Who Uses Freshdesk?
Businesses of all sizes across the world trust Freshdesk to provide remarkable customer service.
What Is Freshdesk?
Freshdesk is a cloud-based helpdesk system that offers powerful solutions for customer service. Freshdesk unifies conversations from email, phone, web, chat, and social, and helps you resolve issues across channels effortlessly. With Freshdesk, you can also automate workflows, offer convenient self-service options, manage SLAs, and generate reports. Freshdesk is used by over 40,000 customers, including Bridgestone, HP, Harvard University, and DHL.
Freshdesk Details
Freshworks
https://www.freshworks.com
Founded 2011
Freshdesk pricing overview
See pricing plansFreshdesk has a free version and offers a free trial. Freshdesk paid version starts at US$19.00/month.
Starting Price
US$19.00/month See pricing details
Pricing Details
Freshdesk is priced per support agent per month, and has 5 different plans. Sprout - $0 (unlimited free agents) Blossom - $19/agent/month billed monthly or $15/agent/month billed yearly Garden - $45/agent/month billed monthly or $35/agent/month billed yearly Estate - $69/agent/month billed monthly or $49/agent/month billed yearly Forest - $125/agent/month billed monthly or $99/agent/month billed yearly
Free Version
Yes
Free Trial
Yes, get a free trial
Freshdesk deployment and support
Support
- Email/Help Desk
- FAQs/Forum
- Knowledge Base
- Phone Support
- 24/7 (Live rep)
- Chat
Deployment
- Cloud, SaaS, Web-based
- Android (Mobile)
- iPhone (Mobile)
- iPad (Mobile)
Training
- Live Online
- Webinars
- Documentation
- Videos
Freshdesk Features
CRM Software
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Management
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- CRM
- Calendar Management
- Calendar Sync
- Calendar/Reminder System
- Campaign Management
- Contact Database
- Contact Management
- Customer Database
- Customizable Fields
- Customizable Reports
- Customizable Templates
- Data Import/Export
- Document Storage
- Drag & Drop
- Email Management
- Email Marketing
- Email Templates
- Forecasting
- Interaction Tracking
- Interaction Tracking
- Internal Chat Integration
- Lead Capture
- Lead Generation
- Lead Management
- Lead Qualification
- Marketing Automation
- Mobile Access
- Opportunity Management
- Pipeline Management
- Projections
- Quotes/Estimates
- Referral Tracking
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Sales Forecasting
- Sales Pipeline Management
- Sales Reports
- Sales Trend Analysis
- Segmentation
- Social Media Integration
- Task Management
- Territory Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Workflow Management
Call Centre Software
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts / Escalation
- Auto-Dialer
- Automatic Call Distribution
- Blended Call Center
- CRM
- Call Center Management
- Call List Management
- Call Logging
- Call Monitoring
- Call Recording
- Call Reporting
- Call Routing
- Call Scripting
- Call Tracking
- Call Transfer
- Callback Scheduling
- Caller ID
- Campaign Management
- Chat/Messaging
- Computer Telephony Integration
- Contact Database
- Contact Management
- Customizable Reports
- Email Management
- IVR / Voice Recognition
- Inbound Call Center
- Interaction Tracking
- Live Chat
- Manual Dialer
- Monitoring
- Multi-Channel Communication
- Outbound Call Center
- Performance Management
- Predictive Dialer
- Progressive Dialer
- Queue Management
- Real Time Analytics
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Monitoring
- Real Time Reporting
- Real-Time Chat
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Social Media Integration
- Third Party Integrations
- Voice Mail
- Workflow Management
Complaint Management Software
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts / Escalation
- Assignment Management
- Audit Trail
- Case Management
- Chat/Messaging
- Complaint Management
- Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA)
- Customer Complaint Tracking
- Customer Service Analytics
- Customizable Branding
- Customizable Fields
- Customizable Forms
- Customizable Reports
- Customizable Templates
- Data Import/Export
- Email Management
- Email Templates
- Feedback Management
- Forms Management
- Interaction Tracking
- Issue Management
- Issue Tracking
- Knowledge Base Management
- Live Chat
- Monitoring
- Multi-Channel Communication
- Multi-Channel Management
- Prioritization
- Quality Assurance
- Real Time Notifications
- Real Time Reporting
- Real-time Updates
- Reporting & Statistics
- Routing
- SSL Security
- Self Service Portal
- Social Media Integration
- Social Media Monitoring
- Support Ticket Management
- Support Ticket Tracking
- Survey/Poll Management
- Surveys & Feedback
- Tagging
- Third Party Integrations
