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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

    QlikView

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AQlikView® is Qlik®’s original BI offering designed primarily for shared business intelligence reports and data visualizations. It offers guided exploration and discovery, collaborative analytics for sharing insight, and agile development and deployment.N/A
    Pricing
    FreshdeskQlikView
    Editions & Modules
    Growth
    $18
    per month per agent
    Pro
    $59
    per month per agent
    Enterprise
    $95
    per month per agent
    QlikView
    Custom
    per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FreshdeskQlikView
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—On an perpetual license basis, based on server plus number of users. Contact vendor for pricing.
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    Community Pulse
    FreshdeskQlikView
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
    Chose Freshdesk
    There is no round the clock telephone support available from the Freshdesk support team even with the Forest package while Zendesk provides round the clock support over phone for the enterprise package. Zendesk does not have a live chat feature as a part of the core package and …
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    Qlik
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    213 Answers
    93%
    Would buy again
    13 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    207 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    213 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    14 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    147 Answers
    89%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    174 Answers
    88%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    FreshdeskQlikView
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Freshdesk and QlikView
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    8.6
    210 Ratings
    5% above category average
    QlikView
    -
    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 QlikView
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    8.0
    185 Ratings
    0% below category average
    QlikView
    -
    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 QlikView
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    8.3
    197 Ratings
    3% above category average
    QlikView
    -
    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
    BI Standard Reporting
    Comparison of BI Standard Reporting features of Freshdesk and QlikView
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    QlikView
    8.6
    68 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Pixel Perfect reports00 Ratings8.050 Ratings
    Customizable dashboards00 Ratings9.766 Ratings
    Report Formatting Templates00 Ratings8.060 Ratings
    Ad-hoc Reporting
    Comparison of Ad-hoc Reporting features of Freshdesk and QlikView
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    QlikView
    8.1
    67 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Drill-down analysis00 Ratings8.266 Ratings
    Formatting capabilities00 Ratings7.867 Ratings
    Integration with R or other statistical packages00 Ratings8.336 Ratings
    Report sharing and collaboration00 Ratings8.162 Ratings
    Report Output and Scheduling
    Comparison of Report Output and Scheduling features of Freshdesk and QlikView
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    QlikView
    8.6
    62 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Publish to Web00 Ratings8.049 Ratings
    Publish to PDF00 Ratings9.056 Ratings
    Report Versioning00 Ratings7.542 Ratings
    Report Delivery Scheduling00 Ratings10.048 Ratings
    Data Discovery and Visualization
    Comparison of Data Discovery and Visualization features of Freshdesk and QlikView
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    QlikView
    7.4
    58 Ratings
    8% below category average
    Pre-built visualization formats (heatmaps, scatter plots etc.)00 Ratings7.955 Ratings
    Location Analytics / Geographic Visualization00 Ratings7.546 Ratings
    Predictive Analytics00 Ratings6.85 Ratings
    Access Control and Security
    Comparison of Access Control and Security features of Freshdesk and QlikView
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    QlikView
    6.7
    60 Ratings
    23% below category average
    Multi-User Support (named login)00 Ratings8.159 Ratings
    Role-Based Security Model00 Ratings5.355 Ratings
    Multiple Access Permission Levels (Create, Read, Delete)00 Ratings5.555 Ratings
    Report-Level Access Control00 Ratings8.13 Ratings
    Mobile Capabilities
    Comparison of Mobile Capabilities features of Freshdesk and QlikView
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    QlikView
    8.0
    47 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Responsive Design for Web Access00 Ratings8.044 Ratings
    Mobile Application00 Ratings9.028 Ratings
    Dashboard / Report / Visualization Interactivity on Mobile00 Ratings8.038 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    FreshdeskQlikView
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (277 ratings)
    7.6
    (88 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.5
    (25 ratings)
    8.8
    (29 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (42 ratings)
    8.0
    (15 ratings)
    Availability
    7.5
    (6 ratings)
    9.8
    (4 ratings)
    Performance
    7.6
    (6 ratings)
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (41 ratings)
    3.3
    (15 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.7
    (207 ratings)
    7.4
    (13 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.5
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Data Sharing and Collaboration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (43 ratings)
    Data Sources
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.8
    (43 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.9
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    6.8
    (6 ratings)
    8.9
    (2 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
    FreshdeskQlikView
    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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    Qlik
    Sales data validations have helped manage our justifications in the past, especially with regard to new product development and new business introduction. It has also been helpful in identifying trends with business impact and direction specific to quarter and monthly sales from ERP data as well as decisions to purchase equipment of staffing based on run rates and product demand.
