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Freshdesk vs Zoho CRM Plus comparison

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Feb 4, 2025

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

Categories and Ranking

Freshdesk
Ranking in Customer Experience Management
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
41
Ranking in other categories
Field Service Management (3rd), Help Desk Software (4th), Knowledge Management Software (5th)
Zoho CRM Plus
Ranking in Customer Experience Management
13th
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Customer Experience Management category, the mindshare of Freshdesk is 2.7%, up from 2.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Zoho CRM Plus is 1.2%, down from 1.3% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Customer Experience Management Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Freshdesk2.7%
Zoho CRM Plus1.2%
Other96.1%
Customer Experience Management
 

Featured Reviews

Gauri Thakur - PeerSpot reviewer
Director, Portfolio Projects at Microland Limited
Integrated support workflows have provided a unified view but need broader enterprise flexibility
Freshdesk's scalability could be improved for larger businesses across departments. Its intuitive interface is appealing for small to medium-sized businesses. However, when you look at larger enterprise levels, ServiceNow operates more efficiently. This scalability is an area where Freshdesk could expand its offerings. Additionally, I don't have too much hands-on experience with Freshdesk ticket routing. I need to check with the service desk team if they've used it. Similarly, for analytics capability, I haven't explored much on Freshdesk, but I have done it for ServiceNow. I have seen a lot on ServiceNow and the BMC Remedy, so I can speak better for them. I haven't had the chance to look at it so much that I can do a comparison. I haven't had much experience with Freshdesk's reporting. Within its paradigm of customer service management, Freshdesk is quite scalable. But I've said that inter-department and the interoperability is better off in ServiceNow than in Freshdesk.
JO
Chief Information Officer at granistr
Efficiently managing prospects and communications with seamless API and integration solutions
Zoho CRM Plus is simple, easy to manage, and includes ready-to-use integrations. We use API, which connects to Google Maps Business solution, allowing us to find prospects from any country using this integration. We manage all our operations regarding marketing and deals prospect management, which saves a lot of workplaces.

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"It's a product that is very easy to use and very user-friendly."
"These features are easy to use, and the filtering is really good, providing a good overview of active tickets and who's working on them."
"Freshdesk has positively impacted our organization by improving our customer relationships."
"Freshdesk has allowed us to measure and track the response and resolution time of tickets which has been reduced from seven to eight hours down to 30 minutes to one hour."
"The UI is easy to use."
"There is the option to create different roles for specific users. We make use of groups for each customer service team which has been very effective. We are able to apply different sets of rules for each group which determines how they interact with customers and escalate issues."
"Freshdesk is very easy to use, it is user-friendly, and users can access knowledge base articles."
"Freshdesk is very easy to use and understand; it has one of the best ticket systems that is easy to understand and provides the best visibility to customers."
"The tool is a simple solution that is easy to use. It helps with team collaboration."
"The product has valuable stability features."
"My advice is to use Zoho CRM Plus because it deserves a rating of nine."
"The tool's most valuable features are sales module, pipeline, accounts, and reports analytics. It is a flexible solution. Our teams are more organized and well-informed about any deal movements. Additionally, the reports generated are critical for management, keeping them aware of what is happening at various business levels."
"Zoho CRM Plus is simple, easy to manage, and includes ready-to-use integrations."
"The tool's features and performance are good."
"Zoho CRM Plus significantly enhances our customer satisfaction, which aligns with our goal of improving solutions for customer relations management."
"The product's most valuable feature is the ability to document information and meetings and track tasks for the business development process."
 

Cons

"It should enhance its service and its reporting capabilities."
"They were just constantly trying to get us to implement break fix after break fix after break fix instead of putting us on the right product in the first place. It wasted a year's time and money."
"Having so many tags makes everyday work a lot more complicated, and a lot more time-consuming."
"Freshdesk's major drawback is its limitation in integrating tools for App Store and Play Store reviews, and social channels like Twitter, which come with additional costs."
"While it's good for a small number of tickets, definitely in the future, we will require something more powerful."
"More automation would be beneficial, as it could greatly improve our efficiency and reduce manual tasks."
"The billing issues I have with Freshdesk are in terms of additional users getting subscribed without my intervention."
"The reporting, analysis modules and insights capabilities for this solution could be improved."
"Zoho CRM Plus needs to have more detailed reports."
"Zoho CRM Plus needs improvement on mobile app functionality. HubSpot and Salesforce CRMs are more feature-rich and have greater functionalities than Zoho CRM Plus."
"We have faced issues with Zoho CRM Plus' technical support and integrations. Its technical support is not seamless."
"There is no single platform that can streamline everything effortlessly, which makes our setup complex."
"Zoho CRM Plus's UI could be more user-friendly."
"Zoho CRM Plus's configuration process could be improved."
"Data quality controls or some sort of tools could be improved. The aspect of data validations could be enhanced."
"Zoho Desk would benefit from being a multi-tenant tool, which is crucial for service providers with a large customer base."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Freshdesk was the best solution with the best price. It was cost efficient and included all the features that we needed."
"The pricing is pretty manageable and acceptable."
"It was definitely not expensive. It was two grand or maybe three grand total for a year. It has just straight and simple standard licensing fees. There is no additional fee."
"It is costly."
"The price could be better, but it's okay. Compared to ServiceNow and JIRA, Freshworks offers a competitive price. There are also additional licensing costs because you need Microsoft Outlook. Each new email account costs around $15 to $19."
"We use a licensing model only so we pay for the number of agents we have configured in the system only."
"We use a combination of Freshdesk, Freshservice, and Freshchat. We use the whole suite. Weirdly enough, we pay more for Freshdesk than we do for Freshservice. I would rate it a three out of five in terms of pricing. You can get different bundles, and you can always move to different plans that are standard. Freshservice can go anywhere from $19 up to $120 per agent, per month. There is such a wide range, and it is very customizable to your needs."
"The best system plan is enterprise. It costs basically 79 Euros per agent per month when it's billed annually and 95 Euros per agent per month when it's billed monthly."
"The tool's pricing is competitive and unbelievable. Its licensing costs are yearly."
"It is an affordable product."
"I rate the solution's pricing a three out of ten. It is very affordable."
"The tool's pricing is moderate, and licensing costs are yearly."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
11%
Comms Service Provider
9%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
9%
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Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business30
Midsize Enterprise6
Large Enterprise13
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business6
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise1
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with Freshdesk?
I think the main problem with Freshdesk is the deep settings, interface, and analytics. When you need complex cross-functional reports, such as a link between tickets and CRM data or a specific vis...
What is your primary use case for Freshdesk?
My main use case for Freshdesk is customer support tickets. A specific example of how my team uses Freshdesk for customer support tickets is that it was a pre-integrated Freshdesk tool with Jira, w...
What advice do you have for others considering Freshdesk?
My advice for others looking into using Freshdesk is to consider that compared to Zendesk or Salesforce, where the settings might take months, Freshdesk can allow you to launch it in just a few day...
What needs improvement with Zoho CRM Plus?
Zoho Desk ( /products/zoho-desk-reviews ) would benefit from being a multi-tenant tool, which is crucial for service providers with a large customer base. Additionally, better integration support a...
What is your primary use case for Zoho CRM Plus?
I use Zoho CRM Plus ( /products/zoho-crm-plus-reviews ) to manage customer records and track the journey from prospects to customers. It involves using different pipelines for various products, sim...
What advice do you have for others considering Zoho CRM Plus?
My advice is to use Zoho CRM Plus because it deserves a rating of nine. It has improved tremendously since 2017 and is now comparable with top CRM solutions like Salesforce ( /vendors/salesforce )....
 

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