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Freshdesk vs Service Creatio comparison

 

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

Categories and Ranking

Freshdesk
Ranking in Customer Experience Management
5th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
29
Ranking in other categories
Field Service Management (3rd), Help Desk Software (9th), Knowledge Management Software (4th)
Service Creatio
Ranking in Customer Experience Management
20th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
CRM Customer Engagement Centers (12th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of January 2025, in the Customer Experience Management category, the mindshare of Freshdesk is 6.1%, down from 8.0% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Service Creatio is 1.6%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Customer Experience Management
 

Featured Reviews

Alexey Timchenko - PeerSpot reviewer
Incredibly user-friendly, flexible, and affordable
Automation and ticket routing rules in Freshdesk save us daily by streamlining routine tasks. We use reports to identify issues, allocate resources, and continuously improve our processes. It is a vital part of our daily operations, helping us stay proactive and efficient in handling various types of tickets. The reporting and analytics tools in Freshdesk are effective for measuring customer service performance. While our current subscription level has some limitations in terms of reporting, the next level provides more options. Budget constraints currently prevent us from upgrading, but the available reporting features still meet our basic needs. I highly recommend Freshdesk, especially for companies in their early stages. It is user-friendly, easy to configure, and great for those with a moderate volume of customer requests. The cost is reasonable, making it a quick and efficient solution to implement. Overall, I would rate Freshdesk as an eight out of ten.
HaroldBusby - PeerSpot reviewer
A solution for low-code and no-code development with excellent support
The low-code aspect of Service Creatio introduces users to some of the studio products. Since the platform was built upon a foundation of no-code and low-code aspects, many use cases are already inside the application, like ticket routing, approvals, and similar functionalities. Unless you need to customize certain processes within your organization, you will use the no-code designer for Business Process Management. This involves creating a visual map to define how cases should flow and escalate and approvals required. Additionally, if further customer information is needed, it can be integrated into workflows as part of case management and be accessible through low-code or no-code options. You can draw a video map or draw on a piece of paper and put it in creation using the designer tool.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"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."
"It is very easy to make reports."
"Freshdesk provides a plain vanilla solution, making it user-friendly and less complex."
"I used Freshdesk for communication with the clients, such as real-time chats."
"Technical support is outstanding."
"The user experience on the platform itself is fantastic. The UI is clean and uncluttered, so it's easy to find any information about your customer or the issue at hand. You can find out the person responsible for that particular issue, what the problem is, who the stakeholders are, and how to resolve it. There are lots of tools that will help you do that as well."
"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 organization that is possible with other departments is the solution's most valuable aspect."
"You can draw a video map or draw on a piece of paper and put it in creation using the designer tool."
 

Cons

"The solution's inbound calls could be improved."
"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."
"It should enhance its service and its reporting capabilities."
"There are some restrictions where you need automation and sometimes there is just no way to achieve what you need."
"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."
"Freshdesk could improve its capabilities. It's missing the article formatting, and the overall look and feel make it not easy to use. The administration instructions on how to manage the automation, capability, and integration with third parties, such as chat or bots, are very important in these types of solutions."
"For integrations, we need to write code that communicates with their system in order to enable certain functionality in the system. This is a lot of work for their customers."
"While it's good for a small number of tickets, definitely in the future, we will require something more powerful."
"The return material authorization should utilize no-code or low-code."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."
"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."
"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."
"We use a licensing model only so we pay for the number of agents we have configured in the system only."
"We pay approximately $70 per agent to use Freshdesk. We have 10 agents, which is approximately $700 or $800 per month. It is a fixed license, there are not any additional fees."
"Freshdesk was the best solution with the best price. It was cost efficient and included all the features that we needed."
"The pricing is pretty manageable and acceptable."
"It is costly."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
23%
Retailer
6%
Financial Services Firm
6%
Manufacturing Company
6%
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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?
Freshdesk's major drawback is its limitation in integrating tools for App Store and Play Store reviews, and social channels like Twitter, which come with additional costs. Despite having third-part...
What is your primary use case for Freshdesk?
The customer's primary use case for Freshdesk is handling emails and social media queries. It is mostly used for managing transactional queries such as deposits and withdrawals. Our support team is...
What do you like most about Service Creatio?
You can draw a video map or draw on a piece of paper and put it in creation using the designer tool.
What needs improvement with Service Creatio?
The return material authorization should utilize no-code or low-code.
What advice do you have for others considering Service Creatio?
I recommend this solution. Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
 

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