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Help Scout vs osTicket

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Customer Support

Help Scout

Help Scout scales like any other help desk, but the customer experience is personalized like a normal email.

4.4348 reviews
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Customer Support

osTicket

osTicket is a widely-used open source support ticket system.

4.4840 reviews

At a glance

Pricing model

paid

free

Starting price

See website

See website

Rating

4.4 / 5

4.4 / 5

Category

Customer Support

Customer Support

Features

Scalable customer support

Personalized email-like experience

Clutter-free interface

Best in-class reporting

Integrated knowledge base

Tons of integrations

Robust API

iPhone app support

Support for teams of all sizes

No clunky ticket portal required

osTicket

Helpdesk Ticketing

Integrations

Best for

Providing customer support for small teams

Managing customer support for large organizations

Supporting customers on the go through mobile apps

Maintaining focus on customers with a clutter-free interface

Integrating with existing tools and workflows

Tracking support metrics with excellent reporting

OsTicket workflows

Helpdesk Ticketing workflows

Dockerized workflows

Help Scout pricing

Standard

See website

  • Scalable customer support
  • Personalized email-like experience
  • Clutter-free interface
  • Best in-class reporting

osTicket pricing

Standard

See website

  • osTicket
  • Helpdesk Ticketing
  • Dockerized