Works for small companies
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
As customer support for a healthcare SaaS product, I used Freshdesk to manage customer tickets, make knowledgebase articles available to customers, and moderate user forums. Freshdesk made ticket handling so much easier than just using a support email address. I used the Growth and then Pro plans, but even with the higher plans, in my opinion, Freshdesk is only suitable for smaller organizations. For example, attempting to add CRM functionality to our Freshdesk instance wasn't very successful.
Pros
- 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!
Cons
- Freshdesk is buggy, full stop. I don't know how many support tickets I submitted related to user login.
- There can be a language barrier with support and sales.
- There were a couple of hours-long outages that significantly impacted my company's customer experience.
Return on Investment
- Increased support efficiency
- Self-service articles reduced duplicate support requests
- Better connected distributors and sales to their users' support cases
Alternatives Considered
Zendesk Suite, HubSpot CRM and Salesforce CMS
Other Software Used
HubSpot CRM, Salesforce CMS, Jira Software, Bitbucket





