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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated August 25th, 2026 # Reviews of Freshchat Ease of use 4.3 Customer Service 4.0 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews VS Vaishnava S Instructional designerDesign, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “One of its biggest strengths is how it brings conversations from multiple channels into a single interface, making it much easier for teams to manage and respond to chats efficiently.“ June 10, 2026 SN Suresh N Government ConsultantAirlines/Aviation, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “Very few features apart from integrated communicational features, no advanced reporting, analytics dashboard or nothing way ahead to customize for different usecases“ June 29, 2026 SN Suresh N Government ConsultantAirlines/Aviation, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: 6-12 months. “All in one communication tool, which integrates with most of the user communicational modes or tools, affordable pricing and great interface“ June 29, 2026 AN Akshith N Head of Strategy and Business DevelopmentBiotechnology, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “Ai features are limited and scalability to connect with mcps is low, it would be better if we can connect with llms like claude and chat gpt“ July 21, 2026 AM Abhishek M Business AnalystFinancial Services, 501 - 1,000 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “Freshchat brings customer conversations from different channels into one organized workspace, making it much easier to maintain consistent communication.“ June 24, 2026 SS Santhosh S Cybersecurity SpecialistSecurity and Investigations, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “It covers the essentials well, but there aren't many advanced capabilities, and AI features are pretty much missing from the overall experience.“ June 21, 2026 AM Abhishek M Business AnalystFinancial Services, 501 - 1,000 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “Switching between chats is seamless, and the unified inbox helps agents respond more quickly without losing conversation history.“ June 24, 2026 DM Deepak M EngineerSemiconductors, 10,001+ employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “Freshdesk still lacks some advanced AI capabilities and deeper automation features compared to newer platforms.“ May 16, 2026 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 151 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Rakesh P. IT Analyst Telecommunications Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "All-in-one communication tool" July 13, 2026 5.0 Pros Freshchat is a compact, comprehensive, and reliable all-in-one communication tool. It offers a clean interface, useful workflows, and an intuitive experience that makes managing customer conversations simple and efficient. Cons The pricing could be more affordable considering the current feature set. The workflow capabilities are relatively basic, with limited support for complex automation, integrations, and advanced functionality. Review Source SN Suresh N. Government Consultant Airlines/Aviation Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Freshchat review by Suresh " June 29, 2026 4.0 Pros All in one communication tool, which integrates with most of the user communicational modes or tools, affordable pricing and great interface Cons Very few features apart from integrated communicational features, no advanced reporting, analytics dashboard or nothing way ahead to customize for different usecases Alternatives considered [Zendesk Talk](https://www.capterra.com/p/242231/Zendesk-Talk/) Reason for choosing Freshchat Ease of implementation, use and great pricing Review Source Mohd A. Founder Retail Used the software for: 2+ years ### "13 Days Down. $100K+ Gone. 6,500 Customers Lost. Freshchat's Answer? $1,000" May 22, 2026 1.0 Catastrophic. We centralized all customer communication for our e-commerce operation across 6 countries on Freshchat. When it went down for 13 days, we had no fallback. 6,500 conversations lost forever. Brand reputation destroyed. Customers calling us scammers on public platforms. And Freshworks spent two months dodging accountability before offering $1,000. The product failure was devastating, but the way Freshworks handled it afterward was worse. No disaster recovery. No crisis management. No accountability. We are now migrating to a different provider and have sent a formal legal compensation demand. Pros Before the incident, the multi-channel dashboard was practical. Managing WhatsApp, website chat, and social media from one place saved our team time. The interface was straightforward and onboarding agents was quick. Setup was relatively painless. Credit where it's due, when it worked, it worked fine. Cons In March 2026, Freshchat went completely dead for our account. Not slow, not buggy. Completely gone. 13 consecutive days with zero access to any channel. No WhatsApp, no live chat, no social messaging. Nothing. During those 13 days Freshworks gave us no recovery timeline, no backup plan, no interim solution. Near total silence for two weeks. We lost approximately 6,500 customer conversations permanently. Customers publicly called us scammers because we went silent on them for almost two weeks. Negative reviews flooded every platform we operate on across 6 GCC countries. After restoration, we spent two months asking for compensation. Their response was always "under internal discussion" and "awaiting management approval." The final offer after two months? $1,000. One thousand dollars for $100K+ in documented damages. A formal legal compensation demand has been sent to their headquarters. Alternatives considered [Trengo](https://www.capterra.com/p/177967/Trengo/) Reason for choosing Freshchat We chose Freshchat because the multi-channel inbox and Freshworks ecosystem integration looked like the best fit for our multi-country operation. The demo was convincing and the pricing was competitive compared to alternatives. Biggest regret of our tech