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Freshservice vs Tines comparison

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

ROI

Sentiment score
6.3
Freshservice boosts efficiency with automation, cut hiring needs, improves SLA, but ROI quantification and user management vary by region.
Sentiment score
5.9
Tines automation significantly cut alert investigation time, reduced workforce needs, and improved ROI, though some platforms offered more value.
Faster resolution means the average ticket resolution time decreased by roughly twenty-five to thirty percent since alerts are automatically converted into tickets and routed to the right team.
Security Engineer (SOC) at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Automation has contributed significantly, resulting in reduced resource counts, which equates to savings in money and time.
Technical support manager at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
With using Freshservice, only two technicians are needed per one shift, but without Freshservice, for the same company size, we need about four technicians per shift, so it saved money and time.
Systems Engineer at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
I can speak for fewer employees needed because we used to require many analysts to deal with all the alerts that we were generating, but now we have about 90 to 95% of the alerts already automated through Tines, which requires tremendous time saved and a ton of reduction in the number of analysts required.
Cyber Security Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
In some domains, we were in a position to actually let go of people, meaning at least two people have been reduced from one team, which saves a lot of cost for the organization.
Head of Cyber Defense Center
We did not see proper value in it, whereas other platforms would have given much higher value for us.
Automation Engineer at a educational organization with 11-50 employees
 

Customer Service

Sentiment score
6.8
Freshservice support is responsive and helpful but requires better communication and understanding of user needs for technical issues.
Sentiment score
6.9
Tines' support is praised for quick, effective resolutions and proactive communication, though some notice reduced attention over time.
Ultimately, we saw a 77% reduction in average resolution times with a return on investment realized within 6 months.
IT Service Delivery Manager at Symposiam
However, they have improved over the period of two years.
IT & Operations Manager at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Their documentation is also good, making setup easy without needing frequent support requests.
Security Engineer (SOC) at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Whenever we hit roadblocks or issues with the platform or story, even if it was our mistake, the people from the most senior engineering team of Tines immediately were willing to get on call with us.
Cyber Security Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
I would rate the customer support a ten on a scale of one to ten.
Head of Cyber Defense Center
The support and engineering team is quick to resolve bugs and respond promptly.
Security Delivery Manager at Accenture
 

Scalability Issues

Sentiment score
7.3
Freshservice efficiently scales with user growth and ticket volume, supporting departments despite potential customization and enterprise-level limitations.
Sentiment score
8.2
Tines provides robust scalability, allowing effortless expansion and adaptability for diverse workflows and increased user demands without performance issues.
As our organization has grown and ticket volume related to AWS resources increased, Freshservice handled the extra load without any performance issues.
Security Engineer (SOC) at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
It offers global performance with multi-region data centers to ensure faster responses while adhering to strong security and compliance standards such as GDPR and SOC 2.
IT Service Delivery Manager at Symposiam
Freshservice is easy to use for scalability.
IT manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
It is built for growing teams and has more complex automation capacity.
SDR and Workflow Automation Specialist at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Whenever this became insufficient, we could easily reach out to the Tines team where they immediately gave us a remedy or fixed the issue.
Cyber Security Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
From the workloads we have, it can scale for different workflows and add more workflows.
Head of Cyber Defense Center
 

Stability Issues

Sentiment score
8.3
Freshservice offers stable performance with minor data import and integration challenges, excelling in daily operations and seamless updates.
Sentiment score
8.5
Tines is highly rated for stability with 99.9% uptime, minimal downtime, and reliable performance in data analysis.
The service runs smoothly most of the time, and performance has been consistent even when ticket volumes and AWS alerts are high.
Security Engineer (SOC) at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Freshservice is quite stable as they host it on AWS.
IT & Operations Manager at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Freshservice provides a stable environment for our needs.
IT manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
The tool is stable up to ninety-nine point nine percent.
Security Delivery Manager at Accenture
Tines is very stable.
SDR and Workflow Automation Specialist at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
 

Room For Improvement

Freshservice needs improved customization, integration, asset management accuracy, reporting, support, AI features, and performance for larger networks.
Users want a more intuitive UI, better debugging, improved documentation, enhanced features, and easier onboarding for non-developers in Tines.
There's limited experience with the CMDB or asset management features.
IT Technician at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Asset management can definitely be improved because it doesn't pick up every single device on the network or every single piece of information.
IT & Operations Manager at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Reporting is useful, but the customization is still restricted, and it would be great to build more detailed reports that combine multiple data sources, especially for cloud-related operations.
Security Engineer (SOC) at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Reporting and dashboards could be more advanced for deeper analysis.
Security Delivery Manager at Accenture
The issue with the Implode action is that once we get a certain number of events into the Implode action, we lose context of all the events except the last one that came in, so it is a bit difficult to send data back once it goes through the Implode action.
Cyber Security Engineer at a tech vendor with 1,001-5,000 employees
I think they need to add more intelligence to the workflow layer because, depending upon what they have right now, it could be possible for Claude or Copilot or ChatGPT to have that feature quickly.
Head of Cyber Defense Center
 

Setup Cost

Freshservice offers competitive pricing with flexible plans, emphasizing cost-effectiveness and lower total ownership costs for enterprises.
Enterprise buyers value Tines for its cost-effectiveness, seamless API integration, and efficient onboarding with dedicated support.
Switching from previous ITSM tools has led to a 50% reduction in licensing costs.
IT Service Delivery Manager at Symposiam
The solution offers flat licensing and appears to be cost-effective.
IT Technician at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
The price was very comfortable for our organization to proceed with the migration from Freshdesk to Freshservice.
Technical support manager at a tech vendor with 201-500 employees
Tines required no setup cost since we just used their cloud tier and built everything with internal engineering resources.
Automation Engineer at a educational organization with 11-50 employees
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing is very good.
Head of Cyber Defense Center
I did not handle the purchasing side, so I did not actually know the exact pricing or the licensing details.
SDR and Workflow Automation Specialist at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
 

