Freshservice vs HaloITSM

Freshservice is an IT management service for employee service and IT operations. Its service desk covers incident, change and problem management, service catalogs, knowledge management and SLA policies. IT asset management includes asset lifecycle management, discovery across on-premises, cloud and hybrid environments, and a continuously updated CMDB. Operations features include alert and on-call management, major incident management, service health monitoring and a status page. Freddy AI includes an agent studio, a copilot for drafting responses and summarizing tickets, and insights for identifying trends. Freshworks Marketplace lists more than 1,000 integrations, including Microsoft Teams, Slack, TeamViewer, Jira and Azure AD. Freshservice offers web access, iOS and Android apps, and RESTful API access; API rate limits vary by plan from 100 to 500 calls per minute. Freshworks states that data is encrypted at rest with AES 256-bit encryption and in transit with HTTPS and TLS 1.2. GDPR and SOC 2 are listed across the four plans. Annual billing starts at $19 a month, and a 14-day trial is offered without a credit card.

HaloITSM is IT service management software for handling incidents, service requests, changes, problems, assets, and reporting. Teams can capture incidents through multiple channels, route them, track SLAs and OLAs, and manage major incidents in a dedicated console. The service catalogue supports forms, approvals, tasks, automation, and portal request tracking. Change management covers approvals, CAB reviews, risk checks, calendars, implementation plans, and rollback steps. Halo brings assets, configuration items, services, and users into a related view, with discovery and integrations for updating data. Reporting includes 1,000+ out-of-the-box reports and a no-code query builder. The platform is API-centric and offers web, iOS, Android, self-hosted, and API options. HaloITSM costs £66 a month per agent, billed annually, with all features included; end users and portal customers are free. An onboarding package is required at a bespoke cost. A 30-day trial includes all features and modules without requiring a credit card. Halo is a UK-based company founded and based in Suffolk.