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Freshdesk vs HelpDesk.com

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USD · US · source: www.freshworks.com

Plan Pricing Charged by Offer type
Growth
USD 19 / month with annual commitment

$19 /agent/month, billed annually

Seat · /agent/month Standalone · Fixed
Pro Highlighted
USD 55 / month with annual commitment

$55 /agent/month, billed annually

Seat · /agent/month Standalone · Fixed
Enterprise
USD 89 / month with annual commitment

$89 /agent/month, billed annually

Seat · /agent/month Standalone · Fixed

USD · US · source: www.helpdesk.com

Plan Pricing Charged by Offer type
Essential
USD 25 monthly · USD 19 / month with annual commitment

$19 per user/month billed annually (or $25/user/month month to month)

Seat · per user Standalone · Fixed
Growth Highlighted
USD 99 monthly · USD 79 / month with annual commitment

$79 per user/month annually (or $99/user/month monthly)

Seat · per user Standalone · Fixed
Enterprise
Contact sales

Custom

Seat · per user Standalone · Contact sales

What each plan includes

Feature names follow each vendor’s own pricing page, so verify the wording before treating them as exact equivalents.

Freshdesk

Growth

Plan highlights

Freddy AI Agent

First 500 sessions included

Included

Plan highlights

Ticketing & shared inbox

Included

Plan highlights

Customer portal & knowledge base

Included

Plan highlights

Out-of-the-box analytics & reporting

Included

Plan highlights

Threads & tasks

Included

Plan highlights

Roles & permissions

Included

Help Desk and Ticketing

Multilingual Help Desk

Excluded

Help Desk and Ticketing

Collaborators

Excluded

Freddy AI Insights

Freddy AI Insights

Excluded

Analytics

Custom real-time dashboards

Excluded

Analytics

Agent availability dashboard

Excluded

Analytics

Custom object analysis

Excluded

Self Service

Multilingual translations

Excluded

Self Service

Portal customization

Excluded

Self Service

Community forums

Excluded

Self Service

Article versioning

Excluded

Self Service

Ticket templates

Excluded

Self Service

Advanced custom fields

Excluded

Self Service

Approval workflow

Excluded

Self Service

Flexible knowledge base hierarchy

Excluded

Routing and SLA

Multiple SLA policies

Excluded

Routing and SLA

Round robin, and load balanced assignment

Excluded

Routing and SLA

Skill-based ticket assignment

Excluded

Administration and Security

Business hours - global, multiple, group specific

Excluded

Administration and Security

Agent shifts and out of office scheduler

Excluded

Administration and Security

JWT authentication

Excluded

Administration and Security

Audit logs

Excluded

Administration and Security

Allowed domains and IP whitelisting

Excluded

Administration and Security

Sandbox

Excluded

Extend the power of Freshdesk

MCP actions

1,200 actions/year

Limited

Pro

Plan highlights

Freddy AI Agent

First 500 sessions included

Included

Plan highlights

Multilingual helpdesk

Included

Plan highlights

Custom dashboards & reporting

Included

Plan highlights

Intelligent routing

Included

Plan highlights

Multiple SLA policies

Included

Plan highlights

External collaborators

5,000 collaborators included

Included

Help Desk and Ticketing

Multilingual Help Desk

Included

Help Desk and Ticketing

Collaborators

5,000 collaborators included

Included

Freddy AI Insights

Freddy AI Insights

Excluded

Analytics

Custom real-time dashboards

Included

Analytics

Agent availability dashboard

Included

Analytics

Custom object analysis

Excluded

Self Service

Multilingual translations

Included

Self Service

Portal customization

Included

Self Service

Community forums

Included

Self Service

Article versioning

Included

Self Service

Ticket templates

Included

Self Service

Advanced custom fields

Included

Self Service

Approval workflow

Excluded

Self Service

Flexible knowledge base hierarchy

Excluded

Routing and SLA

Round robin, and load balanced assignment

Included

Routing and SLA

Skill-based ticket assignment

Excluded

Administration and Security

Business hours - global, multiple, group specific

Included

Administration and Security

Agent shifts and out of office scheduler

Included

Administration and Security

JWT authentication

Excluded

Administration and Security

Audit logs

Excluded

Administration and Security

Allowed domains and IP whitelisting

Excluded

Administration and Security

Sandbox

Excluded

Extend the power of Freshdesk

MCP actions

6,000 actions/year

Limited

Enterprise

Plan highlights

Freddy AI Agent

First 500 sessions included

Included

Plan highlights

Freddy AI Insights

Included

Plan highlights

Skill-based routing

Included

Plan highlights

Sandbox

Included

Plan highlights

Audit logs

Included

Plan highlights

Allowed domains & IP whitelisting

Included

Help Desk and Ticketing

Multilingual Help Desk

Included

Help Desk and Ticketing

Collaborators

5,000 collaborators included

Included

Freddy AI Insights

Proactive Insights with Root Cause Analysis

Included

Freddy AI Insights

Conversational Insights

Included

Analytics

Custom real-time dashboards

Included

Analytics

Agent availability dashboard

Included

Analytics

Custom object analysis

Included

Self Service

Multilingual translations

Included

Self Service

Portal customization

Included

Self Service

Community forums

Included

Self Service

Article versioning

Included

Self Service

Ticket templates

Included

Self Service

Advanced custom fields

Included

