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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Freshservice

    Score8.8 out of 10
    N/AFreshservice is a cloud-based service desk and IT service management (ITSM) solution that currently serves more than 10,000 SMB, mid-market, and enterprise customers worldwide.

    $29

    per month per agent

    GLPI

    Score9.3 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    GLPI is an IT Service Management software based on open source technologies. It is a suite for IT, project, financial and user management. GLPI can support companies of any size, and offers both on-premises and cloud (SaaS) solutions.

    $23

    per IT agent/per month

    Pricing
    FreshserviceGLPI
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $29.00
    per month per agent
    Growth
    $59.00
    per month per agent
    Pro
    $119.00
    per month per agent
    Enterprise
    Custom
    GLPI Network Cloud
    $23
    per IT agent/per month
    Basic
    $1,455
    for <10 IT agents; <500 IT assets
    Standard
    $4,365
    for <50 IT agents; < 5000 IT assets
    Advanced
    $14,550
    for >51 IT agents; > 5001 IT assets
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FreshserviceGLPI
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee$1,200 per installation
    Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing.Prices for on-premises support L.3 and editor´s guarantee depends on the number of IT agents and IT assets. The price for GLPI Network Cloud is unique price per IT agent/per month. IT assets are free of charge and unlimited on GLPI Network Cloud. End users are free of charge for both options.
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    Community Pulse
    FreshserviceGLPI
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
    Chose Freshservice
    We went with Freshservice because it was the tool that offered us the most complete solution for what we needed vs the competition. And its interface was one of our favorites.
    Incentivized
    Teclib
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    99%
    Would buy again
    148 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    99%
    Delivers good value for the price
    141 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Happy with the feature set
    99%
    Happy with the feature set
    148 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    97%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    113 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    117 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    FreshserviceGLPI
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Freshservice and GLPI
    Feature
    Freshservice
    8.2
    142 Ratings
    1% above category average
    GLPI
    9.0
    2 Ratings
    10% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.1142 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    Expert directory8.3100 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Service restoration8.485 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self-service tools8.1126 Ratings9.02 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications7.9103 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation7.6117 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards8.1122 Ratings10.02 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Freshservice and GLPI
    Feature
    Freshservice
    7.7
    114 Ratings
    6% below category average
    GLPI
    8.5
    2 Ratings
    3% above category average
    Configuration mangement7.4106 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard7.5111 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement8.278 Ratings00 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of Freshservice and GLPI
    Feature
    Freshservice
    8.0
    109 Ratings
    5% below category average
    GLPI
    9.5
    2 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Change requests repository7.7103 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Change calendar7.887 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service-level management8.4102 Ratings10.02 Ratings
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    FreshserviceGLPI
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    Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
    Score9 out of 10
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    Score9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    Score9.2 out of 10
    ManageEngine ServiceDesk Plus
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Ivanti Neurons for ITSM
    Score4.5 out of 10
    Ivanti Neurons for ITSM
    Score4.5 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    FreshserviceGLPI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (143 ratings)
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.7
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.5
    (13 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Availability
    9.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    7.8
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.3
    (107 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    7.3
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    7.2
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (8 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    7.9
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    7.8
    (3 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    6.4
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.1
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Professional Services
    8.6
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    8.3
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    7.0
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    FreshserviceGLPI
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Freshworks Inc
    Freshservice is well suited for companies looking to implement ticketing / case management across the organization, but only if IT will be using it. Otherwise, I'd recommend Freshdesk. IT departments that don't function in the ITIL style of incident, request, change, and project management may find it overkill if they are only looking for a simple Help Desk solution.
    Incentivized
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    Teclib
    GLPI is
    well suited to an on prem environment, I work for a company that values open-source
    software and European solutions.
    I have no
    experience with GLPI cloud hosted solution or their support as we have in house
    devs that fix and improve our installation, their community in the support forum
    is excellent if you have a question or want advice on an issue.
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    Pros
    Freshworks Inc
    • The smartphone app is very well designed and adding assets from there is very easy
    • If you have questions or support, the support desk is fast to respond and setup a meeting to explain the features
    • Very customizable and everything can be easily changed with a wizard
    • Reporting feature does what it needs to do and is not complicated to work with
    • The overall ticketing system is very good and we have not run into any issues
    • The whole system is incredibly responsive and does not hang or freeze
    Incentivized
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    Teclib
    • Tickering
    • Inventory
    • FAQ
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    Cons
    Freshworks Inc
    • To have more options on what to do with the emails that arrive in the support mailbox (which goes to Freshservice), Setting some special rules or detailed filtering is not possible.
    • Non 3rd party tools to connect to Intune are missing. Additionally, the third-party tool available in the store is not satisfactory. It would be nice to have native support for importing devices from our Azure cloud.
    • The contract requires you to prolong your contract end-date by two years instead of just one year, which to us is a bit aggressive.
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    Teclib
    • Lack of auto update mechanism.
    • Admin interface is somewhat dated.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Freshworks Inc
    We are pretty invested in Freshservice right now and have integrated it pretty heavily into our environment, so it would be hard to move away from it. For the most part, we are happy with Freshservice and the ease of use it gives us in managing tickets through the system. The only complaint we've had is customer service.
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    Teclib
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    Freshworks Inc
    The UI design of Freshservice is simple and intuitive. You don't have to be a technical expert to navigate your way into the different pages/modules available. There are no buttons that are hidden in plain sight. Even our HR team required little to no help when they started using Freshservice.
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    Teclib
    We’ve used
    GLPI for many years and the interface has gotten better with every major
    release, the dashboard is easy to use and customizable.

