Compare Atera and Freshdesk 
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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (60.7% of reviews)
Small-Business (48.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
$19.00 1 User per month billed annually Per Month
Atera
Star Rating
(1,069)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (60.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free Trial
Free Trial is available
Browse all 8 pricing plansFreshdesk
Star Rating
(3,715)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (48.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$19.00 1 User per month billed annually Per Month
Free Trial is available
Browse all 6 pricing plansSummary
AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Freshdesk excels in providing a structured and efficient ticket management system, with automation features that significantly reduce manual work for customer support teams. Users appreciate the ability to customize workflows to fit their specific needs, making it a versatile choice for various business environments.
- Users say that Atera's licensing structure is particularly appealing, as it counts by technician rather than by endpoint. This model allows businesses to scale affordably, which is a significant advantage for managed service providers (MSPs) looking to grow without incurring excessive costs.
- Reviewers mention that Freshdesk's user-friendly interface and easy navigation make daily support tasks much less stressful. New hires can quickly adapt to the system, requiring minimal training to handle multiple customer queries effectively, which is a crucial factor for teams with high turnover.
- According to verified reviews, Atera shines in its ease of setup, with many users highlighting the straightforward initial configuration process. This allows teams to start managing tickets and patching without the need for extensive technical knowledge, making it accessible for smaller businesses.
- G2 reviewers note that while Freshdesk has a higher overall satisfaction score, Atera's users appreciate its proactive assistance features, which help identify and resolve issues before they escalate. This capability is particularly beneficial for MSPs aiming to maintain high service levels for their clients.
- Users report that Freshdesk's robust automation and SLA management features contribute to a more organized support environment, whereas Atera's focus on remote access and problem-solving tools is praised for enhancing operational efficiency. Each product offers unique strengths that cater to different business needs.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Freshdesk
Freshdesk Email and Ticketing (Growth)
$19.00
1 User per month billed annually Per Month
Omnichannel engagement, AI agents, and robust ticketing across web, SMS, messaging and email
- Automations
- Help Desk and Ticketing: Ticketing, Shared inbox, Threads and tasks, Customer portal
- Analytics: OOB analytics and standard reports
Free Trial
Atera
Free Trial is available
Freshdesk
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
874
8.6
3,257
Ease of Use
9.2
951
8.9
3,279
Ease of Setup
9.1
803
8.6
2,336
Ease of Admin
9.0
595
8.7
2,199
Quality of Support
9.0
830
8.7
3,154
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.2
587
8.8
2,122
Product Direction (% positive)
9.4
861
8.8
3,229
Features by Category
Ticket and Case Management
8.6
301
8.9
2238
|
Verified
8.6
300
8.8
2254
|
Verified
8.5
299
8.5
2179
|
Verified
8.3
290
8.5
2058
|
Verified
8.2
283
8.3
1807
|
Verified
8.3
289
8.5
2089
|
Verified
8.2
290
8.7
2018
|
Verified
8.1
284
8.3
1372
|
Verified
Generative AI
7.2
234
7.3
328
7.3
235
7.4
324
Agentic AI - Help Desk
8.2
30
7.1
58
8.4
30
6.8
56
8.5
30
7.2
56
Communication Channels
8.2
286
8.6
1925
|
Verified
8.7
285
8.9
2087
|
Verified
8.1
280
8.4
1313
|
Verified
6.4
267
8.0
1190
|
Verified
6.2
264
7.9
935
|
Verified
Platform
7.2
294
8.1
1156
|
Verified
7.8
304
8.1
1658
|
Verified
8.4
302
8.6
1549
|
Verified
8.0
305
8.3
1149
|
Verified
8.2
309
8.0
1875
|
Verified
8.5
304
8.3
1963
|
Verified
Administration
8.1
156
Not enough data
8.3
159
Not enough data
8.7
162
Not enough data
Service Desk
8.6
158
Not enough data
8.3
156
Not enough data
8.4
155
Not enough data
Management
8.6
154
Not enough data
8.8
153
Not enough data
8.7
151
Not enough data
8.4
151
Not enough data
8.1
146
Not enough data
Functionality
8.4
156
Not enough data
8.5
151
Not enough data
8.9
155
Not enough data
8.7
153
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Service Management (ITSM) Tools
7.3
21
Not enough data
6.7
21
Not enough data
7.0
21
Not enough data
6.8
21
Not enough data
7.2
21
Not enough data
7.0
21
Not enough data
7.3
20
Not enough data
Inventory Management - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
8.9
600
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
80
Not enough data
7.9
71
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management
9.1
615
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
545
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
546
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
597
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
76
Not enough data
IT Operations & Workflow - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
8.7
93
Not enough data
Service Management
