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Pros:

What I liked the most about HelpDesk is that it gives us the convenience of being able to work on our tickets on an organized page, thus saving a lot of time. It's simple and so easy to use.

Cons:

Also we lack of analysis data, we cant know which our selling products receive most tickets.

HelpDesk ratings

Average score

Ease of Use
4.7
Customer Service
4.6
Features
4.3
Value for Money
4.4

Likelihood to recommend

8.6/10

HelpDesk has an overall rating of 4.6 out 5 stars based on 59 user reviews on Capterra.

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Wayne
Wayne
President/CEO in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Retail, Self Employed
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source
Source: GetApp

The best HelpDesk for small business website owners

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Customer Support was hard to get a hold of through Shopify App and took over a week to get help and then was told I cannot use my HelpDesk on Shopify I would have to start over with a new account.

Pros:

Features, layout, tags, spam blocking, email signature in outgoing emails, domain verification for outgoing emails so it has our email address

Cons:

You can not integrate with Shopify unless you start a whole new account with a different domain and email then you have to start all over from scratch. Very disappointed as I have an integration with LiveChat but HelpDesk is separate for some reason in Shopify and they are the same company.

Chad
Manager of Member Engagement | Product Owner Internal Systems in US
Consumer Services, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Operations and Admin use with My Secure Advantage Inc. (MSA)

5.0 12 months ago

Comments: We love it. We use HelpDesk, LiveChat, and ChatBot

Pros:

We love the ability to quickly process support and/or member-facing requests through the website or the App.

Cons:

N/A - Support isn't available live since we are on the west coast of the United States and y'all are in Poland. Even though we have to submit tickets, support has been very quick and collaborative

Alan
Consumer Products and Marketing Manager in UK
Information Technology & Services, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Great Live chat for Instant communication

5.0 2 months ago New

Comments: We are happy with the Livechat, it has given our customers a way to ask us immediate questions and us be able to support them in real time vs an email contact system

Pros:

We like the easy integration and ability to show the live chat on the pages we pick, rather than all. Short cuts are a great time saver as we get multiple queries for support so we can send them off

Cons:

We don't have many issues with software, just the people on the other end :)

Lianne
Virtual Assistant in US
Professional Training & Coaching, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Helpdesk

3.0 3 years ago

Comments: We purchased this program to help us with ticket management, as we were handling our customer service tickets through regular email. This system does allow us to do that. However, the system is not customizable, and it is very cumbersome and clunky. I would definitely not recommend this system to anyone else.

Pros:

-- Provides an easier way to manage requests that come into our business than through regular email. -- Gives an option for writing internal notes so that agents can make private comments to one another inside tickets for background -- Keeps all our support requests in one location so they are easier to find and manage than regular email

Cons:

-- Templates / emails cannot be customized without knowledge of HTML -- Poor customer service -- we have submitted tickets as well as chatted with CS on issues that required further investigation on their end. They have told us each time they would get back to us, but they never have. If they can't resolve the issue right at that moment, we never hear from them again. -- Our automated responses that we have set up to trigger when someone submits a ticket go our to every agent, every single time someone submits a ticket. Very annoying. The automated responses also become part of the ticket thread, which makes the threads long and cumbersome. We have asked them to please shut this off, and have been told they cannot do that.

LiveChat Software Response

3 years ago

Hi Lianne, Here's Weronika from HelpDesk. Thank you for your honest review. I've read it carefully and would like you to know that it's crucial to make HelpDesk usable and meet your needs. Email templates indeed require HTML knowledge, but luckily you can always use our default template. It's ready to implement and will make your messages look professional. I'm sorry we left your message unanswered. We didn't do this on purpose. Our support heroes do their best 24/7 to answer your doubts. I'll see what happened with your ticket to make sure this never happens again. Now, the issue with automated workflows. They're designed to make your job easier, so I deeply regret that it didn't work out as expected. I'd appreciate knowing exactly how you've set them up so we can make them run in your favor. Email us directly at [email protected] to discuss the matter and reactivate your account for a month for free. I'll do my best to make your experience with HelpDesk enjoyable.

Mantvydas
CEO in Lithuania
Machinery, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

We have what we need, but there is always what to improve

4.0 10 months ago

Comments: Everything is suitable and in the end of the day does the job

Pros:

Great to have a form for customer to fill which was easy to implement in the website and to start gather tickets

Cons:

We needed different inputs to a form and we were unable to create custom inputs or text box to gather more specific information from customer, for example remote software login details or warranty number. Also we lack of analysis data, we cant know which our selling products receive most tickets.

