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Categories and Ranking

Freshservice
Average Rating
8.2
Reviews Sentiment
7.0
Number of Reviews
40
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (6th), Project Management Software (10th), Cloud Management (10th), IT Asset Management (4th), IT Service Management (ITSM) (4th), Configuration Management Databases (5th), IT Alerting and Incident Management (9th), AI IT Support (4th)
Micro Focus Service Anywher...
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

RF
IT Service Delivery Manager at Symposiam
Automation and AI have transformed our service delivery and have made IT support faster and more efficient
I always keep up with Freshservice's roadmaps and new features. Freshservice has been very good at listening to feedback and adding those feature requests into their next iterations. I wish they would offer more granular data export options for utilizing in Power BI, along with predictive analytics for capacity planning and SLA breaches to enable more proactive support management and reduce firefighting. While the dashboards are effective, some users find custom reporting limited compared to ServiceNow or Jira. I would also appreciate deeper integrations, especially for niche apps requiring development coding work to enable advanced orchestration. Native integrations for DevOps pipelines such as GitHub Actions and Jenkins, along with stronger API flexibility for complex workflows, would enhance functionality. Although the CMDB and asset management are solid, they do lack advanced dependency mapping compared to other enterprise tools. My wishlist includes automated impact analysis for changes and improved visualization of asset relationships, enabling quicker resolutions from an agent's perspective when alerts come in. I acknowledge that Device42 may enhance this, but it is an extra cost beyond what we already pay. While Freddy AI is excellent for triage and suggestions, some users desire more proactive automation, such as predictive ticket routing based on historical patterns and AI-driven capacity forecasting. Lastly, the pricing tiers might seem rigid for mid-sized teams, so a more granular add-on option for features such as Device42 or pay-per-use for orchestration workflows could be beneficial.
it_user568017 - PeerSpot reviewer
CTO at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
It is accurate, secure and stable.
Anything that can basically reduce the amount of time that the guys spend working on a specific problem or task. There is always room for improvement that can be in terms of functionality, cost of market, ease of use, training of the product and so on. If it brings functionality into the solution, that would be good. I'll leave it at that because there's so much that they can offer, it's unreal.

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

Pros

"We like the mail tickets on offer; it is something we love, and there are workflows that are working quite well, with multiple queues and resolution groups, and the solution has been stable."
"The portal is straightforward for the end-user, but that's not the best part of Freshservice. Integration is the part that's interesting because it's easy to set up a process. It's extremely simple to integrate. In one week, you can add change management. It's incredible."
"My advice for others looking into using Freshservice is that it is a very great tool, as it saves your time, your money, and your team efforts."
"Freshservice is more stable and easier to use; it's also less expensive, and for small and medium-sized organizations, it's quite good."
"The solution has been very helpful engineering insights into the client's environment. We have been able to manage calls and incidence very efficiently which provides us with a clear understanding of the system warranty and the actions that we might need to take in terms of insights. The system is very dynamic and prevents any kind of over sides which is yours that there is smooth contract management. Also we can easily uphold SLAs and deliver enhanced services without breaching any agreements."
"I would recommend this solution to others because it is good and the price is reasonable."
"It has greatly improved the process of ticket triaging."
"We use the ticketing system primarily, which is very easy to use for all users."
"Our users have traditionally been slow to adopt new systems, and in the past have not raised requests in our previous ITSM systems, but when we launched Service Anywhere to our staff we found they instantly adopted it, and the number of requests handled through the system has almost completely replaced other methods, allowing us to shut down several email addresses and have our staff use one single point of contact in Service Anywhere."
"The benefits for the company is the ability to reuse the knowledge that you can capitalize on the entire process and be able to share the same process worldwide for all of our countries."
"For me, it saves time; it is accurate, secure, and reduces overhead cost."
"Now, our customer has a flow chart to maintain requests, and the service desk has got good feedback from the customer."
"We can provide a rollout in two to four weeks from customer engagement to production use."
"The self-service portal is good, the dashboards are good, and it's an improvement over what we had before."
"If ITIL adoption is important, then this would be the product as it is cloud based, quick, cost-effective, and easy to implement."
"We chose Service Anywhere because it provides a cost effective pricing model, was quick to implement, and provided a good end user experience."
 

Cons

"Freshservice has issues around how assets get picked up, requiring a lot of parameter changes within to network to ensure the system discovers everything."
"The reporting and management information (MI) are very limited, and stopped realistic and timely reporting on outstanding incidents."
"I've had some problems with Freshservice's technical support. They often drag out cases by continually passing them on to other people, and they seem overeager to close tickets and sometimes mark them as resolved without checking first."
"This product is very good for small and mid-level markets; however, I'm not sure about expanding to a 100,000 to 200,000 user base or more."
"The product should look at BCM or ServiceNow and see if there are features that would make nice additions. It would help them stay competitive."
"Freshservice's technical support has issues with delays and translations."
"We'd like better integration with other products."
"Freshservice could improve the integration with Microsoft Outlook."
"The technical support could be better."
"Reporting is a challenge. We're working out how we can effectively report on what's going on."
"Technical support is okay. They have a large customer base so the technical support is not quite the same as the on-premises solution."
"However, this application won't be enough for us."
"The process of moving updates from development to production."
"They're terrible as there was just a lack of response. We had to go through other avenues to get responses from the first level support."
"Integration: The integration capacity of the tool is limited."
"It's not as mature, and so we have got a few things we're looking for there that we're working with HP on."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Its price is great. Its pricing is supposedly a lot less than ServiceNow and other alternatives."
"It is $34 per license, per agent. Currently, we don't see any add-ons at extra fees."
"It was a middle tier. It wasn't an expensive one. It was a tier model usage. Licensing costs varied between admin users and regular users."
"The solution has an annual licensing model."
"The price of Freshservice could improve, it is expensive."
"Freshservice price is competitive, it is not more than other solutions on the market."
"It is good for the price you pay. It has different plans. If you need all features, you need to go for a higher plan. Currently, with the second tier plan, you cannot completely separate the group of agents. So, the agent in each group can see another person's ticket. You also cannot modify the rules based on the viewable, readable stuff and cannot have a custom role in this plan. If you want to do that, you have to go for a higher plan. It works in our case because it doesn't matter if the other group can see our ticket because it doesn't contain anything sensitive. We also didn't need the project or change management features. That's why we didn't go with a higher plan."
"The solution may be around 20,000 euros a year."
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Top Industries

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University
10%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Construction Company
9%
Educational Organization
7%
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Company Size

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Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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Company SizeCount
Small Business24
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise15
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business2
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise10
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Freshservice?
I do not have any experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing, as it was assigned to the infrastructure team.
What needs improvement with Freshservice?
Freshservice has an AI agent that needs improvement for finding knowledge base articles. When issues or incidents are received in Freshservice, new users should be able to receive direct help from ...
What is your primary use case for Freshservice?
Freshservice is used to redirect ticket handling and acknowledge tickets and incidents received. Tickets are redirected with their short description and subject line in Freshservice, which allows f...
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HPE Service Anywhere
 

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Sinclair Broadcast Group, Western Carriers, Judson University, Golf Canada, Travix, Proxama, Paymentez, Ready Auto Transport
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