- Widgets
- Workflow Management
Customer Engagement Software
- A/B Testing
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- Behavior Tracking
- CRM
- Campaign Analytics
- Campaign Management
- Chat/Messaging
- Churn Management
- Communication Management
- Community Management
- Content Creation
- Content Management
- Customer Database
- Customer Experience Management
- Customer Segmentation
- Customizable Branding
- Customizable Fields
- Customizable Reports
- Customizable Templates
- Drag & Drop
- Email Management
- Engagement Analytics
- Event Triggered Actions
- Feedback Management
- Gamification
- Live Chat
- Monitoring
- Multi-Channel Communication
- Multi-Channel Marketing
- Multi-Language
- Real Time Analytics
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Monitoring
- Real Time Notifications
- Real Time Reporting
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Social Media Integration
- Survey/Poll Management
- Surveys & Feedback
- Tagging
- Third Party Integrations
- Video Support
- Visual Analytics
- Widgets
- Workflow Management
Customer Experience Software
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- CRM
- Campaign Management
- Chat/Messaging
- Communication Management
- Customer Experience Management
- Customer Segmentation
- Customizable Branding
- Customizable Fields
- Customizable Forms
- Customizable Reports
- Customizable Templates
- Dashboard
- Data Visualization
- Drag & Drop
- Email Management
- Engagement Analytics
- Feedback Management
- Knowledge Management
- Live Chat
- Monitoring
- Multi-Channel Communication
- Multi-Channel Data Collection
- Multi-Channel Management
- Multi-Language
- Negative Feedback Management
- Predictive Analytics
- Ratings / Reviews
- Real Time Analytics
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Monitoring
- Real Time Notifications
- Real Time Reporting
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Search/Filter
- Sentiment Analysis
- Social Media Integration
- Survey/Poll Management
- Surveys & Feedback
- Tagging
- Text Analysis
- Third Party Integrations
- Trend Analysis
- Visual Analytics
- Widgets
- Workflow Management
Customer Service Software
- API
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts / Escalation
- Appointment Management
- Auto-Responders
- Calendar Management
- Call Center Management
- Call Routing
- Communication Management
- Contact Database
- Contact Management
- Customer Database
- Customer History
- Customer Segmentation
- Customer Service Analytics
- Customizable Forms
- Customizable Templates
- Data Import/Export
- Drag & Drop
- Email Management
- Employee Management
- Engagement Analytics
- Event Triggered Actions
- Inbox Management
- Knowledge Base Management
- Live Chat
- Multi-Channel Communication
- Multiple User Accounts
- Performance Management
- Performance Metrics
- Queue Management
- Real Time Analytics
- Real Time Monitoring
- Real Time Notifications
- Real Time Reporting
- Real-time Updates
- Reporting & Statistics
- Rules-Based Workflow
- SMS Messaging
- Self Service Portal
- Single Sign On
- Social Media Integration
- Support Ticket Management
- Support Ticket Tracking
- Surveys & Feedback
- Template Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Virtual Assistant
- Voice Mail
- Workflow Management
Help Desk Software
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts / Escalation
- Alerts/Notifications
- Automated Routing
- CRM
- Call Center Management
- Chat/Messaging
- Client Portal
- Customer Database
- Customer History
- Customizable Branding
- Customizable Fields
- Customizable Forms
- Customizable Reports
- Customizable Templates
- Data Import/Export
- Document Storage
- Email Management
- Email Templates
- Feedback Management
- Help Desk Management
- IT Asset Management
- Interaction Tracking
- Interaction Tracking
- Knowledge Base Management
- Live Chat
- Macros/Templated Responses
- Monitoring
- Multi-Channel Communication
- Network Monitoring
- Performance Metrics
- Prioritization
- Real Time Notifications
- Real-Time Chat
- Remote Access/Control
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Self Service Portal
- Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
- Social Media Integration
- Support Ticket Management
- Support Ticket Tracking
- Surveys & Feedback
- Third Party Integrations
- Ticket Management
- Workflow Configuration
- Workflow Management
ITSM Tools
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Active Directory Integration
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts / Escalation
- Alerts/Notifications
- Approval Process Control
- Asset Management
- Asset Tracking
- Audit Management
- Availability Management
- CRM
- Capacity Management
- Change Management
- Chat/Messaging
