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What is Freshdesk?

Freshdesk (a product of Freshworks Inc.) helps businesses delight their customers effortlessly with modern and intuitive software for customer support. Freshdesk converts requests coming in via email, web, phone, chat, messaging, and social into tickets, and unifies ticket resolution across channels. Additionally, strong automation and AI capabilities like automating ticket assignment, prioritizing tickets, agent assist, and even sending out canned responses, help streamline the support process. Freshdesk also enhances team collaboration, integrates with a range of third-party tools, offers predictive support capabilities, and field service management. The reporting and analytics features provide insights needed to grow the business.

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Product Description

Freshdesk is a cloud-based helpdesk software that streamlines customer conversations across multiple channels including email & phone. It enables faster collaboration with your support team for quick responses to your customer. With 150+ integrations, we make it simple for businesses to provide superior customer support. We are trusted by 100,000+ companies across different industries.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Freshdesk has been at the forefront of innovating customer engagement for over a decade.
Our products by design have helped over 60,000 companies across the globe provide exceptional customer service. Freshdesk offers a unique blend of features required for businesses of all sizes, across industries to seamlessly deliver exceptional customer service. The rich features including multi-channel ticketing, intuitive customer portals, native AI enhanced with GPT, workflow automations, effortless collaboration, advanced agent routing, advanced reporting and analytics, field service management, and a rich knowledge base help you provide highly personalized support to your customers. Freshdesk is highly extensible, with access to over 1500 marketplace apps that solve critical business problems.


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Year Founded
2010
HQ Location
San Mateo, CA
Twitter
@FreshworksInc
18,869 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
8,591 employees on LinkedIn®
Ownership
NASDAQ: FRSH
Phone
+1 (866) 832-3090
Description

Freshworks makes it fast and easy for businesses to delight their customers and employees. We do this by taking a fresh approach to building and delivering software-as-a-service that’s affordable, quick to implement, and designed for the end-user. Unlike legacy software, Freshworks builds tech that works for everyone, making it easy for IT, customer service, sales, marketers, and HR to do their job and delight their customers.
More than 50,000 companies use Freshworks’ SaaS to enable a better customer experience (CX, CRM) and employee experience (ITSM, HRSM).


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Pratik Y.
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Pratik Y.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"We have been working with freshwork since 7 years and this helped us to improve our customer service"
Very easy to handle and the support team is very consistent and efficient.
Vikesh A.
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Vikesh A.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"My experience"
Its easy to use and gives us data in different view
Jenny P.
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Jenny P.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Efficient and Seamless Customer Support with Freshdesk"
I appreciate Freshdesk's interface and powerful automation features that simplify our work on customer support and payment support-related ticket m...
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Jenny P.
JP
Senior Operations Manager
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Freshdesk?

I appreciate Freshdesk's interface and powerful automation features that simplify our work on customer support and payment support-related ticket management and Freddy improves our responses and Canned responses save time. Its Freshdesk's multi-channel support allows seamless email, chat, and social media communication, ensuring consistent customer service. The analytics and reporting tools are already some reports are predefined we need to update them according to our use. The reports provide valuable insights to optimize team performance and CSAT helps improve customer satisfaction. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freshdesk?

One drawback of Freshdesk is that its advanced features can be complex to set up and may require additional training for the team. Additionally, the mobile app has limited functionality compared to the desktop version, which can sometimes lead to delays in customer support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Freshdesk solving and how is that benefiting you?

Freshdesk streamlines customer support by centralizing inquiries from multiple channels into one platform, reducing response times and improving issue resolution. Its automation features handle repetitive tasks, freeing up the team to focus on complex customer needs. This has led to increased team productivity, better customer satisfaction, and more efficient management of high support volumes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Swathi B.
SB
Manager
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Freshdesk?

Easy to use, its user friendly interface makes it minimal training making it accessible even for non technical users, its workflow automation features, canned responses & ticket creation/assignment rules help reduce repetitive tasks & improve productivity & SLAs. It allows teams handling customer queries from email, chat & phone all in one place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freshdesk?

