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Businesses of all sizes, from startups to enterprise teams, across ecommerce, fintech, travel, logistics, retail, and education industries that manage customer support across one or more channels. ## Quick Stats & Ratings | Metric | Rating | Detail | | **Overall** | **4.5/5** | 3494 Reviews | | Ease of Use | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Customer Support Software | 4.5/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Value for Money | 4.4/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Features | 4.3/5 | Based on overall reviews | | Recommendation percentage | 90% | (9/10 Likelihood to recommend) | ## About the vendor - **Company**: Freshworks - **Location**: San Mateo, US - **Founded**: 2011 ## Commercial Context - **Starting Price**: US$19.00 - **Pricing model**: Per User (Free version available) (Free Trial) - **Pricing Details**: It is available for $0 for 2 agents for 6 months - **Target Audience**: Self Employed, 2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000, 5,001–10,000, 10,000+ - **Deployment & Platforms**: Cloud, SaaS, Web-based - **Supported Languages**: Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese - **Available Countries**: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece and 39 more ## Features - Activity Dashboard - Autonomous Task Execution - Call Scripting - Chat/Messaging - Customer Database - Customizable Branding - Live Chat Software - Personalization Software - Proactive Chat - Real-Time Chat - Self Service Portal - Sentiment Analysis - Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management - Third-Party Integrations - Trend Analysis ## Integrations (56 total) - Airtable - Asana - Azure Active Directory Domain Services - Azure DevOps Labs - Bamboo - Bitrix24 - Calendly - Chargebee - Claris FileMaker - ClickUp - CloudTalk - Facebook - Facebook Comments - Freshcaller - Freshchat ... and 41 more integrations ## Support Options - Email/Help Desk - FAQs/Forum - Knowledge Base Software - Phone Support - 24/7 (Live rep) - Chat ## Category - [Help Desk Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30008/help-desk/software) ## Related Categories - [Help Desk Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30008/help-desk/software) - [Complaint Management Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30674/complaint-management/software) - [Customer Communications Management Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/31002/customer-communications-management/software) - [Live Chat Software](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/30797/live-chat/software) - [AI Agents for Customer Support](https://www.capterra.ca/directory/34696/ai-agents-for-customer-support/software) ## Alternatives 1. 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I believe in current versions and our future update this will be rectified. > > With premium support on our package fresh desk has been with us every step of the way from our initial configuration and launch to our continuous growth in all directions. They help us provide better data-driven management decisions. All at a price point that is easy to justify. ----- ### "Easy and Efficient Customer Support Management" — 4.0/5 > **Aasil** | *September 9, 2026* | Accounting Software | Recommendation rating: 10.0/10 > > **Pros**: Freshdesk is easy to use and helps keep customer inquiries organized in one place. I especially like the ticket management and email notification features, which make it easy to track conversations, assign requests, and follow up with customers without missing anything. > > **Cons**: Some of the advanced features and customization options can take time to understand. There can also be occasional delays with email notifications, and some useful features are only available on higher-priced plans. > > My overall experience with Freshdesk has been very positive. It has made managing customer support much more organized and efficient. The interface is straightforward, ticket management works well, and having customer communication in one system saves a lot of time. Overall, it provides good value for businesses that handle regular customer inquiries. ----- ### "Freshdesk review" — 5.0/5 > **Sim** | *May 20, 2026* | Health, Wellness & Fitness | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: It provides value for the money, it is easy to use by user and agents and set up takes no time and UI is good too > > **Cons**: So many bugs in the environment, suddenly stops working without any warnings and need permanent resolution > > Overall provides value for the money, good for small business and gets work done, provide knowledge base and tracking data ----- ### "freshdeskden" — 4.0/5 > **Denis** | *September 18, 2026* | Transportation/Trucking/Railroad | Recommendation rating: 7.0/10 > > **Pros**: Large integration ecosystem that fits into existing business workflows. Centralizes email, chat, phone, and social media support into one workspace. > > **Cons**: Mobile app lacks some desktop functionality. Advanced AI features are often restricted to higher-priced plans. > > ease of use, automation, ticketing capabilities, integrations, and value for money. reporting limitations, mobile app functionality, and the cost of advanced features are a drawback. ----- ### "A great asset for our growing company" — 5.0/5 > **Carissa** | *June 13, 2025* | Food Production | Recommendation rating: 8.0/10 > > **Pros**: I really like Fresh Desk because as a growing company we were finding it hard to manage the volume of customer request we were getting Fresh Desk makes things so much more organized and allows. Our team members to work better together on who’s helped too and get things resolved quickly. > > **Cons**: The only thing I really don’t like about Fresh Desk are the fact that you can’t have part-time team members they have to be the same price as full-time team members and I do find the Support to be a little bit difficult to work with when we’ve needed help with issues > > Overall, I’m really happy that we have Fresh Desk. We use it for both our phone and our email inquiries. It’s made our system for handling customer inquiries so much more organized and provides an easy to find history on past customer tickets. ----- Page: 1 / 141\ Next: [Next page](https://www.capterra.ca/software/124981/freshdesk?page=2) ## Links - [View on Capterra](https://www.capterra.ca/software/124981/freshdesk) ## This page is available in the following languages | Locale | URL | | de | | | de-AT | | | de-CH | | | en | | | en-AE | | | en-AU | | | en-CA | | | en-GB | | | en-IE | | | en-IL | | | en-IN | | | en-NZ | | | en-SG | | | en-ZA | | | es | | | es-AR | | | es-CL | | | es-CO | | | es-CR | | | es-DO | | | es-EC | | | es-MX | | | es-PA | | | es-PE | | | fi | | | fr | | | fr-BE | | | fr-CA | | | fr-LU | | | it | | | ja | | | ko | | | nb | | | nl | | | nl-BE | | | pl | | | pt | | | pt-PT | | | sv | | | tr | | ----- ## Structured Data