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Overview

Product Information on Freshservice

Updated 4th May 2026

What is Freshservice?

Freshservice by Freshworks is an AI-powered ServiceOps platform that unifies ITSM, ITOM, IT asset management, and enterprise service management on a single platform with a shared data layer. It gives IT, HR, finance, and facilities teams full visibility across services and infrastructure without the complexity of stitched-together tools. Freshservice comes with a natively embedded AI layer called Freddy AI, that helps agents resolve issues faster, automates employee service requests, and gives leaders the insights they need to make better decisions. The result is resilient, proactive service delivery that scales across the entire organization.

Freshservice Pricing

Freshservice is a software that utilizes a subscription-based pricing model with multiple tiers, where charges are applied per agent per month. Each tier offers a set of features, and pricing may vary based on the number of agents and selected plan. The software also provides options for annual billing and may offer free trials for evaluation prior to purchase.

Overall experience with Freshservice

Senior Database Administrator
Gov't/PS/ED <5,000 Employees, Education
FAVORABLE

“Decent help desk software but some features could use more finesse”

4.0
Apr 21, 2026
We like the help desk management features as well as the KB that we can build. The problems are that organizing the KB is needlessly confusing. Licensing is silly. It costs us more to order a large number of business agent licenses than it does to order a bunch of IT agent licenses, which makes no sense at all.
IT Associate
50M - 250M USD, Healthcare and Biotech
CRITICAL

“Complex Implementation and Limited Asset Management Cited as Notable Challenges”

3.0
Apr 14, 2026
Ticketing itself is nice and we do appreciate how flexible the workflows are for different ticket queues and teams, but it can be complex to implement and troubleshooting these during implementation is a bit confusing. Asset management is a potential use case for Freshservice as well, but we've found it to be extremely lacking in both information gathered and ease of implementation (with the scanning server application still requiring internet explorer on its backend).

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4.3
Market Presence: IT Service Management Platforms, AI Applications in IT Service Management

About Company

Company Description

Updated 25th July 2024

Freshworks Inc. (NASDAQ: FRSH) creates AI-boosted business software anyone can use. Purpose-built for IT, customer support, and sales and marketing teams, our products are designed to let everyone work more efficiently and deliver more value for immediate business impact. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, Freshworks operates globally.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Public
Year Founded
2010
Head office location
San Mateo, United States
Number of employees
5001 - 10000
Annual Revenue
500M-1B USD
Website
https://www.freshworks.com

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User Sentiment About Freshservice
Reviewer Insights for: Freshservice
Deciding Factors: Freshservice Vs. Market Average

Freshservice Likes & Dislikes

Like

The product is a capable help desk management system. It allows us to build a decent knowledge base that can be referenced later. We also like the software and hardware inventory features.

Like

The amount of customization offered for different teams and operating companies under one platform, the dark web interface making tickets easy on the eyes, and the ability to merge duplicate tickets, either for the same issue or a larger issue creating multiple tickets as it is impacting more staff.

Like

An interface that is clean and avoids clutter, which reduces agent burnout and cognitive load

Dislike

The Admin UI is pretty confusing, particularly if you have multiple business units. I don't like the pricing structure of the business licenses vs IT agent licenses. The whole point of having business licenses is to reduce the cost. Most of our agents don't require IT agent licenses, but it costs us MORE to order the appropriate number of business licenses due to the discount they give for IT agent licenses. Makes no sense.

Dislike

Complexity of the admin portal for editing different workspaces and workflows, the SaaS model as a single outage can impact us and numerous other customers, and a poor agentless scanning implementation.

Dislike

Freshservices built-in analytics are excellent for standard metrics (average response time, ticket volume), but if you need to build highly specific, complex reports, you may hit a wall.

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  • IT Associate
    50M-1B USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    Complex Implementation and Limited Asset Management Cited as Notable Challenges

    3.0
    Apr 14, 2026
    Ticketing itself is nice and we do appreciate how flexible the workflows are for different ticket queues and teams, but it can be complex to implement and troubleshooting these during implementation is a bit confusing. Asset management is a potential use case for Freshservice as well, but we've found it to be extremely lacking in both information gathered and ease of implementation (with the scanning server application still requiring internet explorer on its backend).
  • Senior Database Administrator
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
    Review Source

    Decent help desk software but some features could use more finesse

    4.0
    Apr 21, 2026
    We like the help desk management features as well as the KB that we can build. The problems are that organizing the KB is needlessly confusing. Licensing is silly. It costs us more to order a large number of business agent licenses than it does to order a bunch of IT agent licenses, which makes no sense at all.
  • Customer Service & Support Associate
    50M-1B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    The ultimate tool for ticket deflection: Clean, intuitive and built for growing teams.

    5.0
    Jan 20, 2026
    Freshservice stands out for its low barrier to entry. Unlike some enterprise competitors that require months of configuration, Freshservice is designed for out-of-the-box productivity.
  • Falcon Analyst
    Gov't/PS/Ed
    Education
    Review Source

    Freshservice Offers Effective Tools but Customization and Accessibility Remain Challenging

    5.0
    Apr 29, 2026
    We have been very happy with Freshservice and their product offerings.
  • Senior Consultant
    <50M USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Platform Simplifies IT Service Management With Easy Adoption And Minimal Customization

    5.0
    Apr 14, 2026
    Overall experience is very positive. It is an intuitive and well designed IT service management platform that enables teams to quickly implement ITSM best practices without you know heavy customisation, avoiding technical debt. Features such as incident , problem , change and asset management are easy to configure and use.
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Showing data for 201 ratings and reviews for AI Applications in IT Service Management market. View all 1108 ratings and reviews across markets for a complete picture.

4.3

(201 Ratings)

Rating Distribution

5 Star
42%
4 Star
50%
3 Star
7%
2 Star
0%
1 Star
0%
Why ratings and reviews count differ?

Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.1

Integration & Deployment

4.3

Service & Support

4.3

Product Capabilities

4.2