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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

    Zoom Workplace

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AZoom Workplace, Zoom’s open collaboration platform with an AI Companion, empowers teams to be more productive, and strengthen customer relationships throughout the customer lifecycle with Zoom’s Business Services for sales, marketing, and customer experience teams, including Zoom Contact Center.

    $16.99

    per month per user

    Pricing
    FreshdeskZoom Workplace
    Editions & Modules
    Growth
    $18
    per month per agent
    Pro
    $59
    per month per agent
    Enterprise
    $95
    per month per agent
    Add-On Zoom Translated Captions
    $5
    per month per license
    Pro
    $16.99
    per month per user
    Business
    $21.99
    per month per user
    Add-On - Conference Room Connector
    $499
    per year
    Basic
    Free
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Add-On - Zoom Whiteboard
    starting at $2.49
    per month per user
    Add-On - Large Meetings
    starting at $600
    per year
    Add-On - Cloud Storage
    starting at $120
    per year
    Add-On Audio Conferencing
    starting at $1200
    per year
    Add-On Zoom Phone Power Pack
    Starting at $300
    per year per user
    Add-On - Quality of Service Subscription
    Contact Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FreshdeskZoom Workplace
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Discount available for annual billing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    FreshdeskZoom Workplace
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
    Chose Freshdesk
    Freshdesk has infinitely more features than osTicket. osTicket will lock you out of an email if someone has been in it recently. Freshdesk just gives you an eyeball icon that lets you know someone else may be replying when you are in there. There are so much more automation and …
    Incentivized
    Chose Freshdesk
    At the time, Zendesk had a bland feature and didn't offer the flexibility and tools that Freshdesk did. So when we had an opportunity to convert and switch over, we did. Since we have, we've been satisfied with what Freshdesk has had to offer. They've been fairly quick in …
    Incentivized
    Chose Freshdesk
    1. Analytics are equally comparable in both solutions.
    2. Using Zendesk it is easier to create workflows and customization is simpler if you require workflows in your tool.
    3. FreshDesk is an effective incident management tool, but lacks some feature functionality which a …
    Incentivized
    Zoom
    Chose Zoom Workplace
    Zoom appeared to be the most user friendly. We just needed something that works. Not really bells/whistles. You don't get to pick the skill proficiency of the attendees so we need something that was easy for even the most inexperienced/non technical users
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoom Workplace
    We selected Zoom mostly because of cost and reliability. We liked the features that Zoom provided, we thought it was the easiest interface for ourselves as well as first-time users who have ever used a screen sharing service to be comfortable with. We also liked how we can …
    Incentivized
    Chose Zoom Workplace
    We like that appear.in is a web browser program. It is a bit difficult having different users and permissions over in our opinion
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    213 Answers
    92%
    Would buy again
    412 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    207 Answers
    93%
    Delivers good value for the price
    386 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    213 Answers
    95%
    Happy with the feature set
    437 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    147 Answers
    92%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    287 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    174 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    327 Answers
    Features
    FreshdeskZoom Workplace
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Freshdesk and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    8.6
    210 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Zoom Workplace
    -
    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 Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    8.0
    185 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Zoom Workplace
    -
    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 Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    8.3
    197 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Zoom Workplace
    -
    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
    Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software
    Comparison of Performance & Compatibility of Online Events Software features of Freshdesk and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.5
    1005 Ratings
    1% above category average
    High quality audio00 Ratings8.8997 Ratings
    High quality video00 Ratings8.9997 Ratings
    Screen Sharing
    Comparison of Screen Sharing features of Freshdesk and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.7
    1005 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Desktop sharing00 Ratings9.31004 Ratings
    Online Meetings / Events
    Comparison of Online Meetings / Events features of Freshdesk and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.7
    1011 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Calendar integration00 Ratings9.0922 Ratings
    Meeting initiation00 Ratings9.1985 Ratings
    Record meetings / events00 Ratings9.2960 Ratings
    Online Events Collaboration
    Comparison of Online Events Collaboration features of Freshdesk and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.5
    873 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Live chat00 Ratings9.1855 Ratings
    Online Events Security
    Comparison of Online Events Security features of Freshdesk and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.9
    863 Ratings
    11% above category average
    User authentication00 Ratings8.9754 Ratings
    Participant roles & permissions00 Ratings8.7828 Ratings
    Cloud PBX
    Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Freshdesk and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.1
    235 Ratings
    5% below category average
    Hosted PBX00 Ratings8.3111 Ratings
    Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)00 Ratings7.8140 Ratings
    Directory of employee names00 Ratings8.2217 Ratings
    Call Management
    Comparison of Call Management features of Freshdesk and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.2
    263 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Answering rules00 Ratings8.6191 Ratings
    Call recording00 Ratings8.7239 Ratings
    Call park00 Ratings7.9146 Ratings
    Call screening00 Ratings8.0164 Ratings
    Message alerts00 Ratings8.2209 Ratings
    Business SMS/External Messaging00 Ratings8.0134 Ratings
    Voicemail Transcription00 Ratings8.0182 Ratings
    Mobile apps
    Comparison of Mobile apps features of Freshdesk and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.9
    296 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Mobile app for iOS00 Ratings8.8262 Ratings
    Mobile app for Android00 Ratings8.9180 Ratings
    Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration
    Comparison of Unified Communications Platform and Collaboration features of Freshdesk and Zoom Workplace
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    Zoom Workplace
    8.7
    248 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Centralized communications management00 Ratings8.9198 Ratings
    Team messaging00 Ratings8.9213 Ratings
    Team document sharing00 Ratings8.6192 Ratings
    Call and meeting analytics00 Ratings8.4201 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    FreshdeskZoom Workplace
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (277 ratings)
    8.8
    (1069 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.5
    (25 ratings)
    9.4
    (27 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (42 ratings)
    9.5
    (46 ratings)
    Availability
    7.5