9.1
600
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
86
Not enough data
8.6
109
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM)
7.8
88
Not enough data
7.5
77
Not enough data
7.8
78
Not enough data
7.6
77
Not enough data
7.7
76
Not enough data
7.5
79
Not enough data
7.4
77
Not enough data
Channels
Not enough data
8.4
358
Not enough data
8.0
334
Not enough data
7.5
323
Design
Not enough data
8.2
331
Not enough data
7.8
335
Not enough data
8.3
355
Not enough data
8.3
344
Not enough data
8.4
332
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.7
263
Not enough data
7.7
263
Usability
Not enough data
8.8
264
Not enough data
8.7
260
Not enough data
8.8
252
Reporting
Not enough data
8.6
246
Not enough data
8.5
242
Not enough data
8.6
254
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.5
179
Not enough data
7.6
179
Scope
6.8
30
Not enough data
7.9
33
Not enough data
Security
7.9
32
Not enough data
7.2
30
Not enough data
5.7
27
Not enough data
Management
8.0
28
Not enough data
7.7
27
Not enough data
7.5
26
Not enough data
7.8
28
Not enough data
6.1
25
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Unified Endpoint Management (UEM)
7.8
10
Not enough data
7.5
10
Not enough data
7.7
10
Not enough data
8.0
10
Not enough data
7.7
10
Not enough data
7.8
10
Not enough data
8.0
10
Not enough data
Functionality
8.9
282
Not enough data
8.9
288
Not enough data
8.2
272
Not enough data
8.6
262
Not enough data
Monitoring - Network Monitoring
8.3
34
Not enough data
8.5
36
Not enough data
8.8
33
Not enough data
Management
8.4
259
Not enough data
8.4
260
Not enough data
7.9
248
Not enough data
Analytics - Network Monitoring
8.1
33
Not enough data
7.9
33
Not enough data
Security - Network Monitoring
8.4
34
Not enough data
7.8
35
Not enough data
8.2
33
Not enough data
Network Performance - Network Monitoring
8.1
33
Not enough data
8.1
33
Not enough data
AI Automation - Network Monitoring
7.6
32
Not enough data
7.5
32
Not enough data
7.3
32
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Network Monitoring
7.5
27
Not enough data
7.5
27
Not enough data
7.5
27
Not enough data
7.3
27
Not enough data
7.3
27
Not enough data
7.3
27
Not enough data
7.5
27
Not enough data
Functionality
8.8
7
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
8.0
5
Not enough data
Issue Resolution
7.0
5
Not enough data
8.3
7
Not enough data
6.9
6
Not enough data
Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - AIOps Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Asset Inventory
8.8
224
Not enough data
8.7
216
Not enough data
7.8
208
Not enough data
7.1
204
Not enough data
7.9
213
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.2
194
Not enough data
7.1
191
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Asset Management
8.1
30
Not enough data
7.8
30
Not enough data
8.0
30
Not enough data
7.6
30
Not enough data
7.8
29
Not enough data
7.9
30
Not enough data
7.7
30
Not enough data
Management
8.8
217
Not enough data
8.1
207
Not enough data
7.6
205
Not enough data
8.0
212
Not enough data
Responses
9.8
8
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
9.1
9
Not enough data
Automation - AI Agents
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Platform
9.6
8
Not enough data
9.6
8
Not enough data
9.3
7
Not enough data
Autonomy - AI Agents
9.2
8
Not enough data
9.6
8
Not enough data
9.6
8
Not enough data
9.8
8
Not enough data
Generative AI
9.6
9
Not enough data
9.6
8
Not enough data
Administration
8.7
439
Not enough data
8.4
436
Not enough data
7.3
381
Not enough data
9.0
440
Not enough data
8.2
420
Not enough data
8.2
439
Not enough data
Maintenance
8.9
439
Not enough data
7.8
389
Not enough data
Communication
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
6.0
362
Not enough data
6.1
355
Not enough data
6.9
366
Not enough data
Security
7.8
378
Not enough data
8.0
386
Not enough data
Device Support
7.4
389
Not enough data
8.2
394
Not enough data
8.2
391
Not enough data
Performance
8.2
424
Not enough data
Conversational Platform
Not enough data
8.3
432
Not enough data
8.3
378
Not enough data
8.3
371
Not enough data
8.4
307
Support Automation
Not enough data
8.4
388
Not enough data
8.4
408
Not enough data
8.3
373
Not enough data
8.2
314
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.4
207
Not enough data
7.4
203
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.8
116
Not enough data
7.9
114
Not enough data
7.6
113
Communication
Not enough data
8.8
584
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
600
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
494
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
199
Not enough data
8.2
202
Internal Use
7.8
304
8.1
1658
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
203
Not enough data
8.2
186
Not enough data
8.8
558
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
518
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
546
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.9
140
Self-Service Experience
Not enough data
8.7
960
Not enough data
8.6
912
Not enough data
8.3
684
Not enough data
8.2
239
Not enough data
8.4
257
Self-Service Platform
Not enough data
8.5
253
Not enough data
8.7
261
Not enough data
8.0
222
Not enough data
8.5
238
Agentic AI - Customer Self-Service
Not enough data
7.7
16
Not enough data
7.7
15
Not enough data
7.9
16
Not enough data
