Maxdesk vs Sortd

Maxdesk is a hosted, web-based help desk and ticketing system for customer support and internal IT. Each workspace receives a support address that turns incoming email into threaded tickets. The ticket view brings conversations, priorities, statuses, assignments, internal notes and attachments together. SLA targets can vary by priority and business hours, with countdowns and breach alerts. No-code rules use triggers, conditions and actions to route, tag, escalate or auto-reply. Its dashboard reports ticket counts, SLA breaches, CSAT, response time, trends and live activity. Custom roles, groups, a permission matrix and ticket-scope controls manage access. The Free plan includes unlimited agents and tickets within fair use, basic SLA policies, templates, a knowledge base and limited active automations. Pro costs $20 a month; Elite costs $99 a month and adds AI capabilities.

Sortd turns Gmail conversations into team workflows where each conversation can have an owner, status, and deadline. Teams can use shared Gmail inboxes such as support@, sales@, orders@, and accounts@ without moving mail to another mailbox. Emails can be organized in board lanes, with custom workflows, statuses, colours, and fields. Available views include Kanban, table, deadline, day-planner, and message views, although Starter is limited to Kanban and Planner. Sortd lists Google Calendar, Google Drive, and Zapier integrations; Zapier can connect to apps including Google Sheets, Typeform, Jotform, HubSpot, and Trello. It also offers iOS and Android apps and a Gmail mobile add-on. Essentials includes AI Smart Status; Business adds AI urgency and sentiment features, content-based assignment, CRM tools, and REST API and MCP access. Business includes priority support. Plans start at $10 a month per user when billed annually, and a 7-day trial is available. There is no free plan.