Freshdesk vs Salesforce Service Cloud comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Freshdesk
Ranking in Help Desk Software
9th
Ranking in Knowledge Management Software
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
27
Ranking in other categories
Customer Experience Management (4th), Field Service Management (3rd)
Salesforce Service Cloud
Ranking in Help Desk Software
8th
Ranking in Knowledge Management Software
4th
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
43
Ranking in other categories
CRM Customer Engagement Centers (2nd), IT Alerting and Incident Management (6th)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Help Desk Software category, the market share of Freshdesk is 3.8% and it decreased by 6.9% compared to the previous year. The market share of Salesforce Service Cloud is 1.9% and it increased by 64.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Help Desk Software
Unique Categories:
Customer Experience Management
13.6%
CRM Customer Engagement Centers
25.0%
Knowledge Management Software
2.9%
 

Featured Reviews

BW
Sep 14, 2022
Phenomenal knowledge base and great for customer support functions, but not suitable if you are trying to solve problems and use assets
If Freshdesk had forms in it so that I could go to the portal and fill out a service request, that would improve it immensely and make it more valuable for enterprise customers, but that's not a current functionality. You can't have a certain catalog of any type. You can't be like, "Hey, I want to just go submit a ticket," and then type in. You can't prompt them to ask anything. It is just a blank form. Their sales team all the time tries to convince you that this is the only product that they have. I don't know why. I really don't get it. I spent a year just being like, "No, we shouldn't be in Freshdesk for this." They were telling my bosses that we should be, and I was like, "I'm telling you that's incorrect. Why are you telling my boss that? You don't even work here?" You don't even go here. What are you doing? They don't even check your circumstances. I am a certified Six Sigma Black Belt. I gave them all of our process maps and everything, and they didn't even read over them. They just kept trying to put us into Freshdesk when Freshservice was a better fit because all we do is move around trucks, trailers, and drive. That's what we do all day long. I would like to know how we would do that without asset management or a portal with forums. They were just constantly trying to get us to implement break fix after break fix after break fix instead of putting us on the right product in the first place. It wasted a year's time and money. We are using it because the bot can't live in Freshservice. The bot has to live in Freshdesk. I wish the bot could live in Freshservice or be its own thing. If it was its own thing, it would be much easier, but you have to go into Freshdesk and go into the bot builder. It is weird.
ChanchalSaxena - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 3, 2024
High scalability with good plugins and excellent customer visibility
The Primary objectives of our solution are to improve the customer experience, improve process efficiency, and eliminate the wasted costs involved in business operations. For example, we're focusing more on the improvement of DIY (Do it Yourself). The call load reduces the need for visits by…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It's free of charge for us. For our scale of business, it's very important. We don't have a lot of tickets."
"The feature that I have found most valuable is the way that it connects to various folders especially because we use it as a CRM tool. We can connect it with our phones and our chat, and also with the API and have it as an email service. Freshdesk just makes our life easier."
"Technical support is outstanding."
"Omnichannel is one of the most valuable features of the solution."
"It is very easy to make reports."
"Their knowledge base is phenomenal. The way that it learns from our users is awesome, and responses are really awesome as well. It does a pretty good job of picking up what's needed. The knowledge bases are great."
"I like that it's very user-friendly. The way they designed this application, any layperson can just do some drag and drop actions and use it. It's not that difficult. It's also easy to implement. The most important thing is, you don't need to go to this application to create a ticket. You just send out an email, and the ticket is created automatically. I have never seen a feature like this before."
"The UI is easy to use."
"The product's initial setup phase was straightforward."
"It's a cloud tool, so it is easy to set up."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the traceability of actions."
"It’s feasible to configure the platform according to the specific processes utilised. Customization of the platform could be carried out based on the techniques we employ."
"The plug-ins that work with other standard systems have made the product industry-ready."
"Salesforce Service Cloud is a user-friendly and flexible CRM tool that provides good accessibility and security."
"The most valuable feature of Salesforce Service Cloud is its ease of use."
"The three major pillars of Salesforce Service Cloud are the SSL, Chatter, and the Dispatcher Console, which routes calls to the technicians."
 

