Freshdesk Customer Success Alternatives

Good but can be great need to have more interactions and engagement to help build a better usage from this, all we have now is a bunch of data points and ready access to data but it's not adding value to us for now.

Planhat has proven to be an intuitive and highly effective Customer Success Platform for our organization. It's user-friendly design, combined with functionality tailored specifically for our Customer Success Managers, has enabled rapid adoption and streamlined day-to-day operations. One of Planhat's greatest strengths is its flexibility and configurability. We have successfully customized the platform to align with our business process and integrated it across our Customer Success technology stack, providing our CSMs with a centralized view of customer data and insights in a single platform. Planhat has become a key enabler to our AI Transformation initiatives by serving as a centralized source of customer data, engagement insights and operational intelligence. Overall, Planhat continues to evolve as a strategic platform that not only supports our Customer Success workflows but also enables innovation through AI-driven automation and insights.

I use Custify every day and honestly can't imagine my day to day activities as a CSM without it. I think they are doing pretty well, constantly introducing new features, adding AI features, and their support is superb

My review comes from over 4.5 years of Gainsight experience across two companies. Journey Orchestrator (JO) is the engine for the scaled CS motion I've been part of. The amount of customization and flexibility allows us to build broad, reusable audiences with precise targeting layered in. That equates to fewer moving parts to maintain, with less risk of a one-off breaking in production. Features like inline editing on shared reports means teams are able to update the reports on their dashboards, saving time across both ops and CS teams. Because CSMs can stay in the system they work and know, there's less bouncing between tools. With that great power does come a steep learning curve. It can take new users time to get adjusted. The product team listens -- I've seen feedback raised by myself and others in the community become part of the roadmap, from design to release. That's a huge win in my book.

My overall experience with Velaris has been highly positive, and I’d easily rate it a 4.5 out of 5 stars for how effectively it has transformed our Customer Success team from reactive to proactive. The biggest standout for me was their exceptional "done-for-you" onboarding and data migration support, which seamlessly combined with their powerful AI features to give us instant, consolidated account health summaries that save us hours of manual work every week. That said, it does come with a steep initial learning curve, and the interface can occasionally lag when navigating heavy data or trying to customize specific reporting and success modules. Ultimately, it has become an invaluable single source of truth for our operations, making it a top-tier choice for any scaling SaaS company willing to invest a little time into mastering its robust feature set.

Prior to Totango, our CSM's were managing their books of business using a chaotic mix of Salesforce reports, spreadsheets and sticky notes. Totango brings order to that chaos by centralizing product usage telemetry, support tickets, billing data, and CRM integrations into a single Customer 360.

We have been using Staircase AI as a complementary layer to our Customer Success operations, particularly for its AI-driven conversation intelligence and customer health tracking. The platform's ability to surface insights from customer interactions automatically has been a strong differentiator. Setup and data integration were relatively straightforward, and the AI-generated health signals have helped our CSMs act more proactively. The main area for improvement is around the depth of customisation available for health scoring and reporting, as some of our more bespoke requirements have needed workarounds.

Easy interaction with admins and drive through actual support.