure social networking platform. Online communities drive groups, teams and organizations to improve employee productivity, foster relationships and increase collaboration with customers, partners and suppliers.N/A
UUKI
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
A community platform for creators to build meaningful relationships with content, discussions and events under a brand. UUKI enables users to: -Give an audience a destination to interact with each other, engage in discussion with rich text and media. -Create beautiful event pages, invite the audience, collect payment, interact and send them updates. -Sell premium content for one-time payment or setup subscription with UUKI. -Presented as ideal for courses, NFTs, and…
$15
Pricing
FreshdeskIglooUUKI
Editions & Modules
Growth
$18
per month per agent
Pro
$59
per month per agent
Enterprise
$95
per month per agent
No answers on this topic
Starter
$15
per month Single User
Pro
$65
per month 3 Users
Advance
$205
per month 10 Users
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FreshdeskIglooUUKI
Free Trial
YesYesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesYesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsIgloo is free to use for up to 10 users. Paid accounts begin $12 per user per month. We also offer volume discounts for enterprise-wide intranets and external users. Contact us for details.
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
8.3
202 Ratings
1% above category average
Igloo
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UUKI
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Organize and prioritize service tickets9.2197 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Expert directory8.1134 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications7.06 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation7.67 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission9.3198 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket response8.9198 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
8.4
179 Ratings
5% above category average
Igloo
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UUKI
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External knowledge base8.4162 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledge base8.4167 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
8.7
189 Ratings
8% above category average
Igloo
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UUKI
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Ratings
Customer portal8.7160 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
IVR9.159 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Social integration8.4102 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Email support9.0188 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration8.5119 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
FreshdeskIglooUUKI
Likelihood to Recommend
8.4
(260 ratings)
6.0
(7 ratings)
7.6
(25 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.3
(25 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(42 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Availability
6.9
(6 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
7.2
(6 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Support Rating
8.5
(41 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.2
(1 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
7.0
(3 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.1
(192 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Configurability
6.0
(7 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
8.1
(5 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.7
(6 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
6.5
(6 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Professional Services
8.3
(2 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
7.4
(5 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
7.4
(5 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
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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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Igloo Software
Igloo is a well-suited option for teams/companies that want to build an employee intranet with some other interesting features, like file storage and sharing, internal communications, and resource and knowledge management. All of these features may help your workers increase productivity significantly by centralizing everything in one robust and reliable platform. However, it can be less appropriate if costs are a problem for you, due to the pricing. So, if you will not be using several features and just want an intranet for you company, you may want to go with another solution.
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UUKI
If you're looking for an affordable alternative to platforms like Circle, UUKI could be a perfect fit. It offers similar functionality for a much more affordable price. No member limit, no storage limits, while still being able to white label your own community. However, be aware that it's still in development. There are certainly some bugs to be fixed and a few updates required to truly compete with the others.
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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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Igloo Software
  • Notifications: Igloo can push email updates to users.
  • Organization: Igloo allows for you to create pages, sub pages, and many layer deep sections. You can also organize the layout of your pages.
  • Versioning: it's super easy to reserve and edit documents for offline use. And you can see who last edited a document and when.
  • Offline access: there's a desktop version you can use very easily. It's really good for dropping a bunch of files at once.
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UUKI
  • Spaces, where we set the topis for people to engage in an organized manner
  • Easy to use, it has everything you need, no fluff, very intuitive
  • Great Support, the development team behind really listens to their users, and nurture their own community
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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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Igloo Software
  • Their UI is not used-friendly. Their use of Igloo-specific terminology made it difficult to understand how each function of the site worked. They would repeatedly say, for example, "a ___ is really a ___" vs. just calling it what the function actually is.
  • Implementation was a far cry from their sales support. After basically nickel-and-diming you for everything, they - very poorly - cap your use of their implementation support team.
  • Overall, Igloo didn't work for our organization because they do multiple things decently vs a few things excellently. The experience with Igloo was unremarkable.
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UUKI
  • Some tweaks on UI/UX to make it more polished
  • I would appreciate a better roadmap (instead of a trello board)
  • Allowing translating the string to change the language style to meet the community's style (like Ay mate! for Pirate of the Caribbean fan's community)
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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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Igloo Software
No answers on this topic
UUKI
No reason not to continue using UUKI and expand upon it.
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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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Igloo Software
No answers on this topic
UUKI
Anyone can use it, and having HTML knowledge is not necessary.
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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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Igloo Software
No answers on this topic
UUKI
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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Igloo Software
No answers on this topic
UUKI
No answers on this topic
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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Igloo Software
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UUKI
They provide almost constant support if needed. Their team considers all feedback and implements solutions when needed.
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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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Igloo Software
No answers on this topic
UUKI
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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Igloo Software
No answers on this topic
UUKI
No answers on this topic
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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Igloo Software
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UUKI
UUKI is extremely easy to implement but requires a brief period of time to understand where all of its controls are. (not a real issue)
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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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Igloo Software
Easy to use, cost-effective, and benefit in organizational culture development and information sharing across various employees and from higher management. Great customer support and continuous development to make the software better for users. It allows better collaboration with a little bit of fun too and requires less resources to handle.
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UUKI
UUKI is moving a lot faster than other platforms. Plus the fact that they are building with the community makes it easier to learn from others who have implemented it for their respective use cases. We selected it because of the value proposition and its affordability which make it a failsafe investment. Plus the founders have experience in building products which is always assuring
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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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Igloo Software
No answers on this topic
UUKI
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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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Igloo Software
No answers on this topic
UUKI
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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Igloo Software
No answers on this topic
UUKI
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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Igloo Software
  • Helps with employee retention - especially in a virtual environment.
  • Costs less than a separate wiki system for storing key information.
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UUKI
  • I like the fact that Ankur and his team really listen to their early users. They just keep on improving UUKI and it's really not that hard to transfer your community from FB to UUKI. There are just so many features and it keeps on improving.
  • UUKI really helps you build your community. You can transfer your audience from Facebook that has a lot of restrictions to your own exclusive community
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