Salesforce Service Cloud is an enterprise omnichannel customer service platform built on the world's number-one CRM ecosystem, supporting ticketing, knowledge base, field service, and Einstein AI. Service Cloud starts at $25/user/month and suits mid-to-large enterprises with complex processes.
Zendesk is a leading global customer service software, founded in 2007 with headquarters in San Francisco, taken private for USD 10.2 billion in 2022, serving 100,000+ enterprise customers with omnichannel ticketing, AI support, and knowledge base solutions.
Freshdesk is Freshworks' flagship omnichannel help desk platform unifying email, chat, phone, and social media, with a Freddy AI bot that deflects up to 86% of requests, serving 74,000+ businesses.
SupportPal is a UK self-hosted help desk and ticketing system, with its core product launched in 2012 (originally ArcticDesk, renamed in 2016), offering a 30-day free trial so businesses keep customer data on their own servers and meet data sovereignty requirements.
SupportBee is a shared inbox customer support platform founded in 2011 in San Francisco, managing email tickets through a Gmail-like interface with automatic classification, customer profiles and a knowledge base, a lightweight alternative to Zendesk and Help Scout.
osTicket is one of the most widely used open-source ticketing systems, free under GPLv2 and self-hosted, with over 10 million downloads. Its lightweight architecture and mature SLA and knowledge base make it the go-to for budget-conscious teams.
EazyDesk is an India-based help desk and customer support software founded in 2009, offering multi-channel ticketing, live chat, and a knowledge base, with more than 5,000 global customers as of 2020.
Deskpro is an enterprise help desk and ticketing platform launched in 2008 that supports both cloud and on-premise deployment, covering multi-channel ticketing, ITSM/ITIL, and knowledge base for finance, government, and healthcare.
tawk.to is a free live chat and customer support platform founded in 2012 in Nevada, United States, with a permanently free plan supporting unlimited agents and live chat, knowledge base, ticketing, and AI assistance, serving 2,000,000+ users.
Kayako is a help desk platform founded in 2001 in London, UK, unifying email, live chat, phone, and social media into a shared inbox with a built-in knowledge base and CSAT surveys for customer-journey-focused support teams.
HappyFox is a help desk and ticketing platform founded in San Francisco in 2011, with its R&D center in Chennai, India. It offers a unified multi-channel inbox, SLA management, visual workflows, a knowledge base, and community forums, suited to mid-to-large enterprise support teams.
Groove HQ is a simple customer service platform founded in the US in 2014 and designed for small teams, built around email ticketing with a knowledge base and customer profiles. Plans start at about $20/month, go live in minutes, and the platform now focuses on e-commerce customer service under Gorgias.