Best Customer Support Ticketing Systems In 2025

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A great customer support ticketing system is the backbone of any successful service team, transforming chaotic inquiries into streamlined, trackable conversations. Our definitive ranking evaluates the top 35 platforms based on a rigorous six-point criteria: market leadership, depth of features, user satisfaction scores, overall value, pace of innovation, and the quality of their own support. This list is crafted for support managers, IT leaders, and business owners seeking the perfect balance...

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Best 1 Intercom
Intercom

Intercom is a comprehensive conversational relationship platform that redefines live chat by blending messaging, automation, and AI into a u...

8.7
Very Good
2 Help Scout
Help Scout

Help Scout is a customer-centric support platform beloved for its simplicity and elegance, with live chat functionality delivered through it...

8.7
Very Good
3 Salesforce Service Cloud
Salesforce Service Cloud

Salesforce Service Cloud is the enterprise-grade customer service solution within the world's leading CRM platform. Its live chat capabiliti...

8.7
Very Good
4 Gorgias
Gorgias

Gorgias is a help desk built specifically for e-commerce merchants, offering deep native integrations with platforms like Shopify, Magento,...

8.7
Very Good
5 Zendesk Support Suite
Zendesk Support Suite

Zendesk is a market-leading, omnichannel support suite that consolidates email, chat, voice, social, and messaging into a unified agent work...

8.7
Very Good
6 Front
Front

Front is a collaborative inbox that reimagines email and other channels as a team-based workflow tool. It turns shared email accounts (like...

8.7
Very Good
7 Freshservice
Freshservice

Freshservice is Freshworks' IT service management (ITSM) solution, designed specifically for IT and internal employee support. It offers ITI...

8.7
Very Good
8 Freshdesk (Freshchat)
Freshdesk (Freshchat)

Freshdesk, part of Freshworks, offers its live chat solution through Freshchat—a modern, intuitive messaging platform built for today's conv...

8.4
Very Good
9 Crisp
Crisp

Crisp is an all-in-one customer communication platform that bundles live chat, a shared team inbox, chatbots, email marketing, and CRM featu...

8.4
Very Good
10 Kustomer
Kustomer

Kustomer, now part of Meta, is an omnichannel CRM and customer service platform renowned for its unified, timeline-based view of every custo...

8.4
Very Good
11 Zoho Desk
Zoho Desk

Zoho Desk is a context-aware help desk solution part of the extensive Zoho business application suite. It leverages AI (Zia) to provide sent...

8.4
Very Good
12 Groove
Groove

Groove is a straightforward, affordable help desk built for small businesses and startups that find larger platforms overwhelming. It provid...

8.4
Very Good
13 TeamSupport
TeamSupport

TeamSupport is a B2B-focused customer support platform designed for software and technology companies. It goes beyond ticketing with feature...

8.4
Very Good
14 Hiver
Hiver

Hiver is a unique solution that turns Gmail into a powerful collaborative help desk. It layers shared inbox management, assignment, notes, S...

8.4
Very Good
15 HubSpot Service Hub
HubSpot Service Hub

HubSpot Service Hub provides live chat as part of its all-in-one CRM platform, specifically within the free 'Conversations' inbox. This chat...

8.2
Very Good
16 Jira Service Management
Jira Service Management

Jira Service Management (JSM) by Atlassian is an IT service management (ITSM) platform built for both internal IT teams and external custome...

8.2
Very Good
17 HappyFox
HappyFox

HappyFox is a robust help desk software known for its powerful workflow automation and business rule engine. It provides a classic, feature-...

8.2
Very Good
18 LiveAgent
LiveAgent

LiveAgent is an all-in-one customer support platform that packs a dense feature set at a competitive price point. It combines a help desk ti...

8.2
Very Good
19 Deskpro
Deskpro

Deskpro is a highly customizable and API-first help desk platform available as cloud or on-premise software. It consolidates email, chat, ph...

8.2
Very Good
20 BoldDesk
BoldDesk

BoldDesk by Syncfusion is a modern, cloud-native help desk software with a clean interface, automation rules, a knowledge base, and a custom...

8.2
Very Good
21 Re:amaze
Re:amaze

Re:amaze is a modern help desk and live chat platform with a strong focus on e-commerce and direct-to-consumer brands. It combines email, ch...

8.2
Very Good
22 Dixa
Dixa

Dixa is a conversational customer service platform aiming to create lifelong customer relationships. It unifies voice, email, chat, and mess...

8.2
Very Good
23 Agile CRM
Agile CRM

Agile CRM is an affordable all-in-one platform combining sales, marketing, and service automation. It includes contact management, email tra...

7.8
Good
24 Kayako
Kayako

Kayako is an established customer service platform offering a unified inbox for email, live chat, and social messages, coupled with self-ser...

7.8
Good
25 Helpjuice
Helpjuice

Helpjuice is a specialized knowledge base software that excels at deflecting support tickets through powerful self-service. While it include...

7.8
Good
26
VI
Vision Helpdesk

Vision Helpdesk is a flexible platform offering cloud, on-premise, and hybrid deployment options. It supports multi-brand help desks, ITIL-a...

7.8
Good
27 UserVoice
UserVoice

UserVoice is a feedback and support platform that combines help desk ticketing with robust tools for collecting, analyzing, and acting on cu...

7.8
Good
28
SU
SupportBee

SupportBee is a privacy-focused, simple email ticketing system built for small teams. It transforms a shared email inbox into a support queu...

7.8
Good
29 Zammad
Zammad

Zammad is a modern, open-source help desk/ticketing system that can be self-hosted or used as a cloud service. It offers multi-channel suppo...

7.8
Good
30 Nectar Desk
Nectar Desk

Nectar Desk is an omnichannel contact center platform that blends help desk ticketing with integrated VoIP telephony, live chat, email, and...

7.8
Good
31 OneDesk
OneDesk

OneDesk uniquely combines help desk ticketing with project management, requirements management, and roadmapping tools in a single platform....

7.8
Good
32 Jitbit Helpdesk
Jitbit Helpdesk

Jitbit Helpdesk is a long-standing, straightforward ticketing system available as a SaaS or self-hosted application. It focuses on email-bas...

7.8
Good
33 SupportPal
SupportPal

SupportPal is a self-hosted help desk software that emphasizes white-labeling and customization. It offers ticket management via email and w...

7.4
Good
34 UVdesk
UVdesk

UVdesk is an open-source help desk solution with a strong focus on e-commerce integrations, particularly for Magento and Shopify. It provide...

7.4
Good
35 osTicket
osTicket

osTicket is a popular open-source ticketing system that can be downloaded and installed on your own servers for free. It provides a basic bu...

7.2
Good
36 Spiceworks Help Desk
Spiceworks Help Desk

Spiceworks Help Desk is a completely free, ad-supported ticketing system designed primarily for IT support teams. It includes cloud and on-p...

6.8
Fair

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