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We sell duplicate merging, not helpdesks. That makes this helpdesk comparison as straight as we can make it, because we have no reason to prefer Zendesk over Freshdesk.

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Helpdesk comparison, head to head

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Helpdesk comparison questions

Which helpdesk comparison should I read first?

Start with the two products already on your shortlist, then read the pricing page for each. Feature grids rarely decide anything; price per agent and time to a working setup usually do.

Do any of these helpdesks handle duplicate tickets?

None of them find duplicates for you. Freshdesk merges several tickets in one action and Zendesk suggests merges from the same requester, and that is as far as native support goes.

Whichever you choose

Duplicates come with you. Ticket Merger removes them on Zendesk and Freshdesk, with Freshservice and HubSpot coming soon.

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