Freshservice is the go-to ITSM tool for Formalizing an IT Department
March 31, 2023

Freshservice is the go-to ITSM tool for Formalizing an IT Department

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Freshservice

We use Freshservice as our main ticketing system for IT related issues and onboarding new hires. This product addresses a few issues in our IT department such as productivity, tracking, and reporting. Before Freshservice, our company did not use any type of ticketing system. All 'tickets' were addressed through email, teams, phone, or in person. Once we introduced this solution, our medium sized IT department was able to address tickets more efficiently between our Application Team and our Infrastructure Team. We have also expanded the use of Freshservice to include HR and Training so we can more efficiently onboard new hires. This process is automated and has contributed greatly to the success of our new hire program. Overall, this product has contributed to the continual improvement of our IT department.

Pros

  • Ticket Management and Routing
  • Reporting
  • Easy Change Mangement

Cons

  • Mobile App
  • More detailed SLAs
  • Increased backing for more hiring
  • More agent productivity
Freshservice already builds a lot of functions that other ITSM tools would require an administrator to do. Instead of building a route for all onboarding tickets, Freshservice already had a route built out for me. Along with that, the change management functionalities were great for a business new to formalized change management. Having a suggested route for changes and approvals, it saved our team a lot of time.
There is always great response times with support. However, I have had multiple tickets where I have had to call back multiple times after suggested solutions did not work. This is okay, however the troubleshooting that took place after the first call was not extremely helpful. For functionality additions, support was always willing to have something built if it didn't exist already. This was awesome because a few special functions were built for our company.
Freshservice was a lot cheaper and a lot more powerful out of the box than ServiceNow. Being a smaller company, we needed the out of the box functionality and limited administrator interaction for our solution. ServiceNow required a bit more work on the backend where Freshservice allowed us to use it right out of the box.

Do you think Freshservice delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Freshservice's feature set?

Yes

Did Freshservice live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Freshservice go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Freshservice again?

Yes

For any medium sized business just starting a journey with an ITSM tool, Freshservice is the way to go. With all the functionality of big brand ITSM tools but a smaller price tag, this solution is great for any company starting their journey.

Freshservice Feature Ratings

Organize and prioritize service tickets
7
Expert directory
5
Service restoration
5
Self-service tools
5
Subscription-based notifications
5
ITSM collaboration and documentation
5
ITSM reports and dashboards
6
Configuration mangement
3
Asset management dashboard
5
Policy and contract enforcement
5
Change requests repository
5
Change calendar
5
Service-level management
5

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