    One thing that can get out of hand is data output - if you aren't careful in your query, you may be overloaded with data dumps and drown in the amount of info you have to filter through. This is a user caution, not a comment on the software itself.
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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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    Qlik
    • QlikView has a simple, relational data model that's REALLY fast. Filtering and changing data is dead simple results are almost immediately available.
    • The free version of Qlikview is almost completely featured, so you roll a pro-level product out to an entire department for really cheap.
    • QlikView is really flexible--if you can imagine it, you can build it.
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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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    Qlik
    • We found that QlikView can be a bit slow in supporting some forms of encryption. It is web-based and we needed to upgrade all of our server to not support the older SSL and TLS 1 protocols, only support TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3. However, QlikView could not run with TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3. We had to wait over six months to get a version that would handle the newer TLS versions.
    • There are so many options with QlikView that you can get lost when developing a visualization. There are still items I have not yet figured out, such as labeling a graph with the name of a selected detail item.
    • QlikView works by pulling the data it is going to use for visualization into its database. I am a security reviewer and I need to make certain that PII and PHI is not pulled by QlikView for a visualization, otherwise this could become a reportable indecent.
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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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    Qlik
    Ease of use, ability to load from pretty much any data source. today I created an application that loaded time sheets from excel that are not in a table format. With Qlik's "enable transformation steps" I was able to automate loads of multiple spreadsheets and multiple tabs easily. Could not do that with any other tool.
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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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    Qlik
    QlikView is very easy to implement. The installation is very straight forward. QlikView has several different data connectors that can connect to different data sources very smoothly. The user interface to build the reports is very easy to understand. This helps to have a smaller learning curve. Something very helpful is that QlikView is a browser application for the end users. So, you don't need to install any applications on the user's computer.
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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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    Qlik
    We have not had any downtime issues with the product nor uncovered any significant bugs
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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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    Qlik
    It is not a SAAS product.
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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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    Qlik
    My experience with the Qlik support team has been somewhat limited, but every interaction I have had with them has been very professional and I received a response quickly. Typically if there is a technical issue, our IT team will follow up. My inquiries are specific to product functionality, and Qlik has been very helpful in clarifying any questions I might have.
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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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    Qlik
    My team attended, but I cannot myself rate, but I think it was good as they've successfully launched a training program at our company themselves for users. It was 3-4 day training.
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    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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    Qlik
    Training was as expected. The demo environments tend to be more fully featured that our own environment, but the training was clear and well delivered.
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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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    Qlik
    "Implementation" can mean a few things... so I'm not sure that this is the answer you want.... but here it goes: To me, implementation means: "Is the user interface intuitive and can I produce meaningful reports with ease?" On that score, I'd say YES. The amount of training required was minimal and the results were powerful. The desktop implementation is a simple, "blank" interface just waiting for your creativity. The pre-populated templates give you a reasonable start to any project -- and a good set of objects to "play around with" if you're just getting started. Finally, note that the "implementation" I used was baked into QuickBooks 2016 Enterprise -- called "Advanced Reporting"..... That integration makes it ultra useful and simple.
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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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    Qlik
    The only other vendor product that I have worked with that provides a similar experience to Qlikview is Tableau. I would recommend Tableau if your use case is to build a fixed dashboard. You can share reports for free without needing to buy additional licenses. I would recommend Qlikview if your users are looking for a more interactive experience. They can create new objects to represent the data which can't be accomplished as easily in Tableau
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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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    Qlik
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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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    Qlik
    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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    Qlik
    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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    Qlik
    • You can use the free desktop version to do a lot of reporting and analysis work more quickly so the ROI is huge
    • QlikView is great at finding outliers such as data entry errors
    • QlikView is great at helping you quickly discover new insights about your business that can prompt you to take action that can immediately affect your cash flow.
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