- Client Portal
- Configurable Workflow
- Configuration Management
- Contract/License Management
- Customizable Branding
- Customizable Fields
- Customizable Forms
- Customizable Reports
- Customizable Templates
- Dashboard Creation
- Drag & Drop
- Email Management
- Help Desk Management
- IT Asset Tracking
- Incident Management
- Inventory Management
- Knowledge Base Management
- Monitoring
- Multi-Channel Communication
- Prioritization
- Problem Management
- Project Management
- Release Management
- Reporting & Statistics
- Role-Based Permissions
- Self Service Portal
- Service Catalog
- Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
- Support Ticket Management
- Support Ticket Tracking
- Surveys & Feedback
- Task Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Workflow Management
Issue Tracking Software
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts / Escalation
- Alerts/Notifications
- Assignment Management
- Chat/Messaging
- Collaboration Tools
- Commenting / Notes
- Configurable Workflow
- Customizable Branding
- Customizable Fields
- Customizable Forms
- Customizable Reports
- Customizable Templates
- Dashboard
- Drag & Drop
- Email Management
- Help Desk Management
- Issue Auditing
- Issue Management
- Issue Scheduling
- Issue Tracking
- Knowledge Base Management
- Monitoring
- Multi-Channel Communication
- Prioritization
- Project Management
- Projections
- Real Time Notifications
- Real Time Reporting
- Real-time Updates
- Recurring Issues
- Reporting & Statistics
- Role-Based Permissions
- Rules-Based Workflow
- SSL Security
- Self Service Portal
- Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
- Support Ticket Management
- Support Ticket Tracking
- Surveys & Feedback
- Tagging
- Task Management
- Task Progress Tracking
- Third Party Integrations
- Ticket Management
- Widgets
- Workflow Management
Knowledge Management Software
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Active Directory Integration
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Alerts/Notifications
- CRM
- Calendar Management
- Cataloging/Categorization
- Categorisation/Grouping
- Chat/Messaging
- Collaboration Tools
- Commenting / Notes
- Communication Management
- Configurable Workflow
- Content Library
- Content Management
- Customizable Branding
- Customizable Fields
- Customizable Forms
- Customizable Reports
- Customizable Templates
- Data Import/Export
- Decision Support Systems
- Discussions / Forums
- Document Management
- Document Storage
- Drag & Drop
- Email Management
- File Management
- Full Text Search
- Gamification
- Knowledge Base Management
- Live Chat
- Multi-Language
- Online Forums
- Projections
- Real Time Notifications
- Reporting & Statistics
- SSL Security
- Self Service Portal
- Self-Learning
- Single Sign On
- Social Media Integration
- Surveys & Feedback
- Tagging
- Text Editing
- Third Party Integrations
- Widgets
- Workflow Management
Live Chat Software
- @mentions
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Auto-Responders
- CRM
- Calendar Management
- Canned Responses
- Chat/Messaging
- Collaboration Tools
- Contact Management
- Content Management
- Customer History
- Customizable Branding
- Document Storage
- Drag & Drop
- Email Management
- File Management
- File Sharing
- File Transfer
- Geotargeting
- Interaction Tracking
- Live Chat
- Meeting Management
- Mobile Access
- Monitoring
- Multi-Channel Communication
- Offline Form
- Proactive Chat
- Progress Tracking
- Real Time Analytics
- Real Time Monitoring
- Real Time Notifications
- Real-time Consumer-facing Chat
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- Screen Sharing
- Search/Filter
- Single Sign On
- Support Ticket Management
- Surveys & Feedback
- Tagging
- Task Progress Tracking
- Task Scheduling
- Third Party Integrations
- Transcripts/Chat History
- Transfers/Routing
- Video Conferencing
- Website Visitor Tracking
- Workflow Management
Online CRM Software
- API
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- CRM
- Calendar Management
- Calendar Sync
- Campaign Management
- Cataloging/Categorization
- Collaboration Tools
- Contact Database
- Contact Management
- Customer Database
- Customer Service Analytics
- Customer Support
- Customer Surveys
- Customizable Fields
- Customizable Templates
- Data Import/Export
- Document Storage
- Drag & Drop
- Email Management
- Email Marketing
- Email Response Control
- Email Templates
- Email Tracking
- FAQ
- Forecasting
- Interaction Tracking
- Knowledge Management
- Lead Capture
- Lead Management
- Live Chat
- Opportunity Management
- Performance Metrics
- Pipeline Management
- Reminders
- Reporting & Statistics
- Request Escalation
- Routing
- Sales Forecasting
- Sales Reports
- Sales Trend Analysis
