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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Freshdesk Omni

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AFreshdesk Omni is an AI-powered, comprehensive solution for offering customers seamless experiences today and in the future.

    $35

    per month per agent

    Parature (Discontinued)

    Score5 out of 10
    N/AParature was a self-service customer support platform providing a self-service knowledge base to connect with customers across multiple channels. The company was acquired by Microsoft in January 2014 and reached EOL in 2017.N/A
    Pricing
    Freshdesk OmniParature (Discontinued)
    Editions & Modules
    Growth
    $29
    per month (billed annually) per agent
    Pro
    $69
    per month (billed annually) per agent
    Enterprise
    $109
    per month (billed annually) per agent
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Freshdesk OmniParature (Discontinued)
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    Freshdesk OmniParature (Discontinued)
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
    No answer on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    11 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    12 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    9 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    10 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    Freshdesk OmniParature (Discontinued)
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Freshdesk Omni and Parature (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Freshdesk Omni
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Parature (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expert directory9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket response9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Freshdesk Omni and Parature (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Freshdesk Omni
    9.1
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Parature (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    External knowledge base9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Freshdesk Omni and Parature (Discontinued)
    Feature
    Freshdesk Omni
    7.3
    1 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Parature (Discontinued)
    -
    Ratings
    Customer portal9.11 Ratings00 Ratings
    IVR7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social integration4.51 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email support7.31 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration8.21 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Freshdesk OmniParature (Discontinued)
    Small Businesses
    Help Scout
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Help Scout
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score9.7 out of 10
    LiveAgent
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score7.1 out of 10
    Front
    Score7.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Freshdesk OmniParature (Discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    6.7
    (10 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.1
    (10 ratings)
    Usability
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    2.0
    (2 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.5
    (2 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    1.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Freshdesk OmniParature (Discontinued)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Freshworks Inc
    For a typical technical support help desk use case Freshdesk Omni is great! It has the advanced features of automating responses and canned answers where appropriate. The AI functionality seems good but not something we are leveraging at this point given the volume of tickets.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    The single element of Parature I've not seen in any other system of this kind is the Download Module. You can post files in the open, or protect them by any number of entitlement methods. The solution is also appealing to those who don't want to manage the back-end/IT needs as it is a hosted solution and has proven to be very reliable.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    Freshworks Inc
    • When an agent receives a call via Dialpad or Amazon Connect, Freshdesk Omni automatically displays relevant customer details, previous interactions, and ticket history in a single view.
    • Every call (answered, missed, or voicemail) is automatically logged into Freshdesk as a ticket, including details like call duration, customer number, and agent notes.
    • Agents can initiate outbound calls directly from Freshdesk using click-to-call functionality, reducing manual dialing errors and saving time.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Clean/Friendly UI. It was extremely easy to navigate around Parature's menus at a high level, and you could take advantage of the more robust features as you became more comfortable and familiar with how Parature operates!
    • Strong Knowledge Base. Writing KB articles or ticket summaries and making use of the search function within Parature allows for expedient recovery of past ticket information. Being able to search for a fix action, or at least a troubleshooting article that can guide you towards a resolution is extremely valuable.
    • Enhanced Notation Capability. Being able to send/post internal or external updates to a ticket is great! You can leave the wordy technical details for other employees while making sure to communicate the high-points and fix action to the end-user.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    Freshworks Inc
    • It is a very user-friendly tool. We haven't found any drwback in any of the modules provided. It works excellently at my organization.
    • Its powerful workflow automation reduces manual effort for job assigning and makes our process more efficient and saves valuable time.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Reporting is barebones at best. If you need special reports, we had to go through Parature to have them built.
    • The use of frames on a website is very 1990s. It actually impacts usability of the product, especially when combined with how Parature handled sessions. An engineer could only work one ticket at a time which, honestly, isn't very realistic for a busy support team that is working on several issues at a time.
    • Support was often unresponsive when contacted for unplanned problems.
    • The knowledge base was not very friendly for clients and it provided no real encouragement for it to be used.
    • It took several clicks to do something as simple as edit and assign a ticket or to close a ticket.
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Parature has been the best option for this campus in terms of what we use it for and there is no alternative
    Incentivized
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    Usability
    Freshworks Inc
    Utilizing a unified platform has successfully reduced the resolution time for customer-facing issues. This streamlined approach enhances efficiency and generates valuable insights that can be leveraged to improve our services and better understand customer needs, ultimately leading to a more satisfying experience for our clients.
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    Discontinued Products
    It was bulky, cumbersome, and didn't allow us to handle the volume of cases we received on a daily basis. Many of our issues were highly technical in nature and we would often need to work on 2 or 3 at once. The poor design choices prevented this, which was unfortunate.
    Incentivized
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    Reliability and Availability
    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    They recently had one very extended outage. It was a data center issue - but they were not diversified enough so in the end the system was down for almost 8 hours. There are also periods of time where for no reason the system simply doesn't respond. This small outages are usually short (just a few minutes), and have in fact been occurring less often, so it appears some corrective actions have been taken.
    Incentivized
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    Support Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    No answers on this topic
    Discontinued Products
    Nothing ever seemed to get resolved
    Incentivized
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    Alternatives Considered
    Freshworks Inc
    1) Price is also a point to decide, other Service Providers were providing similar features but the prices were slightly on a higher side. 2) Coming to feature comparison, JIRA offers whole lot of other features but currently we did not require them and Zoho had few less features comparing to Freshworks
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    There are services that do bits and pieces of what Parature does. We liked the idea of having one service that meets our needs
    Incentivized
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    Return on Investment
    Freshworks Inc
    • Our customers often give feedback to closed tickets to track satisfaction scores
    • Customers appreciate the value of viewing their tickets in the customer portal
    • We save time by having a single source system to interact with our customers and track issue history.
    Incentivized
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    Discontinued Products
    • Parature allows for better Customer Service
    • Can follow up automatically for tickets
    • Will automatically close tickets that haven't been responded to.
    • Allows customers to reopen tickets easily and not allow them to be missed.
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Freshdesk Omni Screenshots

    Screenshot of Advanced AnalyticsScreenshot of Team InboxScreenshot of Customer Communication ManagementScreenshot of Conversational AI