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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (62.2% of reviews)
Mid-Market (45.7% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$19.00
$19.00 1 user per month billed annually
Freshservice
Star Rating
(1,307)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (62.2% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$19.00
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansZendesk for Customer Service
Star Rating
(6,660)4.3 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (45.7% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$19.00 1 user per month billed annually
Free Trial is available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- Users report that Freshservice excels in Ease of Use with a score of 9.2 compared to Zendesk's 8.5, making it more intuitive for new users. Reviewers mention that Freshservice's interface is cleaner and more user-friendly, which reduces the learning curve significantly.
- Reviewers mention that Freshservice outperforms Zendesk in Quality of Support, scoring 9.0 against Zendesk's 8.4. Users on G2 highlight Freshservice's responsive customer service and helpful support documentation as key advantages.
- Users say that Freshservice's Incident Reports feature is particularly strong, scoring 9.1 compared to Zendesk's 8.7. Reviewers appreciate the detailed analytics and reporting capabilities that help in tracking and resolving issues efficiently.
- G2 users report that Freshservice shines in Automation with a score of 8.7, while Zendesk scores 8.2. Users mention that Freshservice's automation workflows are more customizable, allowing for better task management and efficiency.
- Reviewers mention that both products perform similarly in Reports & Analytics, each scoring 8.3. However, users on G2 note that Freshservice's reporting tools are more visually appealing and easier to interpret, enhancing the overall user experience.
- Users report that Freshservice leads in Ease of Setup with a score of 8.8 compared to Zendesk's 7.9. Reviewers highlight that Freshservice's onboarding process is straightforward, allowing teams to get started quickly without extensive configuration.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
Freshservice
STARTER
$19.00
For getting started
- Incident Management
- Knowledge Base
- Self Service Portal
Zendesk for Customer Service
Support Only (Team)
$19.00
1 user per month billed annually
Integrated customer support
- Email & social media
- Web widget & mobile SDK
- Pre-defined business rules
Free Trial
Freshservice
Free Trial is available
Zendesk for Customer Service
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.9
1,168
8.6
5,118
Ease of Use
9.2
1,170
8.6
5,162
Ease of Setup
8.8
953
8.0
3,186
Ease of Admin
9.0
957
8.2
3,073
Quality of Support
9.0
1,128
8.4
4,796
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
9.1
932
8.4
2,999
Product Direction (% positive)
9.5
1,155
8.0
4,771
Features by Category
Ticket and Case Management
Not enough data
8.8
2552
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
2567
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
2492
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
2337
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
1921
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
2398
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
2386
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
1853
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.6
384
Not enough data
7.6
385
Agentic AI - Help Desk
Not enough data
7.8
245
Not enough data
7.9
245
Not enough data
8.0
246
Communication Channels
Not enough data
8.5
2060
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
2310
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
1724
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
1428
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
1313
|
Verified
Platform
Not enough data
7.8
1387
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
1777
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
1947
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
1739
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
2339
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
2407
|
Verified
Administration
8.6
320
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
345
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
373
|
Verified
Not enough data
Service Desk
9.4
402
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
377
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
369
|
Verified
Not enough data
Management
8.5
312
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
319
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
283
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
286
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
230
|
Verified
Not enough data
Functionality
9.4
333
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
271
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
268
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
303
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Service Management (ITSM) Tools
8.0
9
Not enough data
7.8
9
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
7.6
9
Not enough data
7.4
9
Not enough data
8.1
9
Not enough data
8.3
9
Not enough data
Usability
Not enough data
8.3
667
Not enough data
8.3
663
Not enough data
8.4
632
Reporting
Not enough data
8.3
590
Not enough data
7.9
563
Not enough data
8.2
644
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.3
179
Not enough data
7.2
178
Monitoring
8.3
267
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
303
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
320
|
Verified
Not enough data
6.1
25
Not enough data
Management Tools
9.1
341
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
331
Not enough data
8.5
295
|
Verified
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.8
136
Not enough data
7.8
135
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Incident Management
5.6
6
Not enough data
5.6
6
Not enough data
5.8
6
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
6.3
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
Responses
Not enough data
8.3
63
Not enough data
8.6
68
Not enough data
8.2
68
Automation - AI Agents
Not enough data
7.6
26
Not enough data
7.8
26
Not enough data
7.7
26
Not enough data
7.7
26
Not enough data
7.9
26
Platform
Not enough data
8.3
68
