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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Freshservice

    Score8.4 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

    SysAid

    Score8.8 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    SysAid is an ITSM platform that enhances service delivery with AI Agents, chatbots, workflow automation, and asset management. AI Copilot categorizes tickets, provides case summaries, and offers sentiment analysis. The AI chatbot, available via chat, email, and Teams, speeds support.

    $89

    per month Per Admin

    Pricing
    FreshserviceSysAid
    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
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FreshserviceSysAid
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalRequired
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing.SysAid Copilot is available as an add-on for any plan. It bakes generative AI into every aspect of service management.
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    Community Pulse
    FreshserviceSysAid
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
    Chose Freshservice
    Freshservice offers way more tools, much better support and has a very clean and more modern interface compared to SysAid
    Incentivized
    Chose Freshservice
    Freshservice provides a more modern user interface than either of the two former products we used. It provides a broader range of tools and features than Jitbit. It is much easier to use than SysAid. The user interface for our end-users is crisp, clean, informative, and easy …
    Incentivized
    Chose Freshservice
    Compared to similar products I've used, Freshservice beats the competition in support, ease of setup and use, and UI. I found the other products complicated the process for setting up workflows, lacked competent support, and were just plain ugly to look at.
    Incentivized
    Chose Freshservice
    Fresh Services was a turn key product that I did not have to take months to configure. We are a small organization and did not have the man power to undertake a product that would become a major project to get off the ground.
    Incentivized
    SysAid Technologies
    Chose SysAid
    Other software were either more expensive or were lacking some features. We looked at Freshservice a year ago but the gain was not enough to cover the more expensive product and the cost of changing the ITSM. Zendesk is well known, but lacks some features like an asset manager. …
    Incentivized
    Chose SysAid
    Sysaid includes more features in the baseline product. Multilanguage (English, spanish, portuguesse, etc). It's highly customizable and ITIL aligned.
    Incentivized
    Chose SysAid
    SysAid was selected mainly for its flexibility with configurations, adaptability to internal processes of various companies that propose constant and gradual changes in order to align with ITSM strategies, support and documentation, and integrations with other platforms.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    98%
    Would buy again
    181 Answers
    94%
    Would buy again
    179 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    174 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    171 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    98%
    Happy with the feature set
    181 Answers
    94%
    Happy with the feature set
    178 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    141 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    134 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    94%
    Implementation went as expected
    146 Answers
    92%
    Implementation went as expected
    145 Answers
    Features
    FreshserviceSysAid
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Freshservice and SysAid
    Feature
    Freshservice
    8.4
    190 Ratings
    3% above category average
    SysAid
    8.6
    199 Ratings
    5% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.1192 Ratings9.6199 Ratings
    Expert directory7.7138 Ratings7.9165 Ratings
    Service restoration8.6125 Ratings8.5146 Ratings
    Self-service tools8.3172 Ratings7.7191 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications8.5138 Ratings9.3147 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation8.6159 Ratings9.0166 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards8.2166 Ratings8.6175 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Freshservice and SysAid
    Feature
    Freshservice
    7.6
    153 Ratings
    6% below category average
    SysAid
    8.2
    173 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Configuration mangement8.2144 Ratings9.0164 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard7.2149 Ratings8.8171 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement7.5110 Ratings6.9122 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of Freshservice and SysAid
    Feature
    Freshservice
    8.2
    151 Ratings
    3% below category average
    SysAid
    8.6
    163 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Change requests repository8.4145 Ratings9.0150 Ratings
    Change calendar7.7121 Ratings7.7129 Ratings
    Service-level management8.6142 Ratings9.0156 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    FreshserviceSysAid
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.4
    (192 ratings)
    9.0
    (202 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.8
    (15 ratings)
    8.5
    (25 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (15 ratings)
    7.9
    (48 ratings)
    Availability
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    Performance
    7.5
    (7 ratings)
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.0
    (153 ratings)
    8.4
    (59 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.2
    (3 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.4
    (10 ratings)
    7.5
    (13 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.6
    (6 ratings)
    8.5
    (4 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.1
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (15 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.8
    (8 ratings)
    8.0
    (5 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.6
    (7 ratings)
    9.1
    (6 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (10 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.8
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    8.2
    (6 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FreshserviceSysAid
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Freshworks Inc
    I highly recommend it because it has all the ITSM features in a simple User interface. The ticketing system, change management, incident management, asset management, Freddy AI, sla, and dashboard features are simple to use. Onboarding is easy, and the customer team is very supportive, with plenty of product documentation and a resource center.
    Incentivized
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    SysAid Technologies
    The system is really good at helping manage first-line requests and incidents. There are workflows that can be set up on templates to give direction to the team and help ensure that all the correct procedures are followed. There are some limitations with the system when it comes to Problem and Change management, as it is very ingrained with the normal ticket system. This can lead to a "clunky" change management process.
    Incentivized
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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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    SysAid Technologies
    • Help Desk Ticketing works well and integrates easily with e-mail. IT staff is immediately notified when a new ticket is created.
    • Device management and inventory is easily tracked within SysAid. A full report is easily generated for a device detailing hardware and software specifics.
    • SysAid Copilot AI is phenomenal. It has been designed with the end user in mind. The user can speak to the prompt in natural language and expect a custom response according to their incident or service needs.
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    Cons
    Freshworks Inc
    • It would be nice to have a way to receive a weekly summary of the tickets you worked on. It doesn't have to be overly detailed, but it should show how many new tickets you got, what kind of tickets they were, and whether they were resolved.
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    SysAid Technologies
    • The Help tool could use some refining. Particularly indicating the order in which steps must be done. A clear example is the creation of customized fields or lists.
    • Formatting of the ticket. There is no possibility to create dynamic tables, use more than one column. I would want to have more flexibility without having to pay for Professional Services
