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
Seismic Knowledge
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
Seismic Knowledge (formerly Lessonly Knowledge or Obie, acquired by Lessonly in July, 2021 and then by Seismic later that year) integrates internal company documentation into one single source of truth for knowledge sharing and management.N/A
Pricing
FreshdeskSeismic Knowledge
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
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FreshdeskSeismic Knowledge
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
FreshdeskSeismic Knowledge
Features
FreshdeskSeismic Knowledge
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
8.6
195 Ratings
5% above category average
Seismic Knowledge
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Ratings
Organize and prioritize service tickets9.2191 Ratings00 Ratings
Expert directory8.2129 Ratings00 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation7.64 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission9.3191 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket response9.1191 Ratings00 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
Seismic Knowledge
-
Ratings
External knowledge base8.6159 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledge base8.4163 Ratings00 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
Seismic Knowledge
-
Ratings
Customer portal9.0156 Ratings00 Ratings
IVR9.158 Ratings00 Ratings
Social integration8.599 Ratings00 Ratings
Email support9.2183 Ratings00 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration8.6117 Ratings00 Ratings
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FreshdeskSeismic Knowledge
Small Businesses
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Front
Front
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
SysAid
SysAid
Score 8.9 out of 10
RWS Tridion Sites
RWS Tridion Sites
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
FreshdeskSeismic Knowledge
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(261 ratings)
8.6
(3 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.3
(25 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.4
(43 ratings)
-
(0 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
8.7
(192 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
FreshdeskSeismic Knowledge
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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Seismic
For fast and reliable lesson builders that anyone can learn, Lessonly is fantastic. We went from someone having to know basic HTML just to put a course up, to anyone who knows how to use a simple editor being able to take courses and assign them to their teams. We saved so much time and effort. In the case of customers wanting content, it becomes more tricky. There's not necessarily a good way to offer courses to people outside of your organization.
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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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Seismic
  • Teams can ramp up training very quickly with personalized coaching at scale.
  • Sales acceleration and enablement with the right tutorials and templates.
  • On-demand practice exercises allow reps to learn and accelerate skills rapidly.
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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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Seismic
  • Reports can be a little tricky at first. It's not as "built out" as the other parts of the platform.
  • If you're wanting to sell or offer courses to people outside of your organization, this might not be the best software for you.
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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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Seismic
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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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Seismic
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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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Seismic
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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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Seismic
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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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Seismic
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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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Seismic
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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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Seismic
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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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Seismic
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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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Seismic
I have not used other products like Lessonly Knowledge. So far every organization I have worked at has used Lessonly Knowledge. I believe that says it all, it seems as though every organization prioritizes purchasing this tool for their employees. This is a good sign! I don't see our organization using another any time soon.
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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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Seismic
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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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Seismic
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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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Seismic
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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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Seismic
  • Honing skills of reps about 1.8X-2X faster
  • Coaching reps to 60-70% more closed deals
  • Pursuing skills certifications for 30-40% more reps across teams
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