Freshdesk vs. TeamSupport

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Freshdesk
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Freshdesk 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
TeamSupport
Score 8.0 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
TeamSupport is customer support software built for B2B software and technology companies. The solution offers ticket management, a customer and contact database, reporting and analytics, multi-channel support, built-in collaboration tools, and many native integrations.
$45
per month per user
Pricing
FreshdeskTeamSupport
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
Starter
$45
per month per user
Professional
$65
per month per user
Scale
$85
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FreshdeskTeamSupport
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsPricing is based on annual billing
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Community Pulse
FreshdeskTeamSupport
Considered Both Products
Freshdesk
Chose Freshdesk
We wanted to move our entire support on a single channel and manage all the support via a single channel so this is where omni channel helped us.

Additionally, knowledge bases and the AI agents are also on the same platforms, so these things help us to improve the quality of …
Chose Freshdesk
I use Freshdesk over other similar products I've tested because the price difference and ease of use for the end user seem to me to be the most suitable for achieving a better return on investment within my company. I also found the various AI-powered automation tools to be …
Chose Freshdesk
Freshdesk is way beyond these tool. The solution and technology provided is more more step ahead with the shared product.
Chose Freshdesk
We felt that Freshdesk offered better value in terms of pricing and offered a matching feature set. It was also highly recommended by a member of a team that had used Freshdesk in their previous organisation. Lastly the fact that it could integrate into Hubspot (that we use as …
Chose Freshdesk
We use all Freshdesk, Freshchat, and other Freshworks tools—they’re all great. Freshchat is awesome for real-time support, while Freshdesk handles tickets, automation, and multi-channel queries really well. Using them together gives us a complete, seamless customer service …
Chose Freshdesk
its better in terms of pricing for sure as others are completely to high costly.
Chose Freshdesk
Freshdesk was the easiest to set up and was the most straightforward product of all the products we evaluated. It had a better user interface for agents, and provided a great solution to meet our needs at a lower cost than the other products that we evaluated. Freshdesk offers …
Chose Freshdesk
Ultimately we ended up switching from Freshdesk to Zendesk, and then from zendesk to devrev. We're still trying to find the right fit for us - Freshdesk covers the same options as Zendesk, if you use the whole suite it's probably a good option.
Chose Freshdesk
Freshworks desk is very easy to use and understand.
The biggest strengths if Freshdesk as it's usability, Affordability and the vast number of features it provides for its clients.
Chose Freshdesk
Freshdesk lacks some of the functionality of costlier IT tool suites but makes up for it in value. Yes, that means you may have to use two tools to do the job of one complete suite, but for the price and the functionality, Freshdesk does what it does at the best value point.
Chose Freshdesk
Freshdesk has the edge, because of the easy user interface, data download, implementation options, One access for chats, calls, WhatsApp Business and emails. Segregation of tickets as per the respective department. Dashboard availability for each department, checking the …
Chose Freshdesk
As saied before, Freshdesk is very simple to use. It is very agile to our needs and uses, based on the requests are made from our employees only. So, everything they demand, is a well know task or activity in our duties. Zammad does it very well, but needs an on premises …
Chose Freshdesk
Superior in every aspect—it is that simple! It offers a more flexible product, smoother UI, and, importantly, a more patient and supportive account team.
Chose Freshdesk
Compared to Crisp, Freshdesk offers much more organization and is just much more helpful when it comes to having more than one region/team. Not that Crisp is bad, but with Freshdesk, internal communication and collaboration are much easier, which was quite important for our …
Chose Freshdesk
Freshdesk has a more modern and intuitive user interface, while Help Scout's interface is simpler and more minimalist.In case of features, Freshdesk offers a wider range of features, includes omnichannel support, AI powered automations, and advanced analytics. Help Scout is …
Chose Freshdesk
My company originally selected Freshdesk due to price, but as we grew, we found it lacking compared to its more expensive counterparts. I briefly compared Zendesk to resolve our main issues with Freshdesk, but I'd spent so much time and effort customizing Freshdesk that we …
Chose Freshdesk
Freshdesk is aimed more for direct customer support tasks.
Chose Freshdesk
Track it was too complicated to maintain.
Chose Freshdesk
Good platform for organizing the tickets from different sources and making sure no single communication is missed in the cracks. Automations bring productivity. Customization is not easy unless you learn the SDKs/ APIs. but has a great deal to offer. Integrations with other …
Chose Freshdesk
We tried Freshchat, but since our app did not have advanced technology, we were not able to use it. However, the Freshdesk team supported us in exploring this option.
Chose Freshdesk
We have an omnichannel, so we use Freshdesk, Freshchat, and Freshcaller.