- Search/Filter
- Self Service Portal
- Social Media Integration
- Task Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Web-based Deployment
- Workflow Management
- XML / RSS
Project Management Software
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Agile Methodologies
- Alerts/Notifications
- Billing & Invoicing
- Budget Management
- Calendar Management
- Client Portal
- Collaboration Tools
- Commenting / Notes
- Cost-to-Completion Tracking
- Customizable Templates
- Document Management
- Document Storage
- Drag & Drop
- File Sharing
- Gantt/Timeline View
- Idea Management
- Issue Management
- Kanban Board
- Milestone Tracking
- Multiple Projects
- Percent-Complete Tracking
- Portfolio Management
- Prioritization
- Progress Tracking
- Project Planning
- Project Planning/Scheduling
- Project Templates
- Project Time Tracking
- Project Tracking
- Project Workflow
- Projections
- Real-time Updates
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Project Tracking
- Resource Management
- Risk Management
- Status Tracking
- Task Management
- Task Planning
- Task Progress Tracking
- Task Scheduling
- Testing/QA Management
- Third Party Integrations
- Time & Expense Tracking
- Traditional Methodologies
- Workflow Management
Remote Support Software
- API
- Access Controls/Permissions
- Activity Dashboard
- Activity Tracking
- Audit Management
- Audit Trail
- CRM
- Chat/Messaging
- Collaboration Tools
- Communication Management
- Compliance Management
- Customizable Branding
- Customizable Reports
- Diagnostic Tools
- File Sharing
- File Transfer
- Live Chat
- Monitoring
- Multi-Channel Communication
- Multiple User Accounts
- Performance Metrics
- Real Time Data
- Real Time Monitoring
- Real Time Notifications
- Real-Time Chat
- Real-time Updates
- Remote Access/Control
- Remote Monitoring & Management
- Remote Update / Installation
- Reporting & Statistics
- Reporting/Analytics
- SSL Security
- Screen Sharing
- Secure Login
- Self Service Portal
- Server Monitoring
- Session Recording
- Session Transfer
- Single Sign On
- Summary Reports
- Support Ticket Management
- Surveys & Feedback
- Third Party Integrations
- Two-Factor Authentication
- Two-Way Audio & Video
- Unattended Access
- User Management
- Video Conferencing
- Video Support
- Workflow Management
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Freshdesk Reviews
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Average score
Sinencia V.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 12/06/2019
"Freshdesk makes working easier!"
Comments: In general, I think there are plenty of customizations and features with Freshdesk. The real selling point for our company was the analytics because we can see the history of our tickets and prevent them from reoccurring in the future.
Pros: I love the analytics and history log in Freshdesk. Freshdesk tracks agents' productivity through out the day and breaks up this information by the hour. We can also look up who has resolved the most tickets or who sends out immediate responses. All of this information is especially helpful when assigning new tickets because we can see a history of our most efficient employees. Previous tickets can be easily searched by key words, agent, or time frame. When multiple people are working on one project, it really helps to decipher who did what and when!
Cons: One thing that I believe can be improved is having a group option to send out an email. It's not common when we have to include multiple people on a ticket but when we do, we have to cc them in the very beginning as opposed to adding "Group A". -- The information still gets everyone on the same page, however it is an additional step on the agent's end.
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- Reviewed on 12/06/2019
Verified Reviewer
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality4 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money4 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 05/04/2021
"Good Customer Support Platform"
Comments: Overall a positive experience with FreshDesk. The product was fairly easy to implement since we didn’t migrate data from our old system. Training for the staff was pretty quick and we’ve gained a lot of workflow improvements since switching.
Pros: FreshDesk is a power and easy to use customer service platform. We use it to manage our customer support ticketing system and measure our response against SLA’s. It meets our expectations in all areas
Cons: We use FreshDesk to integrate with our on site ticketing system. We’ve run a series of challenges keeping this running, but besides that advanced feature we have had few issues.
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- Reviewed on 05/04/2021
Jeff K.
