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Workflow automation software for service, IT & HR teams

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Hornbill - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: March 2026

Hornbill overview

What is Hornbill?

Hornbill is a workflow automation software that helps IT, human resources, customer services, and security teams collaborate on projects, manage tasks, store data, and more. It allows team members to create, organize, and manage shared inboxes to facilitate internal and external communication.

Hornbill enables supervisors to use boards, lists, and cards to visualize, plan, prioritize, organize, and track project-specific tasks, such as customer requests, emails, documents, or posts. The timesheet manager enables employees to track time and progress across specific activities and applications. The document manager lets staff members create files, generate labels and share documents with stakeholders including co-workers, suppliers, and customers. Administrators can create a searchable supplier catalog, which lets users manage supplier details such as contact numbers, postal and billing addresses, emails, contracts, and supplier communication history.

Hornbill comes with an API, which allows businesses to integrate the platform with several third-party solutions, including Salesforce, Microsoft Azure, Jive, Jira, Slack, Trello, and Workday. The LiveChat module enables customers to initiate two-way communication with service desk employees to resolve queries and issues.

Starting price

Free

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Hornbill’s user interface

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Hornbill pros, cons and reviews insights

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5(22)

What do users say about Hornbill?

Reporting can take a while to sort but in a complex system that is not unusual - you don't need coding skills but knowledge of SQL expressions/structure is useful.

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Who uses Hornbill?

Based on 30 verified user reviews.

Company size

Enterprises

Midsize Businesses

Small Businesses

Top industries

Construction
Government Administration
Hospital & Health Care
Financial Services
Others

Use cases

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Hornbill's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from Hornbill users:

Service level agreement (sla) management

All Hornbill features

Features rating:

Access controls/permissions
Activity dashboard
Alerts/Escalation
Alerts/Notifications
API
Approval process control
Asset lifecycle management
Asset tracking
Capacity management
Change management
Chat/Messaging
Client portal
CMDB
Configuration management
Contract/License management
Customizable branding
Customizable fields
Customizable forms
Customizable reports
Customizable templates
Dashboard creation
Email management
Email templates
Help desk management
Incident management
Inventory management
IT asset management
Knowledge management
Mobile access
Multi-Channel communication
Problem management
Procurement management
Project management
Real-Time notifications
Real-Time reporting
Release management
Remote access/control
Reporting & statistics
Scheduled/Automated reports
Self service portal
Service catalog
Service level agreement (sla) management
SSL security
Support ticket management
Support ticket tracking
Surveys & feedback
Task management
Third-Party integrations
Ticket management
Workflow management

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User opinions about Hornbill price and value

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To see what individual users think of Hornbill's price and value, check out the review snippets below.

“Reporting can take a while to sort but in a complex system that is not unusual - you don't need coding skills but knowledge of SQL expressions/structure is useful.”
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Frank R.

Service Transformation Manager

“Complex reporting can be difficult within Hornbill without having full control of the SQL query, but as an alternative API's can be used but will require knowledge”
SW

Samuel W.

Applications Officer

Hornbill support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

Email/Help Desk
Phone Support
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Chat
24/7 (Live rep)

Training options

In Person
Webinars
Documentation
Live Online
Videos

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