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Answerbase vs. Freshdesk

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Answerbase

    Score10 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    Answerbase is a knowledge management platform for customer support and e-commerce, allowing users to ask questions, receive quality answers, and browse content and articles to meet their demand for information about your products and services. Each system comes with administration and moderation tools that are designed to help companies customize, manage and grow an engaging platform. According to the vendor, advanced features like moderation, user group management, actionable content insights,…

    $49

    per month

    Freshdesk

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AFreshdesk is a cloud-based customer service software that helps businesses of all sizes to deliver customer support. Freshdesk converts requests coming in via email, web, phone, chat, and social into tickets, and unifies ticket resolution across channels. Additionally, Freshdesk lets the user automate workflows, provide self-service, manage SLAs, and measure metrics, to stay on top of customer support. Freshdesk also offers out-of-the-box features like an AI-powered support chatbot,…

    $0

    Up to 2 agents

    Pricing
    AnswerbaseFreshdesk
    Editions & Modules
    Basic
    $49
    per month
    Professional
    $149
    per month
    Business
    $399
    per month
    Enterprise
    Quote
    per year
    Free
    $0
    Up to 2 agents
    Growth
    $15
    per month (billed annually) per agent
    Pro
    $49
    per month (billed annually) per agent
    Enterprise
    $79
    per month (billed annually) per agent
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    AnswerbaseFreshdesk
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsAnswerbase Enterprise allows for 100% custom adaptations and developments to take whatever ideas, new functionalities or integration requirements you may have and make them a reality. Our knowledgeable team will manage setup, integration, and provide web-based education and training to make sure your team has all the tools and information they need to successfully manage and grow your site. Therefore, we organize a quote on a per customer basis only for customers interested in an Enterprise implementation.—
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    Features
    AnswerbaseFreshdesk
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Answerbase and Freshdesk
    Feature
    Answerbase
    -
    Ratings
    Freshdesk
    8.6
    174 Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings9.2170 Ratings
    Expert directory00 Ratings8.0115 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings8.43 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings7.64 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.0170 Ratings
    Ticket response00 Ratings9.3170 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Answerbase and Freshdesk
    Feature
    Answerbase
    -
    Ratings
    Freshdesk
    8.0
    156 Ratings
    External knowledge base00 Ratings8.1142 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base00 Ratings8.0145 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Answerbase and Freshdesk
    Feature
    Answerbase
    -
    Ratings
    Freshdesk
    8.3
    165 Ratings
    Customer portal00 Ratings7.4141 Ratings
    IVR00 Ratings8.251 Ratings
    Social integration00 Ratings8.587 Ratings
    Email support00 Ratings9.4164 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings7.8101 Ratings
    User Ratings
    AnswerbaseFreshdesk
    Likelihood to Recommend
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.7
    (241 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (21 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (41 ratings)
    Availability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    4.6
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.6
    (39 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    Online Training
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.6
    (171 ratings)
    Configurability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.4
    (6 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (4 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    5.5
    (5 ratings)
    Professional Services
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.8
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    -
    (0 ratings)
    6.9
    (4 ratings)