About Freshdesk

Freshdesk is a SaaS-based customer support software that offers everything businesses need to deliver great customer service including omnichannel capabilities, automated ticket routing, in-depth reporting, self-service options, SLA management, and much more.

Freshdesk unifies requests coming in across email, phone, web, chat and social, and helps your team stay on top of all conversations within a single view. It also delivers a seamless user experience to agents and helps them stay at their productive best.

Unlike other products in the industry that come with steep pricing tiers and hidden costs, Freshdesk is priced affordably and has a free forever plan with unlimited agent seats.

Pricing starting from:

US$18.00/month

  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription

Key benefits of Freshdesk

Intuitive UI - Setting up an account on Freshdesk and getting familiar with the tool is an effortless experience thanks to the smooth and easy-to-navigate user interface.

Omnichannel capabilities - Stay on top of requests coming in from email, web, phone, chat and social media from a single location and automatically route requests from different channels to the right agents.

Improved productivity - Freshdesk has been designed to help agents stay at their productive best and comes with powerful automations that reduce repetitive tasks.

Increased capabilities - Do more with Freshdesk by plugging in tools from the Freshdesk marketplace which hosts over 500 apps such as Salesforce, Jira, WordPress, and Shopify.

Round-the-clock support - Freshdesk offers 24*7 email, phone, and chat support.

Typical Customers

  • Freelancers
  • Small Businesses (2-50)
  • Mid-size Companies (51-500)
  • Large enterprises (500 and more)

Deployment

  • Cloud-based
  • On-premise

Markets

Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Aruba, Australia and 115 others

Supported Languages

Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch and 20 others

Pricing starting from:

US$18.00/month

  • Free Version
  • Free Trial
  • Subscription

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Features

Total features of Freshdesk: 113

  • API
  • Access Controls/Permissions
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Activity Tracking
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Assignment Management
  • Automated Routing
  • Automatic Call Distribution
  • CRM
  • Call Center Management
  • Call Monitoring
  • Call Recording
  • Call Routing
  • Case Management
  • Catalog Management
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Communication Management
  • Computer Telephony Integration
  • Conferencing
  • Contact Management
  • Content Creation
  • Content Management
  • Customer Communication
  • Customer Complaint Tracking
  • Customer Database
  • Customer Experience Management
  • Customer History
  • Customer Segmentation
  • Customizable Branding
  • Customizable Fields
  • Customizable Forms
  • Customizable Reports
  • Customizable Templates
  • Dashboard
  • Data Import/Export
  • Decision Support Software
  • Discussions/Forums
  • Drag & Drop
  • Email Management
  • Email Templates
  • Engagement Tracking
  • Event Triggered Actions
  • Feedback Management
  • File Sharing
  • Forms Management
  • Full Text Search
  • Gamification
  • IT Asset Management
  • IVR
  • Inbox Management
  • Incident Management
  • Interaction Tracking
  • Issue Auditing
  • Issue Management
  • Issue Tracking
  • Knowledge Base Management
  • Knowledge Management
  • Live Chat
  • Macros/Templated Responses
  • Mobile Access
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Multi-Channel Data Collection
  • Multi-Channel Management
  • Multi-Language
  • Multiple User Accounts
  • Negative Feedback Management
  • On-Demand Recording
  • Online Forums
  • Performance Metrics
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Prioritization
  • Problem Management
  • Project Management
  • Queue Management
  • Real-Time Chat
  • Real-Time Monitoring
  • Real-Time Notifications
  • Real-Time Updates
  • Real-time Consumer-facing Chat
  • Recurring Issues
  • Remote Access/Control
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Role-Based Permissions
  • Routing
  • Rules-Based Workflow
  • SSL Security
  • Screen Sharing
  • Search/Filter
  • Self Service Portal
  • Sentiment Analysis
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
  • Session Recording
  • Single Sign On
  • Social Media Integration
  • Social Media Monitoring
  • Summary Reports
  • Support Ticket Management
  • Support Ticket Tracking
  • Survey/Poll Management
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Tagging
  • Task Management
  • Text Editing
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Ticket Management
  • Virtual Assistant
  • Widgets
  • Workflow Management

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Reviews

Overall rating

4.5 /5
(3,379)
Value for Money
4.4/5
Features
4.3/5
Ease of Use
4.5/5
Customer Support
4.5/5

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Grace
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  • Industry: Retail
  • Company size: 5,001–10,000 Employees
  • Used Daily for 1+ year
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

It allows us to manage all queries and complaints in one place

Reviewed on 2023/09/19

It's a comprehensive bundle that allows us to answer any queries or concerns our clients may have....

It's a comprehensive bundle that allows us to answer any queries or concerns our clients may have. Using this program, we are better able to maintain satisfied clientele.

Pros

My favorite The UI and methodology behind Freshdesk make it ideal for managing and resolving customer inquiries via email. It's an indispensable piece of office equipment for handling all of your customers' questions in one place.

