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    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.…

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    monday CRM

    Score8.2 out of 10
    N/Amonday CRM provides control over the entire sales funnel and helps users close deals faster by automating manual work and streamlining sales activities from A-Z.

    $45

    per month 3 seats (minimum)

    Pricing
    Freshdeskmonday CRM
    Editions & Modules
    Growth
    $18
    per month per agent
    Pro
    $59
    per month per agent
    Enterprise
    $95
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    Basic
    $15
    per month per seat
    Standard
    $20
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    Pro
    $33
    per month per seat
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    Pricing Offerings
    Freshdeskmonday CRM
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional DetailsPlans start with 3 seats. Yearly save 33%
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    Freshdeskmonday CRM
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    174 Answers
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    83 Answers
    Features
    Freshdeskmonday CRM
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Freshdesk and monday CRM
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    8.6
    210 Ratings
    5% above category average
    monday CRM
    -
    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 monday CRM
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    8.0
    185 Ratings
    0% below category average
    monday CRM
    -
    Ratings
    External knowledge base8.1169 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base8.0173 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Freshdesk and monday CRM
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    8.3
    197 Ratings
    3% above category average
    monday CRM
    -
    Ratings
    Customer portal8.3169 Ratings00 Ratings
    IVR8.563 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social integration8.2105 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email support8.6197 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration7.7126 Ratings00 Ratings
    Sales Force Automation
    Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Freshdesk and monday CRM
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    monday CRM
    7.9
    89 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Customer data management / contact management00 Ratings7.979 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings8.886 Ratings
    Territory management00 Ratings6.648 Ratings
    Opportunity management00 Ratings8.076 Ratings
    Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)00 Ratings7.670 Ratings
    Contract management00 Ratings8.358 Ratings
    Interaction tracking00 Ratings8.165 Ratings
    Marketing Automation
    Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Freshdesk and monday CRM
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    monday CRM
    8.1
    66 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Lead management00 Ratings8.166 Ratings
    CRM Project Management
    Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Freshdesk and monday CRM
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    monday CRM
    8.5
    83 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Task management00 Ratings9.181 Ratings
    Billing and invoicing management00 Ratings8.354 Ratings
    Reporting00 Ratings8.270 Ratings
    CRM Reporting & Analytics
    Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Freshdesk and monday CRM
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    monday CRM
    7.7
    80 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Forecasting00 Ratings7.265 Ratings
    Pipeline visualization00 Ratings8.675 Ratings
    Customizable reports00 Ratings7.470 Ratings
    Customization
    Comparison of Customization features of Freshdesk and monday CRM
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    monday CRM
    7.2
    80 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Custom fields00 Ratings7.980 Ratings
    Custom objects00 Ratings7.671 Ratings
    Scripting environment00 Ratings7.249 Ratings
    API for custom integration00 Ratings6.151 Ratings
    Security
    Comparison of Security features of Freshdesk and monday CRM
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    monday CRM
    8.6
    74 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Single sign-on capability00 Ratings8.566 Ratings
    Role-based user permissions00 Ratings8.674 Ratings
    Integrations with 3rd-party Software
    Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Freshdesk and monday CRM
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    monday CRM
    8.6
    49 Ratings
    13% above category average
    Marketing automation00 Ratings8.649 Ratings
    Platform
    Comparison of Platform features of Freshdesk and monday CRM
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    monday CRM
    6.9
    74 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Mobile access00 Ratings6.974 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    Freshdeskmonday CRM
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (277 ratings)
    8.2
    (99 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.5
    (25 ratings)
    9.9
    (5 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (42 ratings)
    8.6
    (96 ratings)
    Availability
    7.5
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.6
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (41 ratings)
    3.1
    (58 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.7
    (207 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.5
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.9
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    6.8
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.7
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.6
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Freshdeskmonday CRM
    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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    monday.com
    Our Integrated/brand marketing and Lifecycle marketing teams find monday CRM to be particularly useful for project management. Integrated marketing uses monday to build out our yearly promotional calendar, which keeps the entire company informed on all the launch and sale details for the year, across both retail and digital channels. The Lifecycle marketing team uses monday CRM to track individual campaign projects, mainly consisting of email asset creation. There are times when monday is not the preferred CRM platform, such as data and analytics tracking, project performance tracking, or scenarios when immediate feedback is required.
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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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    monday.com
    • It is very easy to use and logical. Teams and departments can collaborate together to work as one team.
    • It is very useful in automating the processes of relevant departments.
    • The field names, types, and data you enter can be customized as per your organization's requirements.
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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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    monday.com
    • It takes a while to get used to the UX if you are used to Hubspot or another CRM
    • We are still testing mass email functionality, it's a little less intuitive vs Hubspot
    • The quote/invoice forms are not pre-built into the CRM the way they are in Hubspot, so you have to manually set those up. Some might see that as a positive thing because it's more flexible with your respective tech stack, but it required more research on our end to make sure we set it up to flow efficiently.
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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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    monday.com
    It is the best tool we have found as a small business to be able to track our bookings, tasks and income.
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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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    monday.com
    It's a really easy to use and improve tool, that helps you to quickly master its functions and then helps you to improve the features usage as quickly as you learned the basis. Any doubts you have are easily solved by the contents and tutorials it provides, and if it doesn't solve it, the team is always quick to reply and help you.
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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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    monday.com
    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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    monday.com
    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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    monday.com
    When I have requested customer service from monday.com account the person who I spoke with was really helpful but the set up to get a hold of someone in customer service was a little complicated and time-consuming. I had to get a ticket in an email and then wait for a specific person to call me back at a certain time, that's why I gave a six.
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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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    monday.com
    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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    monday.com
    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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    monday.com
    It was very easy to start using. It is also safe to use lots of trial and error whilst setting up.
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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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    monday.com
    Monday is significantly better. Not only is it more aesthetically pleasing it is just better overall. I feel as if Monday has a better system in regard to keeping track of all the files we have. Moreover, I also feel like the fact that it allows me to tag my other coworkers enables me to have better communication in the office.
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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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    monday.com
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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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    monday.com
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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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    monday.com
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    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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    monday.com
    • The visibility of connected boards means that fewer people can manage them
    • AI is helping to automate operations through AI agents, and this allows me to reallocate personnel to other functions
    • Automation, whether through workflow or AI, helps in up to 72% of operations and the relocation of personnel to other areas
    • A visibilidade dos quadros conectados fazendo com que menos pessoas posam efetuar a gestão
    • A IA ajudando a automomatizar as operaçoes atraves dos IA Agentes e com isso posso descolocar pessoal para outra função
    • As automatizaçoes tanto por workFlow como por IA ajudam em ate 72% na operação e deslocamento de pessoal para outra area
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    ScreenShots

    monday CRM Screenshots

    Screenshot of Sales Pipeline - Ensuring leads do not slip through the cracks.Screenshot of Sales Analytics - Used to build dashboards in real time with no development help, to gain insights into where deals stand, expected revenue, team performance, etc.Screenshot of Automations - Automates sales processes including automatic assignment of leads to reps, reminders for upcoming activities,  and notifications when a lead opens an email.Screenshot of Email Capabilities - Automatically logs sent emails, keeps track of interactions, and enables mass emails with personalized email templates.Screenshot of Activities Logging & Tracking - Displays all past and upcoming sales activities in one organized timeline.Screenshot of Post-sales Management - To help users build lasting customer relationships once the deal is done or stay on top of client projects, with collection tracking.