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Freshdesk vs SherpaDesk Comparison (2026)

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Overview

Freshdesk is a cloud-based customer service software that helps businesses of all sizes engage with customers across email, phone, c...

A complete solution to help organizations track customer support issues, capture billable time and monitor project profitability

  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials
  • Platforms supported
  • Web-based
  • iPhone app
  • Android app
  • Windows Phone app
  • Typical customers
  • Freelancers
  • Small businesses
  • Mid size businesses
  • Large enterprises
  • Customer support
  • Phone
  • Online
  • Knowledge base
  • Video tutorials

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

19

/user

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

Starting from

39

/user

Per month

  • Free trial available
  • Credit cardless trial
  • Free account
  • Subscription based

User reviews

4.5

3.4K

5

4

3

2

1

2K

1.2K

166

33

18

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
81%
would recommend this app

4.7

62

5

4

3

2

1

47

13

1

1

0

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Features
  • Customer support
95%
would recommend this app

Pros

“We use Freshdesk for our support operations, and it has helped us resolve and close tickets faster with its advanced features presented in a simple and easy-to-use interface.”
AC

Amarnath C.

Senior software engineer

“Freshdesk makes our customer support operations seamless with its wide range of features such as ticketing, knowledge base management, and command center capabilities, helping teams manage customer interactions more efficiently.”
MP

Manijith P.

Graphics Hardware Engineer

“Freshdesk helped the team manage customer inquiries and internal requests more efficiently through its structured ticketing system, automation features, and clear communication flow.”
JD

Johny D.

CSO and Helpdesk Global Lead

Pros

“I had one of my employees tag along with me to do the setup he said also he likes the pricing of it so he was thinking about doing it for his company”
SH

Stephen H.

Ceo and owner

“The tool allows us to track accounts and outreach relatively well”
IN

Ian N.

National Account Executive

Cons

“The interface feels cluttered and messy at times, and the workflows can be confusing and difficult to navigate, especially when managing different features and settings.”
KA

Kosana A.

QA Analyst

“It does not provide monthly flexibility, and committed seats cannot be reduced when business needs change.”
FW

Fiodas W.

CS Manager

“Some advanced automations and setting up certain integrations can be a bit complex at first if you don't have a technical background.”
PG

Pablo G.

Customer Support

Cons

“Not always easy to generate what I am looking to report out.”
TA

Tom A.

Director of Information Technology

“The search function is horrible, it feels like an outdated tool for CRM and our teams are extremely slow when logging information into the program.”
IN

Ian N.

National Account Executive

  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last reviewa month ago
  • Vendor responds to reviews
  • Last review9 months ago