Stephen
I.T. Assistant in US
Religious Institutions, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Very Useful to start a Helpdesk experience

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: Overall Helpdesk has been great for me to begin using a ticket system. Before we where using Helpdesk it was difficult for my team to keep track of which problems were solved and who was responsible for them, but now my agents always know what they are responsible for and they are able to see each ticket though to completion.

Pros:

Helpdesk is very easy to get started with and is extremely affordable compared to other options. It was very easy for me to already use our existing Helpdesk email address and give my agents a way to track their tickets. The software is very easy for my agents to understand and it is great that they can access it online anywhere.

Cons:

I would like to see an option for omnichannel so we can respond to customers in the medium they use to first reach out rather than always have to redirect to our support email.

Chase
Creative Director in US
Automotive, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Great platform for Customer Service

5.0 last year

Comments: We have been able to help a lot more people than before by utilizing this system and have been able to track all issues correctly to help prevent them in the future.

Pros:

Helpdesk is easy to use and straight forward. It includes automations for sending messages where they need to go.

Cons:

Keeping an eye on all things necessary to you can be difficult at first. You have to make sure that filters are setup correctly or you can lose track of some tickets.

Nicholas
Developer / Technical Support in US
Information Technology & Services, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Easy to use!

4.0 3 years ago

Pros:

HelpDesk is very easy to set up and start using. I find it especially helpful for some of our non-technical co-workers, compared to other support software we've used which required some extensive instructions to help onboarding coworkers.

Cons:

Certain actions can only be done using the multiple select checkbox, for example closing a single ticket either requires you to go into the ticket and update the status, or use the multiple select checkbox to close a ticket. The spam filter is also quite annoying, while it does block a lot of spam emails, we've missed quite a few non-spam tickets, resulting in upset clients.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Financial Services, 10,000+ Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

The best program of customer service

5.0 11 months ago

Comments: It is an efficient, helpful, useful and fast program.

Pros:

I used to work for a company that answered 200+ emails a day. This program saved our lives. Number one for working efficiently.

Cons:

There is no such thing, unfortunately. Everything is perfect.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Good

5.0 11 months ago

Pros:

API integrations and Automated workflows.

Cons:

As an admin, I should be able to manage all the tickets without joining the team.

Danielle
Non-Profit Manager in US
Libraries, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

So easy you can't pass it up!

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: It's been a pleasure to use and has made my job so much easier!

Pros:

There is really no learning curve for using this software. From the first day you are ready to go, helping your clients, and getting feedback for your services. They are very receptive to feedback and are constantly improving the software. Love it!

Cons:

I love it!! This software is so easy to use I don't have any complaints.

Rudy
Manager in Switzerland
Broadcast Media, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

mixed bag

4.0 12 months ago

Comments: We definitely use the ticketing every day and it is easy enough to use. Now that the pricing schema has changed, we are much less happy because we have to pay for LiveChat which we only use as user interface on the website and the HelpDesk pricing is slightly too high in our view.

Pros:

The integration was pretty easy, and the reliability is great, we never had one failure in 3+ years of using it. The support team is great and reacts almost immediately.

Cons:

- Lack of a proper mobile app- when used in a mobile browser, almost impossible to use- no plugin for WordPress- we have to use LiveChat as well although we don't want it, as it has a WordPress plugin and HelpDesk does not. So we have to manage two environments.

Javier
CTO in Mexico
Hospital & Health Care, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Easy to use customer service software

5.0 2 years ago

Comments: Our main goal is not to have customer support but we know that's nearly impossible. We integrated the API with our SAAS and users can request customer support in a matter of 2 clicks.

Pros:

It is very easy to integrate with any kind of product. Users in our SAAS can now in a matter of 2 clicks give us feedback or request some customer support.

Cons:

None, I really love how easy was to set up with out SAAS

Abdul
Managing director in UK
Information Technology & Services, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Better than others I've used

4.0 3 years ago

Pros:

I used to use LiveChat ticketing but it wasn't mobile friendly.

Cons:

+ Doesn't have direct integration with ChatBot. + No smileys when replying to tickets.

Harland
Customer Service Manager in US
Sporting Goods, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Helpdesk & Pyzel Surfboards

5.0 11 months ago

Comments: Overall my experience has been fantastic. Helpdesk has helped our employees in different location come together to support customers quickly and easily.

