Freshservice is great, Software module is terrible Freshservice is great in many ways, but some (to me) parts are just terrible. The Software module is outrageously bad and needs A LOT of work. Looking into the support articles and the marketing surrounding the Software module, I don't think anyone at Freshworks is actually using it. If you did, you would immediately notice the glaring flaws that make it completely unusable if you want to do anything other than just keep a long list.

Absolutely dumb Absolutely dumb. The platform does not have a 'compose' button to initiate a conversation with a customer. Said again, you cannot simply click and text a customer, you cannot START an email with a customer.. you just can't do it. They say it's designed as a 'reply only' platform but if someone calls in and you need to send them an email or a text response, you will have to go into a completely different tab than your freshworks inbox.. you will have to create a customer journey and take about 4 other steps.. just to send a single email. Literally the absolute worst platform we've looked at because of this.

Support struggles initially but much better now! My only real struggle that I have had has been with Support. It has drastically improved the last 6 months I would say but that was my only frustration. I felt like I was getting folks that I knew more about the system than they did and that was frustrating. It would take several conversations back and forth before they would escalate the issue or get someone that understood what I needed. More recently the support has been great!

We picked FreshService over ServiceNow We picked FreshService over ServiceNow, XenDesk and Spiceworks. The instance is easy to set up and customize, and their support is always fast and helpful. It's way cheaper than ServiceNow and gives a lot of the same features. It's not as customizable, but unless you have a very large organization, an MSP, or highly stringent requirements you can get a lot of the same functionality without paying an arm, leg, spleen and part of your first born.

Works, could be better If you had the interface and workflow of Freshdesk, with the added features (asset management) of Freshservice, you'd have a winner. Freshservice's API is limited (although what's there does work, it's limited and puts way too much work on FS devs to do work your own devs should be able to do), the UI is inconsistent and clunky. But, it's get the job done and the mobile app is very useful.