Key features

  • Total features104
  • AI Summarization
  • AI Text Generation
  • AI Text Summarization
  • AI Text-to-Speech
  • API
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Adaptive Learning
  • Adaptive Responses
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • All-Employee Access
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Assignments and Tasks
  • Attachments/Screencasts
  • Automated Routing
  • Automated Ticket Resolution
  • Automated response
  • Automation
  • Autonomous Task Execution
  • Billable Items Tracking
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Branding
  • CRM
  • Call Center Management
  • Call Scripting
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Client Portal
  • Co-Browsing
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Communications Strategy Development
  • Community Forums
  • Contextual Engagement
  • Contextual Response Generation
  • Conversation Archiving
  • Create Content
  • Cross-system Integration
  • Customer Database
  • Customer Interaction Automation
  • Customer Profiles
  • Customizable Branding
  • Decision Making
  • Document Processing
  • Document Storage
  • Email
  • Email Management
  • Email Tracking
  • Email to Case
  • Escalation Handling
  • Estimating
  • Feedback Collection
  • Help Desk
  • Help Desk Management
  • IT Asset Management
  • Inbound Identification
  • Independent Decision Making
  • Integrations
  • Intelligent Routing
  • Interaction Tracking
  • Internal Discussion
  • Invoice Management
  • Knowledge Base
  • Knowledge Base Management
  • Knowledge Base Utilization
  • Lead Development
  • Live Chat
  • Macros
  • Mentions
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Optimization
  • Mobile User Support
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Coverage
  • Multi-step Planning
  • Multilingual Support
  • Natural Language Interaction
  • Notes
  • Notifications
  • Omnichannel
  • Open Listening
  • Performance Tracking
  • Personalization
  • Phone
  • Physical Media
  • Priority Case Alerts
  • Proactive Assistance
  • Proactive Chat
  • Proactive Customer Outreach
  • Proactive Engagement
  • Problem Solving
  • Project Management
  • Project Time Tracking
  • Projections
  • Real-Time Chat
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Reporting
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Seamless Escalation
  • Searchable Articles
  • Self Service Portal
  • Self-Serve Support
  • Sentiment Analysis
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
  • Social
  • Social Media Integration
  • Supporting Documents
  • Surveys
  • Tagging System
  • Targeted Emails
  • Task Execution
  • Team Inbox
  • Templates
  • Text
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Ticket Collaboration
  • Ticket Creation User Experience
  • Ticket Management
  • Ticket Response User Experience
  • Tickets
  • Time & Expense Tracking
  • Time Tracking
  • Timer
  • Transcripts
  • Trend Analysis
  • Trends
  • Two-Way Communication
  • User, Role, and Access Management
  • Visitor Activity
  • Voice
  • Workflow
  • Workflow Optimization
  • Workflows
  • Total features33
  • AI Summarization
  • AI Text Generation
  • AI Text Summarization
  • AI Text-to-Speech
  • API
  • Activity Dashboard
  • Adaptive Learning
  • Adaptive Responses
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Alerts/Notifications
  • All-Employee Access
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Assignments and Tasks
  • Attachments/Screencasts
  • Automated Routing
  • Automated Ticket Resolution
  • Automated response
  • Automation
  • Autonomous Task Execution
  • Billable Items Tracking
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Branding
  • CRM
  • Call Center Management
  • Call Scripting
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Client Portal
  • Co-Browsing
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Communications Strategy Development
  • Community Forums
  • Contextual Engagement
  • Contextual Response Generation
  • Conversation Archiving
  • Create Content
  • Cross-system Integration
  • Customer Database
  • Customer Interaction Automation
  • Customer Profiles
  • Customizable Branding
  • Decision Making
  • Document Processing
  • Document Storage
  • Email
  • Email Management
  • Email Tracking
  • Email to Case
  • Escalation Handling
  • Estimating
  • Feedback Collection
  • Help Desk
  • Help Desk Management
  • IT Asset Management
  • Inbound Identification
  • Independent Decision Making
  • Integrations
  • Intelligent Routing
  • Interaction Tracking
  • Internal Discussion
  • Invoice Management
  • Knowledge Base
  • Knowledge Base Management
  • Knowledge Base Utilization
  • Lead Development
  • Live Chat
  • Macros
  • Mentions
  • Mobile App
  • Mobile Optimization
  • Mobile User Support
  • Monitoring
  • Multi-Channel Coverage
  • Multi-step Planning
  • Multilingual Support
  • Natural Language Interaction
  • Notes
  • Notifications
  • Omnichannel
  • Open Listening
  • Performance Tracking
  • Personalization
  • Phone
  • Physical Media
  • Priority Case Alerts
  • Proactive Assistance
  • Proactive Chat
  • Proactive Customer Outreach
  • Proactive Engagement
  • Problem Solving
  • Project Management
  • Project Time Tracking
  • Projections
  • Real-Time Chat
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Reporting
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Seamless Escalation
  • Searchable Articles
  • Self Service Portal
  • Self-Serve Support
  • Sentiment Analysis
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
  • Social
  • Social Media Integration
  • Supporting Documents
  • Surveys
  • Tagging System
  • Targeted Emails
  • Task Execution
  • Team Inbox
  • Templates
  • Text
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Ticket Collaboration
  • Ticket Creation User Experience
  • Ticket Management
  • Ticket Response User Experience
  • Tickets
  • Time & Expense Tracking
  • Time Tracking
  • Timer
  • Transcripts
  • Trend Analysis
  • Trends
  • Two-Way Communication
  • User, Role, and Access Management
  • Visitor Activity
  • Voice
  • Workflow
  • Workflow Optimization
  • Workflows

Integrations

  • Total integrations40
  • Airtable
  • Asana
  • Bitrix24
  • Calendly
  • Chargebee
  • Claris FileMaker
  • ClickUp
  • CloudTalk
  • FreshBooks
  • Freshcaller
  • Freshchat
  • GitHub
  • Harvest
  • Intuit Mailchimp Email Marketing
  • Jira
  • Jotform
  • Linear
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Project Server Subscription Edition
  • Microsoft Teams
  • MightyCall
  • NinjaOne
  • Okta
  • PDQ Deploy & Inventory
  • Planhat
  • STORIS
  • Salesforce Service Cloud
  • Shopify
  • Slack
  • SparkTG VCC
  • SurveySparrow
  • Textline
  • Tidy
  • Trello
  • Trustpilot
  • Twilio
  • Unicommerce
  • WordPress
  • Zapier
  • Zoho CRM
  • Zoho Mail
  • Zoom Workplace
  • monday CRM
  • Total integrations3
  • Airtable
  • Asana
  • Bitrix24
  • Calendly
  • Chargebee
  • Claris FileMaker
  • ClickUp
  • CloudTalk
  • FreshBooks
  • Freshcaller
  • Freshchat
  • GitHub
  • Harvest
  • Intuit Mailchimp Email Marketing
  • Jira
  • Jotform
  • Linear
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft Project Server Subscription Edition
  • Microsoft Teams
  • MightyCall
  • NinjaOne
  • Okta
  • PDQ Deploy & Inventory
  • Planhat
  • STORIS
  • Salesforce Service Cloud
  • Shopify
  • Slack
  • SparkTG VCC
  • SurveySparrow
  • Textline
  • Tidy
  • Trello
  • Trustpilot
  • Twilio
  • Unicommerce
  • WordPress
  • Zapier
  • Zoho CRM
  • Zoho Mail
  • Zoom Workplace
  • monday CRM