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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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,…

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    SysAid

    Score9.1 out of 10
    Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
    SysAid is an ITSM platform that enhances service delivery with AI Agents, chatbots, workflow automation, and asset management. AI Copilot categorizes tickets, provides case summaries, and offers sentiment analysis. The AI chatbot, available via chat, email, and Teams, speeds support.N/A
    Pricing
    FreshdeskSysAid
    Editions & Modules
    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
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    FreshdeskSysAid
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeRequired
    Additional Details—SysAid Copilot is available as an add-on for any plan. It bakes generative AI into every aspect of service management.
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    FreshdeskSysAid
    Considered Both Products
    Freshworks Inc
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    SysAid Technologies
    Chose SysAid
    More features and better prices from SysAid.
    Incentivized
    Chose SysAid
    Sysaid is a budget software for the most part. It gives similar functionality but a smaller community, more outdated platform, and, for lack of a better term, "clunkyness". In my opinion, the big competitors give better features, smoother UI, and a deeper community for a bigger …
    Incentivized
    Chose SysAid
    Sysaid had many of the service offerings as the large players had but at a much more cost effective price point. The licensing model was very fair and we felt that the amount of time that we would have to re-invest in the tool was minimal. For example, one of the other …
    Incentivized
    Chose SysAid
    There is still some room for improvement as the look and feel on the other platform are a little more refined. The GUI is a little nicer than SysAid and there is a lot of custom work needed with SysAid which needs a more hands-on approach vs other providers but overall SysAid …
    Incentivized
    Chose SysAid
    Both assets management and ticket system integrated and a pc agent. Most systems do not have both. Some other products do not support SSO with AzureAD. Kaseya does have VSA and BMS (Vorex) - those systems work separately. It is possible to connect both but this did not work for …
    Incentivized
    Chose SysAid
    A few years ago at the beginning of the pandemic, it was evaluated to have an application that would help us with a remote connection to the teams to be able to provide remote support to the teams, at the time SysAid integrated TeamViewer into its APIs for remote connection, …
    Incentivized
    Chose SysAid
    Price and ease of deployment.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Features
    FreshdeskSysAid
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Freshdesk and SysAid
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    8.6
    174 Ratings
    SysAid
    9.1
    178 Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.2170 Ratings9.9177 Ratings
    Expert directory8.0115 Ratings8.0144 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications8.43 Ratings9.9127 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation7.64 Ratings9.4145 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission9.1170 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket response9.3170 Ratings00 Ratings
    Service restoration00 Ratings8.8125 Ratings
    Self-service tools00 Ratings8.3171 Ratings
    ITSM reports and dashboards00 Ratings9.4154 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Freshdesk and SysAid
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    8.0
    156 Ratings
    SysAid
    -
    Ratings
    External knowledge base8.1142 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base8.0145 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Freshdesk and SysAid
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    8.3
    165 Ratings
    SysAid
    -
    Ratings
    Customer portal7.4141 Ratings00 Ratings
    IVR8.251 Ratings00 Ratings
    Social integration8.587 Ratings00 Ratings
    Email support9.4164 Ratings00 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration7.7101 Ratings00 Ratings
    ITSM asset management
    Comparison of ITSM asset management features of Freshdesk and SysAid
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    SysAid
    8.6
    154 Ratings
    Configuration mangement00 Ratings9.8144 Ratings
    Asset management dashboard00 Ratings8.9151 Ratings
    Policy and contract enforcement00 Ratings7.1103 Ratings
    Change management
    Comparison of Change management features of Freshdesk and SysAid
    Feature
    Freshdesk
    -
    Ratings
    SysAid
    9.8
    143 Ratings
    Change requests repository00 Ratings9.8130 Ratings
    Change calendar00 Ratings9.8109 Ratings
    Service-level management00 Ratings9.8135 Ratings
    User Ratings
    FreshdeskSysAid
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.6
    (241 ratings)
    9.3
    (180 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    8.0
    (21 ratings)
    8.9
    (19 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (41 ratings)
    8.0
    (45 ratings)
    Availability
    4.6
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Performance
    5.5
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.6
    (39 ratings)
    7.5
    (53 ratings)
    In-Person Training
    8.2
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Online Training
    8.1
    (2 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.6
    (171 ratings)
    8.5
    (11 ratings)
    Configurability
    5.4
    (6 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    6.4
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (14 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.7
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (3 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    5.5
    (5 ratings)
    9.1
    (5 ratings)
    Professional Services
    6.4
    (1 ratings)
    9.1
    (9 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    6.8
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    6.9
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
    (4 ratings)