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Freshworks Inc.

Freshchat

Composite Score

8.1 /10

CX Score

8.3 /10

46 Reviews Write a Review

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

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.

85 Likeliness to Recommend

92 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Up 1
Since last award

Product Experience

Negotiation and Contract

Conflict Resolution

Strategy & Innovation

Service Experience

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product Experience:: 88%
Negotiation and Contract:: 89%
Conflict Resolution:: 88%
Strategy & Innovation:: 85%
Service Experience:: 83%

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.

+86 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?

1% Negative

14% Neutral

85% Positive

Pros

Transparent
Friendly Negotiation
Performance Enhancing
Helps Innovate

Feature Ratings

Average 78

Knowledgebase

Integration With CRM

Multi-channel

Workflow Processing

Natural Language Processing

Scheduled Availability

Leads Generation

Learning and Adaptability

Voice or Text Input

Personalized Service

Wayfinding

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 77

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Business Value Created

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Freshchat Reviews

Sukesh H.

Role: Operations
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Aug 2024

Part of freshworks omnichannel offering hence good

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Freshchat from other similar products?

Seamless integration within freshworks ecosystem and lets you manage conversations across web, mobile and social media in a single place.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Seamless integration within freshworks ecosystem and lets you manage conversations across web, mobile and social media in a single place.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Analytics needs to be better The tool should cover more basics and should be more customisable

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Spend time in designing the whole thing to match your company's design theme.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Transparent
Friendly Negotiation

Cons

Less Effective Service
Less Caring

Adebayo T.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Education
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2025

Awesome and a must have tool

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Freshchat from other similar products?

it has a lot of features which makes it to stand out

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The minimalistic design and easy to use UI

What do you dislike most about this product?

The pricing can be a bit steep

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Grab this software if you need a total solution

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Unique Features

Victor Chiedo O.

Role: Operations
Industry: Education
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2025

Smart chatbot that handles customer questions

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Freshchat from other similar products?

Freshchat's chatbot stands out because it feels more conversational and less robotic than many other automated chat systems. The AI understands context better and can handle follow-up questions without getting confused or starting over.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The website integration with simple code embedding is what I love most about Freshchat's chatbot. I can add the chat widget to my website by just copying and pasting a few lines of code, and it works immediately without complicated setup or technical configuration. The chat widget looks professional and matches my website design, and I can customize how it appears to visitors.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Setting up the chatbot initially takes time and requires thinking through all the different ways customers might ask questions.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Try Freshchat's chatbot if you get a lot of repetitive customer questions that could be automated. It works best when you invest time upfront to train it properly with your most common scenarios.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Freshchat Ratings

85 Likeliness to Recommend

92 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Up 1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

Emotional Footprint Overview

+86 Net Emotional Footprint

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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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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 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.

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 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.

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.

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

Sukesh H.

Part of freshworks omnichannel offering hence good

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Adebayo T.

Awesome and a must have tool

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Victor Chiedo O.

Smart chatbot that handles customer questions

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Knowledgebase

Integration With CRM

Multi-channel

Workflow Processing

Natural Language Processing

Scheduled Availability

Leads Generation

Learning and Adaptability

Voice or Text Input

Personalized Service

Wayfinding

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Data Integration

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Business Value Created