1. The mobile app, while its useful, has fewer features compared to the desktop version limiting its usability for on the go support. At least for admin users the features should be at par with Desktop usage

2. Certain advanced automation tools or integrations are locked behind higher priced plans which may be a constraint for opting such tools Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Freshdesk solving and how is that benefiting you?

Freshdesk helps simplify customer support by centralizing ticket management from multiple channels, automating repetitive tasks & enabling seamless team collaboration. Automation rules for ticket prioritization & assignment help reduce response time, optimize workflow & support processes in delivering consistent & high quality support & deliverables as per business needs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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AKIB S.
AS
Manager Customer Services
Consumer Services
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Freshdesk?

The platform makes it incredibly easy to manage a high volume of tickets, especially during peak seasons. Features like canned responses, SLA management, and the ability to customize workflows have streamlined our operations, saving us countless hours. The self-service options, such as the knowledge base and chatbot integration, have empowered our customers to resolve their issues independently, resulting in a noticeable 15% reduction in L1 queries. Additionally, the robust analytics and reporting tools provide actionable insights, helping us make data-driven decisions to improve overall support performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freshdesk?

Enhancements to make the interface even faster and more flexible would make it an even better tool for scaling during high-demand periods. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Freshdesk solving and how is that benefiting you?

Freshdesk is helping us address several critical customer service challenges:

Managing High Ticket Volumes: During peak seasons, Freshdesk allows us to seamlessly handle a 25% increase in ticket volume without compromising response or resolution times. The automation features, such as ticket routing and canned responses, ensure efficient workload distribution.

Improving Customer Satisfaction: With Freshdesk’s self-service portals and chatbot integration, we’ve empowered customers to resolve issues independently, resulting in a 15% reduction in L1 queries and consistent CSAT scores above 80%.

Streamlining Operations: The platform has simplified ticket management with features like SLA tracking, priority settings, and unified communication channels, improving our agents’ productivity by 20%.

Providing Actionable Insights: Freshdesk’s analytics and reporting tools give us a clear view of performance metrics, helping us identify bottlenecks and optimize processes to enhance customer experience.

Overall, Freshdesk has not only improved our operational efficiency but also strengthened our ability to deliver exceptional customer service. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

CB
CEO/CTO
Marketing and Advertising
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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Review source: Organic
What do you like best about Freshdesk?

We recently launched our SAAS platform and needed an easy way to manage user helpdesk tickets as well as additional features such as online chat and online documentation center for self-help. Aside from very competitive pricing compared to alternatives, initial setup was very easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freshdesk?

In order to really get the most out of the platform, it takes quite some time to properly configure everything. It's intuitive to do (in most instances) but definitely takes some integration forethought. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Freshdesk solving and how is that benefiting you?

Freshdesk is solving several critical challenges we faced in managing customer support. It centralizes all customer inquiries across multiple channels—email, chat, and social media—into a single platform. The automation features, such as ticket routing and SLA management, ensure that our team can focus on resolving issues rather than handling repetitive tasks.

We are also utilizing self-help documentation center for our application, allowing customers to search for solutions to their questions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Anders R.
AR
Head of Customer Education
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Freshdesk?

Freshdesk is easee to use and get's you up and running in no time. This is handy if you are new to ticketing.

It has the necessary features we need to not just handle, but also manage and improve on our ticket handling.

Their customer support is reactive and attentive.

Their newest addition in the Analytics tool is amazing. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freshdesk?

Allthough I find their general user interface easee to use for simple ticket handling, once you get into administration roles it becomes more complex. The general setup of certain areas are not intuitive, and I often have to relearn certain procedures many times to get it right. It could use a restructure and overhaul to make a more unified experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Freshdesk solving and how is that benefiting you?

Freshdesk is streamlining how we are handling a large number of daily incoming communications from our customers related to questions about our product, requests about our product or bug reporting and issue resolution.

It helps both a small team of first line to address what they can and a large team of developers to work together to solve the complex cases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mohamed D.
MD
Manager
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Freshdesk?

What I like about Freshdesk is how straightforward it is to use. The ticketing system keeps everything organized, the automation features, like ticket routing and follow up reminder, have been helpful, however, you ahve to ensure it is set-up properly. This has saved us time and making sure we respond in a timely manner Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freshdesk?

