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Freshworks Inc.

Freshdesk

Composite Score

8.5 /10

CX Score

8.8 /10

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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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Latest Award, 2025

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

2 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Product Impact

2024

1 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2023

2 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

2022

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

1
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3
Since last award

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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.

+93 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

4% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Effective Service

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Configurable Knowledge Repository

Role-Based Access

Workflow and Approval Management

Bulk Actions

Social Features

Intelligent Search

Multi-Language Support

API Integration

Multiple File Type Support

Version Control

AI Capabilities

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 84

Quality of Features

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

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Score 8.6

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Score 8.1

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Freshdesk Reviews

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

Dikoriro M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2022

A Great Knowledge Management Platform

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Freshdesk from other similar products?

I think what makes Freshdesk unique is that it is not only great when it comes to knowledge management but is also good as a customer service software.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Using Freshdesk is easy despite being resourceful The software works well as a customer service solution It makes knowledge management easy

What do you dislike most about this product?

Freshdesk is just good. Nothing less.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

For better business knowledge management, I recommend Freshdesk as it also comes with other capabilities including being a great customer service software.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Unique Features
Efficient Service

Pradeep K.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2022

Easy to use and very intuitive

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Freshdesk from other similar products?

Ease of usability and multi-role access

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Single dashboard view

What do you dislike most about this product?

UI could be better

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Market Leader, definitely evaluate it if you are considering one

Pros

Caring
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Freshdesk Ratings

90 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

85 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Freshdesk?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Configurable Knowledge Repository The solution provides the ability to create, manage, disseminate and archive knowledge articles in a structured format.

Role-Based Access Enable different levels of access based on role, allowing different articles to be available only to specific audiences as needed.

Workflow and Approval Management Ability to model, build, and execute automatic workflows for the purpose of managing content-centric processes.

Bulk Actions Allows users to import and export multiple articles at a time, make updates and changes to multiple categories, properties, or articles simultaneously.

Social Features Social features allow knowledge users to like, rate, comment, or tag knowledge content.

Intelligent Search Provide user with filters and facets to refine search results, with auto-suggest capabilities, natural language search and search engine indexing.

Multi-Language Support Write or translate articles to multiple languages and allow users to search in multiple languages to support global customers.

API Integration API integrations with enterprise apps e.g. collaboration/communication tools, CRM, ECM, and existing knowledge sources allow access to content in multiple ways.

Multiple File Type Support Write or translate articles to multiple languages and allow users to search in multiple languages to support global customers.

Version Control Tracking of document versions with each iteration of document changes.

AI Capabilities Artificial intelligence to enhance knowledge management such as automatically tagging content, recognizing duplicate content, and suggesting relevant content.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

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Customer Service - Enterprise

Field Service Management

Freshdesk Reviews

Khalil R.

Especially useful when interacting with customers

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Dikoriro M.

A Great Knowledge Management Platform

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Pradeep K.

Easy to use and very intuitive

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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