CX & Support
Considering adding either Gorgias or Freshchat to your ecommerce brand's tech stack? Customer support and delivering an exceptional customer experience are critical for success in ecommerce. The right tool for your brand's specific use cases can help you personalize your customer experiences, drive higher retention rates and deliver a better customer experience. Read our comparison below between Gorgias and Freshchat to see which one is right for your ecommerce brand.
Gorgias centralizes all your support tickets in one place and enriches them with lots of extra context about a buyer's profile. Through Gorgias, you can connect directly to your eCommerce store and edit orders, modify subscriptions, and refund payments without leaving your helpdesk.
Freshchat is a messaging app for sales, support and customer engagement. Freshchat's most loved features include the FAQ section, the canned response solutions, and the messaging integrations with tools like Whatsapp, iMessage, Facebook Messenger.
- Gorgias provides a centralized helpdesk to manage customer inquiries across multiple ecommerce channels.
- The platform integrates with Shopify and other ecommerce platforms to access customer data and order history.
- Gorgias enables agents to process returns, update shipping, and generate discount codes directly from the helpdesk.
- AI-powered features like automated ticket triage, canned responses, and ticket prioritization boost efficiency.
- Gorgias offers detailed reporting on support metrics, agent performance, and the impact on revenue.
- The platform supports multiple communication channels, including email, chat, and social media, for omnichannel customer service.
- Engage customers in real-time with AI-powered chat on your ecommerce site.
- Customize chat widgets to seamlessly blend with your site’s design and brand.
- Automate responses and support with bots tailored to customer queries.
- Analyze chat interactions for insights on customer behavior and needs.
- Integrate with major ecommerce platforms for a unified customer view.
- Offer proactive chat invitations based on visitor behavior to increase conversions.
Gorgias offers a pricing model that starts at $50 per month for the Basic plan, which includes 300 tickets per month. The pricing scales up as the number of tickets increases, with additional charges of $40 per 100 tickets. Gorgias also offers Pro, Advanced, and Enterprise plans with more features and higher ticket volumes.
Freshchat's pricing starts at $19 per agent per month for the Growth plan. The plans are structured with increasing levels of functionality and user counts, ranging from the $19 per agent per month Growth plan up to the $99 per agent per month Enterprise plan for larger businesses with more advanced customer service needs.
Gorgias offers a range of integrations to help ecommerce merchants streamline their customer service operations. Some of the key integrations include:
- Shopify
- Klaviyo
- Recharge
- Yotpo
- Okendo
- Narvar
- Skio
- Via
Freshchat is designed to streamline customer communications by integrating with a variety of platforms and tools. Notable integrations include:
- Shopify
- WordPress
- Slack
- Salesforce
- Zendesk
- Mailchimp
- Zapier
These highlight D2C brands from our database all currently leverageÂ
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These highlight D2C brands from our database all currently leverageÂ
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