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Freshdesk vs Unified-CXM Platform 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
4th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
31
Ranking in other categories
Field Service Management (3rd), Help Desk Software (7th), Knowledge Management Software (5th)
Unified-CXM Platform
Ranking in Customer Experience Management
20th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.8
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2025, in the Customer Experience Management category, the mindshare of Freshdesk is 5.4%, up from 4.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Unified-CXM Platform is 0.5%, down from 0.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Customer Experience Management
 

Featured Reviews

SujayRao - PeerSpot reviewer
Offers insights into team performance, with ready-made reports and GenAI features that assist in creating reports
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-party integration options, these features should be inherently available in the tool without additional expenses. Integration with social media and review platforms should be built-in.
Leonid Mironov - PeerSpot reviewer
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

"The UI is easy to use."
"Freshdesk provides a plain vanilla solution, making it user-friendly and less complex."
"The ticketing system is smooth, but since we use a free version, we do not have many facilities available."
"These features are easy to use, and the filtering is really good, providing a good overview of active tickets and who's working on them."
"There is the option to create different roles for specific users. We make use of groups for each customer service team which has been very effective. We are able to apply different sets of rules for each group which determines how they interact with customers and escalate issues."
"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's free of charge for us. For our scale of business, it's very important. We don't have a lot of tickets."
"Freshdesk significantly improved our customer issue resolution process. We can now easily record and track all customer requests, ensuring that no tickets are lost."
"The most valuable features are case management and reporting."
 

Cons

"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. It generates a proliferation of tickets that I really don't want to have. Having to jump from a parent to one child and then to another child makes it harder for me to be able to see the entire case from end to end. A simple example is our new hire process or our termination process. We have people who leave. We also have people who come on board. We have got multiple people participating and doing things related to the leaving or onboarding process. Currently, I have to go to different tickets to be able to see whether all tasks are really done or not. If I could assign lots of people to one ticket, it would be really nice."
"Technical support is not the best. It could be much, much better and offer better support to users."
"While it's good for a small number of tickets, definitely in the future, we will require something more powerful."
"The reporting, analysis modules and insights capabilities for this solution could be improved."
"There are some restrictions where you need automation and sometimes there is just no way to achieve what you need."
"Asset management and branding are two areas in the solution that have scope for improvement."
"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."
"It would be helpful to pull reports or schedule them based on agents, users, ticket numbers, or responses."
"When onboarding new users, the platform requires a lot of fine-tuning, which demands certain expertise on the customer side."
 

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."
"We use a licensing model only so we pay for the number of agents we have configured in the system only."
"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 is costly."
"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."
"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."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
26%
Real Estate/Law Firm
8%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Manufacturing Company
7%
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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?
I would like a better integration towards Azure DevOps. The current integration is more complicated and doesn’t work as well. There's not a really good one for Jira, which we are also using.
What is your primary use case for Freshdesk?
I mainly use Freshdesk as a support system for our customers.
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Unified-CXM Platform?
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.
What needs improvement with Unified-CXM Platform?
For a long-time user like myself, everything feels natural. However, when onboarding new users, the platform requires a lot of fine-tuning, which demands certain expertise on the customer side. The...
What is your primary use case for Unified-CXM Platform?
I use the Unified-CXM Platform for social listening and engagement with customers across different social media channels, along with extensive reporting.
 

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