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FreshChat vs Zendesk Messaging comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

FreshChat
Ranking in Live Chat
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Zendesk Messaging
Ranking in Live Chat
3rd
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
Text Messaging (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Live Chat category, the mindshare of FreshChat is 3.3%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zendesk Messaging is 6.5%, up from 4.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Live Chat Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Zendesk Messaging6.5%
FreshChat3.3%
Other90.2%
Live Chat
 

Featured Reviews

John Frank - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager. at Suntrust Ltd
Unified customer messaging has built trust and supports clients anytime across multiple channels
One area for improvement with FreshChat is that, as a cloud-based platform, it is normal to experience internet downtimes. If FreshChat could develop a plan that allows us to use the platform offline, it would be better, because sometimes when we encounter internet difficulties, it becomes difficult to see messages and respond to clients on time. Another improvement would be having a diversified customer support system that is globally organized, whereby FreshChat has representatives from users in the Pacific area, European area, or African area. The customer support they offer should be personalized and inclusive of clients' needs. Sometimes the customer support can be one-centered; if they could personalize that and become more inclusive, responding to specific geographical demands, it would be much better.
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 great support and the great documentation made the process smooth."
"Live chat and messaging are the best features FreshChat offers based on my exploration so far."
"After we integrated FreshChat we managed to reduce agents first response time by 43%, so it is a great tool that enables the creation of chat and voice conversations between agents and customers."
"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 has positively impacted the organization in keeping our customer base, developing the trust held by our customers by allowing them to reach us anytime they want, twenty-four seven, which has helped us build a loyal customer base and improved our clients' trust in our organization."
"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."
"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."
"On the chat, we automated it, and we actually get really great results with Zendesk."
 

Cons

"However, some integration documentation is a bit confusing, which is why I have rated it an eight rather than ten."
"The initial set up isn't so clear especially the Not Freddy Ai setup and linear."
"WhatsApp deliverability is not 100%. Should be improved."
"FreshChat could have a more robust documentation system that would help our developers better integrate the platform."
"One area for improvement with FreshChat is that, as a cloud-based platform, it is normal to experience internet downtimes."
"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."
"I believe they could implement AI in a better way for Zendesk Messaging."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
60%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Wholesaler/Distributor
7%
Construction Company
6%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise10
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Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with FreshChat?
WhatsApp deliverability is not 100%, and it should be improved.
What is your primary use case for FreshChat?
We use Freshchat for all escalated customer inbounds via live chat. The great support and the great documentation made the process smooth. It's been 4 years and still counting with them, and it's b...
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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Zendesk Talk
 

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