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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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,…

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    Up to 2 agents

    ServiceNow Customer Service Management

    Score7.8 out of 10
    N/ABuilt on the Now Platform, ServiceNow offers their Customer Service Management solution through the Standard and Professional Customer Service Management bundles. Both include agent workspace, knowledge management, survey and assessment module, and the community module, oriented in this edition to support customers rather than internal employees. The Professional bundle also includes performance analytics, predictive intelligence, and related tools to support customer support agents improvement…N/A
    Pricing
    FreshdeskServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Editions & Modules
    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
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FreshdeskServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Community Pulse
    FreshdeskServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
    Chose Freshdesk
    Value for Money and Ease of Use put it ahead of the competing products when making our decision.

    Whilst they all offer similar services, our time to implement, set-up and get the platform running the way we needed was shortest. It was also an easy to use tool for agents - …
    Incentivized
    Chose Freshdesk
    we decided to use Freshdesk based on the fact that a sister company was also using it and recommended we use it as well
    Incentivized
    Chose Freshdesk
    It's simpler and great for start ups and small business.
    Incentivized
    Chose Freshdesk
    Freshdesk was quicker to set up and more cost effective for our size of business. We have about 1000 end users and about 10 IT support staff. We needed to set up and deploy a service desk ticketing solution that was capable of growing with additional service offerings very …
    Incentivized
    Chose Freshdesk
    Freshdesk, Zendesk and ServiceNow are all excellent. Other products have good points and bad points, but, in my opinion, are clearly inferior. It really comes down to implementation and how well the ticketing system is integrated with other systems, and customized for your …
    Incentivized
    ServiceNow
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    189 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    185 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    190 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    135 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    158 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    FreshdeskServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Freshdesk and ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    8.6
    174 Ratings
    7% above category average
    ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    7.0
    6 Ratings
    14% below category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.2170 Ratings7.66 Ratings
    Expert directory8.0115 Ratings7.95 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications8.43 Ratings7.15 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation7.64 Ratings4.45 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission9.0170 Ratings9.26 Ratings
    Ticket response9.3170 Ratings6.06 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Freshdesk and ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    8.0
    156 Ratings
    2% above category average
    ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    4.7
    5 Ratings
    50% below category average
    External knowledge base8.1142 Ratings4.44 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base8.0145 Ratings5.15 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Freshdesk and ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    8.3
    165 Ratings
    6% above category average
    ServiceNow Customer Service Management
    6.3
    6 Ratings
    21% below category average
    Customer portal7.4141 Ratings7.24 Ratings
    IVR8.251 Ratings5.34 Ratings
    Social integration8.587 Ratings3.54 Ratings
    Email support9.4164 Ratings7.45 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration7.8101 Ratings8.25 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    FreshdeskServiceNow Customer Service Management
    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
    FreshdeskServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (241 ratings)
    7.4
    (6 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (21 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (41 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    4.6
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    5.5
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.6
    (39 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.6
    (171 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    5.4
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    6.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    5.5
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    6.8
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    6.9
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FreshdeskServiceNow Customer Service Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    ServiceNow
    It is well suited for medium to large companies that manage different teams and need to communicate constantly and track progress in a timely manner. It is less suited for small enterprises as it will overwhelm users with the features and functionalities embedded.
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    Pros
    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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    ServiceNow
    • We manage internal tickets through ServiceNow Customer Service Management. We raise tickets with IT and other team
    • We manage our datapipe customers through ServiceNow Customer Service Management and it efficiently manages our customer interactions
    • ServiceNow Customer Service Management helps us manage projects and tasks and keep a log of all our migration customers
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    Cons
    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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    ServiceNow
    • Adding in additional chat features would be nice
    • Viewing where you stand in priority
    • Having a way to automate more of the processes
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    ServiceNow
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    Usability
    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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    ServiceNow
    Bottom line is that it does what you need it to do. We've been using Service Now as a ticket managing tool for a few years now. There's really not much it can't do when it comes to recording interactions. It has been nice using inventory tracking for software licenses and hardware as well.
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    ServiceNow
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    Performance
    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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    ServiceNow
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    Support Rating
    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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    ServiceNow
    Support has been very good. Any time there has been a real issue, the team has responded very quickly and identified the issue without a lot of repetitive questions that I've seen from other services. There is a great external community and internal knowledge base that covers pretty much anything you need.
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    In-Person Training
    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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    ServiceNow
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    Online Training
    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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    ServiceNow
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    Implementation Rating
    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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    ServiceNow
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    ServiceNow
    Atlassian Jira lacks certain features and process which was delivered by ServiceNow Customer Service Management. Also, flexibility to customise was a point to select ServiceNow Customer Service Management tool. Cost which was high than Atlassian Jira compensated as it improved overall customer satisfaction and reduced resolution time by taking help of Knowledge base integration
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    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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    ServiceNow
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    Scalability
    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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    ServiceNow
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    Professional Services
    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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    ServiceNow
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    Return on Investment
    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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    ServiceNow
    • The negative impact for my team is the delay in team completing tickets but not a system issue.
    • A positive impact for my team is we can easily view the status of tickets and the follow-up emails are beneficial to maintain records of tickets.
    • Negative impact is that there is no user job aid or helpful tools for new users.
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