TeamSupport
Chose TeamSupport
It has allowed us to have a sturdy client database, assign responsibilities, and have facilitated multi-channel conversation and stay chat.
Chose TeamSupport
We have looked into Zendesk and previously moved from Axosoft to TeamSupport. TeamSupport is definitely better than Axosoft when it comes to fuctionality and ease of use. Zendesk is probably the best and widely used but of course that comes with a price. If the organization is …
Chose TeamSupport
Way more functionality than the platform we previously used. The easy of use and customization allowed us to get up and running quickly. The intuitiveness of the software made creating better reports a breeze. From a cost perspective we were able to get our per ticket support …
Chose TeamSupport
TeamSupport has many features that my company was looking for in a help desk management software. It allows multiple users to communicate with customers, as well as the transparency for users to see the communication that takes place with other individuals in the company. It …
Chose TeamSupport
TeamSupport provides an easy to set up, easy to manage ticketing platform for our company. While SolarWinds and ConnectWise offer more bells and whistles, they also require a great deal of setup and configuration and more time managing. TeamSupport also comes in a very …
Chose TeamSupport
TeamSupport is the clear leader for Customer Support software. I've used numerous other software that pales in comparison. There are aspects of the software that could use improvement, like the overall speed of the system, but we are happy with the software and I don't …
Chose TeamSupport
We found that TeamSupport did everything we needed to house our clients information as well as our general KB's and Wiki's. It's also the best way to house current clients, whereas we use another CRM for prospective customers to keep them separated. As a company, we decided to …
Chose TeamSupport
I was referred to Zendesk, but upon further investigation found TeamSupport. To be honest, the name helped direct me. I felt that I was looking more for "team support" than a "zen desk." Once I made contact with the TeamSupport staff, I was impressed with their personal …
Chose TeamSupport
We were running for many years the RightNow solution in a self-hosted type solution. We were being forced to the cloud to get updates to the software which prompted us to evaluate other products. RightNow Cloud and TeamSupport came out on top of our list of features we wanted. …
Chose TeamSupport
TeamSupport is a far superior CRM system, although it's missing any options or support for billing.
Chose TeamSupport
Previous to TeamSupport, we used a product called Request Tracker (RT.) It had absolutely no way for sorting or organizing tickets, so TeamSupport is definitely a better product in that regard.

I was not involved in the TeamSupport selection process, so I can't speak to that.
Chose TeamSupport
The only other system we used was IssueView and it was very clunky. It wasn't cloud based and really restricted our work flow. TeamSupport is a huge improvement to that old dying system. Access from anywhere is super important to get things done on the spot and from anywhere.
Chose TeamSupport
TeamSupport is a much more modern, intuitive and user-friendly version of NetSuite with many additional bells and whistles. NetSuite has a business only facade with a rather clunky interface and system. TeamSupport compares favorably and meets business needs while being a much …
Chose TeamSupport
Footprints was far inferior to Team Support. WAAAAY too busy and hard to navigate!
Chose TeamSupport
Jira is used more for development and for agile project managing. We personally use Jira in other departments and for different tracking and management needs. TeamSupport is more user friendly to the typical user and overall provides more of what we need in a ticketing system …
Chose TeamSupport
My previous manager selectd TeamSupport as I was not really involved in that decision. This does stack up better than the others as it has more functionality and one thing I like is that it has an email to ticket function which allows for a more streamlined workflow.
Chose TeamSupport
We initially were looking at Zendesk and even went as far to purchase one license. After some testing, we realized Zendesk was too focused on emails. Every customer had to have an email address. This would not work with our business process so we began looking for alternatives. …
Chose TeamSupport
I have not tried any other product.
Chose TeamSupport
I belive that ticket tracking service of Salesforce was another name when we evaluated it but TeamSupport provides a robust solution that works with SaaS providers at a fraction of the cost.
Chose TeamSupport
Our main reason for choosing TeamSupport was the functionality was equal or better to other software trialled but also there was the added bonus of being able to synchronise with Salesforce CRM without the need to upgrade Salesforce as was the case with other help desk …
Chose TeamSupport
TeamSupport is lacking features that Zendesk has, but I feel in time TeamSupport will catch up to Zendesk.
