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Freshservice vs Verint

Freshservice logo

Freshservice

Customer Support

Modern IT service management

From
$19/month
Rated
-
Verint logo

Verint

Customer Support

Enterprise customer engagement and workforce optimisation, taken private by Thoma Bravo and merged with Calabrio

From
On request
Rated
-

The short version

  • Each has a real cost: Freshservice change, problem and release management require the Pro plan at $99 per agent per month, so core ITIL processes sit two tiers up; Verint thoma Bravo took Verint private in November 2025 and is combining it with the directly competing Calabrio, so buyers signing multi-year agreements now cannot know which of the two overlapping product lines survives as the strategic one.
  • They diverge on capability: Freshservice covers Incident management, Verint covers Workforce management.
  • Prices and features above were last checked on 31 August 2026.

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Freshservice and Verint actually diverge.

Attributes where Freshservice and Verint differ
AttributeFreshserviceVerint
Starting price$19/monthOn request
Pricing modelsubscriptionquote
PlatformsWeb, Ios, AndroidWeb, Windows
Founded2010Unknown

Identical on both: free tier (No), user rating (Not yet rated), category (Customer Support).

What each one covers

Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.

Only in Freshservice

  • Incident management
  • Asset management
  • Change management
  • Knowledge base
  • Automation
  • Reporting
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams

Only in Verint

  • Workforce management
  • Interaction recording
  • Speech and text analytics
  • Quality management
  • CX automation bots
  • Voice of the customer
  • Knowledge management
  • Open platform connectors

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Freshservice

  • IT service management and internal help desk ticketingnot Verint
  • Asset management and change control for IT teamsnot Verint

Verint

  • A retail bank with 4,000 agents that must record and retain every advised sale under regulatory obligation and evidence retention on demandnot Freshservice
  • A government service centre running an inherited Avaya estate that needs modern analytics without replacing the telephonynot Freshservice
  • A multinational insurer forecasting across six sites and three languages where a spreadsheet-based rota has stopped scalingnot Freshservice
  • An enterprise wanting analytics over one hundred per cent of interactions because sampled quality scoring keeps missing the failure modes that generate complaintsnot Freshservice

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Freshservice

  • Change, problem and release management require the Pro plan at $99 per agent per month, so core ITIL processes sit two tiers up
  • Every plan includes only 100 ITAM asset units, with more sold separately regardless of tier
  • Orchestration transactions are metered monthly, from 1,000 on Starter to 20,000 on Enterprise, with extra packs at $250 per 1,000
  • The Freddy AI copilot is a $29 per agent per month add on on top of Pro or Enterprise
  • Sandbox and audit logs are Enterprise only, which carries no published price

Verint

  • Thoma Bravo took Verint private in November 2025 and is combining it with the directly competing Calabrio, so buyers signing multi-year agreements now cannot know which of the two overlapping product lines survives as the strategic one.
  • The catalogue is licensed piece by piece, including individually priced automation bots, so the quoted platform figure is rarely the figure you end up paying once the analytics, recording and bot modules are all in scope.
  • Implementations routinely run six to twelve months and effectively require a partner, which means the first year of a contract is spent paying for software that is not yet delivering.
  • The interface reflects two decades of accumulated enterprise features, and new supervisors need formal training to do things that a mid-market tool exposes in one screen.
  • It is priced and scoped for thousands of agents, so a 300-seat operation gets an enterprise contract, an enterprise implementation and enterprise complexity for a problem a lighter product would solve in weeks.

Pricing, plan by plan

Freshservice

$19/month
  • Starter$19/month
    • Incident management
    • Knowledge base
    • Self-service portal
  • Growth$49/month
    • Asset management
    • Approval workflows
    • SLA management
  • Pro$95/month
    • Problem management
    • Change management
    • Release management
  • Enterprise$119/month
    • Freddy AI
    • Audit logs
    • Custom SSL

Verint

On request
  • Verint Open Platform$undefined/year
    • Workforce management and forecasting
    • Compliance recording and quality management
    • Speech and text analytics

Which should you pick?

Choose Freshservice if

  • You need incident management.
  • You work on Web, Ios, Android.
  • You also want asset management.

Choose Verint if

  • You need workforce management.
  • You work on Web, Windows.
  • You also want interaction recording.

Questions people ask

Is Freshservice or Verint better?
Neither clearly leads. Freshservice starts at $19/month and Verint at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Freshservice or Verint?
Freshservice starts at $19/month and Verint at On request.
Does Freshservice or Verint run on more platforms?
Freshservice runs on Web, Ios, Android. Verint runs on Web, Windows.
What is Freshservice best used for?
Freshservice is most often used for it service management and internal help desk ticketing, asset management and change control for it teams. Of those, it service management and internal help desk ticketing and asset management and change control for it teams are not what Verint is typically brought in for.
What can Freshservice do that Verint cannot?
Freshservice covers Incident management, Asset management, Change management, Knowledge base. Verint covers Workforce management, Interaction recording, Speech and text analytics, Quality management.

Answered from the vendors’ own pages

Freshservice: How much does Freshservice cost?

Freshservice is priced per agent per month on annual billing: Starter at $19, Growth at $49 and Pro at $99. Enterprise is quoted by sales. Freshworks states annual billing is 20% cheaper than monthly.

Source
Verint: Who owns Verint now?

Thoma Bravo, which completed a 2 billion US dollar take-private in November 2025 and is combining Verint with its existing portfolio company Calabrio.

Freshservice: Does Freshservice have a free trial?

Yes. Freshworks states you get free unrestricted access to all features available in Freshservice for 14 days after sign up, plus 3 free Day Passes for occasional agents.

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Verint: Does that affect an existing contract?

Existing contracts continue, but roadmap and product overlap with Calabrio is unresolved. Ask for written commitments on support horizon and migration terms before renewing.

Freshservice: Which Freshservice plan includes change management?

Problem management, change management, major incident management and release management all start on the Pro plan at $99 per agent per month. The Growth plan at $49 covers service catalog, SLA and on-call management.

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Verint: Do I have to replace my telephony?

No. Verint is deliberately platform-agnostic and is commonly deployed over Avaya, Cisco, Genesys and Amazon Connect estates.

Freshservice: How much does Freddy AI cost on Freshservice?

Freddy AI Copilot is an optional add-on at $29 per agent per month on the Pro plan. The Freddy AI Agent in its Classic form is included on the Enterprise plan.

Source
Verint: Is pricing published?

No. Verint sells multi-year enterprise agreements quoted per module and per agent, with professional services costed separately.

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