Not enough data
8.3
66
Not enough data
8.4
63
Autonomy - AI Agents
Not enough data
7.9
25
Not enough data
7.6
26
Not enough data
7.5
26
Not enough data
7.6
26
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.8
32
Not enough data
8.2
31
Responses
Not enough data
8.1
468
Not enough data
8.1
465
Not enough data
8.3
449
Not enough data
8.1
448
Not enough data
8.2
356
Platform
Not enough data
8.6
471
Not enough data
8.3
468
Not enough data
8.3
463
Not enough data
8.2
464
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
454
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.2
113
Not enough data
8.2
112
Conversational Platform
Not enough data
8.1
859
Not enough data
8.3
716
Not enough data
8.2
684
Not enough data
8.2
749
Support Automation
Not enough data
8.2
714
Not enough data
8.3
757
Not enough data
8.4
711
Not enough data
8.1
788
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.8
204
Not enough data
7.8
203
Messaging Channels
Not enough data
7.6
78
Not enough data
9.1
171
Not enough data
8.3
94
Not enough data
8.5
101
Administration
Not enough data
8.2
108
Not enough data
8.9
156
Not enough data
8.3
111
Not enough data
8.4
144
Customer Support
Not enough data
8.1
82
Not enough data
7.6
77
Not enough data
8.1
84
Automation
Not enough data
8.1
83
Not enough data
8.2
83
Not enough data
8.1
84
Artificial Intelligence
Not enough data
7.8
83
Not enough data
7.7
82
Not enough data
7.7
84
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.9
207
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Communication
Not enough data
8.6
950
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
964
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
720
Not enough data
8.5
737
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.0
520
Internal Use
Not enough data
8.0
1777
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
849
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
650
Not enough data
8.5
898
Not enough data
8.6
824
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
848
|
Verified
Generative AI
7.2
75
Feature Not Available
Self-Service Experience
8.4
136
8.5
1499
8.7
132
8.5
1436
7.1
112
8.0
1024
7.6
114
7.7
648
8.2
133
8.0
780
Self-Service Platform
8.5
134
8.2
828
8.7
138
8.2
841
7.1
107
7.7
658
8.1
129
8.2
806
Agentic AI - Customer Self-Service
6.0
5
8.3
63
5.3
5
8.3
63
5.3
5
8.2
64
5.3
5
8.7
63
5.3
5
8.6
61
5.0
5
8.2
63
5.3
5
8.1
63
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.4(won by default)
77
Not enough data
7.5(won by default)
78
Process
Not enough data
8.4(won by default)
564
Not enough data
9.1(won by default)
741
Not enough data
8.9(won by default)
689
Channels
Not enough data
9.0(won by default)
740
Not enough data
8.4(won by default)
586
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
563
Not enough data
8.2(won by default)
485
Not enough data
8.3(won by default)
421
Insight
Not enough data
8.2(won by default)
539
Not enough data
8.3(won by default)
648
Not enough data
8.5(won by default)
562
Not enough data
8.7(won by default)
666
Generative AI
Not enough data
7.8
67
Not enough data
7.7
66
Generative AI
7.7
70
Not enough data
Agentic AI - IT Alerting
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
7.0
5
Not enough data
Conversational AI - Conversational Commerce 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
Platform integration - Conversational Commerce 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
Analytics and Reporting - Conversational Commerce Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Incident Management
9.1
736
Not enough data
8.9
739
Not enough data
9.0
792
Not enough data
8.6
728
Not enough data
8.6
693
Not enough data
Reporting
8.6
774
Not enough data
8.2
637
Not enough data
8.2
616
Not enough data
Access & Usability
8.4
702
Not enough data
8.9
725
Not enough data
8.5
550
Not enough data
8.7
562
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Service Desk
7.1
8
Not enough data
6.7
8
Not enough data
7.1
8
Not enough data
6.7
8
Not enough data
7.1
8
Not enough data
6.7
8
Not enough data
6.7
8
Not enough data
Analysis
7.6
175
Not enough data
Platform
8.3
231
Not enough data
8.2
214
Not enough data
8.7
257
Not enough data
8.4
285
Not enough data
8.7
317
Not enough data
Security
7.8
180
Not enough data
7.0
109
Not enough data
7.5
168
Not enough data
8.9
285
Not enough data
8.8
288
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Enterprise IT Management
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
Customer Query Resolution - AI Customer Support Agents
Not enough data
8.4
70
Not enough data
8.2
71
Not enough data
8.3
71
Not enough data
8.3
69
Not enough data
8.3
70
Customer Interaction Automation - AI Customer Support Agents
Not enough data
8.2
70
Not enough data
8.4
70
Not enough data
8.4
70
Not enough data
8.5
70
Automation
Not enough data
8.6
70
Not enough data
8.6
71
Not enough data
8.0
70
Autonomy
Not enough data
8.2
70
Not enough data
8.4
69
Not enough data
8.4
70
Not enough data
8.3
71
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
Platform
Not enough data
9.4
8
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
9.5
7
Not enough data
9.8
8
Not enough data
9.0
8
Not enough data
8.7
5
Not enough data
9.2
8
Not enough data
8.5
8
Workforce Management Platform Features
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
Freshservice and Zendesk for Customer Service are categorized as Customer Self-Service
Unique Categories
Freshservice is categorized as IT Service Management (ITSM) Tools, IT Alerting, Incident Management, Enterprise IT Management, and Service Desk
Zendesk for Customer Service is categorized as Workforce Management, Conversational Commerce Platforms, Help Desk, Live Chat, Chatbots, Shared Inbox, AI Customer Support Agents, AI Agents For Business Operations, Conversational Support, Complaint Management, Customer Service Automation, Digital Customer Service Platforms, Social Customer Service, and Proactive Notification
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Freshservice
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Zendesk for Customer Service
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
19.7%
Computer Software
5.5%
Construction
4.5%
Education Management
3.6%
Hospital & Health Care
3.4%
Other
63.4%
Computer Software
14.1%
Information Technology and Services
12.8%
Financial Services
5.8%
Retail
4.8%
Consumer Services
4.4%
Other
58.1%
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