Chose TeamSupport
Less customizability, but much less expensive to implement. The web based architecture is a benefit to TeamSupport, the last version of Remedy I used required a locally installed copy. TeamSupport also has a minimalistic user interface which results in a smaller learning curve …
Features
FreshdeskTeamSupport
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
8.6
Ratings
7% above category average
TeamSupport
9.1
Ratings
12% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets9.10 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Expert directory8.00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications8.40 Ratings10.00 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation7.60 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission9.00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Ticket response9.30 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
8.0
Ratings
2% above category average
TeamSupport
9.1
Ratings
15% above category average
External knowledge base8.10 Ratings8.70 Ratings
Internal knowledge base8.00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Freshdesk
8.3
Ratings
7% above category average
TeamSupport
9.7
Ratings
22% above category average
Customer portal7.60 Ratings10.00 Ratings
IVR8.20 Ratings00 Ratings
Social integration8.40 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Email support9.40 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration7.80 Ratings10.00 Ratings
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
SysAid
SysAid
Score 9.1 out of 10
SysAid
SysAid
Score 9.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
FreshdeskTeamSupport
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(0 ratings)
7.3
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
7.9
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10.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(0 ratings)
8.9
(0 ratings)
Availability
4.6
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1.8
(0 ratings)
Performance
5.5
(0 ratings)
7.3
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.6
(0 ratings)
9.3
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
8.2
(0 ratings)
6.4
(0 ratings)
Online Training
8.1
(0 ratings)
7.7
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
8.6
(0 ratings)
7.5
(0 ratings)
Configurability
5.4
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Ease of integration
7.6
(0 ratings)
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Product Scalability
5.5
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1.0
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Vendor post-sale
6.8
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Vendor pre-sale
6.9
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User Testimonials
FreshdeskTeamSupport
Likelihood to Recommend
Freshdesk is really good for start-up companies that want to update their current system or buy a new one. It is the best option possible when it comes to having a structure, following up, and making a better strategy because you can always see what your team is doing, and you have some great reports to help you.
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How many departments will be using TeamSupport and how many "Groups" will I therefore need to create? The answer will impact how much you are spending on TeamSupport. The same goes for individual employees who use it. Additionally, you should ask how important uptime is and get assurance on how quickly issues will be resolved if there is downtime from TeamSupport during business hours. Finally, you should ask how the reporting component will meet your needs.
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Pros
  • Follow up on all conversations that enter and are easy to use by the employee and save responses ready for use.
  • Find out the average rate of the number of conversations that occur in the company and conduct the analysis.
  • There is a feature it allows one to take a permit in the name of the employee who responds to the conversation and to know the problem faced by the customer and the solution.
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  • Ease of Use. TeamSupport is very well laid out and is obviously being designed by people that have their customers in mind. I can find what I need quickly and have found none of the customizable features to be confusing.
  • TeamSupport supports their clients well. Anytime I need help, they are an email or phone call away and I receive prompt, if not immediate assistance.
  • TeamSupport integrates with our Salesforce CRM well. The integration was as easy as entering a token and then choosing the fields I want to sync to Salesforce. The initial import of data from Salesforce did not give me all of my customers, but that was because of how I had Salesforce set up and after talking to TeamSupport and making a few changes, we restarted the data import and it has been smooth sailing ever since. Now my Sales Staff can see what is happening on the ticket side of their accounts without having to ask, because TeamSupport automatically updates Cases in Salesforce. Very well done feature.
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Cons
  • Data Security.
  • SLA Policies where it is not customer / contract driven but agents / groups driven.
  • Audit Trail is not available in Pro version makes the tool adoption difficult from compliance perspective.
  • Chat Bot and Fresh Chat Services has greater potential to explode, but the pricing model tagged to chat bot sessions .are illogical as it limits the ability to use the fresh chat feature
  • Agent Logon Screen use earlier version of Captcha as it is annoying for the agents to login. Very frustrating experience.
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  • I would be interested in seeing a way to sort tickets under 2 filters. Example: I'd love to be able to sort my tickets oldest to newest - AND - by customer within the first filter.
  • I would also like to be able to customize my user profile. I think it would be cool to be able to change colors and formats.
  • I love TeamSupport!
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Likelihood to Renew
My company that used Freshdesk was acquired by another company that uses Salesforce, so our only reason to keep Freshdesk would be records, but migrating the tickets, notes, and company details from Freshdesk to Salesforce was straightforward enough. Had the acquisition not occurred, we would have renewed Freshdesk because the cost of switching would've been too great in terms of price, time, and sunk cost (our Freshdesk customizations would not port over well).
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The software is easy to use and more than fulfills our minimum requirements for a tech support database tool. TeamSupport is constantly adding new features, both that they identified themselves and that were directly requested by TeamSupport users. One of the most important things that a company does is communicate with its customers, especially when there is a problem. While we would all prefer to never have any down time, that just isn't possible. So when something happens it is critical you keep your users informed of what is going on and how long it will take to fix things. TeamSupport gets an A+ when it comes to keeping customers informed. You can make the answers in your tickets available in an FAQ. Obviously, the longer you stick with TeamSupport, the more complete and useful the FAQ will be for your customers
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Usability
I gave it a rating of 9 out of 10 because they delivered on everything we asked them to do. Easy to setup, easy to deploy to end users, easy to customize, easy to enter tickets and so much more. Our experience with their support is top notch! After opening a ticket for support they call use back within 10 minutes every time!
