Zoho Desk vs Freshdesk
Overview
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
Freshdesk
Freshdesk is a cloud-hosted platform that helps businesses of all sizes deliver a quality support service. It unifies conversations from email, phone, web widgets, chat, and social...media to help agents resolve issues across channels smoothly. With Freshdesk, you can stay on top of customer support by automating workflows, offering self-service options, and managing SLAs.
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
Zoho Desk
- Zoho Desk Standard $14
- Zoho Desk Professional $23
- Zoho Desk Enterprise $40
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- Free trial
Freshdesk
- Freshdesk Sprout $0
- Freshdesk Blossom $15
- Freshdesk Estate $49
- Freshdesk Forest $79
- Free trial
Feature comparison
Zoho Desk
6.4/10
- Agent collision prevention
- Bulk actions
- Canned forms
- Custom & Group Views
- Edit/hide threads
- Email signatures
- Filtered Search
- Group your agents
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Light Agents
- Macros
- Mobile app
- Multilingual (Multiple) content
- Personal canned responses
- Private Comments within tickets
- Restricted conversation views
- Tags
- Traffic cop
- Add reminders on to-dos
- Auto Bcc
- Contextual Workspaces
- Dynamic content
- Occasional agents
- Session replay
- Shared canned responses
- Skills-based routing
- Summary app
- To-dos
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 profiles
- Customer satisfaction ratings (CSAT)
- Group contacts by organization
- Organization profiles
- Satisfaction Prediction
- Customer journey
- Customer segments
- Identify contacts using external ID
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
- Service Level Agreement (SLA) management
- Set your Time Zone
- SLA reporting
- Ticket file attachment size
- Ticket sharing
- Sandbox test environment
5/10
- Auto-suggest Solutions
- Multiple SLA Policies
- Form templates
- Task Management
10/10
- Branding removal (email)
- Branding removal (Help Center)
- Complete portal customization
- CSS customization
- Custom domain mapping
- FreshThemes gallery
- Public portal customization
8.9/10
- 301 Redirection
- Article Versioning
- Community forums
- Help Center insights
- Knowledge base
- Rich text Help Center articles
- SEO
- Unlimited data
- Internal Help Center
8.7/10
- API rate limit
- Cloud telephony integration app
- Endpoints
- Google Apps (G Suite)
- HubSpot Integration
- Integration with Atlassian Jira
- Integrations
- Private custom apps
- Public apps (Marketplace)
- Salesforce integration
- Slack integration
- Webhooks
- Zapier integration
- Email integration with Outlook
- Gamification
10/10
- 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
7.9/10
- Agent Dashboard (Agent Scorecard)
- Analytics
- Custom Reports
- Export reports
- Google Analytics for Help Center
- Helpdesk in-depth report
- Manager Dashboard (The Headquarters)
- Overview dashboard
- Performance distribution
- Save reports
- Schedule Data Export
- Schedule Reports
- Support Performance dashboards
- Ticket volume trends
- User-specific reporting
- Advanced Insights
- Team Dashboards
- Ticket drill down in reports
- Ticket lifecycle report
8.3/10
- Business rules analysis
- Content Delivery Network
- Custom email servers
- Custom roles and permissions
- Custom SSL certificates (default free)
- Data center location
- Disaster recovery
- Domain Whitelisting
- Encryption: data at rest and in motion
- Field-Level Access Control
- GDPR compliance
- Guaranteed availability SLA (1 Hour Support SLA)
- 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
- Two-Factor Authentication
- Ability to configure for HIPAA
- Advanced password policy for agents and customers
- Audit logs
- Digitally signed emails (DKIM/DMARC)
10/10
- Calling
- Chat Support (in English)
- Email Support
- Facebook
- Guidance Program
- Live chat
- Multibrand Support
- Phone Support (in English)
- Professional Services
- SDK
- Support Bot
- Twitter
- Web Widget
7.5/10
- 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
- Spam filtering
- Split tickets
- Ticket export
- Ticket templates
- Time tracking
- Watch tickets
- Annotated image attachments
- Assume identity
- Sort ticket conversations
- Support workflow
- Undo send
