Freshdesk vs Crisp

Two customer support tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Compare	FreshdeskFreshworks	CrispCrisp
In one line	Ticketing, a help center, and automations for small support teams	Website chat and shared inbox at a flat price per workspace
Starting price	From $19/person	Free for 2 users
Six-person team	$114/mo	Not listed
Plans	Growth $19/agent/mo; Pro $55/agent/mo; Enterprise $89/agent/mo, billed annually	Free (2 seats); flat per workspace: Mini $45/mo (4 seats, shared email inbox); Essentials $95 (10 seats, WhatsApp, Instagram, SMS, knowledge base); Plus $295 (20 seats, ticketing); no per-conversation fees
Pricing model	Free trial	Free tier
Free trial	14 days	14 days
Users	Per agent	2 on free; 4 on Mini
Integrations	Shopify, Slack, Jira, WhatsApp, 1,000+ marketplace apps	Shopify, WooCommerce, WordPress, Slack, HubSpot, Stripe, Zapier
Team size	2–10 people · 11–50 people · 51–200 people	Just me · 2–10 people · 11–50 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · UK · CA · AU
Phone support	Plans not stated	None listed
Live chat	Every paid plan	Plans not stated
Support hours	Live chat: 24/7 for urgent inquiries; real-time chat 24/5	Not published
Incidents posted	Freshworks has a public status page. Status page	Crisp has a public status page. Status page
Capterra score	4.5 / 5 from 3,491 reviews	4.6 / 5 from 148 reviews
Trustpilot score	Not listed	1.9 / 5 from 56 reviews
Fit: Retail shop	60	60
Fit: Restaurant or café	35	45
Fit: Service business	80	70
Fit: Agency or studio	70	72
Fit: Trades or contractor	55	40
Fit: Online store	85	85
Why people pick it	14-day trial of the top plan Tickets, help center, and automations in one tool	Flat price per workspace, not per agent Free plan for 2 seats
Where it falls short	Interface feels busy Chat and phone are separate products	Big jump from $95 to $295 for ticketing Extra seats only on Plus
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Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. How we calculate prices

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