When comparing ServiceNow vs Freshdesk, the Slant community recommends Freshdesk for most people. In the question“What are the best service desk software / ticket system for a small business?” Freshdesk is ranked 1st while ServiceNow is ranked 13th. The most important reason people chose Freshdesk is:
Features are constantly being updated and new features added.
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Pros
Pro Many features
To many plugins and ITIL OTB modules.
Pro Modifiable
Anything you want to do! (Just be careful)
Pro Actively developed
Features are constantly being updated and new features added.
Pro Service integrations
Freshdesk offers integration with a huge list of popular services (such as Hangouts, Github, Jira, Mailchimp, Shopify and more).
Cons
Con Old Tec
Angular 1.6
Jelly script
ECMAScript5
Con No service integrations with free plan
Cannot create tickets or get notifications with Slack, for instance, because API is only available with a paid plan. Other competitors have API available even with free plan.
Con Adding extra agents can be costly
Cost per agent varies from $15-$79/month, depending on the plan.