Honest Impression After 2 Years
September 25, 2024

Honest Impression After 2 Years

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 5 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Forest

Overall Satisfaction with Freshdesk

I implemented everything when we rolled it out a little over 2 years ago. I manage all of the multiple portals we have in Freshdesk.

We have several business problems that we have opened tickets for. We were told others also need these changes for their business needs as well. We are pretty much on several waiting lists for some of these changes. I won't go into all of them but the big one right now is using SSO to Authenticate users. To use this feature, every portal must use it. We have different types of portals and some can benefit from SSO but some it would make things more difficult. For now we just cant use it at all.

Another business problem is updating the form to probe for needs early on. The choices we have are generic and could use some updates. We had to write close to 800 lines of code in Liquid, to use a back door to get what we needed added to the form. In my opinion, it shouldn't be this hard.

The scope of these use cases would be at the system level. I think Freshdesk needs to add this functionality to meet the needs of its users.

Pros

  • Allowing the creation of apps by developers for other users to enjoy
  • Allowing API Integration with many popular companies
  • adding AI such as Chatbots

Cons

  • Form Usability
  • Free Themes
  • Updating Support Articles
  • Negative - Form Customization
  • Positive - Easy to use UI for Agents
They offered to help with implementation but it took a while to meet with someone and most of it was going here and using these outdated guides or paying them to upgrade from Freshdesk to Freshservice. We already have the most advanced Freshdesk plan. In my opinion, we should not have to add or switch to other services.

Do you think Freshdesk delivers good value for the price?

Not sure

Are you happy with Freshdesk's feature set?

No

Did Freshdesk live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Freshdesk go as expected?

No

Would you buy Freshdesk again?

No

The ability to edit the SLA helps us to separate portals that should have different goals. Different Portals have different types of issues that are handled differently. Some are easy to resolve so the SLA should reflect that in what is required of the Agents. Some Portals may handle issues that would take time to get a resolution for the requester. We would need to set the target for these Portals Agent's goals at different levels. It's impossible to set 1 SLA that would help several portals grow and improve. This is a very helpful feature of the SLA abilities offered with Freshdesk.

Freshdesk Feature Ratings

Organize and prioritize service tickets
10
Ticket creation and submission
6
Ticket response
6
External knowledge base
8
Internal knowledge base
2
Customer portal
5
IVR
Not Rated
Social integration
Not Rated
Email support
6
Help Desk CRM integration
Not Rated

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