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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Freshservice

    Score8.3 out of 10
    N/AFreshservice is a cloud-based service desk and IT service management (ITSM) solution that currently serves more than 10,000 SMB, mid-market, and enterprise customers worldwide.

    $29

    per month per agent

    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service is designed to create positive experiences through any channel and on any device to exceed customer expectations.

    $50

    per month per user

    Pricing
    FreshserviceMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $29.00
    per month per agent
    Growth
    $59.00
    per month per agent
    Pro
    $119.00
    per month per agent
    Enterprise
    Custom
    Dynamics 365 Customer Service Professional
    $50
    per month per user
    Add-In - Chat
    $60
    per month per user
    Dynamics 365 Customer Service Enterprise
    $105
    per month per user
    Dynamics 365 Customer Service Premium
    $195
    per month per user
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FreshserviceMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing.—
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    FreshserviceMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
    No answer on this topic
    Microsoft
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    175 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    168 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    175 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    135 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    140 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    FreshserviceMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Freshservice and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
    Feature
    Freshservice
    8.3
    185 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
    7.4
    3 Ratings
    10% below category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.1187 Ratings9.03 Ratings
    Expert directory7.8135 Ratings1.33 Ratings
    Service restoration8.1120 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-service tools8.2167 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications8.5135 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation8.5155 Ratings6.83 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards8.3162 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Freshservice and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
    Feature
    Freshservice
    7.6
    149 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
    -
    Ratings
    Configuration mangement8.2140 Ratings00 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard7.2145 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement7.5107 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of Freshservice and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
    Feature
    Freshservice
    8.1
    146 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
    -
    Ratings
    Change requests repository8.2140 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change calendar7.7118 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service-level management8.2138 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Freshservice and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
    Feature
    Freshservice
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
    4.5
    3 Ratings
    56% below category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings4.93 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings4.23 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Freshservice and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
    Feature
    Freshservice
    -
    Ratings
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
    8.0
    3 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings9.93 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings5.02 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings5.13 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings10.03 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings9.93 Ratings
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    FreshserviceMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
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    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score6.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FreshserviceMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.3
    (187 ratings)
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.8
    (14 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (15 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.5
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.7
    (148 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.5
    (10 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.6
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.7
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.6
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.7
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FreshserviceMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshservice is well suited for tracking issues and customer tickets. I enjoy being able to narrow down the tags so I can see trends. My biggest issue with Freshservice is using it to look up customers and tickets. Even if I know a ticket is linked to a specific customer, the system often doesn't pull it up. It's almost too specific with what you need to search. Unless you have the exact wording, etc., it won't pull what you're looking for. Using it as a customer directory isn't really helpful with this setup right now.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    Suitable for ticketing that might also require routing to 'queues' and capturing communication timelines. Not as suitable for heavily credentials-management-type organizations or organizations that are not on the Microsoft stack. Also, not as suitable for organizations that have very high needs for knowledge base management or organizations that do not have resources or a partner to help extend the capabilities.
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    Pros
    Freshworks Inc
    • A robust support portal that's easily configured by a power user, but also supports developer level customization.
    • The workflow authoring tool is a very easy drag and drop. For more experienced admins, a robust amount of logic and actions.
    • Dozens of integrations out of the box, including most all mainstream business software.
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    Microsoft
    • Routing
    • Different Channel Support
    • Intuitive user interface
    • Continues improvement in the product
