Freshdesk vs Jira Service Management vs Zoho Desk
Overview
Freshdesk
The help desk platforms for IT support and ITIL management had already hit the market of business software. Freshservice turns out to be a good option if you are looking for produc...tive IT support with a ticketing system. This help desk offers a handful of advanced tools for handling multiple channels, automate workflows, prevent damages, and analyze problems in any corporate scenario.
Platforms supported
- macOS
- Linux
- iOS app
- Android app
Support Options
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Phone Support
- Email/Help Desk
- Chat
Training Options
- Live Online
- Documentation
- In Person
- Videos
- Webinars
Screenshots
Jira Service Management
Built with IT Service Management in mind, Jira Service Management is a help desk system created for developers and by developers. Right from the get-go, the tool aims to enhance th...e customer experience through a set of specific features that help agents push more sales, better service, and most importantly, establish your business as a brand.
Platforms supported
- macOS
- Linux
- iOS app
- Android app
Support Options
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Phone Support
- Email/Help Desk
- Chat
Training Options
- Live Online
- Documentation
- In Person
- Videos
- Webinars
Screenshots
Zoho Desk
Designed to deliver top of the line customer support, Zoho Desk is a platform that companies use to increase agent productivity, devise more accurate analytics, and improve general...workflow. The tool is also used to determine KPIs, as well as identify performance bottlenecks. It is a robust system that is trusted by many big name companies. It has gained trust among marketers, managers, retailers, and business owners as it allows them to provide a unified customer service that is not only of high quality but round-the-clock.
Platforms supported
- macOS
- Linux
- iOS app
- Android app
Support Options
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Phone Support
- Email/Help Desk
- Chat
Training Options
- Live Online
- Documentation
- In Person
- Videos
- Webinars
Screenshots
Pricing
Freshdesk
- Freshdesk Sprout $0
- Freshdesk Blossom $15
- Freshdesk Estate $49
- Freshdesk Forest $79
- Free trial not available
Jira Service Management
- Jira Service Management Free $0
- Jira Service Management Standard $22
- Jira Service Management Premium $49
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- Free trial not available
Zoho Desk
- Zoho Desk Free $0
- Zoho Desk Standard $20
- Zoho Desk Professional $35
- Zoho Desk Enterprise $50
- Free trial not available
Feature comparison
Freshdesk
9.3/10
- Add reminders on to-dos
- Agent collision prevention
- Auto Bcc
- Bulk actions
- Canned forms
- Contextual Workspaces
- Custom & Group Views
- Dynamic content
- Edit/hide threads
- Email signatures
- Filtered Search
- Group your agents
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Macros
- Mobile app
- Multilingual (Multiple) content
- Occasional agents
- Personal canned responses
- Private Comments within tickets
- Restricted conversation views
- Session replay
- Shared canned responses
- Skills-based routing
- Summary app
- Tags
- To-dos
- Traffic cop
- Light Agents
- Responsive, mobile-friendly Help Center
10/10
- Collaboration
- Contextual collaboration with Freshconnect
- Linked tickets
- Parent-child ticketing
9.2/10
- Contact Form
- Contacts & Accounts Management
- Contacts & ticket history
- Custom user and organization fields
- Customer 360
- Customer journey
- Customer profiles
- Customer satisfaction ratings (CSAT)
- Customer segments
- Group contacts by organization
- Identify contacts using external ID
- Organization profiles
- Satisfaction Prediction
8.9/10
- Auto reply
- Automatic ticket assignment using Dispatch'r
- Custom business rules (triggers & automations)
- Event-triggered workflow automations
- Multi-task workflows with one-touch Scenarios
- Round robin ticket assignment
- Time-based Rules