Cons

The fact that it's a fantastic resource for anyone interested in fielding consumer inquiries means that there aren't any downsides. You need only implement a method of logging in with a cell phone number.

Syed
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  • Industry: Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10

Freshdesk Review

Reviewed on 2024/10/15

overall a wonderful tool in great price , can be a good combination if used alongwith freshsales CRM

overall a wonderful tool in great price , can be a good combination if used alongwith freshsales CRM

Pros

comprehensive tool for record tickets, manage all team members at one place, customize escalation mechanism, very nice and informative dashboards showing leaders who are solving most tickets

Cons

making report bit complicated and required tech knowledge

Alternatives Considered

Odoo

Reasons for Switching to Freshdesk

already used in corporate as IT helpdesk Tool, odoo was more expensive
Niels
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  • Industry: Hospitality
  • Company size: 51–200 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 2.0 /10

Never close a contract directly with Freshworks

Reviewed on 2024/06/12

Freshdesk in general is ok to work with, it doesn't excell in specific matters but also not fails....

Freshdesk in general is ok to work with, it doesn't excell in specific matters but also not fails. However we made the misstake to close our contract directly with Freshworks (as our re-seller stopped), this has been the biggest misstake ever. There customer service and assistance is not excisting, questions remain unanswered, no solutions are offered, with this all kind of problems start to arise for which no solutions are offered

Pros

The reseller that was between Freshworks and us

Cons

No full intergration with their other modules. (chat, sales). FreshCRM completly failled product which was only shorly on the market and replaced by Freshsales again.

Shir
Overall rating
  • Industry: Pharmaceuticals
  • Company size: 11–50 Employees
  • Used Daily for 2+ years
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

To arrange the best quick and helpful response

Reviewed on 2025/01/13

Pros

I loved Freshdesk's ability to achieve immediate response across all the channels we use. Freshdesk's ticketing system is powerful, all inquiries are turned into tickets and automatically transferred to the relevant member's panel. The chatbot is great, easy to set up and can cover more than one language at the same time, fast, and accurately understands the content of inquiries to simplify customers' access to the services they need easily.

Cons

There are no negatives to mention. Freshdesk is straightforward, easy to set up. Its arrangement of transferred tickets according to importance is excellent.

Overall rating
  • Industry: Furniture
  • Company size: 201–500 Employees
  • Used Daily for 6-12 months
  • Review Source

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  • Value for Money
  • Ease of Use
  • Customer Support
  • Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10

Great Ticket Management Tool for Customer Support

Reviewed on 2024/11/07

Pros

Very effective ticket management, can be integrated with a wide variety of softwares either through the marketplace or through custom SDKs. Very stable product with great customer support.

Cons

Pricing is a bit on the higher end and the way Automations can be created and implemented in Freshdesk is not very good when compared to other tools.

Alternatives Considered

LeadSquared

Reasons for Switching to Freshdesk

Much more trusted and stable software. Easy to use with a wide variety of features.
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Freshdesk FAQs

Below are some frequently asked questions for Freshdesk.

Freshdesk offers the following pricing plans:

Freshdesk is priced per support agent per month, and has 4 different plans. Free- $0 (Up to 2 agents) Growth- $18/agent/month billed monthly or $15/agent/month billed yearly Pro- $59/agent/month billed monthly or $49/agent/month billed yearly Enterprise- $95/agent/month billed monthly or $79/agent/month billed yearly

Freshdesk has the following typical customers:

Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000

Freshdesk supports the following languages:

Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian

Freshdesk supports the following devices:

Android (Mobile), iPhone (Mobile), iPad (Mobile)

Freshdesk integrates with the following applications:

Adobe Commerce, Aircall, Ameyo, BILLIVING, Batchbook, BigCommerce, Box, CS-Cart Store Builder, Campaign Monitor by Marigold, Capsule, ChargeDesk, Constant Contact, CustomerGauge, Dropbox Business, Easy Insight, Five9, FluentStream, FreshBooks, Freshsales, FullContact, GitHub, Gmail, Google Analytics 360, Google Calendar, Google Contacts, Google Drive, Google Workspace, Harvest, Highrise, Hootsuite, HubSpot Marketing Hub, Hubstaff, Insightly, Jira, Keap, Klips, Localize, LogMeIn Rescue, Mailchimp, Meta for Business, Microsoft Teams, Nimble, Olark, OneDrive, OneLogin, OneSky, Pipedrive, Pipeline CRM, Pipeliner CRM, Pivotal Tracker, Playvox, ProProfs Knowledge Base, QuickBooks Online Advanced, RingCentral Contact Center, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Salesforce Service Cloud, Segment, Shopify, Slack, Solve CRM, SugarCRM, SurveyMonkey, Talkdesk, Time Doctor, Transifex, Twitter/X, Userlike, WooCommerce, Woopra, WordPress, WorkflowMax, Xero, Zapier, Zoho CRM, Zoom Workplace, elevio, iContact, ilos, iorad

Freshdesk offers the following support options:

Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support, 24/7 (Live rep), Chat

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