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Five9 vs Freshsales comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Jan 27, 2025

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

Five9
Ranking in Sales Force Automation
6th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
25
Ranking in other categories
Contact Center Platforms (3rd), Workforce Engagement Management (3rd), Contact Center Infrastructure (1st), Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) (3rd)
Freshsales
Ranking in Sales Force Automation
10th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
CRM Customer Engagement Centers (8th), CRM (22nd), Opportunity Management (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2026, in the Sales Force Automation category, the mindshare of Five9 is 2.1%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Freshsales is 4.6%, up from 1.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Sales Force Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Five92.1%
Freshsales4.6%
Other93.3%
Sales Force Automation
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2788932 - PeerSpot reviewer
CX Intelligence Analytics at a healthcare company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Advanced call routing has enabled complex CRM-driven workflows but reporting still needs improvement
The complex call routing capabilities were valuable. I was able to set up fairly complex call routing, capturing data via internal IVR for potential customers' geography and then conducting lookups to determine which skill to route calls to. I also set up complex rollover, so if the first person could not answer, callers would wait a specified number of seconds hoping they would become available, and if they did not, the call would roll over to the next person. I was able to set up fairly complex integrations between our CRM and leverage that data for complex call routing, and it worked well. The integration and call routing both performed well.
Manojkumar Reddy - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Technology Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Automation has boosted sales efficiency and improves follow-ups across multiple customer segments
The automation runs whenever a certain trigger point is met. For example, if the person details captured indicate they are interested in proceeding further, then when we update the particular field, it automatically goes to the next person at a higher level, and then the status gets changed. There are many features including recently enabled AI that gives a brief description to the contact person about what that particular promotion is about. There are also features like auto email getting triggered and marketing emails. All of those features are part of Freshsales.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"I really appreciate Five9 because I do not have to do much creatively, as everything is automated."
"Agent Assist and AI server are the two best features because they remind new and existing agents about tips and generate detailed case summaries, saving them the time and effort of making small modifications before posting."
"The admin tools are most valuable, such as using the UI to configure all the campaigns and all the settings that we use. Also, the monitoring panels it has are very good. Our supervisors and sales managers build dashboards in the solution so that we can understand how our operation is performing throughout the day. That is very useful."
"The complex call routing capabilities were valuable, as I was able to set up fairly complex call routing, capturing data via internal IVR for potential customers' geography and then conducting lookups to determine which skill to route calls to, while also setting up complex rollover and integrations between our CRM to leverage that data for complex call routing, and it all worked well."
"Five9 has made our contact center more flexible by taking it to the cloud. The user experience for agents is great because everything is on one dashboard, from the dialer to the workflows for transferring calls and creating tickets."
"I'm interested in all the features we're using and the reporting that's needed to get them up and running."
"Five9 has a lot of AI tools, which I find valuable. It offers transcription services and a power dialer for outbound dialing. I like that Five9 is built for outbound and suitable for that purpose."
"The reporting is good, and we're testing AI summaries now. Also, the workflow automation feature, so far, has been good."
"The solution is a low-cost CRM product compared to other CRM alternatives."
"Freshsales has impacted us positively; it has saved time, increased sales, and improved customer relationships."
"Freshsales is user-friendly, scalable and stable."
"Email integration is easy."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its well-organized sales cycle, which is important to us."
"Freshsales is very simple to use, but it's fairly limited in its functionalities, and it's very cheap."
"Freshsales is user-friendly, scalable and stable."
"To conclude, the productivity and automation features are the most useful."
 

Cons

"I rate Five9 support five out of 10. My experience with Five9 support has been mixed. It's good at times but not particularly helpful sometimes."
"Downtime happens occasionally, about two days a month, likely because of heavy usage by many agents, but I have not faced that issue as a supervisor."
"The reporting suite needed improvement."
"There are some minor issues with some of their filtering that I'd like them to handle on their back end. The only limitation I can think of is that I'm always looking backward and can't look forward. I can't see how many calls are scheduled for tomorrow based on our system."
"For Five9, I would like a feature where reports such as AHT or workforce-related reports can be generated automatically without starting from scratch"
"The knowledge base of their support is not as strong as the IVR build."
"The technical support is inconsistent and has room for improvement."
"There are certain issues around features that Chrome has deployed that we have to figure out. When we bring them to Five9's attention, they are usually able to help us navigate them. It seems that sometimes they already know about an issue, so it would be helpful if they more proactively engaged with us first..."
"We can use only one domain in the basic package."
"The licensing costs should be based on the amount of data and number of clients that one can insert into the application."
"It lacks customizability for complex and larger use cases."
"The reporting for this solution across all their products could be improved."
"The reporting for this solution across all their products could be improved. Currently, we have clients who export their data from Freshservices to third party solutions such Power BI to create more comprehensive reports."
"The price of this solution could be improved as well as the reporting functionality."
"The solution needs to improve the user experience and leads capture."
"We have a problem with the time to delivery for our customers, although this is not specific to this solution. Time to delivery can be 90 days."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Their license structure, out of the box, is better than that of other providers and their pricing is much less than other vendors we've looked at."
"The product's pricing is flexible and reasonable."
"Five9 is reasonable."
"The pricing seems reasonable. I had anticipated that whatever solution we went with would be more expensive. I was actually pleasantly surprised that the features that we had in Evolve IP, one-to-one, did not cost significantly more in Five9."
"The product is not the most expensive, but it's not cheap."
"Five9's pricing wasn't quite as flexible as I'd hoped, but it ended up being reasonably priced overall."
"Five9 is a little expensive because of our company's size. That said, it scales pretty well. The daily usage costs and monthly fees seem about right. It's not out of line with what we'd expect from other companies. However, they seem to have a one-size-fits-all implementation fee. Most of their clients have hundreds if not thousands of seats in the call centers, so $5,000 or $10,000 is not a huge cost. It would be nice if they had a sliding scale for smaller companies."
"I prefer Five9's licensing model."
"The basic price is affordable. The add ons are expensive."
"The tool is not that expensive."
"The price for this solution is good in general, but in Brazil we do pay additional taxes."
"If one is a very low price and ten is expensive, I rate the product price as a three."
"Freshsales is an economical product."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
14%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Insurance Company
8%
Healthcare Company
6%
Construction Company
16%
Comms Service Provider
14%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Insurance Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise7
Large Enterprise7
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise1
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Five9?
I like the capability of call and screen recording. It has helped us to hold our agents accountable to the expectations for the role. It creates a clearer picture than giving feedback that is just ...
What needs improvement with Five9?
The reporting suite needed improvement. I saw recently that Five9 released a new platform for reporting, as the reporting was not great previously.
What is your primary use case for Five9?
I was using Five9 in the senior living space.
What needs improvement with Freshsales?
The product is up to the mark and everything we need right now.
What is your primary use case for Freshsales?
Freshsales is our CRM tool and CRM platform. Whenever we want to sell a product to a customer or when they inquire on any promotion site, we get the customer details over Freshsales, and based on t...
What advice do you have for others considering Freshsales?
Freshsales is a must-go product if you are considering a low budget and highly scalable product. I would rate this review as a nine.
 

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