stack decisions. If I could go back, I'd pick literally anything else with a proper disaster recovery plan. Review Source VJ Vishnu J. Software Engineer Computer Networking Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Review by Vishnu" June 16, 2026 5.0 Freshchat is a straightforward and easy-to-use customer messaging platform with a clean interface and a relatively low learning curve. It makes it simple for teams to manage conversations and respond to customer inquiries efficiently. The setup process is generally smooth, and day-to-day navigation is intuitive. However, my overall experience has been somewhat disappointing due to the lack of meaningful innovation over time. While the core functionality works as expected, the platform has seen few significant feature improvements, and some areas feel outdated compared to competing solutions. Given the pricing, I expected more advanced capabilities, better customization options, and continued product development. For organizations with basic chat support needs, Freshchat may be sufficient, but businesses looking for a more modern and evolving platform may find better value elsewhere. Pros A simple and intuitive tool that's easy to use and navigate. It provides information quickly, has a smooth user interface, and helps teams work more efficiently without unnecessary complexity. Cons The product has remained largely the same for a long time, with very few new features or meaningful enhancements. Considering the cost, the feature set feels quite basic and doesn't significantly improve day-to-day efficiency or simplify workflows. Review Source PH Prasad H. Data Engineer Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Smooth Live Chat Platform with Powerful Automation" June 20, 2026 4.0 Pros Freshchat offers a clean and intuitive interface that makes handling customer conversations simple and efficient. The shared inbox and conversation routing features help distribute chats effectively, while automation reduces repetitive tasks. It integrates smoothly with Freshdesk, allowing support teams to manage conversations and follow-up actions without disrupting their existing workflow. Cons Freshchat performs well for everyday customer communication, but configuring advanced chatbot workflows can require additional time and experience. More guided setup options and greater flexibility in bot customization would make the platform easier to adapt for businesses with complex support requirements. Review Source SM Shruti M. Finance associate Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Great Collaboration Tool for Customer Support Teams" June 22, 2026 4.0 Pros The shared inbox has made collaboration between our support agents much easier. Conversations are well organized, ownership is clear, and internal notes help the team work together without losing important context. Managing multiple customer chats has become more efficient, leading to quicker responses and a smoother support experience. Cons Collaboration features work well overall, but additional customization for user roles and permissions would provide more flexibility for larger teams. Improving conversation filters and workspace organization could also make managing high chat volumes even more efficient. Review Source PP Prasad P. Team leader Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "New agents were comfortable using it much sooner than we expected" June 29, 2026 4.0 Pros When we rolled out Freshchat across our support team, the learning curve was surprisingly short. Even agents who had never worked with a live chat platform adapted within a couple of days. The conversation layout is straightforward, customer details are easy to access, and handling multiple chats doesn’t feel stressful. It helped us reduce onboarding time and allowed new hires to start contributing much faster. Cons The experience is smooth for day-to-day tasks, but once we started configuring advanced settings like routing rules and permissions, finding the right options wasn’t always intuitive. A more organized admin experience would make setup easier for growing teams. Review Source PA Pallavi A. Analyst Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Canned responses helped us stay consistent without sounding robotic" July 6, 2026 4.0 Pros Our team handles many repetitive questions every day, and canned responses significantly reduced typing while maintaining consistent communication. Agents could personalize replies before sending them, which kept conversations natural while improving productivity. It also helped new team members follow the same communication standards as experienced agents. Cons Managing a growing library of canned responses becomes challenging as the team expands. Better organization through folders, usage analytics, or duplicate detection would make content management much more efficient. Review Source MJ Mitali J. Specialist programmer Computer Software Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### " AI became a helpful assistant rather than just another feature" June 29, 2026 4.0 Pros We initially viewed the AI capabilities as a bonus, but they quickly became part of our daily workflow. Suggested replies helped agents respond faster while maintaining consistency, especially during high-volume periods. Instead of replacing our support team, the AI reduced repetitive typing and gave agents a solid starting point for many conversations. Cons The AI performs well with common customer questions, but its recommendations become less reliable when conversations involve product-specific scenarios or more complex troubleshooting. There is still room for smarter contextual understanding. Review Source SB Sakshi B. Senior analyst Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Automation saved our team hours every single week" June 29, 2026 4.0 Pros One of the biggest improvements we noticed after adopting Freshchat was how much repetitive work disappeared. Routine customer questions could be handled automatically, while more complex conversations reached the right agents without manual intervention. This