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Freshchat

Composite Score

7.6 /10

CX Score

7.7 /10

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What is Freshchat?

Freshchat, a modern live chat software, by Freshworks, is built for sales and customer engagement teams to talk to prospects and customers on the website, mobile app, or social pages. A leap from legacy live-chat, Freshchat helps businesses and its teams focus on a continuous and context-driven messaging experience. With features like campaigns, sales bot, integrated self-service, and intelligent message routing, responses to visitors’ questions are smarter and faster.

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Awards & Recognition

Freshchat won the following awards in the Chatbots category

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1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

0 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2023

Freshchat Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

84 Likeliness to Recommend

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Since last award

90 Plan to Renew

5
Since last award

74 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+83 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Freshchat?

2% Negative

17% Neutral

81% Positive

Pros

Fair
Transparent
Friendly Negotiation
Altruistic

Feature Ratings

Average 77

Knowledgebase

Multi-channel

Workflow Processing

Integration With CRM

Leads Generation

Wayfinding

Voice or Text Input

Natural Language Processing

Scheduled Availability

Learning and Adaptability

Personalized Service

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 75

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

Business Value Created

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Freshchat Reviews

Mohit S.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Banking
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2024

Easy to use, almost under price and very helpful

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Freshchat from other similar products?

Usability and user experience

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy to use

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing at all

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are looking for a tool that easy to use and under price

Pros

Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Efficient Service

Manivannan A.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2024

"Efficient and Scalable"

Likeliness to Recommend

5 /10

What differentiates Freshchat from other similar products?

Freshchat stands out from other customer messaging platforms with its focus on a blend of automation, seamless integrations, and user-friendly design aimed at creating personalized customer interactions.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

One of my favorite aspects of Freshchat is its AI-driven automation with Freddy AI. This feature streamlines customer support by intelligently routing messages, automating responses, and providing real-time suggestions, which saves time and makes agents more efficient.

What do you dislike most about this product?

One drawback of Freshchat is that it can sometimes have limited customization options for advanced workflows and reporting compared to more specialized customer support platforms. For teams needing highly tailored workflows or deep analytics capabilities, this can feel restrictive.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Freshchat works best when integrated with other Freshworks products like Freshdesk and Freshsales Take full advantage of Freddy AI to automate common queries and assist agents with real-time suggestions.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Trustworthy
Unique Features
Efficient Service

Kavinkiran K.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2024

Fantastic tool to maintain customer success

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Freshchat from other similar products?

Ai features and ease of integration with my CRM

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Freddy the assistant bot is one of my favourite features

What do you dislike most about this product?

Pricing could be brought down a bit

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Nothing comes to my mind

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Helps Innovate
Reliable

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Freshchat Ratings

84 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

90 Plan to Renew

5 Since last award

74 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+83 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Freshchat?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Knowledgebase Allows users to create knowledgebase articles, metadata tags, creation data and author's name

Multi-channel Supports live chat, mobile app, powerbot and messenger

Workflow Processing By leveraging the chatbot’s AI capabilities, the intelligent routing of data across an organization, based on pre-defined parameters of a workflow.

Integration With CRM The chatbot’s integration with the organization’s CRM would allow for customer information to be queried, once the customer’s identity has been verified.

Leads Generation The chatbot can take its interaction as input as a possible new sales lead, for follow-up by an organization’s business development office.

Wayfinding Allows the chatbot to act as a site’s search engine, in addition to a text-based search field, and have access to a service desk’s service catalog.

Voice or Text Input Chatbot interaction through audible (voice) or text (keyboard) input.

Natural Language Processing Allows chatbot to “understand” voice/text inputs relayed by a human in conversational vernacular, and be able to process & relay feedback in natural speech.

Scheduled Availability The ability to schedule when the chatbot will be available, if its role is to augment a service desk on an after hours basis.

Learning and Adaptability The chatbot should have the ability to learn the characteristics of the human with whom it is interacting. This can include speech nuances.

Personalized Service In conjunction with CRM integration, or through the use of browser cookies, the chatbot can be configured to deliver a more personalized service to the client.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

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Freshchat Reviews

Mohit S.

Easy to use, almost under price and very helpful

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Manivannan A.

"Efficient and Scalable"

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Kavinkiran K.

Fantastic tool to maintain customer success

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

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Leads Generation

Wayfinding

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Natural Language Processing

Scheduled Availability

Learning and Adaptability

Personalized Service

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