Zoho Desk vs Help Scout vs Freshservice
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
Help Scout
Help Scout is a cloud-like customer service platform being able to scale its toolset for businesses of any range and field. What makes it different from the systems on the market i...s no ticketing or portals for managing customer requests. Help Scout is built in an alternative way - as a shared mailbox that enables providing your customer service in the most human-like manner. However, it but doesn’t forget about your business management needs as well.
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
Freshservice
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
Pricing
Zoho Desk
- Zoho Desk Standard $14
- Zoho Desk Professional $23
- Zoho Desk Enterprise $40
—
- Free trial
Help Scout
- Help Scout Standard $22
- Help Scout Plus $44
- Help Scout Pro $65
—
- Free trial
Freshservice
- Freshservice Starter $19
- Freshservice Growth $49
- Freshservice Pro $95
- Freshservice Enterprise $119
- Free trial
Feature comparison
Zoho Desk
7.5/10
- 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
- Auto Bcc
- Interaction History (Ticket activities)
- Responsive, mobile-friendly Help Center
- Shared canned responses
- Dynamic content
- Occasional agents
3.3/10
- Collaboration
- Linked tickets
- Parent-child ticketing
10/10
- 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
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
3.3/10
- Auto-suggest Solutions
- Multiple SLA Policies
- Approval Workflows
- Customize Incident Lifecycle
- Service Catalog
- Task Management
10/10
- Branding removal (email)
- Branding removal (Help Center)
- Complete portal customization
- CSS customization
- Custom domain mapping
- FreshThemes gallery
- Public portal customization
8/10
- 301 Redirection
- Article Versioning
- Community forums
- Help Center insights
- Knowledge base
- Rich text Help Center articles
- SEO
- Unlimited data
- Internal Help Center
- Related articles
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
7.9/10
- 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
- Beacon builder
- Javascript API
- Open tracking
- Update conversations remotely
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
- Ticket drill down in reports
- Tickets closed reports
- Team Dashboards
- Ticket lifecycle report
7.7/10
- 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
- Digitally signed emails (DKIM/DMARC)
- Independently Tested
- PCI compliance (Level 1)
- Advanced password policy for agents and customers
- Audit logs
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
9.4/10
- 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
- Support workflow
6.7/10
- Automatic sitemap generation
- Backup
- Community forums
- Facebook in-sync app
- Notifications
- Printer-friendly
- Unlimited End Users
- Voicemail integration
- Date comparisons
- Announcements
- Multiple currencies
- Project Management
0/10
- Asset Relationship Mapping
- ITSM Process Integration
0/10
- Asset Auto-discovery
- Asset Lifecycle Management
- Contract Management
- IT Inventory Management
- Managed Assets
- Purchase Order (PO) Management
- QR and Barcode Asset Scanner
- Risk Management
- Software Asset Management
- Software License Management
0/10
- Change Management
- Problem Management
- Release Management
Help Scout
7.5/10
- 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
- Auto Bcc
- Interaction History (Ticket activities)
- Responsive, mobile-friendly Help Center
- Shared canned responses
- Dynamic content
- Occasional agents
3.3/10
- Collaboration
- Linked tickets
- Parent-child ticketing
6/10
- 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
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
4.5/10
- 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
1.7/10
- Auto-suggest Solutions
- Multiple SLA Policies
- Approval Workflows
- Customize Incident Lifecycle
- Service Catalog
- Task Management
7.1/10
- Branding removal (email)
- Branding removal (Help Center)
- Complete portal customization
- CSS customization
- Custom domain mapping
- FreshThemes gallery
- Public portal customization
7/10
- 301 Redirection
- Article Versioning
- Community forums
- Help Center insights
- Knowledge base
- Rich text Help Center articles
- SEO
- Unlimited data
- Internal Help Center
- Related articles
7.3/10
- 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
2.1/10
- 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
- Beacon builder
- Javascript API
- Open tracking
- Update conversations remotely
5.3/10
- 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
- Ticket drill down in reports
- Tickets closed reports
- Team Dashboards
- Ticket lifecycle report
7.3/10
- 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
- Digitally signed emails (DKIM/DMARC)
- Independently Tested
- PCI compliance (Level 1)
- Advanced password policy for agents and customers
- Audit logs
3.1/10
- 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
4.4/10
- 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
- Support workflow
5.8/10
- Automatic sitemap generation
- Backup
- Community forums
- Facebook in-sync app
- Notifications
- Printer-friendly
- Unlimited End Users
- Voicemail integration
- Date comparisons
- Announcements
- Multiple currencies
- Project Management
0/10
- Asset Relationship Mapping
- ITSM Process Integration
0/10
- Asset Auto-discovery
- Asset Lifecycle Management
- Contract Management
- IT Inventory Management
- Managed Assets
- Purchase Order (PO) Management
- QR and Barcode Asset Scanner
- Risk Management
- Software Asset Management
- Software License Management
0/10
- Change Management
- Problem Management
- Release Management
Freshservice
7.1/10
- 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
- Auto Bcc
- Interaction History (Ticket activities)
- Responsive, mobile-friendly Help Center
- Shared canned responses
- Dynamic content
- Occasional agents
6.7/10
- Collaboration
- Linked tickets
- Parent-child ticketing
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
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
7.3/10
- 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
- Approval Workflows
- Customize Incident Lifecycle
- Service Catalog
- Task Management
5.7/10
- Branding removal (email)
- Branding removal (Help Center)
- Complete portal customization
- CSS customization
- Custom domain mapping
- FreshThemes gallery
- Public portal customization
5/10
- 301 Redirection
- Article Versioning
- Community forums
- Help Center insights
- Knowledge base
- Rich text Help Center articles
- SEO
- Unlimited data
- Internal Help Center
- Related articles
8/10
- 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
0.5/10
- 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
- Beacon builder
- Javascript API
- Open tracking
- Update conversations remotely
6.3/10
- 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
- Ticket drill down in reports
- Tickets closed reports
- Team Dashboards
- Ticket lifecycle report
7.3/10
- 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
- Digitally signed emails (DKIM/DMARC)
- Independently Tested
- PCI compliance (Level 1)
- Advanced password policy for agents and customers
- Audit logs
3.8/10
- 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
8.1/10
- 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
- Support workflow
7.5/10
- Automatic sitemap generation
- Backup
- Community forums
- Facebook in-sync app
- Notifications
- Printer-friendly
- Unlimited End Users
- Voicemail integration
- Date comparisons
- Announcements
- Multiple currencies
- Project Management
10/10
- Asset Relationship Mapping
- ITSM Process Integration
10/10
- Asset Auto-discovery
- Asset Lifecycle Management
- Contract Management
- IT Inventory Management
- Managed Assets
- Purchase Order (PO) Management
- QR and Barcode Asset Scanner
- Risk Management
- Software Asset Management
- Software License Management
10/10
- Change Management
- Problem Management
- Release Management
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. ...
Help Scout
4 of 5
PROS: Help Scout offers a well-designed interface that is easy to use. The Saved Auto Replies feature helps us to respond quickly to cu...
3 of 5
Help Scout offers wonderful customer support and a community experience. Our company has 80 employees using this software, and they are...
5 of 5
An admirable aspect is the vendor keeps improving the software by constantly releasing new features. One feature I love is “Edit this a...
Freshservice
5 of 5
Take all possible tools for handling support that come to your mind, and put them in a single dashboard. That’s exactly how Freshservic...
5 of 5
Freshservice is a multifacet platform that is flexible and adapts to your business process. The first thing that spring the mind is the...
5 of 5
The old platform lacked the required functionality while Freshservice delivers all necessary features. What’s more the implementation a...