Freshservice vs Sunrise HRCM

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.

Sunrise HRCM brings employee HR cases, queries and requests into a system where HR teams can track progress through resolution and retain an audit trail. Employees can submit cases, check and update them, and search HR information through a mobile-accessible self-service portal. HR teams can publish internal processes and policies in a searchable knowledge hub. A Microsoft Teams chatbot connected to ChatGPT and the organisation’s SharePoint can help employees lodge cases and find answers. Response and resolution targets are calculated using impact, urgency and priority, with settings for operating hours, holidays and pausing the clock. Feedback workflows can assign investigation, approval and remediation tasks. Reports can break down performance by day, week, month or year, and by group or support agent. Access to case data can be limited by user rights. External applications can connect through a REST API; listed integrations include Microsoft Teams, SharePoint, ChatGPT, Power Automate and Power BI. Sunrise offers a free trial by arrangement, but does not state its duration. Pricing is available on request.