8.9/10
- Automatic sitemap generation
- Backup
- Community forums
- Facebook in-sync app
- Notifications
- Printer-friendly
- Unlimited End Users
- Voicemail integration
- Announcements
Freshdesk
9.6/10
- Agent collision prevention
- Bulk actions
- Canned forms
- Custom & Group Views
- Edit/hide threads
- Email signatures
- Filtered Search
- Group your agents
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Light Agents
- Macros
- Mobile app
- Multilingual (Multiple) content
- Personal canned responses
- Private Comments within tickets
- Restricted conversation views
- Tags
- Traffic cop
- Add reminders on to-dos
- Auto Bcc
- Contextual Workspaces
- Dynamic content
- Occasional agents
- Session replay
- Shared canned responses
- Skills-based routing
- Summary app
- To-dos
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 profiles
- Customer satisfaction ratings (CSAT)
- Group contacts by organization
- Organization profiles
- Satisfaction Prediction
- Customer journey
- Customer segments
- Identify contacts using external ID
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
- Service Level Agreement (SLA) management
- Set your Time Zone
- SLA reporting
- Ticket file attachment size
- Ticket sharing
- Sandbox test environment
10/10
- Auto-suggest Solutions
- Multiple SLA Policies
- Form templates
- Task Management
10/10
- Branding removal (email)
- Branding removal (Help Center)
- Complete portal customization
- CSS customization
- Custom domain mapping
- FreshThemes gallery
- Public portal customization
6.7/10
- 301 Redirection
- Article Versioning
- Community forums
- Help Center insights
- Knowledge base
- Rich text Help Center articles
- SEO
- Unlimited data
- Internal Help Center
9.3/10
- API rate limit
- Cloud telephony integration app
- Endpoints
- Google Apps (G Suite)
- HubSpot Integration
- Integration with Atlassian Jira
- Integrations
- Private custom apps
- Public apps (Marketplace)
- Salesforce integration
- Slack integration
- Webhooks
- Zapier integration
- Email integration with Outlook
- Gamification
0/10
- 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
8.4/10
- Agent Dashboard (Agent Scorecard)
- Analytics
- Custom Reports
- Export reports
- Google Analytics for Help Center
- Helpdesk in-depth report
- Manager Dashboard (The Headquarters)
- Overview dashboard
- Performance distribution
- Save reports
- Schedule Data Export
- Schedule Reports
- Support Performance dashboards
- Ticket volume trends
- User-specific reporting
- Advanced Insights
- Team Dashboards
- Ticket drill down in reports
- Ticket lifecycle report
7.5/10
- Business rules analysis
- Content Delivery Network
- Custom email servers
- Custom roles and permissions
- Custom SSL certificates (default free)
- Data center location
- Disaster recovery
- Domain Whitelisting
- Encryption: data at rest and in motion
- Field-Level Access Control
- GDPR compliance
- Guaranteed availability SLA (1 Hour Support SLA)
- 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
- Two-Factor Authentication
- Ability to configure for HIPAA
- Advanced password policy for agents and customers
- Audit logs
- Digitally signed emails (DKIM/DMARC)
8.5/10
- Calling
- Chat Support (in English)
- Email Support
- Facebook
- Guidance Program
- Live chat
- Multibrand Support
- Phone Support (in English)
- Professional Services
- SDK
- Support Bot
- Twitter
- Web Widget
10/10
- 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
- Spam filtering
- Split tickets
- Ticket export
- Ticket templates
- Time tracking
- Watch tickets
- Annotated image attachments
- Assume identity
- Sort ticket conversations
- Support workflow
- Undo send
10/10
- Automatic sitemap generation
- Backup
- Community forums
- Facebook in-sync app
- Notifications
- Printer-friendly
- Unlimited End Users
- Voicemail integration
- Announcements
Reviews
Zoho Desk
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 ...
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
Its task distribution system, client database management, reporting, and chat system are some of the best features found in this tool. ...
Freshdesk
4 of 5
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
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
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...