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Freshdesk vs Sprinklr comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 1, 2026

Review summaries and opinions

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
7.0
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
Field Service Management (3rd), Help Desk Software (6th), Knowledge Management Software (5th)
Sprinklr
Ranking in Customer Experience Management
7th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
11
Ranking in other categories
Social CRM (1st), Customer Feedback Management (2nd), Community Platforms (2nd), Social Media Management Solutions (1st), Digital Experience Platforms (DXP) (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Customer Experience Management category, the mindshare of Freshdesk is 1.9%, down from 5.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sprinklr is 2.3%, up from 2.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Customer Experience Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Freshdesk1.9%
Sprinklr2.3%
Other95.8%
Customer Experience Management
 

Featured Reviews

Gauri Thakur - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, Portfolio Projects at Microland Limited
Integrated support workflows have provided a unified view but need broader enterprise flexibility
Freshdesk's scalability could be improved for larger businesses across departments. Its intuitive interface is appealing for small to medium-sized businesses. However, when you look at larger enterprise levels, ServiceNow operates more efficiently. This scalability is an area where Freshdesk could expand its offerings. Additionally, I don't have too much hands-on experience with Freshdesk ticket routing. I need to check with the service desk team if they've used it. Similarly, for analytics capability, I haven't explored much on Freshdesk, but I have done it for ServiceNow. I have seen a lot on ServiceNow and the BMC Remedy, so I can speak better for them. I haven't had the chance to look at it so much that I can do a comparison. I haven't had much experience with Freshdesk's reporting. Within its paradigm of customer service management, Freshdesk is quite scalable. But I've said that inter-department and the interoperability is better off in ServiceNow than in Freshdesk.
Leonid Mironov - PeerSpot reviewer
Social & Digital Media Performance, Senior Manager at Majid Al Futtaim
Facilitating data-driven decisions with powerful reporting and case management
The most valuable features are case management and reporting. The Unified-CXM Platform also helps in data aggregation and offers the capability to export data in different formats and integrate it with common CRMs like Microsoft 360 or Salesforce. Additionally, the ability to manage access to the data and ensure visibility to third parties is quite beneficial. The solution allows me to take data-driven decisions and identify gaps within the business by collecting and labeling data extensively.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Freshdesk has allowed us to measure and track the response and resolution time of tickets which has been reduced from seven to eight hours down to 30 minutes to one hour."
"Overall, this is a good and robust solution that offers an extensive number of features that we have not yet used."
"Ticket system - provides us with support tickets submitted by customers from various sources Sharing - team members can share progress of tickets"
"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."
"Aside from sending a ticket to client, it can also send an image."
"Some of the best features of Freshdesk include automation, user-friendly interface, and comprehensive support options that enhance our workflow."
"When it is the appropriate solution, Freshdesk is fantastic."
"It is very easy to make reports."
"Sprinklr provides an in-depth, comprehensive solution akin to Salesforce for social media, offering a 360-degree cover with numerous options."
"It is easy to invite advocates in to help with community management, plus there are tons of integrations with other customer support products."
"From a cost perspective, it requires replacing, but in terms of business benefits, Sprinklr provides a very good customer experience, which is the major benefit for us."
"The interface is the most valuable feature to me."
"Customization and custom rule engines are highly valuable, enabling the creation of custom rules tailored to specific needs."
"Sprinklr provides an in-depth, comprehensive solution akin to Salesforce for social media, offering a 360-degree cover with numerous options."
"Being able to use moving images, like GIFs, is important, and multi-language support is crucial, as it allows content in multiple languages and increases engagement and impressions significantly."
"The scheduling feature is, of course, key just so I can do it in one sitting, plan out the month, and be ahead of everything."
 

Cons

"The reporting, analysis modules and insights capabilities for this solution could be improved."
"Freshdesk has got an option where Facebook and Twitter posts can be transferred into the ticketing system. At the moment, we do not find it useful because it simply cannot pick the relevant customer service enquiries, it creates a ticket with every post."
"It's a heavy app with lots of APIs, third-party integrations, etc. They should make it lighter."
"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."
"I would like to see a little bit more color in the solution."
"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."
"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."
"We have many cases where a ticket comes in, and it ends up having multiple team members working on it. It would be really nice to be able to assign a single ticket to multiple people, rather than having to create the parent-child hierarchy that they have set up."
"If I compare Sprinklr with NICE, people still opt for NICE. This is because they are not as confident with the use cases of Sprinklr, even though Sprinklr is trying to improve."
"When onboarding new users, the platform requires a lot of fine-tuning, which demands certain expertise on the customer side."
"The editability of a post is irritating right now. Editing a post already marked for publish, a special feature in their platform, is problematic."
"There could be more videos on how to use Sprinklr."
"Sometimes I'll log into LinkedIn, and it won't show the scheduled post."
"The pricing of the solution is quite high, rated at nine to ten. The cost should be reconsidered given the capabilities provided by the platform."
"There could be more videos on how to use Sprinklr."
"Sometimes I'll log into LinkedIn, and it won't show the scheduled post."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing is pretty manageable and acceptable."
"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."
"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."
"Freshdesk was the best solution with the best price. It was cost efficient and included all the features that we needed."
"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."
"It is costly."
"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 licensing model only so we pay for the number of agents we have configured in the system only."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
University
7%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Financial Services Firm
10%
Construction Company
9%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Media Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business24
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise14
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise6
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Freshdesk?
Freshdesk can be improved by addressing the lack of a custom dashboard, which would help design it to the client's requirement, and the API rate limit, which would be best if they provided an optio...
What is your primary use case for Freshdesk?
Our main use case of Freshdesk includes using it as a ticketing platform with live chat and support email for customers to send us tickets. We have agents on Freshdesk monitoring traffic and respon...
What advice do you have for others considering Freshdesk?
My advice to others looking into using Freshdesk is that when customers themselves want to contact a company for an issue, Freshdesk is best at helping them create tickets and reach out to the comp...
Why is Sprinklr famous for its social media feature?
As a digital experience platform with many features, Sprinklr includes the feature for better social media and sales outreach and is famous for it because many competitors don’t offer it. If you us...
Is Sprinklr a free digital experience platform?
No, Sprinklr isn't a free DXP but it does offer a 30-day free trial. It's not offered for all of its features, though. I looked and at the moment you can get a free trial for only Lite (meaning no...
Can Sprinklr help a company provide good customer support?
I think if you're looking for a digital experience platform that values your customers most, you're asking about the right one, as the whole philosophy Sprinklr seems to have is about your clients...
 

Comparisons

 

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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
GoDaddy, Samsung, GAP, P&G, Nike, Cisco, Intel, NHL, Dell, Groupon, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Virgin America, Frontier Airlines
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