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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Answerbase

    Score10 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Answerbase is a knowledge management platform for customer support and e-commerce, allowing users to ask questions, receive quality answers, and browse content and articles to meet their demand for information about your products and services. Each system comes with administration and moderation tools that are designed to help companies customize, manage and grow an engaging platform. According to the vendor, advanced features like moderation, user group management, actionable content insights,…

    $49

    per month

    Freshdesk

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AFreshdesk is a cloud-based customer service software that helps businesses of all sizes to deliver customer support. Freshdesk converts requests coming in via email, web, phone, chat, and social into tickets, and unifies ticket resolution across channels. Additionally, Freshdesk lets the user automate workflows, provide self-service, manage SLAs, and measure metrics, to stay on top of customer support. Freshdesk also offers out-of-the-box features like an AI-powered support chatbot,…

    $0

    Up to 2 agents

    Pricing
    AnswerbaseFreshdesk
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $49
    per month
    Professional
    $149
    per month
    Business
    $399
    per month
    Enterprise
    Quote
    per year
    Free
    $0
    Up to 2 agents
    Growth
    $15
    per month (billed annually) per agent
    Pro
    $49
    per month (billed annually) per agent
    Enterprise
    $79
    per month (billed annually) per agent
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AnswerbaseFreshdesk
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAnswerbase Enterprise allows for 100% custom adaptations and developments to take whatever ideas, new functionalities or integration requirements you may have and make them a reality. Our knowledgeable team will manage setup, integration, and provide web-based education and training to make sure your team has all the tools and information they need to successfully manage and grow your site. Therefore, we organize a quote on a per customer basis only for customers interested in an Enterprise implementation.—
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    AnswerbaseFreshdesk
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    Would buy again
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    93%
    Would buy again
    189 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
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    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    185 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
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    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    190 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    158 Answers
    Features
    AnswerbaseFreshdesk
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Answerbase and Freshdesk
    Feature
    Answerbase
    -
    Ratings
    Freshdesk
    8.6
    174 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.2170 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings8.0115 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings8.43 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings7.64 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.0170 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings9.3170 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Answerbase and Freshdesk
    Feature
    Answerbase
    -
    Ratings
    Freshdesk
    8.0
    156 Ratings
    2% above category average
    External knowledge base00 Ratings8.1142 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.0145 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Answerbase and Freshdesk
    Feature
    Answerbase
    -
    Ratings
    Freshdesk
    8.3
    165 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Customer portal00 Ratings7.4141 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings8.251 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings8.587 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings9.4164 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings7.7101 Ratings
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    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AnswerbaseFreshdesk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (241 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (21 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    8.0
    (41 ratings)
    Availability
    -
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    4.6
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    -
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    5.5
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    7.6
    (39 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
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    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
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    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
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    8.6
    (171 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
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    5.4
    (6 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
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    6.4
    (4 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
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    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
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    5.5
    (5 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
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    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
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    6.8
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
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    6.9
    (4 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    AnswerbaseFreshdesk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Lumin Creative
    We implemented a Q&A board since we felt this would be the best way to create high quality content for our team when discussing the next sales strategy process. Really aids customers who have purchased a product from our company to navigate any problems they experience as they can seamlessly check the community question board Increases networking opportunities
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    Freshworks Inc
    I recommend Freshdesk for people who need to handle a large volume of inquiries through tickets and follow-ups. This platform provides tools that will improve problem-solving efficiency, ensuring customers are satisfied with the speed with which their issues are resolved. Overall, it will optimize customer service support operations and the resolution of their problems.
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    Pros
    Lumin Creative
    • Increases your team to collaborate with each other as you are available to post questions that more people can answer to express and opinion or idea
    • Browse existing community pages to see if your question has been answered
    • Allows you to share relevant documents with specific staff
    • Excellent customer service support team that are always on hand to help
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    Freshworks Inc
    • The price is great for small startups just large enough to need a support ticketing system.
    • This may seem minor, but many tools don't have this: the ability to link a contact to multiple companies/accounts.
    • Agent collision detection is great for making sure agents don't duplicate each others' work!
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    Cons
    Lumin Creative
    • Onboarding checklist would be a great addition as setting up can be complicated
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    Freshworks Inc