One thing we’ve struggled with in Freshdesk is the lack of customization it can be hard to adjust workflows to fit exactly what we need if you are not familiar with how to set it up. We would have to call or submit email tickets to get assistance to set-up some features/automation which can be time consuming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Freshdesk solving and how is that benefiting you?

Freshdesk has made it so much easier for us to handle customer inquiries by bringing everything into one place. Automating repetitive tasks like ticket routing and follow-ups has saved us a lot of time, letting our team focus on more important tasks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

KP
Sr Manager, Product Leadership
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
What do you like best about Freshdesk?

Freshdesk can host many agents in a cross-functional way which is integral to making what we do be efficient and satisfy our customers. It is easy to use which allows for less time training and onboarding for how to use the tool. When there are issues, the customer support team is easy to contact and resolve issues quickly. Using the tool everyday puts a lot of pressure on the need to always be functional - we have yet to have an issue! Having the internal notes capability between agents, forwarding of tickets, and other attributes that can be tagged to a ticket allow for easy searching and aggregating of metrics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freshdesk?

The only downside I have experiences is if I don't have the specific admin privileges to see certain groups and therefore, tickets, the tickets seem to disappear and it takes some time to get access to these tickets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Freshdesk solving and how is that benefiting you?

Organization of different types of requests or complaints. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

keerthi P.
KP
IT Manager
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Freshworks?

I like the freshworks ticketing system which is very user frendly and its easy to impliment. it has multiple feature like you can create multipal depatment and i like the way through automation it will assigne tickets directly to the respective depatment with the content

It has all in one customer support sulution which is like one stop solution for all your helpdesk applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freshworks?

Report customisation is not good.

Some time mobile application will get hangup and its close automaticaly

Customer support is not good Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Freshworks solving and how is that benefiting you?

Fixing mupltiple department issues by traking them under SLA(Service level agreement) and traking them was very big task for me earlier.

So now with this freshdesk its make my work too simpler and saves my maximum time of followups and also its incresed my serivee level in a simple manner Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sushmita C.
SC
WFM senior RTE
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Freshdesk?

The best part about Freshdesk is that it is user-friendly, tracking the performance of all the users at one go and easy to download customized reports.

This also effectively helps in real time ticket monitoring that helps in reducing the resolution time for a better customer support experience.

It is useful when it comes to team work as we can easily reassign the tickets in case there is any issue with the currently assigned team member to avoide any further delay in the resolution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freshdesk?

I do not feel any specific challenge while using the tool but the only limitations of the Freshdesk is that sometimes when the ticket volume is high, it takes time to load the tickets and the manual reassignment takes higher time that results in high resolution time for the customers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Freshdesk solving and how is that benefiting you?

The problems solved by the use of the freshdesk includes, reduction in the AHT, real time ticket monitoring and downloading the reports as per the requirement. This also helps in improving the perfomance of the team. It provides a clear insights on assigned, unassigned, resolved and unresolved tickets on daily, weekly and monthly basis which helps in time series analysis of work flows. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ollie B.
OB
Customer Experience Manager
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Freshdesk?

The ease of use makes training team members on Freshdesk quick and successful; this is a big help in a small business with limited man-hours - we need people who are able to learn quickly, and a simple tool makes this possible.

There's also just enough ability to customize the helpdesk to suit your requirements. Operating in separate regions can make this a challenge but our teams in both the UK and US are able to work separately and also collaborate where needed.

The support that Freshdesk provides is also always quick and provides the answer you need most of the time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Freshdesk?

Despite it being very easy to use, Freshdesk doesn't have a 'look around' feature that explains the different features and capacities of the platform. For someone who has never used a helpdesk before and has the task of implementing one, this could make it challenging but I suspect that the support Freshdesk provides would mitigate this problem.

The reporting used to be very simple - it has since changed to a more in-depth analytics tool which evidently has an abundance of information but it isn't as easy to use as other aspects of the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Freshdesk solving and how is that benefiting you?

Freshdesk allows us to solve all matter of customer service issues that our customers encounter in a timely manner, which benefits our business through our publicly displayed ratings, such as Trustpilot. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.