Freshservice vs Zoho Desk comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Freshservice
Ranking in Help Desk Software
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
Project Management Software (9th), Cloud Management (13th), IT Asset Management (3rd), IT Service Management (ITSM) (5th)
Zoho Desk
Ranking in Help Desk Software
6th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
19
Ranking in other categories
CRM Customer Engagement Centers (6th)
 

Market share comparison

As of June 2024, in the Help Desk Software category, the market share of Freshservice is 2.3% and it decreased by 47.9% compared to the previous year. The market share of Zoho Desk is 2.3% and it decreased by 5.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Help Desk Software
Unique Categories:
Project Management Software
2.9%
CRM Customer Engagement Centers
1.7%
 

Featured Reviews

Eslam Adel - PeerSpot reviewer
Sep 6, 2022
Reduces time to handle a service request, brings efficiency, and supports custom objects
We have multiple levels of services. We have central services and geographical or location-based services for the same type of service. For example, in HR, we have a training team. There are some services that are managed or provided by a central L&D team, and there are some services that are handled by the local L&D team. It has reduced the time to look up who is responsible for a service, and it has reduced the time to finalize a service request because it now goes directly to the person who is responsible for the service in that location. So, a service request is handled quickly and directly by the person responsible for it.
RP
Apr 6, 2023
An user-friendly tool for for asset management, procurement, and ticket management
We use the solution for asset management, procurement, ticket management, etc.  The tool's UI is very user-friendly. The solution's workflow is flexible and we can create our workflows. We can assign and create groups with the tool. We are also able to control the privileges with the tool.  I…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The most valuable features of Freshservice are the notifications, customization, and flexibility."
"It is a stable solution. My company hasn't faced any problems with the solution."
"Ability to scan barcodes and a great search feature."
"You can just register and within five to minute minutes, you are ready to go."
"The most valuable feature of Freshservice is you can assign downloaded tickets and the reports are useful."
"Freshservice's best feature is its user-friendliness."
"It has a very easy, flexible model. You can open up a particular module and work on the next. That's what we did. Overall, it provides a simple way of getting your support teams up and running. That was one thing that I thought was quite easy to do."
"We find its ability to track what's going on with each request very valuable. We are also able to merge ticket requests and assign them to different groups in the company. We have another department that uses the same system."
"The tool has made support very flexible and strong. We can use chat boxes and auto-responses. If someone creates a ticket, it will be created in Zoho Desk's ticket module. We can get emails and respond to them within the product. We don't need a support email product to manage emails. We can easily manage it within Zoho Desk. The tool's interface is good since it updated the layout three months ago and the current interface is more effective."
"The product has a lot of features."
"The tool's UI is very user-friendly. The solution's workflow is flexible and we can create our workflows. We can assign and create groups with the tool. We are also able to control the privileges with the tool."
"The product provides communication features like chats and calls."
"Good at capturing online inquiries has portal functionality, and is very good at managing inbound customer inquiries."
"The most valuable features of Zoho Desk are the user interface, pricing, and how they customize the solution for us."
"The ticketing feature is very easy to use, compared to other systems."
"The most valuable features are that it's user-friendly, you can customize it the way you want it, and it is very easy to use. You don't need anybody else to configure it."
 

Cons

"We'd like better integration with other products."
"The chat portal is not that great."
"The analytics could be better."
"It's hard to interact directly with the users themselves."
"The reporting and management information (MI) are very limited, and stopped realistic and timely reporting on outstanding incidents."
"On the reporting side, when we were doing reporting, one thing that was a bit of a limitation was when you had a data list containing a list of changes that have occurred for the whole time and you had to fit the list onto a page. If the list went over the page, it would just truncate it at the page. You wouldn't get all your data. So, it didn't work. That was one big stand-out for me. What we tended to do was convert things into a more readable format, and then we had more targeted exception reporting, but it would be nice to have a full list of things that could be automatically generated and that can flow over pages."
"Some of the ways that tasks are reported on and shown can be better. You can't see tasks in your regular ticket list view. You can't see a combo view of tasks and tickets. It is a little bit difficult to get a solid overview of your list of things to do. You can only see them in separate views, instead of one single view."
"The round robin ticketing feature that they have is not ideal."
"There is room for improvement in terms of integration."
"The customization of modules and some blueprint in the solution are areas with shortcomings that need improvement."
"I would like to have integrated support, and integration between the ticketing tool and the project management tool."
"The solution should provide an option to autofill some values while creating tickets."
"Zoho Desk should provide more integrations and improve the Zoho project integration."
"There is room for improvement in customer service and support. It could be more knowledgeable."
"Zoho Desk lacks lookup fields for the layouts."
"I would want Zoho Desk to integrate Zoho CRM, Zoho SalesIQ , and Zoho Campaigns."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its price is great. Its pricing is supposedly a lot less than ServiceNow and other alternatives."
"We're basically paying about $100 USD per agent per month."
"The solution may be around 20,000 euros a year."
"There are some additional costs but not that many. For example, we have unlimited assets, which is something for which we pay extra. We also paid for additional orchestration. I would rate it a three out of five in terms of pricing. They are right in the middle."
"Freshservice is a fairly cheap solution. Though monthly payments can be made towards the licensing costs of the solution, my company prefers to make annual payments."
"One of the key benefits of Freshservice is license management. Asset management has the possibility to keep track of licenses and that's very useful. The price of the solution is very good."
"It is good for the price you pay. It has different plans. If you need all features, you need to go for a higher plan. Currently, with the second tier plan, you cannot completely separate the group of agents. So, the agent in each group can see another person's ticket. You also cannot modify the rules based on the viewable, readable stuff and cannot have a custom role in this plan. If you want to do that, you have to go for a higher plan. It works in our case because it doesn't matter if the other group can see our ticket because it doesn't contain anything sensitive. We also didn't need the project or change management features. That's why we didn't go with a higher plan."
"The price of Freshservice could improve, it is expensive."
"The solution is relatively cheap. However, there are additional licensing fees involved."
"The gap is limited, but it should limit the price back bracket so that most start-ups can use it most effectively."
"Regarding pricing, it's 35 USD per user a year and 45 USD per user a month. Under the price, I have access to all Zoho products since it all falls under Zoho One's package."
"The product costs $10 to $25 per user per month."
"The solution costs INR 8400 per user."
"Zoho Desk's cost is pretty much okay."
"Zoho Desk is a cost-effective solution."
"For what it does, it's quite cheap."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
26%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Government
6%
Educational Organization
6%
Educational Organization
58%
Computer Software Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
4%
Manufacturing Company
3%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Freshservice?
The solution has been very helpful engineering insights into the client's environment. We have been able to manage calls and incidence very efficiently which provides us with a clear understanding...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Freshservice?
The cost at the current timing is very reasonable but as the product gains popularity, I anticipate it might become expensive. Fortunately my customers have been offered a generous discount making ...
What needs improvement with Freshservice?
I would suggest that Freshservice enhance its technical capabilities, particularly when it comes to ICT network discovery. This will make a significant improvement in their software and these featu...
What do you like most about Zoho Desk?
The most valuable features of Zoho Desk are archiving queries and analytics.
What needs improvement with Zoho Desk?
Sometimes, the solution has some email issues in a new data center.
 

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Sinclair Broadcast Group, Western Carriers, Judson University, Golf Canada, Travix, Proxama, Paymentez, Ready Auto Transport
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