Overview
Freshservice is the IT service management product of Freshworks Inc., a Nasdaq-listed company that reports to the SEC from San Mateo, California[5]. Freshworks recorded revenue of US$838.8 million in 2025, up from US$720.4 million in 2024; the figure covers all its products, including the Freshdesk customer support line[5].
Freshservice is sold in four tiers that map closely to the ITIL process set. Starter covers incident, knowledge and task management with a support portal; Growth adds a service catalog, SLA management, on-call management and cloud management; Pro adds problem, change, major incident, release and workload management plus employee journeys; Enterprise adds a sandbox, audit logs and Freddy AI Agent and Insights[4]. This structure lets a team begin with ticketing and add formal change and problem processes later without migrating.
Freddy AI, Freshworks’ AI layer, is included in Enterprise, while Freddy AI Copilot is an add-on at US$29 per agent per month on Pro[4]. The trade-off is that change and problem management, which many organisations consider core ITSM, sit only in the US$99 Pro tier and above, and the most useful AI features carry extra cost below Enterprise.
Freshdesk features
- Incident, knowledge and task management in every tier
- Service catalog and SLA management from Growth
- On-call and cloud management
- Problem, change, release and major incident management on Pro
- Sandbox and audit logs on Enterprise
- Freddy AI Copilot add-on
- CMDB linked to service desk
- Device42 discovery and dependency mapping
Freshdesk pricing
Starter US$19, Growth US$49 and Pro US$99 per agent per month, billed annually; Enterprise is quote-based. Freddy AI Copilot is US$29 per agent per month on Pro. A 14-day free trial gives unrestricted access to all features.
Freshdesk strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Published per-agent prices
- Clear upgrade path from ticketing to full ITIL
- 14-day trial with all features
- Quick to configure compared with enterprise suites
- All three tiers have a published price
- AI agent sessions included in every paid plan
Limitations
- Change and problem management only from Pro (US$99)
- AI Copilot is a paid add-on below Enterprise
- Monthly-billing prices not shown on the pricing page
- Less suited to very large, heavily customised estates
- No free plan listed on the 2026 pricing page
- Monthly-billing prices are not shown on the main pricing table
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