allowed our support team to focus on solving actual customer problems instead of answering the same basic queries repeatedly. Cons The automation builder is capable, but creating more sophisticated workflows takes patience. As our support processes became more detailed, we found ourselves wishing for greater flexibility when defining complex conditions and exceptions. Review Source Seth H. Camp Director Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Clean, Professional and Simple Set-up" January 22, 2020 4.0 I loved the overall chat features. The dashboard and app are very clean. The only reason I switched was due to price. Pros I love how easy the dashboard was and how easy it was to set up on my wordpress website. The chat was also very clean, very easy to use multiple members of my team. The app on my phone made it simple to chat with visitors on my website from my phone. Cons While I started off with a free version, the paid version was a little too expensive for what I wished to use. I found a cheaper alternative. Alternatives considered [HappyFox Chat](https://www.capterra.com/p/122234/HappyFox-Chat/)[Olark](https://www.capterra.com/p/125957/Olark/)[Zendesk Suite](https://www.capterra.com/p/164283/Zendesk/) Reason for choosing Freshchat I originally chose freshchat because it was less expensive than the other products. Review Source VS Vaishnava S. Instructional designer Design Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Using freshchat as a single interface for all convesations" June 10, 2026 5.0 Pros Freshchat serves as an all-in-one platform for our customer communication needs. One of its biggest strengths is how it brings conversations from multiple channels into a single interface, making it much easier for teams to manage and respond to chats efficiently. Cons There are very few limitations considering the price they charge. Overall, the platform offers good value for money, and I haven't come across any major drawbacks that significantly impact its usability. Review Source RA Rajesh A. Project manager Apparel & Fashion Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Project Manager " May 22, 2026 4.0 Pros Freshchat is an excellent customer communication platform that has made our external interactions seamless while delivering a great user experience. Cons While Freshchat offers useful features for handling short conversations, scaling it across multiple teams can become challenging due to limited flexibility and scalability. Review Source BR Bondada R. Technician, Network Operations Airlines/Aviation Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Hassle free experience" May 13, 2026 5.0 Pros Freshchat’s omnichannel capabilities make it easy to manage customer communication across multiple channels in one place. The platform is simple to use, easy to onboard, and helps streamline customer interactions efficiently. Cons Freshchat could improve with broader integrations, stronger AI capabilities, and faster support response times in certain cases. Review Source CW Casey W. Office Manager Media Production Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Efficient and convenient" October 10, 2024 5.0 Overall great experience and highly reccomend Freshchat. Appreciate anything created to help free up valuable time. Pros The ability to communicate with customers through various channels (social media,mobile, web etc.) has made managing communication more efficient. The ability to set up automated responses helps free up time immensely, and focus on other tasks. Cons I don't really have cons, the only thing I can think of is that some of the programs such as the custom chatbot set ups were a bit overwhelming at first to learn. Review Source Abhishek J. Senior software developer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Low code no code budget friendly chatbot platform " December 23, 2022 4.0 It is overall good for development of simple chatbots like fact sheet chatbot. Pros Adding another language translation, i can simply add it by downloading the Excel sheet of chat tree. & It works perfectly & simple UI of the platform. Cons Condition management for the chats is not that great. Like AND, OR conditions. In the same panel you can't have multiple conditions. Reason for choosing Freshchat We already have good partnership with freshdesk tool & we compared it with all the use cases that we have it match all our requirements. Switched from [Cognigy.AI](https://www.capterra.com/p/176610/Cognigy-AI/) It was too expensive for our company. Review Source Sushant K. Co-Founder Education Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excellent tool to provide superior customer experience" September 11, 2022 5.0 Overall, Freshchat is a great tool for the customer support team. It easily gets integrated with most of the tools. We have used the integration of Freshchat & Freshdesk to manage live chat and tickets. Pros We were using Freshchat for managing customer support queries for a delivery business. I liked the ability of Freshchat to manage agents at scale with very good visibility for managers with tracking and reporting. The dashboard has all the options for viewing agents' performance and quality over time. We also used Facebook and Whatsapp integration to put chats of all channels into one place. This helped in improving the productivity of our team. Cons I liked all the features apart from chatbots. I found the chatbot very expensive considering the volume of our chats. Review Source TK Ted K. Helpdesk Specialist Consumer Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Best Support Chat App " August 31, 2023 5.0 It is helping by giving our customers a quick, familiar and simple way of contacting us so that they can receive the support they need. So ultimately it is helping our business grow. Pros It is simple and easy to use. The integration was seamless and fast. It is reliable and there is no downtime. It is very convenient for our customers to get in touch with us at any time. Cons I wish there was a better alert notification system when a chat has been initiated. There