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Freshworks Inc.

Freshdesk

Composite Score
8.6 /10
CX Score
8.9 /10
Freshdesk
8.6 /10

What is Freshdesk?

Freshworks' cloud-based customer support software, Freshdesk, makes customer happiness refreshingly easy. With powerful features, an easy to use interface, and a freemium pricing model, Freshdesk enables companies of all sizes to provide a seamless multi-channel support experience across email, phone, web, chat, forums, social media, and mobile apps. Freshdesk’s capabilities include robust ticketing, SLA management, smart automations, intelligent reporting, and game mechanics to motivate agents.

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Awards & Recognition

Freshdesk won the following awards in the Knowledge Management category

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Freshdesk Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

90 Likeliness to Recommend

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Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+95 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Freshdesk?

1% Negative
1% Neutral
98% Positive

Pros

  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing
  • Enables Productivity
  • Effective Service

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Configurable Knowledge Repository

87

Role-Based Access

86

Workflow and Approval Management

86

Bulk Actions

86

Social Features

86

Intelligent Search

86

Multi-Language Support

85

API Integration

84

Multiple File Type Support

84

AI Capabilities

83

Rich Text Editor

83

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Quality of Features

88

Breadth of Features

88

Ease of Customization

86

Business Value Created

86

Ease of IT Administration

86

Ease of Implementation

85

Ease of Data Integration

83

Usability and Intuitiveness

82

Availability and Quality of Training

82

Vendor Support

82

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

78

Freshdesk Reviews

Joy K.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Finance
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2024

Easy to use and implement

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Freshdesk from other similar products?

Having a wealth of customer information readily available on a single, unified platform has enabled us to provide responses that are both personalized and prompt. Moreover, the automated features, including ticket distribution and preset replies, have significantly boosted our productivity. Essentially, Freshdesk distinguishes itself as a flexible and efficient tool, simplifying our processes and enhancing the quality of our customer service.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Freshdesk is a comprehensive platform that amalgamates all customer service channels—ranging from email, live chat, phone support, and social media—into a single cohesive hub. It acts as a power booster for customer service teams, equipping us to surmount any hurdle with finesse and effectiveness. The extent of customization is truly astounding. It enables us to modify every aspect to align with our distinct requirements—from automating routine tasks to designing custom templates that echo our brand's ethos. Not to mention the analytics and reporting tools that provide us with meaningful and actionable data,

What do you dislike most about this product?

IT users who are not as proficient may unintentionally include internal dialogue in their customer responses if they use Outlook to reply to a customer support email. Whenever a ticket gets a response, my Outlook is flooded with a series of three notifications. The system lacks a spell-check feature, which means precision in spelling is a must.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Freshdesk acts as a unified platform for all our agents, promoting efficient management of customer queries. This integration is advantageous to us as it guarantees that all team members can access a common platform, fostering improved teamwork and effective resolution of a wide range of customer inquiries, which I would like to recommend.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Performance Enhancing

Michelle H.

  • Role: Information Technology
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2023

Easy and simple to use

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Freshdesk from other similar products?

Freshdesk was one of the very first of softwares for implementation and teams that I tried with calibration and it was a very simple strategic approach to the many different softwares and companies that are out on the market today

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It's still very simple strategic approach I like the forums,kbase,iso27001, &soc2

What do you dislike most about this product?

It's very much like zendesk

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If your just starting out freshdesk Is definitely an easier service for beginners

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Reliable
  • Efficient Service
  • Effective Service

Khalil R.

  • Role: Sales Marketing
  • Industry: Technology
  • Involvement: End User of Application
Validated Review
Verified Reviewer

Submitted Mar 2023

Especially useful when interacting with customers

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Freshdesk from other similar products?

With Freshdesk, we can streamline the sales process to our website visitors and reduce time wasting. It provides us with various information and statistics about conversations, which we can use to track progress and improve.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Its innovative use of technology and its special ability to facilitate business growth and service delivery through simple customer communication channels set it apart. Using this application will not cost you anything extra. Freshdesk's chat widget and automatic messages can be tailored to the aesthetics and tone of any brand. The excellent user interface has greatly improved my productivity.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The software has a steep learning curve, but has very helpful customer service.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

We use Freshdesk as an alternative incentive to promote our company, and the resulting pleasant customer connections help us grow quickly. We have mapped out the steps anyone can take to generate and distribute marketing concepts, while connecting them to a solid network infrastructure. Never before have we relied so heavily on communication to spread the word about our offerings. I believe that companies that want to improve their marketing methods would benefit from your emphasis on teamwork and transparent communication.

Pros

  • Helps Innovate
  • Continually Improving Product
  • Reliable
  • Efficient Service

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