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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
8th
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
11th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.7
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
CRM Customer Engagement Centers (9th), CRM (23rd), Opportunity Management (10th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of March 2026, in the Sales Force Automation category, the mindshare of Five9 is 1.7%, up from 0.9% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Freshsales is 4.2%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Sales Force Automation Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Five91.7%
Freshsales4.2%
Other94.1%
Sales Force Automation
 

Featured Reviews

Has enabled seamless integration and simplified setup for client services with minimal technical requirements
The system is easy to manage. End users do not need to provide much technical support. They just rent the necessary number of users, and that's it. End users don't need a dedicated IT person to manage the system as it is a serverless service. Five9 provides powerful CRM integration capabilities with platforms like Salesforce, Zendesk, and Oracle Service Cloud, making it highly valuable for large companies. Additionally, omnichannel capabilities, such as web chat and social media integration, offer a customized experience.
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

"Queue callback, agent skill-based routing, call reporting, and the flexibility to log in from anywhere are some of the most valuable features for our organization."
"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."
"The most valuable feature is the simplicity of making scripts within the contact center solution itself."
"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."
"The technical support for Five9 has been exemplary."
"The tool enables easier management."
"I'm interested in all the features we're using and the reporting that's needed to get them up and running."
"The admin platform is easy to use and navigate. That has been incredibly useful for us because it has given us the ability to self-provision in a lot of situations. The ability to create and track data elements has also been a valuable addition."
"The solution is a low-cost CRM product compared to other CRM alternatives."
"The solution's most valuable feature is its well-organized sales cycle, which is important to us."
"One of the most valuable features is the ability to divert deals based on the potential revenue or specific market to certain sales teams."
"Freshsales is very simple to use, but it's fairly limited in its functionalities, and it's very cheap."
"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."
"I like Freshsales because it's integrated with Shopify which we use to host our website."
 

Cons

"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..."
"Maybe they could do better on how we access all the data if we want the data to work outside of Five9. Sometimes, that's not the easiest process. It's not bad, but if there's an area for improvement, that could be one."
"Maintaining the original DNS on Five9 across campaigns is difficult."
"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 technical support is inconsistent and has room for improvement."
"Five9's stability needs to be improved."
"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."
"Five9 should provide free training resources for end users, including agents, supervisors, and admins."
"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."
"It lacks customizability for complex and larger use cases."
"The licensing costs should be based on the amount of data and number of clients that one can insert into the application."
"The solution needs to improve the user experience and leads capture."
"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."
"We can use only one domain in the basic package."
 

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."
"Five9 is expensive, but most companies would find that using it is worth the cost."
"Five9 is reasonable."
"Five9's pricing wasn't quite as flexible as I'd hoped, but it ended up being reasonably priced overall."
"I prefer Five9's licensing model."
"The cost is not at the lower end of the market, but it's worth it."
"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's pricing is flexible and reasonable."
"The price for this solution is good in general, but in Brazil we do pay additional taxes."
"Freshsales is an economical product."
"The basic price is affordable. The add ons are expensive."
"The tool is not that expensive."
"If one is a very low price and ten is expensive, I rate the product price as a three."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Financial Services Firm
12%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Insurance Company
9%
Healthcare Company
6%
Computer Software Company
13%
Outsourcing Company
11%
Insurance Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
7%
 

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 licensing costs should be based on the amount of data and number of clients that one can insert into the application. The number of clients in the tool is 500, which is less in number.
What is your primary use case for Freshsales?
I use the solution in my company since we are interested in the application and all the activities that salespeople do. We track the email, then the appointment, and the feedback from the appointme...
What advice do you have for others considering Freshsales?
I can tell others that it is a good product and it is perfect for medium and large-sized companies because the setup phase is fast, and you don't need to do many customizations apart from the confi...
 

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