Valuable Features

Freshservice is valued for its user-friendly interface, automation, integration capabilities, and features enhancing IT team efficiency.
Tines enhances efficiency with its API, low-code automation, AI features, and seamless tool integration for security teams.
The most valuable features include ticket routing, automation in triage, data control, and flat licensing.
IT Technician at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
Incident management is very helpful, and the system is straightforward, making it easy to use for our enterprise-level company.
IT manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees
Overall, Freshservice provides cutting-edge AI automation for agents and end-users, effortless no-code workflows and ITIL-aligned operations, robust asset, incident, change, problem, and major incident management backed by the live CMDB, unified service desk with self-service and multi-channel support, and strong analytics reporting features, making it a powerful tool for any IT function.
IT Service Delivery Manager at Symposiam
It helps in streamlining our security operations effectively and efficiently without requiring coding knowledge.
Security Delivery Manager at Accenture
What stands out mostly about Tines's features is the integrations. It connects easily with tools such as Slack, emails, and spreadsheets, and it makes data moves automatically without much work.
SDR and Workflow Automation Specialist at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Tines caught the failure and queued them automatically. We did not lose a single student log.
Automation Engineer at a educational organization with 11-50 employees
 

Categories and Ranking

Freshservice
Ranking in AI IT Support
6th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
6.9
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (8th), Project Management Software (12th), Cloud Management (15th), IT Asset Management (7th), IT Service Management (ITSM) (7th), Configuration Management Databases (5th), IT Alerting and Incident Management (14th)
Tines
Ranking in AI IT Support
9th
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.2
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Threat Intelligence Platforms (TIP) (10th), Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (6th), AI-Powered Security Automation (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of October 2026, in the AI IT Support category, the mindshare of Freshservice is 2.3%, down from 14.8% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tines is 1.1%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI IT Support Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Freshservice2.3%
Tines1.1%
Other96.6%
AI IT Support
 

Featured Reviews

Raja Farrar - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Service Delivery Manager at Symposiam
Automation and AI have transformed our service delivery and have made IT support faster and more efficient
I always keep up with Freshservice's roadmaps and new features. Freshservice has been very good at listening to feedback and adding those feature requests into their next iterations. I wish they would offer more granular data export options for utilizing in Power BI, along with predictive analytics for capacity planning and SLA breaches to enable more proactive support management and reduce firefighting. While the dashboards are effective, some users find custom reporting limited compared to ServiceNow or Jira. I would also appreciate deeper integrations, especially for niche apps requiring development coding work to enable advanced orchestration. Native integrations for DevOps pipelines such as GitHub Actions and Jenkins, along with stronger API flexibility for complex workflows, would enhance functionality. Although the CMDB and asset management are solid, they do lack advanced dependency mapping compared to other enterprise tools. My wishlist includes automated impact analysis for changes and improved visualization of asset relationships, enabling quicker resolutions from an agent's perspective when alerts come in. I acknowledge that Device42 may enhance this, but it is an extra cost beyond what we already pay. While Freddy AI is excellent for triage and suggestions, some users desire more proactive automation, such as predictive ticket routing based on historical patterns and AI-driven capacity forecasting. Lastly, the pricing tiers might seem rigid for mid-sized teams, so a more granular add-on option for features such as Device42 or pay-per-use for orchestration workflows could be beneficial.
Shadrach Godwish Chukwu - PeerSpot reviewer
SDR and Workflow Automation Specialist at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Automation has replaced repetitive tasks and helps my team organize workflows in real time
Tines is overall good, but the setup can feel a bit technical at first. More templates for common workflows would make it much easier to start quickly without building everything from scratch. I can say that the documentation could be much simpler and mainly example-based, showing real workflows. Faster support responses would also help, especially when someone is building a very complex workflow so they can easily get support responses at any point. The setup time is considerable. It takes time to set it up, and the learning curve is steep. It is not hard once you know it, but getting started takes a whole lot of time and effort and slows new users down considerably. I will heavily dwell on a few things. More ready-made templates would help so you do not always start from scratch. A simpler onboarding flow for new users would also make it much easier to get started very quickly. Better in-app guidance when building workflows would also be helpful.
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
10%
Outsourcing Company
10%
University
8%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Insurance Company
8%
Healthcare Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business24
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise16
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise5
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Freshservice?
I cannot comment much on the pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Freshservice as it was already preset up in my company.
What needs improvement with Freshservice?
I believe Freshservice can be improved by offering more advanced features and customizability. In terms of improvements, I suggest enhancing performance for larger networks and addressing workflow ...
What is your primary use case for Freshservice?
In Freshservice, I typically use it for day-to-day tasks. A quick, specific example of how I use Freshservice in my daily work includes getting some incidents, working on service requests, and hand...
What needs improvement with Tines?
Tines is overall good, but the setup can feel a bit technical at first. More templates for common workflows would make it much easier to start quickly without building everything from scratch. I ca...
What is your primary use case for Tines?
My main use case for Tines has been automation. My main use has been automating simple workflows, such as moving data between tools, sending alerts, and handling routine tasks. This work gets faste...
What advice do you have for others considering Tines?
My advice would be to start simple. The main thing is that you need to build small workflows first. When you build small workflows, you understand how it works on a bigger and more complex side. If...
 

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Sample Customers

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Western Carriers, Judson University, Golf Canada, Travix, Proxama, Paymentez, Ready Auto Transport
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