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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

    Fin by Intercom

    Score8.5 out of 10
    N/AFin is Intercom’s AI Agent for customer service, designed to deliver high-quality answers, even for complex queries. It works with any helpdesk, or it can be paired with Intercom’s next-generation Helpdesk to get the full Intercom Customer Service Suite.

    $0.99

    one-time fee per 1 resolution

    Pricing
    FreshdeskFin by Intercom
    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
    Fin with your current helpdesk
    $0.99
    one-time fee per 1 resolution
    Copilot add-on
    $35
    per month per user
    The Early Stage program
    $65
    per month (6 support seats)
    Proactive Support Plus add-on
    $99
    per month
    Fin with Intercom’s Helpdesk
    from $39 + $0.99 per Fin resolution
    per month per seat
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FreshdeskFin by Intercom
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsFin comes with a 90-day money-back guarantee. Here's how it works: Use Fin in at least 250 conversations within the first 90 days after trial. If you're not satisfied, you can request a refund of up to $1M. Refund requests must be submitted within 90 days of starting the subscription.
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    Community Pulse
    FreshdeskFin by Intercom
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
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    Intercom
    Chose Fin by Intercom
    Odoo was, in my opinion, terrible - a jack of all trades and master of none, which is why all teams in the business moved away to bespoke software. Freshdesk - an easier and more organisable way of creating and managing tickets. Although Intercom now has tickets, we're still …
    Incentivized
    Chose Fin by Intercom
    Intercom sweeps the floor with Drift. Drift feel poorly made, less polished, and barely focused on customer support. Intercom is the exact opposite of this.

    Freshdesk & Zendesk both offered a better experience for tickets in my opinion. Tickets on Intercom being mixed in with …
    Incentivized
    Chose Fin by Intercom
    The product tours in the Intercom were the reason for picking Intercom over Zendesk and Freshdesk. We are an end-to-end solution, almost an enterprise product - and that needs a bit of user training. We also keep releasing new features. It is not possible to train users in all …
    Incentivized
    Chose Fin by Intercom
    Both Intercom and Drift are comparable in terms of their abilities. Although Intercom came into the market first, Drift has done well to keep up with Intercom's updates and offer similar services of its own. Intercom edges out Drift in terms of its abilities and wealth of …
    Incentivized
    Chose Fin by Intercom
    As explained previously, most of these platforms were focused on tickets, most reports only work with tickets, there is no way to postpone a service without turning it into a ticket, and since our response time target is a maximum of 2 minutes, these platforms were unable to …
    Incentivized
    Chose Fin by Intercom
    Intercom as a tool is well suited to manage our key metrics with the help of its reports. We have evaluated a lot of tools but Intercom remains the best in terms of report. It helps us maintain OKR's for the support team and track whenever needed. FinAI also has the reporting …
    Incentivized
    Chose Fin by Intercom
    Noone has been able to standup to the level of service and product that Intercom gives us.
    Incentivized
    Chose Fin by Intercom
    All tools that we used in the past, have a lot of problems on the chat app, our the syncing data between integrations, Intercom has too, but is very less than others.
    Incentivized
    Chose Fin by Intercom
    The big hitter is Zendesk, but Intercom excels in places that Zendesk falls down (especially bots and AI).
    Incentivized
    Chose Fin by Intercom
    We evaluated a number of products before choosing to move forward with Intercom. No contest, Intercom provided us with the level of tools and support we needed to serve our own customers well. We've been with the company for 3 years now and are sticking around for the …
    Incentivized
    Chose Fin by Intercom
    Compared to most of the competitive market, Intercom seems to be the most human/personable approach to customer success, customer service, and technical support. The alternatives are primarily built on an archaic approach - "take a ticket and wait in line" - that we worried …
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    93%
    Would buy again
    189 Answers
    99%
    Would buy again
    273 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    185 Answers
    98%
    Delivers good value for the price
    218 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    93%
    Happy with the feature set
    190 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    268 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    95%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    135 Answers
    96%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    155 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    158 Answers
    95%
    Implementation went as expected
    179 Answers
    Features
    FreshdeskFin by Intercom
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Freshdesk and Fin by Intercom
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    8.6
    174 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Fin by Intercom
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.2170 Ratings00 Ratings
    Expert directory8.0115 Ratings00 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications8.43 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation7.64 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission9.0170 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket response9.3170 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Freshdesk and Fin by Intercom
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    8.0
    156 Ratings
    2% above category average
    Fin by Intercom
    -
    Ratings
    External knowledge base8.1142 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base8.0145 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Freshdesk and Fin by Intercom
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    8.3
    165 Ratings
    6% above category average
    Fin by Intercom
    -
    Ratings
    Customer portal7.5141 Ratings00 Ratings
    IVR8.251 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social integration8.587 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email support9.4164 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration7.8101 Ratings00 Ratings
    User Ratings
    FreshdeskFin by Intercom
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.7
    (241 ratings)
    8.8
    (320 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (21 ratings)
    10.0
    (21 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (41 ratings)
    8.8
    (228 ratings)
    Availability
    4.6
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Performance
    5.5
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.6
    (39 ratings)
    5.7
    (10 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    7.4
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.6
    (171 ratings)
    6.6
    (5 ratings)
    Configurability
    5.4
    (6 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    6.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.6
    (5 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    5.5
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (1 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
    FreshdeskFin by Intercom
    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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    Intercom
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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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    Intercom
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    Cons
    Freshworks Inc
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    Intercom
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Freshworks Inc
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    Intercom
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    Usability
    Freshworks Inc
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    Intercom
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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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    Intercom
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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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    Intercom
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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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    Intercom
    Intercom is the premier customer support/engagement model and it definitely has one of the top tier customer support teams as well. I don't think I have ever waited more than 5 minutes to get the information I need or get help with an issue. They are incredible and I aim to model our customer service department after them.
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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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    Intercom
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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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    Intercom
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    Implementation Rating
    Freshworks Inc
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    Intercom
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    Alternatives Considered
    Freshworks Inc
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    Intercom
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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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    Intercom
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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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    Intercom
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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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    Intercom
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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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    Intercom
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    ScreenShots

    Fin by Intercom Screenshots

    Screenshot of Fin, delivering conversational support experience to customers.Screenshot of where to monitor, analyze, and optimize Fin by spotting trends, filling content gaps, and fixing quality issues topic by topic.Screenshot of where to customize Fin's tone of voice, teach it support knowledge and policies, and configure how it handles complex tasks in over 45 languages.Screenshot of where to test answers, review the sources and settings that shape them, and get tailored recommendations to optimize performance.Screenshot of Fin, as it appears across email and live chat to phone, SMS, and social. Fin can answer any question, across any channel, any time.