    • Integration with other Microsoft services and products
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    Cons
    Freshworks Inc
    • auditing. Maybe it's the license we have, but auditing agent activity is very difficult or non-existent. Sometimes an admin will make changes, and we have no idea who made them.
    • As great as the workflows and ticket automation are, they seem to break for unknown reasons, which requires a lot of manual overrides. This may be due to newly added features that are forcefully integrated.
    • Better ticket analytics. Managers don't seem to have much insight into what we do beyond tickets resolved.
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    Microsoft
    • It occasionally crashes or slow down, but it usually works great.
    • Costly.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Freshworks Inc
    We are pretty invested in Freshservice right now and have integrated it pretty heavily into our environment, so it would be hard to move away from it. For the most part, we are happy with Freshservice and the ease of use it gives us in managing tickets through the system. The only complaint we've had is customer service.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Freshworks Inc
    The UI design of Freshservice is simple and intuitive. You don't have to be a technical expert to navigate your way into the different pages/modules available. There are no buttons that are hidden in plain sight. Even our HR team required little to no help when they started using Freshservice.
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    Microsoft
    It's not as simple as some of the other offerings, but it is fairly intuitive. The design philosophy is a little more bloated, but it can be streamlined by customizing views and forms (pages) to be organized for end users. Once it is set up, though, assuming your UI choices and design are intuitive, it is simple for end users to use.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Freshworks Inc
    In our 3 years of using Freshservice, we've experienced several outages in the first 2 years. There were times where it only took minutes or hours but there are also times where it took a few days. Each time, Freshservice remained transparent and constantly communicated their progress. We haven't had one in the past year which indicates Freshservice have improved their servers.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    Freshworks Inc
    Pages load quickly but internet connectivity can also play a big role. Integrations doesn't affect the performance but internet connectivity may be a big factor. As a company with most employees working from home, different network providers from different areas/countries can have different experiences. Search load time needs improvement.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    Excellent. Every time I spoke to someone from the team they were very helpful. Last meeting we had they went over some features we were not using and explained how we could get the most out of our contract with them. Not many companies have this level of (actual human) support. The push to AI is nice but talking to actual experts is a lot nicer and to the point.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    In-Person Training
    Freshworks Inc
    Training was enough to use the base website
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Freshworks Inc
    Their documentation is pretty good, but only available in English. This makes it difficult for some of our users to understand. There are also some basic video courses available.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    Creating the correct groups for the stakeholders and enabling the right notifications are one of the most important aspect of the implementation. Creating Change templates will also help in the long run and it's a good practice to create one, if applicable.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshservice is on par with ManageEngine SD Plus in terms of: 1. No/Low code configuration, 2. ITSM module certification 3. SLA 4. CMDB etc. However, the level of support that ManageEngine offers with its post-sales engineer is better than that of Freshservice. While using ServiceNow, they lack many features, as ServiceNow is enriched with numerous modules and an app engine, allowing for customization without OEM assistance.
    Incentivized
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    Microsoft
    I have worked with Oracle CRM On Demand earlier, mainly for case management and basic customer support workflows. Oracle CRM was stable and worked fine for standard use cases, but customization was limited and changes usually required more effort and time. Integrations with other systems were also not very flexible.
    Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service is much stronger in terms of flexibility and scalability. The biggest advantage is tight integration with the Microsoft ecosystem like Outlook, Teams, Power Automate, and Power Apps, which makes automation and productivity much better. Case management, SLAs, queues, and omnichannel features are more advanced and easier to configure.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshservice allows flexibility with contract terms and pricing model. Monthly and annual payments are allowed. The unit pricing needs a bit of improvement. It would be great if they offer unit pricing per capability instead of one pricing for all the capabilities. Small businesses have different use cases and not every agent needs all the modules available.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Freshworks Inc
    We were able to scale easily across multiple departments. As our company keeps growing, we have not needed to change anything in terms of scaling since we started using Freshservice. There were no changes to the admin and end-user experience from when we were a 1,000-employee company vs to our current head count of 2,000+.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Freshworks Inc
    We did not have professional services.
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    Microsoft
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Freshworks Inc
    • Alleviate our support team by providing knowledge directly to the end users.
    • Better response times from our IT support team, thanks to automation and dashboard use.
    • Better tracking of our assets by assigning them to users so we know which device was handed out to who. During off-boarding, we know which devices to ask back.
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    Microsoft
    • Creativity way.
    • Foster increase in revenue.
    • Improving decision-making.
    • Culture of good relationship/service.
    Incentivized
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