needs to be a constant alert until someone picks up the chat conversation. Review Source MF Manar F. supervisor Health, Wellness and Fitness Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Fresh Chat - positive and negative points" August 22, 2023 5.0 In general , its good tool for direct contact with clients , user friendly for agents like any platform can always be improved . Pros I like the most that you can always edit , add or delete canned responses , so this can help agents to be ready always with answers to new updates .I like that its easy to be learned, not complicated Cons I prefer if there was option to delete a message after its sent to client , same feature as in whatsappAlso sometimes a new chat will come with no notification , even all notifications are on .Also it will be better to have a search option on the chats , based on the labels of the chats tickets And would be better also ,if chat can still be open for more than 24 hours . Review Source PR Pauline R. SDR Computer & Network Security Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Freshchat Review" February 8, 2024 3.0 Pros The option to create a chatbot without any coding or development needed; it is well integrated with the other products in the "Fresh" software suite. Cons The chatbot is super hard to personalise, hard to set automated messages and the configuration for workflows is very unintuitive and tough to setup. We don't always receive notifications, the AI doesn't necessarily show the correct knowledge base articles, the redirection to the ticketing system is not very well done... Review Source JEM Jesus Emmanuel M. Ingeniero en atencion al cliente Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Excellent chatbot" June 23, 2023 4.0 Pros I loved being able to use an intelligent bot and program it my way, likewise, the best functionality is being able to mount it on any web page just by pasting the Json. Cons It would be great to be able to program the bot through some API Review Source JL June L. Founder Legal Services Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Freshchat support is BAD , UNRESPONSIVE, " February 4, 2021 5.0 0 for support good for software Cons Being the Chatting / ticketing company, i have to say their support is really bad after being in touch with them for 6 days ( everyday 2 emails) my billing issue remain unresolved - they said i have not paid $0.23 , and even i paid for full subscription fees at $38, because there is a charging issue ( the payment gateway they use cannot charge anything lesser than $0.5) and i have been emailing them at least 10 emails to resolve this issue, they just keep on looping us to different department, and did not resolve this, and did not reply. and thus, they deactivate our accoutn just because it is $0.23 and their failture in replying my 10 emails in requesting this issue to be resolved. I am very very very disappointed with thte support system, i felt like there is no support at all, but a team of support who loves to pass ticket all over the organization without resolving a tiny problem for their clients. you will spend a lot of time with the support not because of the software not great but because they love to loop u differently to different departmetn without getitng a problem solved. Review Source Jason W. Systems Engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "An excellent entry into live chat support" March 20, 2019 4.0 Initially, I was looking for a live chat solution for one of our clients, but quickly realized the software could become useful for us as well. I explored several good options, including Tawk.to and Pure Chat, but found that overall, Fresh Chat offered the right combination of features and ease of use for our client, making it an obvious choice for us to support and recommend. Pros Fresh Chat is one of only a handful of free, robust tools for providing live customer support via your website with ease. Upfront, the ease of installation and configuration is fantastic. One needn't be an engineer to get this up and running quickly, as they provide all the tools needed. From plugins (WordPress in my case) to apps (Android and iOS both available), it's all easy to find, deploy, and use. In addition, there are numerous ways to integrate it with other systems, from Fresh Service, Fresh Desk, to third party integrations. Cons Perhaps the only area I think they could improve is by adding additional third party integrations, but that's a minor quibble, as they already offer several. In all likelihood the selection will grow over time. Review Source TA Tarek A. Customer Service Specialist Outsourcing/Offshoring Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "The best way to handle and satisfy your customers" February 27, 2023 4.0 Lovely experience and very useful for my role. Pros First, it's a great platform to receive customers' issues, second, I like that I can track any previous chat to update any progress, and last I love the offline tickets and how easily I can manage them remotely. Cons I have to press the mouse anywhere blank to keep myself online, otherwise, the product will turn me offline. Review Source Don C. Copywriter Writing and Editing Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Freshchat is like a dashcam for your business " May 8, 2021 5.0 Love FreshChat. I think it seriously is like having a portal into your users desktop and they are actively on my pages. TOP TIP - dont set it up on homepage, set it up on inner pages of your site. Pros I love that it alerts me when someone wants to chat. They are on my site - have read my copy and want to engage with me before potentially leaving my site. Cons I think some browsers do have features that block some users. Also...I am not 100% on this but i have had bots or other web crawlers write messages and engage with the chat features. Its not a huge hassle, just a bug sometimes. Alternatives considered [Zendesk Suite](https://www.capterra.com/p/164283/Zendesk/) Reason for choosing Freshchat I wanted live chat not Q&A. Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.