- Time-triggered automations
- Workflow automations
10/10
- Business Hours
- Custom status
- Custom ticket fields
- Dynamic ticket forms
- Multiple Ticket Forms
- Sandbox test environment
- Service Level Agreement (SLA) management
- Set your Time Zone
- SLA reporting
- Ticket file attachment size
- Ticket sharing
6.7/10
- Auto-suggest Solutions
- Form templates
- Multiple SLA Policies
- Task Management
- Approval Workflows
- Customize Incident Lifecycle
10/10
- Branding removal (email)
- Branding removal (Help Center)
- Complete portal customization
- CSS customization
- Custom domain mapping
- FreshThemes gallery
- Public portal customization
6/10
- Community forums
- Internal Help Center
- Knowledge base
- Rich text Help Center articles
- SEO
- Unlimited data
- Related articles
- 301 Redirection
- Article Versioning
- Help Center insights
8.8/10
- API rate limit
- Cloud telephony integration app
- Email integration with Outlook
- Gamification
- Google Apps (G Suite)
- HubSpot Integration
- Integration with Atlassian Jira
- Integrations
- Private custom apps
- Public apps (Marketplace)
- Salesforce integration
- Slack integration
- Webhooks
- Zapier integration
- Custom objects
- Endpoints
7.6/10
- Advanced Insights
- Agent Dashboard (Agent Scorecard)
- Analytics
- Export reports
- Google Analytics for Help Center
- Helpdesk in-depth report
- Overview dashboard
- Performance distribution
- Save reports
- Schedule Data Export
- Schedule Reports
- Support Performance dashboards
- Team Dashboards
- Ticket drill down in reports
- Ticket lifecycle report
- Ticket volume trends
- Custom Reports
- Manager Dashboard (The Headquarters)
- Tickets closed reports
- User-specific reporting
- Zendesk Benchmark
6.9/10
- Ability to configure for HIPAA
- Advanced password policy for agents and customers
- Audit logs
- Custom email servers
- Custom roles and permissions
- Custom SSL certificates (default free)
- Data center location
- Digitally signed emails (DKIM/DMARC)
- Domain Whitelisting
- Encryption: data at rest and in motion
- GDPR compliance
- Log in with Google
- Network access restriction (IP Whitelisting)
- Privacy Shield and Safe Harbor compliant
- Single sign on with SAML
- Single sign-on (SSO) for web and mobile
- SPF(Sender Policy Framework)
- SSL encryption
- Disaster recovery
- Field-Level Access Control
- PCI compliance (Level 1)
- Two-Factor Authentication
- User provisioning
- Business rules analysis
- Content Delivery Network
- Guaranteed availability SLA (1 Hour Support SLA)
8.5/10
- Calling
- Chat Support (in English)
- Email Support
- Facebook
- Live chat
- Multibrand Support
- Phone Support (in English)
- SDK
- Support Bot
- Twitter
- Web Widget
- Guidance Program
- Professional Services
10/10
- Annotated image attachments
- Assume identity
- Custom Email Templates
- Email forwarding
- Email tickets
- Mailboxes (inboxes)
- Merge tickets
- Outbound email
- Outgoing SMTP settings
- Public and private notes in tickets
- Satisfaction surveys - Customizable
- Sort ticket conversations
- Spam filtering
- Split tickets
- Support workflow
- Ticket export
- Ticket templates
- Time tracking
- Undo send
- Watch tickets
7.5/10
- Announcements
- Automatic sitemap generation
- Backup
- Community forums
- Facebook in-sync app
- Notifications
- Printer-friendly
- Unlimited End Users
- Voicemail integration
- Agent Limit
- Date comparisons
- Project Management
0/10
- ITSM Process Integration
0/10
- Asset Lifecycle Management
- Risk Management
0/10
- Change Management
- Problem Management
0/10
- Goals
- Active Blueprints per Module
- Call transcription
- Common Transitions per Blueprint
- Custom Functions in Blueprints
- Custom Functions using Deluge script
- Fields and Actions per Transition
- Global Reports
- Integration with Zoho products
- MSP
- Sentiment analysis
- SMS Add-on
- Transitions per Blueprint
- Two-way sync with Zoho CRM
- Zia Voice and Skill Builder
- Zoho Assist Add-on
Jira Service Management
4.8/10
- Add reminders on to-dos