    (6 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Performance
    7.6
    (6 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.4
    (41 ratings)
    6.4
    (46 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.0
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    7.7
    (207 ratings)
    6.4
    (11 ratings)
    Configurability
    6.5
    (7 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.5
    (5 ratings)
    8.0
    (13 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.9
    (6 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    6.8
    (6 ratings)
    9.8
    (3 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.7
    (2 ratings)
    9.2
    (8 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    7.6
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    7.3
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FreshdeskZoom Workplace
    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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    Zoom
    In most cases, and I mean almost all, Zoom is vastly superior to Teams in terms of functionality and ease of use. Case in point: I recently tried to join a Teams meeting in the web browser, and it took me multiple attempts to access it. This NEVER happens with a Zoom link.
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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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    Zoom
    • Audio quality of phone calls is spot on. Calls are clear and crisp.
    • Video quality of video meetings are clear and there aren't any pixelization artifacts that some systems can have.
    • Having AI summaries have been life changing for us. We no longer have to concentrate on note taking, like we did in the past. The summaries are accurate and enable us to put our efforts in the meeting or conversation. Plus, we can save them into our practice management system as required.
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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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    Zoom
    • Love notes - allow insertion of table or grid
    • Allow admin to turn off DND
    • Allow a way to group individual people chats - not channels just individual peeps into groups for ease of finding - like how you can group shared calendars into sections in Outlook
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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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    Zoom
    We're sticking with Zoom for the foreseeable future--given its compelling feature set, ease of use, and advanced technology, there's just no other competition to be excited about. Plus it's a Gartner-recognized industry leader, so it's a rather easy choice.
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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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    Zoom
    Zoom is made for the non tech office. It has features that can be made to do what you need to run things on a day to day basis. Immediately we we able to get meetings going with remote employees. The ability to be able to add smartphone connected people was a big plus. Zoom met our needs at the time.
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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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    Zoom
    There have been less than a handful of outages during our two years with Zoom, and whenever there was one, an email informing us of the outage went out immediately, and they had the issue resolved shortly thereafter.
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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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    Zoom
    Zoom has among the best performance of any video conference platform, as I've mentioned several times. Besides that, their Chat platform works great, and their back end always runs smooth. It's unfortunate that reporting can now only be done by one month at a time, but nonetheless, it only takes a second to run any kind of Zoom report, whether it's an attendee report, Poll results, a user report, a list of meetings from the past month, etc.
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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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    Zoom
    Because I got a response right away, and was assigned one specific individual to work with me from the beginning to the resolution. I had an actual email address and direct contact with this person without having to start over and over every time I contacted Zoom - this singular individual remained attentive and was well informed on the subject matter and quite able to resolve my needs.
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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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    Zoom
    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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    Zoom
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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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    Zoom
    If you receive any pushback from higher ups, point to any of the various positive reviews like this one. Or show Zoom's excellent Gartner report, or articles describing Zoom's partnership with Sequoia capital. It's not difficult to show how Zoom is a trustworthy industry leader with best-in-class technology.
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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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    Zoom
    Zoom Workplace is typically on the more expensive end against other options, but it's the industry leader for a reason. It has the most brand credibility by far, but that doesn't mean it's perfect. There are limitations when it comes to technical performance, customization and video/audio quality. I prefer Slack myself for communication apps, but Zoom Workplace is a good alternative.
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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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    Zoom
    The billing and price model is really fair for so many functions that they offer, our remote work requires each of the features that Zoom offers, so accepting payment for a tool like this is the least we can do. I like that billing arrives on time and that they offer opportunities and payment times.
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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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    Zoom
    Because the Basic licenses are completely free, and because it's very easy to configure and install Zoom, and because anyone can join Zoom from a link without needing an account, scaling is a Breeze. There are absolutely no roadblocks. My company keeps adding more Zoom Pro license every week since it's so in demand. We were able to convert users from several different platforms onto Zoom with no trouble at all.
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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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    Zoom
    Zoom is perfect for our business. We use it to video chat with prospective clients. The name recognition alone gives us credibility and it is very easy to screen share and send content out.
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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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    Zoom
    • We have not lost much productivity in our teamwork during the pandemic because of the ability to have Zoom video calls and keep everyone in touch. This is definitely a positive.
    • We are able to have more people participate in coaching sessions (described earlier) because we don't have room space limitations. This is a big positive.
    • Being able to start a meeting instantly is great when we are doing support and/or training with a client over the phone and need to be able to share a visible
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    ScreenShots

