Freshdesk vs Kayako: pricing, plans, and features

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

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Kay AI Agent	USD 1 monthly $1 per fully resolved ticket	Usage · per stated usage allowance	Standalone · Usage based
Kayako One	Contact sales Talk to a pricing expert	Flat · per month	Standalone · Contact sales

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

Freshdesk vs Kayako

Freshdesk

Kayako

What each plan includes

Freshdesk

Growth

Pro

Enterprise

Kayako

Kay AI Agent

Kayako One

How their prices changed

Freshdesk

Kayako