- Agent collision prevention
- Auto Bcc
- Bulk actions
- Canned forms
- Contextual Workspaces
- Custom & Group Views
- Dynamic content
- Edit/hide threads
- Email signatures
- Filtered Search
- Group your agents
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Macros
- Mobile app
- Multilingual (Multiple) content
- Occasional agents
- Personal canned responses
- Private Comments within tickets
- Restricted conversation views
- Session replay
- Shared canned responses
- Skills-based routing
- Summary app
- Tags
- To-dos
- Traffic cop
- Light Agents
- Responsive, mobile-friendly Help Center
7.5/10
- Collaboration
- Contextual collaboration with Freshconnect
- Linked tickets
- Parent-child ticketing
4.6/10
- Contact Form
- Contacts & Accounts Management
- Contacts & ticket history
- Custom user and organization fields
- Customer 360
- Customer journey
- Customer profiles
- Customer satisfaction ratings (CSAT)
- Customer segments
- Group contacts by organization
- Identify contacts using external ID
- Organization profiles
- Satisfaction Prediction
7.8/10
- Auto reply
- Automatic ticket assignment using Dispatch'r
- Custom business rules (triggers & automations)
- Event-triggered workflow automations
- Multi-task workflows with one-touch Scenarios
- Round robin ticket assignment
- Time-based Rules
- Time-triggered automations
- Workflow automations
8.2/10
- Business Hours
- Custom status
- Custom ticket fields
- Dynamic ticket forms
- Multiple Ticket Forms
- Sandbox test environment
- Service Level Agreement (SLA) management
- Set your Time Zone
- SLA reporting
- Ticket file attachment size
- Ticket sharing
6.7/10
- Auto-suggest Solutions
- Form templates
- Multiple SLA Policies
- Task Management
- Approval Workflows
- Customize Incident Lifecycle
5.7/10
- Branding removal (email)
- Branding removal (Help Center)
- Complete portal customization
- CSS customization
- Custom domain mapping
- FreshThemes gallery
- Public portal customization
4/10
- Community forums
- Internal Help Center
- Knowledge base
- Rich text Help Center articles
- SEO
- Unlimited data
- Related articles
- 301 Redirection
- Article Versioning
- Help Center insights
8.1/10
- API rate limit
- Cloud telephony integration app
- Email integration with Outlook
- Gamification
- Google Apps (G Suite)
- HubSpot Integration
- Integration with Atlassian Jira
- Integrations
- Private custom apps
- Public apps (Marketplace)
- Salesforce integration
- Slack integration
- Webhooks
- Zapier integration
- Custom objects
- Endpoints
6.7/10
- Advanced Insights
- Agent Dashboard (Agent Scorecard)
- Analytics
- Export reports
- Google Analytics for Help Center
- Helpdesk in-depth report
- Overview dashboard
- Performance distribution
- Save reports
- Schedule Data Export
- Schedule Reports
- Support Performance dashboards
- Team Dashboards
- Ticket drill down in reports
- Ticket lifecycle report
- Ticket volume trends
- Custom Reports
- Manager Dashboard (The Headquarters)
- Tickets closed reports
- User-specific reporting
- Zendesk Benchmark
6.9/10
- Ability to configure for HIPAA
- Advanced password policy for agents and customers
- Audit logs
- Custom email servers
- Custom roles and permissions
- Custom SSL certificates (default free)
- Data center location
- Digitally signed emails (DKIM/DMARC)
- Domain Whitelisting
- Encryption: data at rest and in motion
- GDPR compliance
- Log in with Google
- Network access restriction (IP Whitelisting)
- Privacy Shield and Safe Harbor compliant
- Single sign on with SAML
- Single sign-on (SSO) for web and mobile
- SPF(Sender Policy Framework)
- SSL encryption
- Disaster recovery
- Field-Level Access Control
- PCI compliance (Level 1)
- Two-Factor Authentication
- User provisioning
- Business rules analysis
- Content Delivery Network
- Guaranteed availability SLA (1 Hour Support SLA)
3.8/10
- Calling
- Chat Support (in English)
- Email Support
- Facebook
- Live chat
- Multibrand Support
- Phone Support (in English)
- SDK
- Support Bot
- Twitter
- Web Widget
