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Open-source customer support ticket system

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osTicket - 2026 Pricing, Features, Reviews & Alternatives

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Last updated: January 2026

osTicket overview

What is osTicket?

osTicket offers a free open-source ticket management and customer support solution for companies of all sizes, particularly small and medium businesses. The software can be used to collect tickets and assign custom fields to each ticket, creating a list of data associated with each ticket that can be shared on the knowledgebase for clients. Users can create auto-response templates for incoming email tickets and rich text HTML, allowing them to add your logo, images and videos to tickets.

The ticket filter tool provided by osTicket allows businesses to define routing rules for tickets so that tickets are sent to the correct person or department. Tickets can also be reassigned if they have not been received by the right person, and notes of all actions are logged in the ticket thread. Users can define automatic actions for each ticket, such a canned response. The ticketing software helps further streamline operations by avoiding agent collision using the ticket locking tool. Further features include an autoresponder, customer portal and dashboard reports.

Starting price

12per user /
per month

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Pros & Cons

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Ticket Management

Customer Support

Email Ticketing

Outdated Technology

osTicket’s user interface

Ease of use rating:

osTicket pros, cons and reviews insights

To determine these pros and cons insights, we analyzed responses from 

Overall rating

Reviews sentiment

 
 
3-4(42)
5(33)

What do users say about osTicket?

Their prices are way out of market (wanting more then Freshdesk which is a far more established ticket system). When you reach out for assistance on their Github, you are met with ridicule.

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Who uses osTicket?

Based on 75 verified user reviews.

Company size

Small Businesses

Enterprises

Midsize Businesses

Top industries

Information Technology and Services
Computer Networking
Entertainment
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Others

Use cases

Help Desk
Issue Tracking
ITSM
Knowledge Base

osTicket's key features

Most critical features, based on insights from osTicket users:

Service level agreement (sla) management
Self service portal
Macros/Templated responses
Automated routing

All osTicket features

Features rating:

Automated responses
Automated routing
Customizable fields
Customizable forms
Dashboard
Help desk management
Knowledge base management
Knowledge management
Macros/Templated responses
Self service portal
Service level agreement (sla) management
Support ticket management
Task management
Templates
Ticket management

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osTicket pricing

Value for money rating:

Pricing plans

Pricing details:

Free plan
Free trial
Subscription

Open Source

0.00

Features included:

  • Email Integration
  • Free to Use
  • Open Source

Cloud-hosted

12

/user

Per month

Features included:

  • Daily Backups
  • Dedicated Training
  • Email Integration
  • Guranteed Uptime
  • Phone Ongoing Support
  • Upgrade Management

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Features included:

  • Customized Solutions
  • Daily Backups
  • Dedicated Training
  • Email Integration
  • Guranteed Uptime
  • Phone Ongoing Support
  • Upgrade Management

User opinions about osTicket price and value

Value for money rating:

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

“One of the standouts features for us is the email piping, which automatically creates tickets from incoming emails—saving us tons of time.”
JW

James W.

Operations Manager

“They can open a new ticket via email or create an account and interact via dashboard and you can assign the new ticket to yourself or your collegues.”
FA

Fabruzio A.

Technician

osTicket integrations (4)

Integrations rated by users

We looked at 75 user reviews to identify which products are mentioned as osTicket integrations and how users feel about them.

Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

merged to Word. For many clients I setup what I call a 3-D merge. Where it would first merge which documents, then merge contact information into the selected documents. A really great thing.

MR

Micky R.

Operations Manager

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Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

We like everything to stay on the same ecosystem to keep things consistent and easy to use.

AF

Amy F.

Full Stack Architect

Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

Integration rating: 5.0 (1)

We use Monday to send out reports and information automated.

JM

Jelissa M.

Commercial Reporting, Analytics, and Admissions Manager

osTicket support options

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Platforms supported

Web
Android
iPhone/iPad

Support options

FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Email/Help Desk
Phone Support

osTicket FAQs

Q. Who are the typical users of osTicket?

osTicket has the following typical customers:
Freelancers, Small Business, Mid-size Business, Large Enterprises

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Q. What level of support does osTicket offer?

osTicket offers the following support options:
FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Email/Help Desk, Phone Support

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