Aircall vs. Freshdesk Contact Center

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Aircall
Score 7.3 out of 10
N/A
Aircall headquartered in Paris provides a VOIP system for business designed to support contact centers, featuring IVR and automated call routing, conference calls, shared call inbox and call notes, unlimited concurrent calls and call queuing, and many integrations with CRM or marketing systems to support a variety of support or sales purposes.
$30
per user/per month
Freshdesk Contact Center
Score 6.9 out of 10
N/A
Freshdesk Contact Center ( Formerly Freshcaller) is a call center software for startups and small teams. Fresh Contact Center aims to enable businesses / teams set-up and run a call center without spending a lot of time and money. It is suited for phone teams of size 1- 30. Users can create custom greeting texts based on specific call scenarios. The nested Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system allows the user to provide a detailed set of options to callers. The call queues…
$0
per agent/per month
Pricing
AircallFreshdesk Contact Center
Editions & Modules
Essentials
$30
per user/per month
Professional
$50
per user/per month
Custom
Contact sales team
FREE
$0
per agent/per month
Growth
$15
per agent/per ,billed annually
Pro
$39
per agent/per month, billed annually
Enterprise
$69
per agent/per month, billed annually
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
AircallFreshdesk Contact Center
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
AircallFreshdesk Contact Center
Features
AircallFreshdesk Contact Center
Cloud PBX
Comparison of Cloud PBX features of Product A and Product B
Aircall
7.4
Ratings
7% below category average
Freshdesk Contact Center
8.9
Ratings
11% above category average
Hosted PBX8.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Multi-level Interactive Voice Response (IVR)8.70 Ratings8.20 Ratings
User templates5.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Call reports7.50 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Directory of employee names8.00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Call Management
Comparison of Call Management features of Product A and Product B
Aircall
7.1
Ratings
16% below category average
Freshdesk Contact Center
8.9
Ratings
6% above category average
Answering rules8.90 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Call recording9.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Call park4.00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Call screening7.80 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Message alerts6.00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
VoIP system collaboration
Comparison of VoIP system collaboration features of Product A and Product B
Aircall
5.7
Ratings
33% below category average
Freshdesk Contact Center
9.6
Ratings
19% above category average
Audio conferencing5.70 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Mobile apps
Comparison of Mobile apps features of Product A and Product B
Aircall
7.8
Ratings
2% below category average
Freshdesk Contact Center
-
Ratings
Mobile app for iOS7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Mobile app for Android7.80 Ratings00 Ratings
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AircallFreshdesk Contact Center
Small Businesses
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.2 out of 10
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.2 out of 10
CloudTalk
CloudTalk
Score 7.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
Score 8.7 out of 10
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
Cisco Unified Communications Manager (Call Manager)
Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
AircallFreshdesk Contact Center
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(0 ratings)
8.8
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.8
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.8
(0 ratings)
8.1
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
AircallFreshdesk Contact Center
Likelihood to Recommend
Aircall is great for anyone who has multiple team members calling from the same number or a team that needs to call from many different numbers. The way Aircall allows users to organize people and numbers is extremely customizable and efficient. I think just about any business could benefit from using Aircall and highly recommend it!
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One of FreshDesk Contact Center's greatest strengths is that it can centralize all of a company's channels for communicating with customers. Additionally, you get access to a large number of free collaborators seats, enabling you to bring on board non-customer support team members who may play an indirect role in handling client concerns. Offering an omnichannel experience to our staff and consumers eliminates the need to juggle numerous tools for handling customer service issues. In addition, we may direct customer service interactions like tickets, chats, and phone calls according to predetermined guidelines.
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Pros
  • Make representatives aware of connection, time zone, environment. Having a sense of the customers location will help us to assist the customer
  • Aircall always asks the quality of your call to be able to provide feedback on connection or issues with the app.
  • Aircall is very customizable. You are able to set certain ringtones, play audio through computer and headset, as well as make it your own.
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  • Routes parent request directly to our admin department
  • Allows you to set up chats
  • Allows you to measure how well you are doing
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Cons
  • No schedule for bank holidays
  • No feature to update more than one phone line at the same time
  • Admins don't have access to the timeline of a call to see with which agent it rang
  • Missing agent-specific stats when your phone lines are organized in teams
  • If calls are setup to ring to a first group and then a second, if the whole first group is already busy, it does not go to the second group but puts the customer on hold
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  • The UX and UI could use an upgrade.
  • The process could be better when importing a hard line into the system.
  • We could use more additional reporting features.
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Likelihood to Renew
I give this rating as aircall is very easy to use but also lacks a parallel dialing feature which makes it slower to use. aircall has a pretty seamless integration with salesforce which is helpful. For the cost it is definitely very reasonable but it also lacks a live coaching/listening feature which is very valuable as a manager.
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Usability
I provide this rating based on my overall experience using Aircall. I have used it on my previous company as well and that being said, it is a proof that Aircall is a great tool to use in contact centers and with B2B businesses that has direct communication with clients.
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It's a really simple and affordable software solution if you're looking to upgrade your system or processes to a softphone. The service has been fantastic for both our outbound sales team and our inbound customer service team. As a manager, I'm really grateful I found FreshCaller early on in the process of evaluating companies to go to for a softphone.
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Support Rating
We've enjoyed using Aircall so far and have had no issues with it. The platform is easy to use, looks nice, and makes it easy to keep track of everything.
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Freshcaller support is great. They will respond very quickly once I submit a ticket. On occasion, they are unable to answer a question and require a deep dive on some research for random questions but that's completely understandable. Overall, great service, great quality, and very accommodating. This is one of the better support groups, in my opinion.
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Alternatives Considered
I am not the right person to answer this because I don't make the purchase decisions within our company. I have worked with several companies, and every one of them has their tools. I particularly liked Aircall among all of them because of the different reasons I have already mentioned before.
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We selected Freshdesk Contact Center because it proved to be easier to use not only for us but for the parents who call our school as well. Our parent complaints of not being able to reach our admin department have significantly decreased. I think Freshdesk Contact Center stacks up against Cisco in that the ease of use is better and the price is more efficient.
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Return on Investment
  • Because of the lack of local partnerships with South African telecoms companies, calls to South Africa is very expensive. This was not originally apparent when opening the Aircall account.
  • Not having the option to display a local South African number in the CLIP, means that people are not always eager to pick up the phone when they see an overseas number ringing.
  • The only positive impact has been the collaborative experience and being able to maintain a virtual office
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  • Overpriced for what it offered - we paid nearly $600/month for 10 users. Could not drop them fast enough for this reason alone.
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ScreenShots

Aircall Screenshots

Screenshot of A simple way to make and receive calls at your desk.Screenshot of Your calls on the go, anywhere you go (iOS + Android).Screenshot of Track your team's call activities in real-time in the Aircall Activity Feed.Screenshot of Track your team's call performance in real-time in the Aircall Analytics Dashboard.