Pros:

From integration to customer support, Helpdesk was in fact the most helpful asset to provide our customers and will continue to be for the foreseeable future.

Cons:

There could always be more customizations on things like widget format and email format, but generally speaking everything is great.

Madde
Underwriter in US
Insurance, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Awesome System!

5.0 3 years ago

Comments: Overall, this feature has been super useful to my business, highly recommend!!

Pros:

This product is so easy to use. I love the ability to assign different messages to different users.

Cons:

I wish that we would be able to receive a notification sound when we received a message on the help desk.

Jacob
Retail in US
Sporting Goods, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Love the App

5.0 10 months ago

Comments: Love it, any down time is now spent generating sales.

Pros:

The simple fact that customers can come and file any questions, comments or updates in a single organized application is huge. No more missed voicemails and missed sales.

Cons:

I wish there was a way to automatically group new tickets that should be part of the same thread. I've noticed out less tech savvy customers will 'reply' to a ticket by creating a new ticket, every time. If there was a way to automatically re-attach the new thread to existing ticket would be amazing.

Richard
Chief Executive Officer in US
Retail, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Better than the rest!

5.0 4 years ago

Comments: We've used Salesforce Service Cloud, Zendesk, Groove and a slew of others. The team at Helpdesk has built a functionally rich solution that doesn't require a degree to understand how to operate. We're able to manage tickets in a clean and visually minimal environment and get information without needing to execute multiple clicks. Definitely recommend this solution for teams of all sizes.

Pros:

Super easy to get up and running and start managing customer support inquiries. The support team at HelpDesk is very attentive in addressing any questions.

Cons:

Tighter integration with LiveChat when we selected the software would have been great, but that has since been rolled out.

Rex
CEO in US
Computer Software, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1-5 months
Reviewer Source

Alternatives Considered:

Superb Product but lacking some features

4.0 4 years ago

Pros:

It's easy to understand and aesthetically pleasing to work in.

Cons:

It lacks some of the more advance features that more mature Helpdesk solutions offer. The integration with their livechat product is weak and essentially worthless.

LiveChat Software Response

4 years ago

Hi Rex, Thank you for your feedback! We do our best to create the best help desk experience for our customers and to constantly improve our product. We want HelpDesk to be simple to learn and use. Some more advanced features would not correlate with delivering our core value. If you don't mind, we will be in touch to collect a few more information regarding LiveChat integration. Cheers, HelpDesk Team

Sifiso
Consultant in South Africa
Consumer Goods, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Best software to use

5.0 5 months ago

Pros:

it makes customer interaction and resolving queries easier.

Cons:

there is nothing bad about the software honestly.

Jason
IT Admin in US
Mining & Metals, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Hekpesk review

5.0 12 months ago

Pros:

Integration and customization are very easy. You can be up and running in no time.

Cons:

Using LiveChat and Helpdesk still feels a little too separated, agents, tags, and canned responses do not carry from one to the other.

Yan Schwitz
IT Manager in Switzerland
Government Relations, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Ease of Helpdesk

5.0 12 months ago

Pros:

Very simple to use and does exactly what we need.

Cons:

It is sometimes difficult to find some old tickets.

Adam
IT support in UK
Legal Services, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

Helpdesk does it All!

5.0 12 months ago

Comments: Helpdesk has been easy, from setup to use. It makes my life easier and everyone how creates tickets lives easier

Pros:

Helpdesk does exactly what it says on the tin, no fuss! it's simple and clean interface makes dealing with tickets a breeze

Cons:

I'd love to be able to merge multiple tickets after merging the first, sometimes we get more than one ticket with the same issue from the same person, being able to merge every ticket from them would be a massive help

Anas
Jeweler in Sweden
Arts & Crafts, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Kronan guld review

5.0 12 months ago

Comments: We got much better service level by using helpdesk.

Pros:

I love the ticketing system and that it feels like a chat with the customer email

Cons:

Nothing I can think of, it does a great job

Kris
Graphic Designer in US
Internet, 51–200 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

Helpful Product

5.0 12 months ago

Comments: I find HelpDesk to be an extremely powerful tool. I have yet to come across a time where I think to myself "HelpDesk should do this..."

Pros:

HelpDesk is a great tool when it comes to ticket management. I love how easily organized the dashboard is.

Cons:

I dont really have any ideas on how to improve the system.