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Overall Rating3 /5
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Ease of Use2 /5
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Features & Functionality2 /5
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Customer Support1 /5
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Value for Money3 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 07/10/2020
"Lacking rudimentary filter/show by date range feature, terrible for recordkeeping"
Comments: Mediocre at best - it does what every other support desk system does - assign & distribute tickets, some automation etc. etc. I've submitted the above feature request for very basic date based filter & displays that any email system should have and what is supposed to be an advanced business management tool completely lacks this.
Pros: For years I've been asking for date filters - something as simple as "see all emails sent by this client between 2020-04-10 to 2020-04-15" - NOTHING. To make matters worse, when looking at older emails in a list, it doesn't even show the date - it will show some ambiguous phrase like "About a year ago" which lumps in a 6 month period. If you want accurate tracking of communication, forget it. If you have one off emails that you'll never need to see again once resolved, maybe. If it weren't for the fact we have so many existing records with this company we'd switch but we are stuck, and years of asking them for a simple feature to either allow date based searches OR at least display actual date of email, has been futile. Regret having chose this as our support desk provider for our team of 8!
Cons: The lack of basic and very simple features such as filtering emails/communication by date, or even displaying an accurate date. What business runs on emails that show the date on a list as "About A Year Ago"? Absolutely horrible for business management or record keeping. If you want to manage long term relationship with clients and be able to look up conversations quickly, DO NOT USE FRESHBOOKS.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 07/10/2020
Viktoria J.
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Overall Rating5 /5
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Ease of Use5 /5
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Features & Functionality5 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 21/01/2021
"The best customer service desk available"
Comments: We used it for daily customer service contact and it was great. It was great for assigning
Pros: Freshdesk is an amazing solution that made my daily life easier. I used it as a part of my work as a customer service agent and it helped go through the tickets quickly and efficiently. Mostly I loved how easy it made for me to track the previous interactions with the customer and how efficient it made me.
Cons: We tried the call centre as well, but that did not work so well. We had calls drop randomly after a few seconds so we stopped using that feature.
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- Reviewed on 21/01/2021
Carly M.
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Overall Rating4 /5
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Ease of Use4 /5
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Features & Functionality4 /5
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Customer Support5 /5
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Value for Money5 /5
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Likelihood to Recommend
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 15/10/2020
"Freshdesk is simple to setup and makes bug-tracking a cinch!"
Comments: Personally, this was the best platform that ever happened to our team. We reviewed some pay-for feature models, as well as the free bug tracker in Spiceworks (which had a ton of adware), and Freshdesk was the simplest to use and track our bugs even with the non-ability to drill down further with the tier we were using for our staff. The only other thing I would mention, is that it is not HIPAA compliant, so you want to make sure anything users are posting in there is not anything related to proprietary software. Otherwise it worked like a charm for our team, and our users seemed to like it. You do need to make sure that your teams using it have their emails alerting them, otherwise a ticket can just sit there. I found that I was reminding folks to check the freshdesk--from an IT standpoint, we were in there every day fielding tickets and this really helped us to schedule out our day/week and prioritize.
Pros: I set up and administered Freshdesk for a 200+ non-profit agency. There were three departments tracking bugs through it, and we were able to deploy it and announce its use with ease. It was easy to explain to our staff who didn't want to take time to learn something overly complex. As a non-profit, it was important to find a solution that could assist us day-to-day without breaking the bank. We were able to use the first-level with support for our use. The Freshdesk support was highly responsive and helpful if we had questions. Using this platform cut down on time spent fielding immediate requests that were not a high priority. It allowed us to really prioritize, track and automate repeat issues, and cut down on 'putting out little fires everywhere mentality.'
Cons: The automation was helpful, but I think it could have used a bit more complexity. We were able to implement an automated routing for email subjects and user emails so that certain requests or bugs/issues would go to a specific department. We used the platform in Communications, IT, and Facilities for all requests. We didn't have a bug or issue tracker prior to this platform. The Frequently Asked Questions portion of the portal really didn't end up being used, although we did use it when we first started the platform. Higher ups really liked the ability to see numbers in what we were fielding, but there was not enough drill-down in the pay/point we were using--that may have been available within higher paid levels. The automation has a lot of options for sending alerts when a new ticket is created. It can become cumbersome and send A LOT of emails. I'm not sure if there is a better way to automate/cut that down w/o losing that function. Also, the 'archive' user feature was a bit weird. We had a lot of employees that would leave and come back, and if you archived the user, it was a bit of an odd way to get them back into the platform, it's doable, just awkward.
- Reviewer Source
- Reviewed on 15/10/2020
