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Freshdesk

Omnichannel ticketing with AI agents from Freshworks

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Freshdesk is Freshworks' help desk offering omnichannel ticketing, automated workflows and AI features (Freddy AI Agent, Copilot, Insights). Paid plans add SLA policies, advanced custom fields and a multilingual help desk.

  • Ticket management (not listed)
  • Omnichannel inbox
  • Ticket routing (not listed)
  • SLA management
  • Macros and canned replies (not listed)
  • Support analytics

Also includes

  • Knowledge base
  • Custom ticket fields
  • Automations and triggers
  • Multilingual support
  • AI suggested replies
  • Social media tickets
  • Agent roles
  • Audit log

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