    Zoom Workplace Screenshots

    Screenshot of an example collaboration feature. These are used to:
Transcribe, summarize, and capture action items with AI Companion from your in-person meetings.
Improve visibility and alignment by sharing emails to chats
Elevate a chat to a meeting or phone call to get to resolution faster. 
Continue meeting conversations and easily access shared information in Team Chat.Screenshot of an example of Zoom's productivity features. These features are used to:
Improve productivity across teams, locations, and time zones.
Organize project deliverables and assets in a centralized, collaborative doc.
Collaborate and map out projects visually on a whiteboard.
Jumpstart brainstorming sessions using AI and templates.
Gather valuable team input for well-informed decision-making with surveys and polls.
Stay on top of action items surfaced from across Zoom Workplace.Screenshot of some additional collaboration features. These are used to:
Optimize office experiences and in-person time.
Make sure remote participants feel connected with what is going on in the room.
Collaborate across remote and in-person teams on a virtual whiteboard.
Easily know and identify who is in the room and who is speaking in a Zoom Room with smart name tags and smart speaker tags.Screenshot of an example of Zoom's AI companion. This feature is used to streamline communications, improve productivity, increase employee engagement, and optimize flexible work.Screenshot of additional AI Companion features. The tools is also used to:
Launch internal campaigns.
Deliver visually rich updates with live streams, billboards, and videos.
Ensure critical comms are never missed with read receipts.
Send updates to deskless workers with Workvivo TV and Chat.