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Pricing: Free trial
Editor rating: 4.0/5
Updated: September 2026

Help desk ticketing with SLAs, automations and a knowledge base. Growth $19, Pro $55, Enterprise $89 per agent/month billed annually; Freddy AI Copilot $29 per agent/month. Free trial.

Editor's take: Mature ticketing at $19 per agent on annual billing; the AI features are metered add-ons — Sohail Akhtar

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Editor's Verdict

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Freshdesk is the ticketing pick: $19 per agent on annual billing for a mature help desk. Count the AI add-ons before comparing it with Intercom.
4.0 / 5.0
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Reviewed by Sohail Akhtar

Lead Editor & Founder

Pros

What we like

  • Cheap per agent on annual billing
  • Deep ticketing and SLA tooling
  • Day passes are a rare, useful idea

Cons

Limitations

  • AI is sold separately and metered
  • Chat and messaging live in the separate Freshchat product
  • Monthly billing costs about 20% more

Pricing

PlanDetails
TrialFree trial; no free plan readable on the pricing page
GrowthGrowth – $19 per agent/month billed annually (listed on 14 September 2026) – ticketing, automations, knowledge base
ProPro – $55 per agent/month billed annually (listed on 14 September 2026) – custom roles, round-robin, multiple SLAs
EnterpriseEnterprise – $89 per agent/month billed annually (listed on 14 September 2026) – sandbox, audit logs, IP allow-listing
AddonsFreddy AI Copilot $29/agent/month; AI Agent sessions $49 per 100; day passes $2–$12; connector tasks $80 per 5,000 (listed on 14 September 2026)

Freshdesk is a paid help desk with a free trial. Its pricing page listed Growth at $19 per agent/month, Pro at $55 per agent/month and Enterprise at $89 per agent/month, all billed annually, on 14 September 2026, with annual billing stated as 20% cheaper than monthly. Add-ons listed: Freddy AI Copilot $29 per agent/month; additional AI Agent sessions $49 per 100; day passes $2, $7 or $12 per pass by tier; connector app tasks $80 per 5,000; MCP actions $15 per 1,000. No free plan was readable on the page.

What is Freshdesk?

Quick Summary

Freshdesk is the ticketing workhorse: email and web tickets, SLAs, automations, a knowledge base and a marketplace of integrations, priced per agent. Its pricing page on 14 September 2026 listed Growth at $19, Pro at $55 and Enterprise at $89 per agent per month billed annually, with Freddy AI Copilot at $29 per agent per month and AI agent sessions sold in blocks.

Freshdesk converts email, web forms and portal requests into tickets with routing, SLAs, canned responses, automations and a customer-facing knowledge base, and adds collision detection, custom roles and multi-product support on higher tiers. On 14 September 2026 its pricing page listed Growth at $19 per agent per month billed annually, Pro at $55 and Enterprise at $89, with a 20% saving on annual over monthly billing stated. AI is metered: Freddy AI Copilot was $29 per agent per month, additional AI Agent sessions $49 per 100, day passes for occasional agents $2, $7 and $12 by tier, and connector app tasks $80 per 5,000. No free plan was readable on the page; a free trial is offered. Explore this category.

Associated Tags

help desk software, ticketing system, customer support software, sla management, intercom alternative

Key Features

Email, web and portal ticketing with SLAs
Automations and routing rules
Knowledge base and customer portal
Freddy AI Copilot and AI agent (metered)
Day passes for occasional agents
Marketplace of integrations

Target Audience

Who should use Freshdesk?

Teams whose support is mostly email ticketsCompanies that want a mature, well-integrated help deskBudgets that need a predictable per-agent price
Real Use Cases

How professionals leverage Freshdesk – Help Desk and Ticketing with AI Agents, from $19 per Agent

Discover practical workflows and real-world scenarios where Freshdesk delivers key solutions.

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A support team of eight runs email tickets with SLAs on Growth for $152 a month

02

A seasonal retailer adds day-pass agents in December without new seats

03

An enterprise tests automations in a sandbox before deploying

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much does Freshdesk cost?
Growth $19, Pro $55 and Enterprise $89 per agent per month billed annually, as listed on 14 September 2026. Monthly billing was stated as about 20% more. Freddy AI Copilot was $29 per agent per month extra.
Does Freshdesk have a free plan?
None was readable on its pricing page on the day we checked; a free trial is offered. Freshchat, its sibling chat product, listed a free plan for up to 10 agents.
Does Freshdesk include live chat?
Chat and messaging are sold as Freshchat, a separate Freshworks product with its own pricing.