What is Freshdesk?
Freshworks' cloud-based customer support software, Freshdesk, makes customer happiness refreshingly easy. With powerful features, an easy to use interface, and a freemium pricing model, Freshdesk enables companies of all sizes to provide a seamless multi-channel support experience across email, phone, web, chat, forums, social media, and mobile apps. Freshdesk’s capabilities include robust ticketing, SLA management, smart automations, intelligent reporting, and game mechanics to motivate agents.
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86 Likeliness to Recommend
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94 Plan to Renew
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84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
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Emotional Footprint Overview
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+82 Net Emotional Footprint
The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.
How much do users love Freshdesk?
Pros
- Respectful
- Enables Productivity
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
How to read the Emotional Footprint
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While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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Freshdesk Reviews
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Oct 2021
Good for basic needs but lacks key features
Likeliness to Recommend
Pros
- Reliable
- Efficient Service
- Respectful
- Enables Productivity
Cons
- Inhibits Innovation
- Commodity Features
- Slower Product Innovation
- Role: Operations
- Industry: Shipping
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Oct 2021
Cool product, slow service
Likeliness to Recommend
Pros
- Respectful
- Inspires Innovation
Cons
- Less Efficient Service
- Less Generous
- Under Delivered
Gregg Z.
- Role: Operations
- Industry: Insurance
- Involvement: Business Leader or Manager
Submitted Oct 2021
Effective, but buggy. Poor support structure.
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Freshdesk from other similar products?
Freshdesk has all the features you need for incident management, including internal and client-facing KB, ticket management, and reporting.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
I have everything I need to support my customers in one place.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Freshworks does not share my company's passion for providing good, fast support. Many bugs are never fixed. Support agents often do not try to understand the issue. They prefer to blame the customer which makes it take too long to prove there is a bug. Then there is no ownership or willingness to tell you when or if there will be a fix. Freshdesk support agents and CSMs disconnect and ignore you instead of trying to navigate their internal bureaucracy to get solutions. There is no communication between the development and support teams. This results in a frustrating experience with each additional bug further eroding user efficiency.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Know that you are getting a complete incident management system with everything you could need included. Freshdesk support is very helpful and effective for onboarding support and setup assistance. Be prepared to support yourself if things go wrong.
Pros
- Enables Productivity
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Includes Product Enhancements
Cons
- Less Efficient Service
- Less Effective Service
- Less Caring