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Freshdesk vs Zoho CRM Plus comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 4, 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

Freshdesk
Ranking in Customer Experience Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
41
Ranking in other categories
Field Service Management (3rd), Help Desk Software (5th), Knowledge Management Software (4th)
Zoho CRM Plus
Ranking in Customer Experience Management
12th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Customer Experience Management category, the mindshare of Freshdesk is 2.3%, down from 5.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zoho CRM Plus is 1.1%, down from 2.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Customer Experience Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Freshdesk2.3%
Zoho CRM Plus1.1%
Other96.6%
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.
JO
Chief Information Officer at granistr
Efficiently managing prospects and communications with seamless API and integration solutions
Zoho CRM Plus is simple, easy to manage, and includes ready-to-use integrations. We use API, which connects to Google Maps Business solution, allowing us to find prospects from any country using this integration. We manage all our operations regarding marketing and deals prospect management, which saves a lot of workplaces.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"Through chats we now connect with a bigger audience and satisfaction surveys have allowed us to know clients' points of view in a better way."
"Overall, this is a good and robust solution that offers an extensive number of features that we have not yet used."
"The built-in customer satisfaction surveys made it easy for us to see areas that need improvement, and the ticket automations allows us to set priorities on incoming tickets based on who is submitting it."
"Freshdesk saves us a lot of time, and allows us to provide an excellent and efficient customer service."
"Their knowledge base is phenomenal. The way that it learns from our users is awesome, and responses are really awesome as well. It does a pretty good job of picking up what's needed. The knowledge bases are great."
"It is quite easy to program custom apps and integrate them."
"We have made use of the training academy and the technical support team from Freshdesk. Both have been very good resources."
"Freshdesk was the best solution with the best price, as it was cost efficient and included all the features that we needed."
"The tool's features and performance are good."
"Zoho CRM Plus significantly enhances our customer satisfaction, which aligns with our goal of improving solutions for customer relations management."
"The tool is a simple solution that is easy to use. It helps with team collaboration."
"Zoho CRM Plus is simple, easy to manage, and includes ready-to-use integrations."
"The product's most valuable feature is the ability to document information and meetings and track tasks for the business development process."
"My advice is to use Zoho CRM Plus because it deserves a rating of nine."
"The product has valuable stability features."
"The tool's most valuable features are sales module, pipeline, accounts, and reports analytics. It is a flexible solution. Our teams are more organized and well-informed about any deal movements. Additionally, the reports generated are critical for management, keeping them aware of what is happening at various business levels."
 

Cons

"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."
"The most frustrating thing is definitely the solutions center customization."
"I would like on-the-go translation,"
"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."
"Their support wasn't the best, it took a little bit for the person to understand what I was trying to say."
"There are some restrictions where you need automations and sometimes there is just no way to achieve what you need - but this is common with other tools."
"An area for improvement in Freshdesk would be enabling all features regardless of company or user size."
"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 option to increase or remove the restriction with an additional fee."
"Zoho Desk would benefit from being a multi-tenant tool, which is crucial for service providers with a large customer base."
"We have faced issues with Zoho CRM Plus' technical support and integrations. Its technical support is not seamless."
"Zoho CRM Plus needs to have more detailed reports."
"There is no single platform that can streamline everything effortlessly, which makes our setup complex."
"Zoho CRM Plus needs improvement on mobile app functionality. HubSpot and Salesforce CRMs are more feature-rich and have greater functionalities than Zoho CRM Plus."
"Zoho CRM Plus's UI could be more user-friendly."
"Data quality controls or some sort of tools could be improved. The aspect of data validations could be enhanced."
"Zoho CRM Plus's configuration process could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"We use a licensing model only so we pay for the number of agents we have configured in the system only."
"Freshdesk was the best solution with the best price. It was cost efficient and included all the features that we needed."
"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 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."
"It is costly."
"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."
"It is an affordable product."
"I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten. It is very affordable."
"The tool's pricing is moderate, and licensing costs are yearly."
"The tool's pricing is competitive and unbelievable. Its licensing costs are yearly."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
13%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
University
6%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business28
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise14
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise1
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Freshdesk?
I think the main problem with Freshdesk is the deep settings, interface, and analytics. When you need complex cross-functional reports, such as a link between tickets and CRM data or a specific vis...
What is your primary use case for Freshdesk?
My main use case for Freshdesk is customer support tickets. A specific example of how my team uses Freshdesk for customer support tickets is that it was a pre-integrated Freshdesk tool with Jira, w...
What advice do you have for others considering Freshdesk?
My advice for others looking into using Freshdesk is to consider that compared to Zendesk or Salesforce, where the settings might take months, Freshdesk can allow you to launch it in just a few day...
What needs improvement with Zoho CRM Plus?
Zoho Desk ( /products/zoho-desk-reviews ) would benefit from being a multi-tenant tool, which is crucial for service providers with a large customer base. Additionally, better integration support a...
What is your primary use case for Zoho CRM Plus?
I use Zoho CRM Plus ( /products/zoho-crm-plus-reviews ) to manage customer records and track the journey from prospects to customers. It involves using different pipelines for various products, sim...
What advice do you have for others considering Zoho CRM Plus?
My advice is to use Zoho CRM Plus because it deserves a rating of nine. It has improved tremendously since 2017 and is now comparable with top CRM solutions like Salesforce ( /vendors/salesforce )....
 

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