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Chatbots and conversational AI for support · October 2026 Edition

Tidio vs Freshchat

Zero of fourteen models named Tidio first on the direct prompt; zero named Freshchat. Tidio was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Freshchat by nine and Tidio carries 37 labels and Freshchat 13, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Tidio

accepted challenger

founded 2013. Named in seven categories this edition.

Freshchat

accepted challenger

Named in four categories this edition.

First-choice share14%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.

Negative rate5%0%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.

Rank in category#2#6A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.

Labels3713A count; the two differ.

The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, Tidio reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Intercom Fin AI Agent was named alongside these two in eleven of the fourteen direct answers. Intercom Fin AI Agent vs Tidio · Intercom Fin AI Agent vs Freshchat · Tidio vs Zendesk AI

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the Chatbots and conversational AI for support page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.

TidioFirst choices, of fourteen modelsFreshchat

Direct00

Paraphrase10

Comparative00

Budget-constrained71

Scale-constrained00

Negative002 against Tidio

Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Across every category in the October 2026 Edition, Tidio and Freshchat were named in the same answer thirty-six times, of the 241 answers naming Tidio and the 53 naming Freshchat. In those answers Freshchat took the first choice two times and Tidio eighteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Tidio and Freshchat stood in it.

Model	DirectFR	ComparativeFR	Budget-constrainedFR
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini	FR		FR
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar	FR	FR
Grok 4.1 Fast
Mistral Small	FR
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick	FR
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX		FR
MiniMax M2.5	FR		FR
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B	FR	FR

TidioFR Freshchat

first choice

named as an alternative

argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Tidio on the left and Freshchat on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where Tidio and Freshchat stood in it.

Neither was the first choice, one was named

6 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.

GPT-5.4 miniIntercom Fin AI Agent alternatives: Ada, Freshchat, Freshdesk, Salesforce Service Cloud, Zendesk AI

Perplexity SonarZendesk with Fin alternatives: Ada, Freshchat, Kayako

Mistral SmallDecagon, Zendesk Copilot alternatives: Drift, Freshchat, Talkdesk

Llama 4 MaverickKayako alternatives: Freshchat, Freshdesk, LiveAgent, Tidio

MiniMax M2.5Intercom Fin AI Agent alternatives: Drift, Freshchat

Muse Glimmer 30BDecagon, Intercom Fin AI Agent alternatives: Freshchat, Freshdesk

Neither was named

8 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.

Claude Haiku 4.5Intercom Fin AI Agent, TeamSupport alternatives: Drift AI, Freshdesk

Gemini 3.5 FlashIntercom Fin AI Agent alternatives: Ada, Enjo, Worknet AI, Zendesk AI

Grok 4.1 FastIntercom Fin AI Agent alternatives: Ada, Drift, Zendesk AI

DeepSeek V4 FlashIntercom Fin AI Agent alternatives: Ada, Freshworks Freddy AI Agent, TeamSupport, Zendesk AI

Qwen 3.7 FlashIntercom Fin AI Agent alternatives: Decagon, HubSpot Chatflows, Zendesk AI

Kimi K2Decagon, Intercom Fin AI Agent alternatives: Copilot, Freshworks Freddy AI Agent, Zendesk AI

GLM 4.7 FlashXIntercom Fin AI Agent alternatives: Decagon, Drift, Zendesk AI Copilot

GPT-6 LunaIntercom Fin AI Agent alternatives: Freshdesk, HubSpot Breeze Customer Agent, Zendesk AI Agents

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.

Small business

Tidio leads by thirty-eight points.

Tidio#1 of 11

Freshchat#10 of 11

The full small business standing →

Mid-marketThe figures above

Tidio leads by twelve points.

Tidio#2 of 9

Freshchat#6 of 9

The full mid-market standing →

Enterprise

Level: the same share of first choices.

Tidio#– of 10

Freshchat#– of 10

The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about Tidio

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.

“Users frequently cite "billing issues," lack of responsive support, and feelings that they were "misled" during the sales process.” Qwen 3.7 Flash · negative prompt · hard negative

“Tidio - Offers a free tier with basic chatbot functionality, live chat, and automation. It's user-friendly and doesn't require coding skills.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · budget prompt · first choice

What the models said about Freshchat

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.

“Best overall budget pick for a small support team: Freshdesk/Freshchat” GPT-5.4 mini · budget prompt · first choice

Also compared

Intercom Fin AI Agent vs Tidio Intercom Fin AI Agent vs Freshchat Tidio vs Zendesk AI Tidio vs Freshdesk Tidio vs Ada Zendesk AI vs Freshchat Freshdesk vs Freshchat Ada vs Freshchat All fifteen head-to-head pages and the full support chatbots standing

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.