- Guidance Program
- Professional Services
4/10
- Annotated image attachments
- Assume identity
- Custom Email Templates
- Email forwarding
- Email tickets
- Mailboxes (inboxes)
- Merge tickets
- Outbound email
- Outgoing SMTP settings
- Public and private notes in tickets
- Satisfaction surveys - Customizable
- Sort ticket conversations
- Spam filtering
- Split tickets
- Support workflow
- Ticket export
- Ticket templates
- Time tracking
- Undo send
- Watch tickets
7.5/10
- Announcements
- Automatic sitemap generation
- Backup
- Community forums
- Facebook in-sync app
- Notifications
- Printer-friendly
- Unlimited End Users
- Voicemail integration
- Agent Limit
- Date comparisons
- Project Management
10/10
- ITSM Process Integration
10/10
- Asset Lifecycle Management
- Risk Management
10/10
- Change Management
- Problem Management
0.6/10
- Goals
- Active Blueprints per Module
- Call transcription
- Common Transitions per Blueprint
- Custom Functions in Blueprints
- Custom Functions using Deluge script
- Fields and Actions per Transition
- Global Reports
- Integration with Zoho products
- MSP
- Sentiment analysis
- SMS Add-on
- Transitions per Blueprint
- Two-way sync with Zoho CRM
- Zia Voice and Skill Builder
- Zoho Assist Add-on
Zoho Desk
6.2/10
- Add reminders on to-dos
- Agent collision prevention
- Auto Bcc
- Bulk actions
- Canned forms
- Contextual Workspaces
- Custom & Group Views
- Dynamic content
- Edit/hide threads
- Email signatures
- Filtered Search
- Group your agents
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Macros
- Mobile app
- Multilingual (Multiple) content
- Occasional agents
- Personal canned responses
- Private Comments within tickets
- Restricted conversation views
- Session replay
- Shared canned responses
- Skills-based routing
- Summary app
- Tags
- To-dos
- Traffic cop
- Light Agents
- Responsive, mobile-friendly Help Center
2.5/10
- Collaboration
- Contextual collaboration with Freshconnect
- Linked tickets
- Parent-child ticketing
7.7/10
- Contact Form
- Contacts & Accounts Management
- Contacts & ticket history
- Custom user and organization fields
- Customer 360
- Customer journey
- Customer profiles
- Customer satisfaction ratings (CSAT)
- Customer segments
- Group contacts by organization
- Identify contacts using external ID
- Organization profiles
- Satisfaction Prediction
10/10
- Auto reply
- Automatic ticket assignment using Dispatch'r
- Custom business rules (triggers & automations)
- Event-triggered workflow automations
- Multi-task workflows with one-touch Scenarios
- Round robin ticket assignment
- Time-based Rules
- Time-triggered automations
- Workflow automations
9.1/10
- Business Hours
- Custom status
- Custom ticket fields
- Dynamic ticket forms
- Multiple Ticket Forms
- Sandbox test environment
- Service Level Agreement (SLA) management
- Set your Time Zone
- SLA reporting
- Ticket file attachment size
- Ticket sharing
3.3/10
- Auto-suggest Solutions
- Form templates
- Multiple SLA Policies
- Task Management
- Approval Workflows
- Customize Incident Lifecycle
10/10
- Branding removal (email)
- Branding removal (Help Center)
- Complete portal customization
- CSS customization
- Custom domain mapping
- FreshThemes gallery
- Public portal customization
8/10
- Community forums
- Internal Help Center
- Knowledge base
- Rich text Help Center articles
- SEO
- Unlimited data
- Related articles
- 301 Redirection
- Article Versioning
- Help Center insights
8.1/10
- API rate limit
- Cloud telephony integration app
- Email integration with Outlook
- Gamification
- Google Apps (G Suite)
- HubSpot Integration
- Integration with Atlassian Jira
- Integrations
- Private custom apps
- Public apps (Marketplace)
- Salesforce integration
- Slack integration
- Webhooks
- Zapier integration
- Custom objects
- Endpoints
7.1/10
- Advanced Insights
- Agent Dashboard (Agent Scorecard)
- Analytics
- Export reports
- Google Analytics for Help Center
- Helpdesk in-depth report
- Overview dashboard
- Performance distribution