Self Service

Approval workflow

Included

Self Service

Flexible knowledge base hierarchy

Included

Routing and SLA

Multiple SLA policies

Included

Routing and SLA

Round robin, and load balanced assignment

Included

Routing and SLA

Skill-based ticket assignment

Included

Administration and Security

Business hours - global, multiple, group specific

Included

Administration and Security

Agent shifts and out of office scheduler

Included

Administration and Security

JWT authentication

Included

Extend the power of Freshdesk

MCP actions

12,000 actions/year

Limited

HelpDesk.com

Essential

Ticketing

Inbox and tickets

Included

Ticketing

Statuses and priorities

Included

Ticketing

Automated assignment

Included

Ticketing

Canned responses

Included

Ticketing

Ticketing rules

3

Limited

Ticketing

Custom fields

5

Limited

Ticketing

Teams

1

Limited

AI

AI Agent

1

Limited

AI

AI resolutions

10 per month

Limited

AI

AI Copilot

Included

AI

Reply suggestions

5 monthly per user

Limited

AI

AI text edits

5 monthly per user

Limited

AI

Ticket summaries

Excluded

AI

Tag suggestions

Excluded

Channels and selling

Email

Included

Channels and selling

Website chat

Included

Channels and selling

Messenger

Included

Channels and selling

SMS

Included

Channels and selling

Selling through Shopify

Included

Team and scale

Shared canned responses

Excluded

Team and scale

Chat supervision

Excluded

Team and scale

Chat takeover

Excluded

Team and scale

Agent activity

Excluded

Team and scale

Performance reports

Excluded

Team and scale

Proactive campaigns

3

Limited

Sell through service

Live visitors tracked

50

Limited

Sell through service

Proactive campaigns impressions

1,000

Limited

Data and storage

Conversation & file history

60 days

Limited

Data and storage

Files & data storage

2 GB + 50 MB per user

Limited

Access and developer tools

Included API calls

10,000 per month

Limited

Customization

White label

Excluded

Customization

Custom roles

Excluded

Customization

Multiple brands

Excluded

Security

Custom SSO

Excluded

Enterprise services

SLAs

Excluded

Growth

Highlights

Everything in Essential

Included

Ticketing

Custom fields

20

Limited

Ticketing

Ticketing rules

10

Limited

Ticketing

Teams

Up to 10

Limited

Ticketing

Shared canned responses

Included

Ticketing

Conversation & file history

unlimited

Included

AI

AI Agent

10

Limited

AI

AI resolutions

200 per month

Limited

AI

Ticket summaries

Included

AI

Tag suggestions

Included

AI

Automated tags

Included

AI

Reply suggestions

50 monthly per user

Limited

AI

AI text edits

100 monthly per user

Limited

AI

Chat summaries

Included

Team and scale

Chat supervision

Included

Team and scale

Chat takeover

Included

Team and scale

Agent activity

Included

Team and scale

Performance reports

Included

Team and scale

Proactive campaigns

30

Limited

Sell through service

Live visitors tracked

400

Limited

Sell through service

Proactive campaigns impressions

10,000

Limited

Inbox and chats

Chat routing rules

Included

Inbox and chats

Working hours

Included

Workflows and automation

Workflow rules

10

Limited

Workflows and automation

Workflow executions

1,000

Limited

Data and storage

Files & data storage

15 GB + 100 MB per user

Limited

Access and developer tools

Included API calls

20,000 per month

Limited

Reporting

On-demand reporting

Excluded

Customization

White label

Excluded

Customization

Custom roles

Excluded

Customization

Multiple brands

Excluded

Security

Custom SSO

Excluded

Enterprise services

SLAs

Excluded

Enterprise

Highlights

Everything in Growth

Included

Custom AI

Custom AI Agents

Custom

Included

Custom AI

Tailored workflows

Included

Custom AI

Multiple brands

Included

Custom AI

Custom roles

Included

Custom AI

Plugged into your data

Included

A dedicated team for your account

Dedicated Account Manager

Included

A dedicated team for your account

Personalized onboarding

Included

A dedicated team for your account

Product training

Included

A dedicated team for your account

Direct engineering support

Included

A dedicated team for your account

Security assistance

Included

Security

SOC 2 Type 2

Included

Security

HIPAA compliance

Included

Security

SLAs and compliance

Included

Security

White-label widget

Included

Security

SSO and audit logs

Included

AI

AI Agent

custom

Limited

AI

AI resolutions

custom

Limited

Ticketing

Teams

custom

Limited

Ticketing

Custom fields

custom

Limited

Reporting

On-demand reporting

Included

Data and storage

Conversation & file history

unlimited

Included

Data and storage

Files & data storage

custom

Limited

Access and developer tools

Included API calls

custom

Limited

Security

Audit logs

Included

Security

Custom SSO

Included

How their prices changed

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Freshdesk

    • Growth: USD 19 / month with annual commitment
    • Pro: USD 55 / month with annual commitment
    • Enterprise: USD 89 / month with annual commitment
    • Growth: USD 19 / month with annual commitment
    • Pro: USD 55 / month with annual commitment
    • Enterprise: USD 89 / month with annual commitment

HelpDesk.com

    • Essential: USD 25 monthly · USD 19 / month with annual commitment
    • Growth: USD 99 monthly · USD 79 / month with annual commitment
    • Enterprise: Contact sales
    • Essential: USD 19 monthly
    • Growth: USD 79 monthly
    • Enterprise: Contact sales