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Freshservice

App Service · Other software · 11 mentions · 1 subreddit · discussed in r/sysadmin

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Pros

  • FreshService is best bang for your buck i have used. Only takes a couple hours to get the basics down and set it up, but plenty of additional features you can choose to utilize or not over time. Very little ongoing administration require...
  • The onboarding thing though - Freshservice is pretty intuitive for end users compared to most, might be worth the demo just to see if your non-IT folks can actually use it without wanting to throw their laptops
  • We switched to Freshservice from Jira and it's way snappier but yeah the automation part is still on us to build out
  • We use Freshservice. It's been great.
  • We've used FreshService for a while now. It's not perfect, but it does the job well enough, and from what I understand is quite affordable.

Cons

  • Not sure about bluetally, but I can tell you to avoid ServiceNow and Freshservice. ... Freshservice? Great if you want ITSM headaches.
  • FreshService does check off a lot of things you mentioned. It does have decent asset management where it can pull the users device information when they raise a ticket but this relies on the fresh service agent being pushed onto end user...
  • FreshService is great if you're looking to keep things simple. If you need complex workflows, pick something else. Sure, it looks nice and works well for the end users, but it's very limited in what it can do and if your org is big (mine...
  • Fresh looks pretty and maybe 'feels' nicer on the UI side, but lacks some of the more advanced capabilities of JSM. Might be a better fit for companies under 500 employees. They tend to develop features rapidly but they might not be full...

Sentiment

7 positive (64%) · 3 mixed (27%) · 1 negative (9%)

Trust + time weighted score: +55% · raw score 55%

What redditors said (10 of 11)

FreshService is best bang for your buck i have used. Only takes a couple hours to get the basics down and set it up, but plenty of additional features you can choose to utilize or not over time. Very little ongoing administration required if you aren't changing things. Reasonably priced and support has always been responsive when we wanted advice on how to do something new.
positive · u/j****b · r/sysadmin · comment · Dec 15, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
The onboarding thing though - Freshservice is pretty intuitive for end users compared to most, might be worth the demo just to see if your non-IT folks can actually use it without wanting to throw their laptops
positive · u/p****a · r/sysadmin · comment · Dec 7, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
We switched to Freshservice from Jira and it's way snappier but yeah the automation part is still on us to build out
positive · u/p****a · r/sysadmin · comment · Dec 7, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
Not sure about bluetally, but I can tell you to avoid ServiceNow and Freshservice. ... Freshservice? Great if you want ITSM headaches.
negative · u/g****3 · r/sysadmin · comment · Nov 14, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
We use Freshservice. It's been great.
positive · u/p****u · r/sysadmin · comment · Aug 5, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
FreshService does check off a lot of things you mentioned. It does have decent asset management where it can pull the users device information when they raise a ticket but this relies on the fresh service agent being pushed onto end user devices and the asset is listed under the last user of the device. Not the greatest for shared devices
mixed · u/s****n · r/sysadmin · comment · Feb 27, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
We've used FreshService for a while now. It's not perfect, but it does the job well enough, and from what I understand is quite affordable.
positive · u/L****r · r/sysadmin · comment · Feb 27, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
FreshService is great if you're looking to keep things simple. If you need complex workflows, pick something else. Sure, it looks nice and works well for the end users, but it's very limited in what it can do and if your org is big (mine is well over 5000) the backend can get very messy.
mixed · u/F****h · r/sysadmin · comment · Jan 23, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
We switched to FreshService 3 years ago and haven't looked back. One of the best decisions we've made.
positive · u/b****2 · r/sysadmin · comment · Jan 23, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗
FreshService is going to do 100% of what you need for 1/10th the price of SNOW.
positive · u/b****2 · r/sysadmin · comment · Jan 23, 2025 · open on Reddit ↗

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