- Save reports
- Schedule Data Export
- Schedule Reports
- Support Performance dashboards
- Team Dashboards
- Ticket drill down in reports
- Ticket lifecycle report
- Ticket volume trends
- Custom Reports
- Manager Dashboard (The Headquarters)
- Tickets closed reports
- User-specific reporting
- Zendesk Benchmark
7.7/10
- Ability to configure for HIPAA
- Advanced password policy for agents and customers
- Audit logs
- Custom email servers
- Custom roles and permissions
- Custom SSL certificates (default free)
- Data center location
- Digitally signed emails (DKIM/DMARC)
- Domain Whitelisting
- Encryption: data at rest and in motion
- GDPR compliance
- Log in with Google
- Network access restriction (IP Whitelisting)
- Privacy Shield and Safe Harbor compliant
- Single sign on with SAML
- Single sign-on (SSO) for web and mobile
- SPF(Sender Policy Framework)
- SSL encryption
- Disaster recovery
- Field-Level Access Control
- PCI compliance (Level 1)
- Two-Factor Authentication
- User provisioning
- Business rules analysis
- Content Delivery Network
- Guaranteed availability SLA (1 Hour Support SLA)
10/10
- Calling
- Chat Support (in English)
- Email Support
- Facebook
- Live chat
- Multibrand Support
- Phone Support (in English)
- SDK
- Support Bot
- Twitter
- Web Widget
- Guidance Program
- Professional Services
7.5/10
- Annotated image attachments
- Assume identity
- Custom Email Templates
- Email forwarding
- Email tickets
- Mailboxes (inboxes)
- Merge tickets
- Outbound email
- Outgoing SMTP settings
- Public and private notes in tickets
- Satisfaction surveys - Customizable
- Sort ticket conversations
- Spam filtering
- Split tickets
- Support workflow
- Ticket export
- Ticket templates
- Time tracking
- Undo send
- Watch tickets
6.7/10
- Announcements
- Automatic sitemap generation
- Backup
- Community forums
- Facebook in-sync app
- Notifications
- Printer-friendly
- Unlimited End Users
- Voicemail integration
- Agent Limit
- Date comparisons
- Project Management
0/10
- ITSM Process Integration
0/10
- Asset Lifecycle Management
- Risk Management
0/10
- Change Management
- Problem Management
9.4/10
- Goals
- Active Blueprints per Module
- Call transcription
- Common Transitions per Blueprint
- Custom Functions in Blueprints
- Custom Functions using Deluge script
- Fields and Actions per Transition
- Global Reports
- Integration with Zoho products
- MSP
- Sentiment analysis
- SMS Add-on
- Transitions per Blueprint
- Two-way sync with Zoho CRM
- Zia Voice and Skill Builder
- Zoho Assist Add-on
Reviews
Freshdesk
4 of 5 March 28, 2019
The call center integrated with Freshdesk works great - the call is turned into a ticket right away after the agent has finished a conv...
4 of 5 March 28, 2019
Freshdesk delivers lots of useful options. To be more precise, it enables dealing with multiple customers at the same time without any ...
5 of 5 March 18, 2019
The fast and quality service become an obligation if you want to retain a customer. How to handle multiple tickets? The answer is in he...
Jira Service Management
4 of 5 March 22, 2020
PROS: The Jira Service Management has a clean and sophisticated UI that is a cut above what others offer. Our team is ...
4 of 5 October 23, 2018
JSD is pretty intuitive and does not require a lot of documentation to get started. The starter pack is pretty attractive but expect to...
4 of 5 March 12, 2018
Generally speaking, this is a very complete application. It’s very useful for both small and large teams, although more effort went int...
Zoho Desk
October 18, 2020
It's an awesome platform. Very nice to see Zoho Desk as one of the standout products in G2Crowd. It deserves to be up there with other ...
October 1, 2020
Zoho Desk is one of the simplest tools for making and tracking tickets to help resolve problems brought up by customers. This can easil...
5 of 5 September 30, 2020
Its task distribution system, client database management, reporting, and chat system are some of the best features found in this tool. ...