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I think some things could be a little more user-friendly: specifically the dashboard. Although it's fantastic and makes life so much nicer, I'd like to have more control on it's customization. I'd like to be able to default what's collapsed and what's expanded...instead of everything expanding by default each time I load it. But the portal offers great tools and guides on workarounds.
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Reliability and Availability
I have encountered a lot of errors in the Freshdesk, however, they tend to resolve it on priority or at least they will share the timeline by when this can be resolved. Most of the time the issue has been from the other partner's end. They take time to resolve their vendor issues and they don't have any timelines in case of developed app errors.
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Again while most of the time I CAN access your server, it's offline enough that I can't count on having the software available to me 24/7
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Performance
The reports take a lot of time to download if the time period is large. Also, the tickets take their sweet time to open and load. It is not fast as Zendesk. Only 30 tickets are visible in a single go and there isn't any option to select all. If we need to change the pages and dashboards it takes a lot of time to open.
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It is a feature heavy web application, thus speed can be compromised sometimes dependent on availability of a quality internet connection
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Support Rating
The main thing about Freshdesk user service is that once a request has been made for information about a feature of the platform, the support team responds to tickets quickly, within a day of writing and submitting them, with information that is concise enough so that there is no need to ask for help on the same topic again.
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TeamSupport's communication for service issues/maintenance are always visible. They also offer many opportunities for training on the software via webinar. Additionally, their support team has been available for coaching and guidance on how to use the software more effectively. They also offer training on creating customized reports to suit our specific organizational needs.
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In-Person Training
Support Team's knowledge and understood the company's requirement, and always shared the insight of the usage of the tool to it s full potential, moreover the team checks periodically to check if we using the tool right and if we are facing any kind of challenges. Also they would update us on new features that can make the work easy.
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Able to get hands on training and ask questions.
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Online Training
Video tutorials, questions answers round before and after testing and Fresh desk team would always share best practices on the needs. Furthermore would periodically check if we are able to work smoothly. Would send alerts to known any issues, send recommendation on new features. Freshdesk team always available when we need certain advise.
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Not much training was offered, but it was always provided when we requested it
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Implementation Rating
Most important, Freshdesk is a user- friendly platform which directly supports interfaces and navigates user to start. Helps to provide multiple and complex documentation and troubleshooting. It provides build templates for different workflows and processes also refuces effort and time to implement and perform corporate tasks and complete the execution.
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Data import was the most difficult hurdle for us to get over. The mass import was handled through an Excel spreadsheet. TeamSupport doesn't use Microsoft Office products for the most part so they were relying on Google Docs which has limitations over Excel. Special characters and html in import cells can be a issue with importing. When creating a data export from your current system, special care needs to be taken so that the data is able to be processed into TeamSupport without issues.
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Alternatives Considered
I use Freshdesk over other similar products I've tested because the price difference and ease of use for the end user seem to me to be the most suitable for achieving a better return on investment within my company. I also found the various AI-powered automation tools to be more optimal and automated, without having to go through long learning curves.
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We have looked into Zendesk and previously moved from Axosoft to TeamSupport. TeamSupport is definitely better than Axosoft when it comes to fuctionality and ease of use. Zendesk is probably the best and widely used but of course that comes with a price. If the organization is big and a larger customer base, then is makes sense to use Zendesk.
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Scalability
My company had Freshdesk agents from support and success. It's generally difficult to customize permissions for different agent "roles." We were a fully distributed company, so "multiple sites" doesn't apply to us. We found Freshdesk features lacking as we grew our customer base, and adding agents wasn't easy because price steeply increases with number of agents.
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TS keeps adding new features without making sure the program is reliable as-is. The program is frequently offline which makes for significant frustration on my part
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Return on Investment
  • Increased response times - Client Success maintains at 98% SLA for resolution
  • Categorization of feedback and issues - custom ticket fields make it easier for us to review why clients contact us on a high level
  • Standardization of internal procedures via templates, canned responses and automations
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  • When we first began using TeamSupport we were also preparing for an important review of our software product. Of course, our customer service was being evaluated also. We had about 80 people involved in our review and comments about our customer service came back excellent every time. One of our main goals is to provide exceptional customer support, but we could not have done it without TeamSupport.
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