7.7
17
Not enough data
7.6
17
Not enough data
7.6
16
Not enough data
7.8
16
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.2(won by default)
79
Not enough data
8.0(won by default)
79
Process
Not enough data
8.6(won by default)
162
Not enough data
9.3(won by default)
484
Not enough data
8.6(won by default)
371
Channels
Not enough data
9.2(won by default)
479
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
415
Not enough data
8.8(won by default)
376
Not enough data
8.5(won by default)
340
Not enough data
8.3(won by default)
58
Insight
Not enough data
8.6(won by default)
382
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
169
Not enough data
8.6(won by default)
373
Not enough data
9.1(won by default)
445
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.8
86
Not enough data
7.7
85
Generative AI
7.2
280
Not enough data
Automation - AI IT Agents
8.0
11
Not enough data
7.9
11
Not enough data
Autonomy - AI IT Agents
7.7
11
Not enough data
7.6
11
Not enough data
7.9
11
Not enough data
8.3
11
Not enough data
IT Ticket Management - AI IT Agents
7.9
11
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.1
12
Not enough data
7.3
11
Not enough data
IT Support Automation - AI IT Agents
7.9
11
Not enough data
8.2
14
Not enough data
7.8
12
Not enough data
7.9
11
Not enough data
7.9
11
Not enough data
Generative AI - Autonomous Endpoint Management
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Monitoring and Management - Autonomous Endpoint Management
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Incident Management
8.4
209
Not enough data
8.5
212
Not enough data
8.8
205
Not enough data
8.2
210
Not enough data
8.1
202
Not enough data
Reporting
8.6
211
Not enough data
8.4
207
Not enough data
7.8
200
Not enough data
Access & Usability
7.4
207
Not enough data
8.5
203
Not enough data
8.0
200
Not enough data
8.3
196
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Service Desk
8.4
25
Not enough data
8.0
25
Not enough data
8.0
24
Not enough data
8.1
24
Not enough data
8.1
25
Not enough data
7.6
25
Not enough data
8.0
25
Not enough data
System Control
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Vulnerability Prevention
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Security Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analysis
8.2
76
Not enough data
Platform
7.9
77
Not enough data
8.8
80
Not enough data
8.1
76
Not enough data
8.3
81
Not enough data
8.5
80
Not enough data
Security
8.3
80
Not enough data
9.0
82
Not enough data
7.4
78
Not enough data
8.2
79
Not enough data
8.1
76
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Enterprise IT Management
8.5
11
Not enough data
8.6
11
Not enough data
8.5
11
Not enough data
8.6
11
Not enough data
8.3
11
Not enough data
8.9
11
Not enough data
8.6
11
Not enough data
Customer Query Resolution - AI Customer Support Agents
Not enough data
8.9
9
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
8.5
9
Not enough data
8.0
9
Customer Interaction Automation - AI Customer Support Agents
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
8.7
10
Not enough data
8.7
10
Not enough data
8.5
10
Automation
Not enough data
9.3
9
Not enough data
8.7
9
Not enough data
9.1
9
Autonomy
Not enough data
6.9
9
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
8.0
9
Agentic AI - AI Agents
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Atera and Freshdesk are categorized as Help Desk
Unique Categories
Atera is categorized as AI IT Agents, AI Agents For Business Operations, AIOps Platforms, Unified Endpoint Management (UEM), Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM), IT Service Management (ITSM) Tools, Patch Management, IT Asset Management, Remote Support, Endpoint Management, Enterprise IT Management, Network Monitoring, Service Desk, and Autonomous Endpoint Management (AEM)
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Atera
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Freshdesk
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
30.4%
Computer & Network Security
12.5%
Manufacturing
3.2%
Hospital & Health Care
3.1%
Telecommunications
3.1%
Other
47.7%
Information Technology and Services
17.0%
Computer Software
12.8%
Financial Services
4.1%
Internet
4.1%
Education Management
3.8%
Other
58.2%
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Discussions
How does your pricing compare to the traditional RMM vendors?
1 Comment
Official Response from Atera
At Atera, you only get billed a fixed monthly fee for the number of technicians that actually use our software. So you don’t pay more when you grow or add...Read more
Can I generate automatically a Service Ticket from an Agent Alert?
1 Comment
Official Response from Atera
It is possible to automatically generate a ticket from an alert. We do not recommend it because it can create a lot of noise in the ticket dashboard. The...Read more
What is Freshdesk used for?
4 Comments
TB
Freshdesk is a customer support software used to manage and streamline customer service operations. It helps businesses handle customer inquiries, track...Read more
What is the use of freshdesk?
3 Comments
AB
Freshdesk is a Customer communication portal that will assist you in managing customer queries in various formats in a centralised space with transparency in...Read more
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