    • Data Security.
    • SLA Policies where it is not customer / contract driven but agents / groups driven.
    • Audit Trail is not available in Pro version makes the tool adoption difficult from compliance perspective.
    • Chat Bot and Fresh Chat Services has greater potential to explode, but the pricing model tagged to chat bot sessions .are illogical as it limits the ability to use the fresh chat feature
    • Agent Logon Screen use earlier version of Captcha as it is annoying for the agents to login. Very frustrating experience.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Lumin Creative
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    We are extremely happy with Freshdesk and can foresee using it for the next year. We might only consider using a different platform if our average daily ticket volume reaches four digits and its AI isn’t enough to handle our needs by then. While we haven’t tested this yet, we have read reviews that it’s AI capabilities are lacking
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    Usability
    Lumin Creative
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    I gave it a rating of 9 out of 10 because they delivered on everything we asked them to do. Easy to setup, easy to deploy to end users, easy to customize, easy to enter tickets and so much more. Our experience with their support is top notch! After opening a ticket for support they call use back within 10 minutes every time!
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    Reliability and Availability
    Lumin Creative
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    I have encountered a lot of errors in the Freshdesk, however, they tend to resolve it on priority or at least they will share the timeline by when this can be resolved. Most of the time the issue has been from the other partner's end. They take time to resolve their vendor issues and they don't have any timelines in case of developed app errors.
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    Performance
    Lumin Creative
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    Freshworks Inc
    The reports take a lot of time to download if the time period is large. Also, the tickets take their sweet time to open and load. It is not fast as Zendesk. Only 30 tickets are visible in a single go and there isn't any option to select all. If we need to change the pages and dashboards it takes a lot of time to open.
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    Support Rating
    Lumin Creative
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    The main thing about Freshdesk user service is that once a request has been made for information about a feature of the platform, the support team responds to tickets quickly, within a day of writing and submitting them, with information that is concise enough so that there is no need to ask for help on the same topic again.
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    In-Person Training
    Lumin Creative
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    Freshworks Inc
    Support Team's knowledge and understood the company's requirement, and always shared the insight of the usage of the tool to it s full potential, moreover the team checks periodically to check if we using the tool right and if we are facing any kind of challenges. Also they would update us on new features that can make the work easy.
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    Online Training
    Lumin Creative
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    Freshworks Inc
    Video tutorials, questions answers round before and after testing and Fresh desk team would always share best practices on the needs. Furthermore would periodically check if we are able to work smoothly. Would send alerts to known any issues, send recommendation on new features. Freshdesk team always available when we need certain advise.
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    Implementation Rating
    Lumin Creative
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    Our team easily implemented Freshdesk, and as soon as we started, we were pros with it. In a matter of days, we had integrated signatures and canned responses. The biggest problem was the Help Center part, but after some time, that was also integrated. We did not know some features when we started, but that is normal.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Lumin Creative
    Just from a personal viewpoint, I feel that the ease of use with Answerbase is amazing and with first class customer service support team, that could not be more friendlier and helpful. The decision was easy and they designed specific requirements that met our needs. It has really complemented our workforce and saved time.
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    Freshworks Inc
    Freshdesk has a more modern and intuitive user interface, while Help Scout's interface is simpler and more minimalist.In case of features, Freshdesk offers a wider range of features, includes omnichannel support, AI powered automations, and advanced analytics. Help Scout is more focused on providing a simple and efficient ticketing system.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Lumin Creative
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    I was not very involved with the purchase/contract (my company purchased Fresjdesk before I was brought on), but I will say that pricing per agent made it difficult to grow our support team. Additionally, we were kind of disappointed after our upgrade because it didn't solve our pain points as much as we expected.
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    Scalability
    Lumin Creative
    No answers on this topic
    Freshworks Inc
    My company had Freshdesk agents from support and success. It's generally difficult to customize permissions for different agent "roles." We were a fully distributed company, so "multiple sites" doesn't apply to us. We found Freshdesk features lacking as we grew our customer base, and adding agents wasn't easy because price steeply increases with number of agents.
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    Professional Services
    Lumin Creative
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    Freshworks Inc
    Very professional, they would always ask for the steps followed and where we went wrong, they would politely share the video recording to review in case any other team member faces the same issue
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    Return on Investment
    Lumin Creative
    • Increased collaboration in the workplace
    • Saved time on staff asking the same questions
    • Provides customers a 'live' community to liaise with
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    Freshworks Inc
    • Increased response times - Client Success maintains at 98% SLA for resolution
    • Categorization of feedback and issues - custom ticket fields make it easier for us to review why clients contact us on a high level
    • Standardization of internal procedures via templates, canned responses and automations
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    ScreenShots

    Answerbase Screenshots

    Screenshot of Each customer has access to an Admin Site where they can access the tools they need to effectively manage all of your content, users and access.Screenshot of The public interface comes with a standard template. Customers are encouraged to customize the look and feel, so that it is accomplishes their goals and accurately reflects their brand.Screenshot of Each admin and moderator has access to a “My Work” area where they can see their content assignments.Screenshot of Admins and moderators have advanced tools for moderation to control each piece of content from one area.Screenshot of Admins can have full control over customization to accomplish any look and feel they want.Screenshot of Widget builders and API’s empower you to accomplish even the most sophisticated integrations or even build your own Answerbase-powered Q&A applications.