Cons

"There are a few things we have asked for, like a forward button. When a ticket comes in, we forward it, but it doesn't sync up with the forward. That is the one they have to rework. The other is when we forward the ticket, it doesn't go all, or certain things don't go with it. We have told them about it, and they are working on it. It would be better if they gave us a more standard reporting template. Although they already have some, many aren't usable. It would be easier if we had more templates to work with."
"If Freshdesk had forms in it so that I could go to the portal and fill out a service request, that would improve it immensely and make it more valuable for enterprise customers, but that's not a current functionality. You can't have a certain catalog of any type. You can't be like, "Hey, I want to just go submit a ticket," and then type in. You can't prompt them to ask anything. It is just a blank form."
"It should enhance its service and its reporting capabilities."
"The dashboards are useful but could be so much better. As a product manager, and data scientist, we couldn't use the dashboard for analytics and had to move the data in Power BI."
"While it's good for a small number of tickets, definitely in the future, we will require something more powerful."
"There aren't any features that we want to enhance, but we need to mature in our usage of some of them. I can't say any feature is missing or needs improvement, but a tool's built-in features need to evolve customer feedback. We have a dialogue set up for that kind of feedback."
"Technical support is not the best. It could be much, much better and offer better support to users."
"Asset management and branding are two areas in the solution that have scope for improvement."
"The product's high price is an area of concern where improvements are required."
"The documentation could be improved."
"The pricing of the solution can be made cheaper."
"Salesforce Service Cloud's report functionality could be improved."
"The product should be capable of delivering complex reports as per company requirements without the need for a Tableau license."
"The governor limits are a troubling feature of Salesforce"
"The pricing for what Salesforce Service Cloud offers is not great."
"The solution’s user interface could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We use a licensing model only so we pay for the number of agents we have configured in the system only."
"It was definitely not expensive. It was two grand or maybe three grand total for a year. It has just straight and simple standard licensing fees. There is no additional fee."
"The best system plan is enterprise. It costs basically 79 Euros per agent per month when it's billed annually and 95 Euros per agent per month when it's billed monthly."
"The price could be better, but it's okay. Compared to ServiceNow and JIRA, Freshworks offers a competitive price. There are also additional licensing costs because you need Microsoft Outlook. Each new email account costs around $15 to $19."
"We use a combination of Freshdesk, Freshservice, and Freshchat. We use the whole suite. Weirdly enough, we pay more for Freshdesk than we do for Freshservice. I would rate it a three out of five in terms of pricing. You can get different bundles, and you can always move to different plans that are standard. Freshservice can go anywhere from $19 up to $120 per agent, per month. There is such a wide range, and it is very customizable to your needs."
"The pricing is pretty manageable and acceptable."
"Freshdesk was the best solution with the best price. It was cost efficient and included all the features that we needed."
"It is costly."
"We pay a yearly licensing fee for Salesforce Service Cloud, which is expensive."
"I believe that in our country, Colombia, we utilize this platform for the Latin American region. In terms of expenses, it's somewhat higher compared to other products. I would rate it as expensive and nine out of ten."
"The licensing is flexible. Companies pay for what they use. However, a company with very small needs might find it difficult to justify the cost. Overall, it's in the medium price range."
"Salesforce is not a cheap product. It can be expensive."
"The tool is pretty expensive."
"The price of the solution depends on how many users need access to it"
"The product is expensive. There is a need to make yearly payments towards the licensing costs attached to the product."
"The price is too expensive."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
23%
Media Company
6%
Retailer
6%
Real Estate/Law Firm
6%
Computer Software Company
20%
Educational Organization
15%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Freshdesk?
Freshdesk significantly improved our customer issue resolution process. We can now easily record and track all customer requests, ensuring that no tickets are lost.
What needs improvement with Freshdesk?
I would like to see improvements in the account management aspect, having a customer portal for better visibility into my subscription, invoices, and trouble tickets. Additionally, more flexibility...
What is your primary use case for Freshdesk?
I use Freshdesk to manage IT support tickets for our team of 15 IT professionals across multiple countries. It has been effective in ticket management, and we find the price-to-functionality ratio ...
What needs improvement with Salesforce Service Cloud?
The solution’s user interface could be improved and enhanced.
What is your primary use case for Salesforce Service Cloud?
We use the solution for ticketing, marketing, and sales purposes. It is also used for generating leads, converting them to opportunities, and completely managing sales. It captures every lead it en...
 

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Sample Customers

Honda, 3M, Hugo Boss, Petronas, Sony Pictures, The Atlantic, goodreads, Clear Channel Radio, Penn University of Pennsylvania, unicef, Kuoni, Movember
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