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Freshworks

Freshchat

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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85 Likeliness to Recommend

81 Plan to Renew

4
Since last award

73 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+82 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?

3% Negative

21% Neutral

76% Positive

Pros

Altruistic
Generous Negotitation
Helps Innovate
Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Integration With CRM

Knowledgebase

Workflow Processing

Multi-channel

Natural Language Processing

Leads Generation

Wayfinding

Voice or Text Input

Scheduled Availability

Application Programming Interface

Personalized Service

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 78

Quality of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Vendor Support

Ease of Customization

Business Value Created

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Freshchat Reviews

Ravi K.

Role: Vendor Management
Industry: Retail
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Nov 2022

An array of features but not so easy to implement

Likeliness to Recommend

6 /10

What differentiates Freshchat from other similar products?

The omni channel experience of which Freshchat is a part of sets apart them from similar products

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Creating workflow to route chats to relevant agents based on user's query type.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Custom implementations and third part integrations are surely not the easiest one out there. Also, creating custom rules becomes a lot challenging as system is not that intuitive.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It is a good tool if you are looking to get the entire suite and provide your users with an omni channel experience. If you have custom use cases then please check what all you can achieve beforehand.

Pros

Respectful
Generous Negotitation
Transparent
Helps Innovate

Cons

Less Reliable
Less Performance Enhancing
Less Effective Service

Yash J.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Insurance
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2022

Good suit of products, love the automation feature

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Freshchat from other similar products?

The interface and suit of suits coupled into one platform

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ticket management

What do you dislike most about this product?

Api integration feature is not available in the lower plan versions

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Best product in the market if it suits your budget

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Cons

Slower Product Innovation
Less Efficient Service

Pauline E.

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

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2022

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Freshchat from other similar products?

Their support team & product specialists are amazing. The features are amazing, especially the chatbot - saves a lot of time & effort. Wide pricing plans to choose from.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Constant renovation to answer to customers' needs.

What do you dislike most about this product?

That it does not really support Arabic. We are an Arabic EdTech, and we need the translations to be accurate.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Work more on the translation, and do not use Google Translate.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

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What is Freshchat?

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Freshchat Ratings

85 Likeliness to Recommend

81 Plan to Renew

4 Since last award

73 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

3 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+82 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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Application Programming Interface For more customized needs, the chatbot may have an API which would allow an in-house developer to access features of the chatbox.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Ravi K.

An array of features but not so easy to implement

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Yash J.

Good suit of products, love the automation feature

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Pauline E.

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Application Programming Interface

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