HappyFox is a popular cloud-based helpdesk app that handles tickets, asset management, knowledge base and live chat (as a paid add on). Like many other help desk solution it comes with "Smart rules" engine, canned responses, realtime reports etc. Can be used not just by support teams, but by HR, Marketing and other departments too.
Zendesk is the most popular help desk app on the market. It offers every possible feature (although some of them come as paid add-ons), but it can also be a downside. Some would describe Zendesk's interface as bloated and it definitely has a significant learning curve for your team. Zendesk offers a lot of integrations with other apps, so it will undoubtedly integrate in your existing infrastructure very well. It can also get quite pricy for bigger teams. Professional plan is used in the comparison.
HappyFox | Zendesk | Jitbit | |
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Popular cloud based support app | The most popular help desk app out there | Help Desk Software built for email. Trusted by thousands of companies across 50 + countries. | |
Pricing: 3 years / 5 agents |
$5400
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$8820
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$3897
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Pricing: 3 years / 10 agents |
$10800
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$17640
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$8367
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Active Directory |
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Only via ADFS/SAML
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Active Directory authentication is possible if you install a special script on your server
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Integration via a script for your server or ADFS and SAML
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Activity Dashboard |
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Realtime dashboards
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You can put data from some reports into your dashboard
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Live overview dashboard
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Asset Management |
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Yes, software and hardware assets
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❌ |
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A complete asset management module tightly integrated into the rest of the app
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Canned Responses |
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Canned actions for frequent replies
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Macros allow you to respond to tickets with a pre-written message.
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You can also assign canned responses to specific ticket categories if you need to
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Community Forums |
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Forum included with higher plans
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Ideas Forum comes out of the box
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Custom Fields |
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Custom ticket text-fields for managing additional data
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You can add custom fields and use them with other features such as automation, macros, etc.
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Many custom field types, including dependant fields. Various privacy options.
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Custom Statuses |
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Additional ticket statuses
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❌ |
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Add custom statuses, customize how your customers see them and assign different colors to them
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Customer satisfaction survey |
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Rating survey only on 'Enterprise' plan and higher
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Only on Professional plan or higher
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Optional CSATs in email notifications and a report
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Design Customization |
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Customizable customer-facing support portal only
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You can customize the public-facing pages, but not what your employees see
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Unlimited customization options. Change colors with a live preview, add custom CSS and JS
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Email Notification Templates |
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Customizable templates on all plans
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You can fully customize most email templates for notifications that your customers get
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You are able to completely change a template for any notification type
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Escalation |
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Yes, manual and automatic
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Possible to escalate tickets with workflow automation features
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Possible to set up various escalation scenarios via automation
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Exchange Integration | ❌ | ❌ |
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Native EWS support instead of IMAP. oAuth support for Office 365
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Import and Export |
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Export tickets only, import users only
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Starting with Professional plan you can export your tickets to an XML file. Import only possible via API.
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Import and Export tickets via CSV files
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Internationalization |
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Multilingual
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UI is not translatable. You can provide content, such as Knowledge Base articles in multiple languages on Professional plan
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Available in 16 different languages
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ITIL Compliance | ❌ |
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Claims to be designed with ITIL principles in mind
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Support for most ITIL processes
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Knowledge Base |
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Full self-service portal with FAQ
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Basic version comes with Professional plan. Full version is only available as a separate add-on
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Customizable Knowledge Base optimized for search engines
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Live Chat |
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Separate sub-product
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❌ |
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A free live chat component in the web widget
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Mobile Apps |
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iOS and Android
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Offers apps for iOS and Android
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iOS and Android
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Multi-channel support |
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Email, chat, social media + API
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A lot of support channels are built-in in the app: email, Twitter, Facebook, etc.
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Possible to add unlimited channels via integrations and API
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On-premise Version | ❌ | ❌ |
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A full on-premises version that runs on Windows Server
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Reports and Analytics |
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Yes, reports and exports
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Reports are only available on Professional plan or higher
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13 reports with an ability to build your own and to export everything to Excel
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REST API |
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Present
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Fully featured API on all plans
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API covers all the app features
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Single-Sign-On |
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SAML
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Most standard SSO options are available
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SAML, Google login, Windows-integrated etc.
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SLA Management |
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SLA groups and evaluation
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SLA features are natively supported in the app
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Full SLA automation via actions/triggers
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Support Widget |
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Ticket creation forms for websites
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Web widget and Mobile SDK
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Two different versions of a web widget
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Third-party Integrations |
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Impressive catalog of apps supported
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Hundreds of integrations with all popular apps
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30 native integrations and 500 more via Zapier
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Ticket Collaboration |
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Real-time agent collision detection (on 'Enterprise' plan and higher)
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✔️
Light agents, side conversations and CCs and followers
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See when other techs are viewing tickets in real-time, assign multiple people to a ticket
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Workflow Automation |
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Smart rules for workflow automation
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Powerful engine that allows you to automate any business process
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Automation Rules are very powerful and can go beyond simple if-this-then-that logic
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Looking for help desk software? Check out Jitbit. We offer a fully-featured app at a very affordable price. It comes with all the must have features like knowledge base, two-way email integration (including native Exchange and Office 365 support), automation, hundreds of integrations with third-party apps and much more. Available both as a hosted "SaaS" version and an on-premises version you can install on your own server.
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