iTop vs. Freshdesk

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
iTop
Score 9.7 out of 10
N/A
Combodo is an editor of ITSM open source solutions headquartered in France. In addition to advising and assisting companies in ITIL to improve their services and better control their information system, they offer iTop, their flagship open source ITSM software solution.N/A
Freshdesk
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Freshdesk 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
iTopFreshdesk
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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
iTopFreshdesk
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
iTopFreshdesk
Features
iTopFreshdesk
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
iTop
9.7
Ratings
18% above category average
Freshdesk
8.6
Ratings
7% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets9.70 Ratings9.10 Ratings
Expert directory9.70 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Service restoration9.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Self-service tools9.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications9.70 Ratings8.40 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation9.70 Ratings7.60 Ratings
ITSM reports and dashboards9.70 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Ticket response00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
ITSM asset management
Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Product A and Product B
iTop
9.3
Ratings
12% above category average
Freshdesk
-
Ratings
Configuration mangement9.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Asset management dashboard9.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Policy and contract enforcement9.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Change management
Comparison of Change management features of Product A and Product B
iTop
10.0
Ratings
18% above category average
Freshdesk
-
Ratings
Change requests repository10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Change calendar10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Service-level management10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
iTop
-
Ratings
Freshdesk
8.0
Ratings
2% above category average
External knowledge base00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
iTop
-
Ratings
Freshdesk
8.3
Ratings
6% above category average
Customer portal00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
IVR00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Social integration00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Email support00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
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iTopFreshdesk
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Medium-sized Companies
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Enterprises
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ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
Score 9.2 out of 10
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Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
iTopFreshdesk
Likelihood to Recommend
9.7
(0 ratings)
8.7
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
7.9
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
4.6
(0 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
5.5
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(0 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
8.1
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
8.6
(0 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
5.4
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.6
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
5.5
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
6.8
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
6.9
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
iTopFreshdesk
Likelihood to Recommend
I think that it is very well suited for smaller companies who want a help desk stack with a monitoring integration like Zabbix for a completely open-source stack. I do not think that it is particularly well suited for large organizations where more robust helpdesks are available. ServiceNow may be a better option for a larger organization.
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Freshdesk is really good for start-up companies that want to update their current system or buy a new one. It is the best option possible when it comes to having a structure, following up, and making a better strategy because you can always see what your team is doing, and you have some great reports to help you.
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Pros
  • Open source
  • Issue Tracking
  • Integrations
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  • Follow up on all conversations that enter and are easy to use by the employee and save responses ready for use.
  • Find out the average rate of the number of conversations that occur in the company and conduct the analysis.
  • There is a feature it allows one to take a permit in the name of the employee who responds to the conversation and to know the problem faced by the customer and the solution.
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Cons
  • CSV import tools for any data.
  • Data synchronization.
  • Graphical impact analysis.
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  • 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
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My company that used Freshdesk was acquired by another company that uses Salesforce, so our only reason to keep Freshdesk would be records, but migrating the tickets, notes, and company details from Freshdesk to Salesforce was straightforward enough. Had the acquisition not occurred, we would have renewed Freshdesk because the cost of switching would've been too great in terms of price, time, and sunk cost (our Freshdesk customizations would not port over well).
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Usability
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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
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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
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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
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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
No answers on this topic
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
No answers on this topic
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
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Most important, Freshdesk is a user- friendly platform which directly supports interfaces and navigates user to start. Helps to provide multiple and complex documentation and troubleshooting. It provides build templates for different workflows and processes also refuces effort and time to implement and perform corporate tasks and complete the execution.
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Alternatives Considered
Each member of [the] IT team members can define their control screens with the information that is relevant to them. The lifecycle of the tickets or the list of tasks to perform for the achievement of a process can be set to fit each organization. Gives users a simple way to formulate intervention requests and to follow progress.
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I use Freshdesk over other similar products I've tested because the price difference and ease of use for the end user seem to me to be the most suitable for achieving a better return on investment within my company. I also found the various AI-powered automation tools to be more optimal and automated, without having to go through long learning curves.
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Scalability
No answers on this topic
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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Return on Investment
  • Has tickets that report requests and bugs .
  • Has documentation that covers official extensions.
  • Customizable CMDB.
  • Guidelines.
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  • 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

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