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FreshChat vs Zendesk Messaging comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

FreshChat
Ranking in Live Chat
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Zendesk Messaging
Ranking in Live Chat
5th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Text Messaging (2nd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of August 2026, in the Live Chat category, the mindshare of FreshChat is 3.5%, up from 1.5% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zendesk Messaging is 6.4%, up from 4.5% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Live Chat Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
FreshChat3.5%
Zendesk Messaging6.4%
Other90.1%
Live Chat
 

Featured Reviews

Moses Karanja - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Engineer at CMC Consultium Limited
Omnichannel chat has improved client support and now needs better accessibility and onboarding
FreshChat offers a number of features, one of which is that it is an AI-powered platform equipped with a chatbot known as Freddy AI. This chatbot facilitates automation, ensuring that customer engagement is available 24/7. Additionally, it has a simple user interface, making it easy for employees to learn and use the platform effectively. FreshChat's integration feature is also commendable, allowing excellent integration with existing platforms, such as CRM and other sales systems that handle customer data, resulting in a simple and straightforward customer engagement process. FreshChat provides the ability to engage and converse with clients through various channels. We are not restricted to phone or email; we can open multiple channels and thus receive queries from clients in a broad manner, helping us grow our portfolio and build a diverse customer base. FreshChat has positively impacted our organization by simplifying how we offer customer support services. We now have multiple ways of communication, opening traffic for queries through various channels. FreshChat's engagement rate and response rate have accelerated; previously, we relied on email, which delayed responses if inquiries went unnoticed. Our clients are happier, and we are satisfied with providing reliable service.
Jairo Vega - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Support Engineer/ QA at a computer software company with 11-50 employees
Unified chat and ticket history has improved 24/7 global support efficiency and reduced contacts
I believe the best feature in Zendesk was in the chat; it allows you to seamlessly change between having, for example, a ticket and a client opening a chat, and all this information is saved in the same ticket. You don't have to create different tickets for different features. Everything was on the same ticket, making it easy to follow the history of the client, regardless of whether they first sent an email, then a chat, then something else. That was our main feature, and it was a really good feature that I liked the most. On the chat, we automated it, and we actually get really great results with Zendesk. We ended up lowering the customer contact rate thanks to the automations that we generated, connecting them to our help articles. The bot was connected to our help articles and it reflected around 12% of the incoming tickets, so that was super good because we wanted to make the creation rate of tickets as low as possible per customer.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"The scalability of FreshChat is excellent, making it an enterprise-grade platform that grows seamlessly with rising interaction volumes and expanding support teams, as it is built natively on cloud-first infrastructure to handle traffic spikes from promo launches, flash sales, and service outages without experiencing UI lag, connection drops, or crashes."
"FreshChat has positively impacted my organization by decreasing the amount of emails that the CSM has to get involved in because the AI is able to either answer or triage more effectively."
"With the introduction of FreshChat, we have seen a reduction in overall time for our work, and our entire workflow has become much more efficient because it is a centralized platform that enables us to serve customers across different channels via FreshChat itself."
"Live chat and messaging are the best features FreshChat offers based on my exploration so far."
"FreshChat will definitely reduce my implementation part, and I have a ready-to-use chat feature where I can have live chat and the chatbot to give quick support for my application."
"FreshChat's best features include its AI chatbot, which is excellent, and it provides quite good scaling capability and modularity that we can customize for our particular use case."
"FreshChat is an affordable platform that elevates the quality of customer support we provide, simplifies client engagement, and results in long-term benefits such as an increased customer base and growth in profitability."
"On the chat, we automated it, and we actually get really great results with Zendesk."
"We like the mobile application, which allows us to provide a faster response to the customer."
"Stability-wise, this product is outstanding."
"Zendesk Messaging would be recommended to other companies."
 

Cons

"FreshChat can be improved in its availability on the internet."
"FreshChat could have a more robust documentation system that would help our developers better integrate the platform."
"FreshChat's mobile application is not very good and needs some work."
"However, some integration documentation is a bit confusing, which is why I have rated it an eight rather than ten."
"FreshChat can be improved with better customer success workflows, as those are limited right now."
"I believe they could implement AI in a better way for Zendesk Messaging."
"AI capabilities could be improved, as that is something everyone is trying to integrate now to automate more effectively."
"We would like to have auto-templates for TT closure and TT updates."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
52%
Manufacturing Company
11%
Construction Company
10%
Wholesaler/Distributor
8%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise12
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with FreshChat?
FreshChat can be improved in several areas, specifically regarding the learning curve. Some users who are not well-versed in technology may find it complex to use and feel intimidated by the automa...
What is your primary use case for FreshChat?
FreshChat is our preferred platform for engaging with clients and communicating with stakeholders and partners. It serves as our conversational intelligence platform for receiving queries, communic...
What needs improvement with Zendesk Chat?
I believe they could implement AI in a better way for Zendesk Messaging. Right now, there is an AI, but it's not to the level of being an actual agent that can help a customer before getting to a h...
What is your primary use case for Zendesk Chat?
We tried to implement a 24/7 kind of global support with Zendesk, so we enabled Talk and enabled chat and ticketing, so everything was enabled in the workspace. We tried to handle every single requ...
What advice do you have for others considering Zendesk Messaging?
We're mostly based on data, and we do not engage in workload automation or testing. Right now, we use Linear in addition to JIRA for our operations. I gave this review a rating of 9.
 

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