    With the
    massive catalogue of plugins, you can change or add so many features and if you
    have the right team, you can turn it into a completely unique piece of
    software.

    So, if the
    default setup isn’t to your liking you can tweak it extensively.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Freshworks Inc
    Downtime is minimal (it does happen but not often)
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    Teclib
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    Performance
    Freshworks Inc
    Most reports are quick, however, it can take some time for emailed exports to come via email. It would be helpful to have the exports live in the system rather than having to wait on emails.
    Incentivized
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    Teclib
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    Support from OEM is decent but needs improvement. Sometimes OEM also needs to understand the criticality of the customer and help as an Ad-hoc, which is somewhat lacking at Feshservice. Although the normal support team is well-equipped and helps according to the matrix, if something critical for the partner or customer requires immediate attention, it still goes through the L1-L2-L3 levels, which wastes a lot of time.
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    Teclib
    No answers on this topic
    In-Person Training
    Freshworks Inc
    Training was enough to use the base website
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    Teclib
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    Freshworks Inc
    Their documentation is pretty good, but only available in English. This makes it difficult for some of our users to understand. There are also some basic video courses available.
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    Teclib
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    Implementation Rating
    Freshworks Inc
    Creating the correct groups for the stakeholders and enabling the right notifications are one of the most important aspect of the implementation. Creating Change templates will also help in the long run and it's a good practice to create one, if applicable.
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    Teclib
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    Freshworks Inc
    Easy setup and a lot of customization which can be made. They offer the full ITSM tool for 75$ per agent and all the PRO are included in the package, which makes it easy to calculate and use. There are only a few add-ins that you need to pay for, based on the number of agents or the number of executions.
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    Teclib
    We selected GLPI because it is free software, and because of the potential it expected to have. We do not consider other alternatives.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Freshworks Inc
    Was not able to update us proactively about our renewal causing lost of access
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    Teclib
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    Freshworks Inc
    The software is very scalable from a small to mid sized team. The features have seemed to scale exceptionally well.
    Incentivized
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    Teclib
    No answers on this topic
    Professional Services
    Freshworks Inc
    We did not have professional services.
    Incentivized
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    Teclib
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    Freshworks Inc
    • We had no ticketing system at all so we had no idea of the workload, we now do
    • We have been able to go from nothing to seeing workload to identifying areas for improvement by having the metrics
    • We have lowered MTTR every month since turning on fresh service
    • We have increased 1st all resolution every month
    • We have been able to start talking about real SLA's with the business
    Incentivized
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    Teclib
    • Quick resolution of incidents
    • User satisfaction measurement
    Incentivized
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    ScreenShots

    Freshservice Screenshots

    Screenshot of Android App SupportScreenshot of Asset ManagementScreenshot of Project ManagementScreenshot of Asset ManagementScreenshot of Change ManagementScreenshot of Project Management

    GLPI Screenshots

    Screenshot of Dashboards for Asset Management and HelpdeskScreenshot of Asset ManagementScreenshot of Asset management: item viewScreenshot of User managementScreenshot of Helpdesk: Kanban viewScreenshot of Helpdesk