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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.
    Incentivized
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    SysAid Technologies
    Here’s your text in natural, professional English:Currently, we are continuously improving our internal AI chatbot within SysAid by feeding our datapool on a daily basis. This is making a real impact on our IT team, as the knowledge base keeps growing and allows us to resolve common incidents and service requests much faster.In addition to that, SysAid helps us manage software licenses and gives us clear visibility of our actual annual costs, which is very useful for tracking upcoming renewals.On the other hand, we would like to see improvements in the reporting area. The interface there feels more basic compared to the rest of the platform and doesn’t offer the same level of depth as other sections.That said, we are really looking forward to seeing how the new Connect module evolves.
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    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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    SysAid Technologies
    Whilst it delivers on most of the features it comes with, I feel Change Management needs a complete re-do as it is really complicated, and think it should be made to be straightforward. For the free services of their Market Place, they should develop a platform where one can just browse for the script (downloaded) and apply the patch, without having to go into various places in code to activate the service. or at least, build the integrations into the system and have [a] section under settings, or even straight from the Market Place, where one can just enable the service, and if required, be prompted to input additional information, including credentials.
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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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    SysAid Technologies
    Another of the benefits of sysaid is that it is highly available when working in on-premise environments.The only times the system is down is when a restart of the services is required to add a new feature. Apart from that, we have not had any problems.In the case of the cloud, the only condition I have seen where sysaid is not available is because the internet link is down or damaged.
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    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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    SysAid Technologies
    In the case of system performance, I have seen that no matter the number of assets and users, Sysaid responds in the same way and at the same speed. The reports that are scheduled do not have any details because they arrive directly to your email. In the same way, when it is integrated with other systems, for example through the API or by email, we have not seen any failure due to the integration. It works very well with or without integrations.
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    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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    SysAid Technologies
    SysAid support is fast and effective. They support their own product, so they know it well. I can expect a response to my request in less than 24 hours and often in less than an hour. Their sales, customer support, and technical support staff are experts in the area of the support request ticket, so we seldom are transferred to another support agent. Their system is well designed and one of the best of all the applications we use.
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    In-Person Training
    Freshworks Inc
    Training was enough to use the base website
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    SysAid Technologies
    My team was greatly assisted and trained well. Despite the time zone difference the trainer made every effort to be available during times that were suitable for us and the assistance and help offered was extremely appreciated by my team. A wonderful experience by the team.
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    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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    SysAid Technologies
    The training I received was very good, they gave me tasks to carry out and then they checked what I had done.It was gratifying that the instructor noticed that I had made very fast progress because I had done the implementation myself and it was very fast. At least I remember that after 5 days I had already finished almost 90% of all the implementation tasks.
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    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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    SysAid Technologies
    It is recommended that it be synchronized with the active directory for a better experience, also using the network scanning tools are very useful both to maintain your hardware and software inventory. See all the documentation found on the portal where they suggest good practices for the use of SysAid and exploit it from the first time
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    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.
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    SysAid Technologies
    SysAid is very cost-effective and flexible and integrates ITSM and asset management tools in one platform, reducing the need for separate tools. They have an intuitive interface that ensures a smooth user experience, reducing the learning curve for IT teams. SysAid offers easy-to-set-up integrations and automation to streamline workflows and reduce manual tasks.
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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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    SysAid Technologies
    When we purchase it, the plans were different and mainly we acquired lifetime licenses. in the past year, we migrated to the cloud version. In both cases, the pricing structure was accurate, although they could provide some extra flexibility to pay for exactly what we need in the business.
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    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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    SysAid Technologies
    Le doy esta calificación porque los módulos que contiene se pueden usar para casi cualquier departamento, tanto gestión de tickets como inventarios de equipos, hemos utilizado una versión gratuita en Ingeniería para gestionar sus tiempos en las tareas asignadas, es lo único que utilizan pero podrían usar fácilmente el módulo de inventario para su herramienta y el módulo de proyectos también
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    Professional Services
    Freshworks Inc
    We did not have professional services.
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    SysAid Technologies
    We have used SysAid since 2008. Through out these years, we find that SysAid support is very helpful and professional. The respond that we get is very fast and they will help us until we have solved our problem that we reported to them. So far, we are very happy with SysAid support.
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    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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    SysAid Technologies
    • Our resolution time has increased a lot compared to not using a ticketing system.
    • We have reduced communication load significantly for our helpdesk admins.
    • The knowledgebase is rough, but still allows us to preserve and share our collective experience and expertise.
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    ScreenShots

    Freshservice Screenshots

    Screenshot of Android App SupportScreenshot of Asset ManagementScreenshot of Project ManagementScreenshot of Asset ManagementScreenshot of Change ManagementScreenshot of Project Management

    SysAid Screenshots

    Screenshot of a view of active service records, appearing in SysAid IT service management.Screenshot of Ticket Journey - Admins can deep dive into the history and context of a ticket, quickly, with ticket journey filters, while reviewing a chronological, consolidated view of everything to help reach a resolution, faster – including all actions takenScreenshot of a workflow to move service tickets from request to resolved with minimal human contact, so teams can focus on more important things than password resets.Screenshot of SysAid Advanced Discovery, powered by Lansweeper. It continuously scans an estate, on-network and cloud, and syncs every asset automatically, removing risk and blind spots.Screenshot of the software contracts and renewals dashboard, viewed to discover the applications an organization actually uses with usage insights to uncover shadow IT, reduce duplication, and cut unnecessary spend.