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FreshChat vs Zendesk Messaging comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

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

Categories and Ranking

FreshChat
Ranking in Live Chat
6th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
1
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 (4th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Live Chat category, the mindshare of FreshChat is 3.3%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zendesk Messaging is 6.8%, up from 2.8% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Live Chat Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Zendesk Messaging6.8%
FreshChat3.3%
Other89.9%
Live Chat
 

Featured Reviews

Zeeshan Ali - PeerSpot reviewer
General Dentist at Smile Profile Dental Clinic
Automation has transformed how I manage patient inquiries and appointments in my clinic
The best features FreshChat offers in my experience include automation, as it does not require human intervention until the problem is significant or necessary, saving substantial time and manpower. Additionally, it is affordable, as the subscription cost is quite low and easily manageable. Automation in FreshChat specifically helps me day-to-day. If a patient wants to know my clinic timing, the bot instantly answers with the clinic's hours. If patients want to know the treatment cost or consultation fee, the bot instantly replies with the price. If a patient wants to know about upcoming holidays or whether the clinic will be closed on a specific day, the bot replies very quickly without any human intervention. FreshChat has positively impacted my clinic by providing patients a better experience, as they do not have to wait for my call or email. FreshChat replies instantly, and if there is any query, patients can easily raise it on FreshChat. If human intervention is needed, it can be addressed later, saving time and making the patient experience smooth. Patients do not have to wait a long time for inquiries to be answered or to know when I will be available, what my clinic timing is, and what treatment prices are. The bot replies instantly, ensuring the patient experience remains smooth. I have noticed specific outcomes. Patients know the charges for consultation and treatment, so they do not waste time. If they want to book an appointment, they book it there and receive confirmation instantly. If a patient has undergone treatment and wants a follow-up, they can easily raise the query on FreshChat and get the appointment timing without having to call me or email me, as they can get the appointment right there on FreshChat.
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

"FreshChat is a reliable tool that saves much time, manpower, and energy which can be utilized in other ways, thereby directly and indirectly increasing the productivity of my organization and myself."
"Stability-wise, this product is outstanding."
"We like the mobile application, which allows us to provide a faster response to the customer."
"On the chat, we automated it, and we actually get really great results with Zendesk."
"Zendesk Messaging would be recommended to other companies."
 

Cons

"A few times, the bot becomes buggy and gives wrong information to patients, which is something that can be improved."
"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."
"We would like to have auto-templates for TT closure and TT updates."
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Large Enterprise8
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for FreshChat?
My experience with FreshChat's pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that the price is fair, neither too low nor too high. The benefit I receive is much greater than the price they are charging, an...
What needs improvement with FreshChat?
A few times, the bot becomes buggy and gives wrong information to patients, which is something that can be improved. There need to be some customization options available in FreshChat so I can use ...
What is your primary use case for FreshChat?
I use FreshChat mainly to reply to patient inquiries, for patient appointments, and regarding patient inquiries about pricing and treatments at my clinic. Patients come to the chatbot and ask when ...
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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