Alternatives and competitors

Sites like Freshworks

The 20 closest customer service software alternatives to Freshworks, ranked by what they actually offer, and the 16 technologies behind it.

Looking for an alternative to Freshworks? The closest matches are Zendesk, monday.com and Salesforce. We match sites by what they actually offer, from their homepages, Wikidata and a summary by Claude, in any language. Vote on each alternative and leave a short note to help the next person choose.

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01 · Entity

About Freshworks

Freshworks freshworks.com

Wikidata: Customer service software company

Top 10K · #4,695 English 16 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026
Visit Freshworks

Summary by Claude

Freshworks sells cloud-based business software for customer support help desks, IT service management, CRM and sales, and marketing automation, including products such as Freshdesk, Freshservice and Freshsales.

Who it’s for
Small to mid-sized businesses and enterprises
Business model
SaaS subscriptions

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Freshworks’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

similarity × popularity

MedalliaUpworkCM.comIBMOdooBrazeXerotawk.toHubSpotmonday.com

03 · Nearest neighbours

Alternatives to Freshworks

Thumbs up if it’s a real alternative to Freshworks, thumbs down if it isn’t.

Only in English

We can’t read freshworks.com’s homepage (bot protection page), so it’s compared on what Wikidata and Wikipedia say about it.

  1. 01
    monday.com Top 10K English

    The AI Workspace for People & Agents | monday.com

    Get more work done with AI agents that work side by side with your people. Execute, manage, and operate together on one AI Workspace to drive business results.

  2. 02
    HubSpot hubspot.com Top 1K English

    HubSpot | Software & Tools for your Business - Homepage

    HubSpot's customer platform includes all the marketing, sales, customer service, and CRM software you need to grow your business.

  3. 03
    tawk.to Top 10K English

    tawk.to - Free Live Chat Software for Your Website

    One free inbox for all your customer channels. Live chat, ticketing, knowledge base, AI assist, and CRM — all in one place. Trusted by 6M+ businesses.

  4. 04
    Xero xero.com Top 10K English

    Accounting Software for Small Businesses | Xero

    Xero software for small businesses connects you to your bank, accountant, bookkeeper, and other business apps. Start a free trial today.

  5. 05
    Braze braze.com Top 1K English

    Braze Customer Engagement Platform

    Power customer-centric interactions between consumers and brands in real-time.

  6. 06
    Odoo odoo.com Top 1K English

    Open Source ERP and CRM | Odoo

    From ERP to CRM, eCommerce and CMS. Download Odoo or use it in the cloud. Grow Your Business.

  7. 07
    IBM ibm.com Top 1K English

    IBM

    For more than a century, IBM has been a global technology innovator, leading advances in AI, automation and hybrid cloud solutions that help businesses grow.

  8. 08
    squareup.com Top 10K English

    Power your entire business | Square

    Sell anywhere. Diversify revenue streams. Streamline operations. Manage your staff. Get paid faster. Sign up for Square today.

  9. 09
    CM.com cm.com Top 1K English

    One platform for every customer interaction | CM.com

    Behind every customer moment is a conversation that just works. CM.com connects messaging, marketing, service and payments on one shared context.

  10. 10
    Bazaarvoice bazaarvoice.com Top 10K English

    Bazaarvoice | The UGC Platform for Authentic Shopper Experiences

    The leading UGC platform for authentic ratings, reviews, visual UGC, and review syndication that powers discovery, shopper trust, and higher ecommerce conversion.

  11. 11
    Upwork upwork.com Top 10K English

    American freelancing platform

  12. 12
    Medallia medallia.com Top 10K English

    Experience Management Software Platform – Medallia – Experience Management Software

    Medallia's software platform provides keen insights to improve customer experience, contact center experience, employee experience and digital experience.

  13. 13
    Smartsheet smartsheet.com Top 10K English

    The Execution Hub for Enterprise Work | Smartsheet

    Smartsheet is the Execution Hub where people and AI get work done together, with the governance and visibility enterprises need.

  14. 14
    vtex.com Top 10K English

    The AI-Native commerce suite of choice for bold CIOs and CEOs

    Modernize your stack and drive operational results with an AI-Native unified commerce solution.

  15. 15
    SurveyMonkey surveymonkey.com Top 1K English

    SurveyMonkey: The World’s Most Popular Survey Platform

    Easily create surveys and forms with AI and templates for employee and customer feedback, market research, event registrations and more. Get started free.

  16. 16
    Coveo coveo.com Top 10K English

    Coveo: AI-Search for Enterprises: The AI Relevance™ Platform

    Generative search & relevant recommendations. The leading platform for GenAI, AI agents, commerce, customer service, workplace & website experiences.

  17. 17
    Sprout Social sproutsocial.com Top 10K English

    Sprout Social: Social Media Management Tool

    Maximize your social ROI with Sprout Social, trusted by 30k+ brands. Power everything from publishing and engagement to analytics and influencer marketing. Try 30 days free.

  18. 18
    Slack slack.com Top 1K English

    Slack | AI Work Platform & Productivity Tools

    Boost productivity and save time with Slack‌ — ‌the AI work platform for managing projects, automating workflows, and connecting teams securely. Start working smarter today.

  19. 19
    Sprinklr sprinklr.com Top 10K English

    Sprinklr: The Definitive AI-Native Customer Experience Platform

    Unify customer journeys with Sprinklr’s AI-native platform. Connect every touchpoint, empower teams, and elevate conversations to earn lasting loyalty.

  20. 20
    Accenture accenture.com Top 10K English

    Reinvented with Accenture

    Accenture embraces the power of change to create 360° value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities. Learn more.

Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to freshworks.com’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Freshworks uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Freshworks is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.

Built with

Marketing automation
  • HubSpot TXT include:48900367.spf03.hubspotemail.net
  • Marketo TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:sendgrid.net include:_spf.sale…
Payments
  • Stripe TXT stripe-verification=EBC843C010CA18703F390BE6DD2733A9CB4C17921B2332D73…
CDN
Email hosting
Email delivery
  • SendGrid TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:sendgrid.net include:_spf.sale…
DNS hosting
SaaS tools (verified in DNS)
  • Apple Business TXT apple-domain-verification=TEHgoBhaAO1njFUY
  • Atlassian TXT atlassian-domain-verification=W8+vmpAfQzNu5HnckQ0LCfD7aOaq6AjNaMoWrjk…
  • Canva TXT canva-site-verification=d29GqBGpfpoY-JO4i0NNJQ
  • DocuSign TXT docusign=b9ad7836-f509-4f18-88bd-b5f226a4ddc8
  • Google Search Console TXT google-site-verification=_WBKNluhzl3h9gqgoFlh6DKIjGr8d3PewUqTCM33OCU
  • Meta Business Suite TXT facebook-domain-verification=2r86y9b1hc6knckok5o2ak09nog77l
  • OpenAI TXT openai-domain-verification=dv-prdAcmuTQ593WiQUHDWExnpY
  • Salesforce TXT v=spf1 include:_spf.google.com include:sendgrid.net include:_spf.sale…
  • Slack TXT slack-domain-verification=UyZ6cKweLc46SAV0qi3qQSlcteL4VwQcttmictgs

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