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Chatbots and conversational AI for support · October 2026 Edition

Tidio vs Freshdesk

Zero of fourteen models named Tidio first on the direct prompt; zero named Freshdesk. Tidio was named by fourteen of the fourteen models and Freshdesk by eleven and Tidio carries 37 labels and Freshdesk 18, so the shares are not directly comparable.

Tidio

accepted challenger

founded 2013. Named in seven categories this edition.

Freshdesk

accepted challenger

By Freshworks, San Mateo. Named in ten categories this edition.

First-choice share14%4%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#4A position in a field of 9; printed, not drawn.
Labels3718A 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 Freshdesk · 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 modelsFreshdesk
Direct00
Paraphrase11
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 Freshdesk were named in the same answer thirty-nine times, of the 241 answers naming Tidio and the 303 naming Freshdesk. In those answers Freshdesk took the first choice five times and Tidio eleven.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where Tidio and Freshdesk stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
Tidio Freshdesk first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, Tidio on the left and Freshdesk on the right.

The direct prompt

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

Neither was the first choice, one was named

5 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Intercom Fin AI Agent, TeamSupport alternatives: Drift AI, Freshdesk
GPT-5.4 miniIntercom Fin AI Agent alternatives: Ada, Freshchat, Freshdesk, Salesforce Service Cloud, Zendesk AI
Llama 4 MaverickKayako alternatives: Freshchat, Freshdesk, LiveAgent, Tidio
GPT-6 LunaIntercom Fin AI Agent alternatives: Freshdesk, HubSpot Breeze Customer Agent, Zendesk AI Agents
Muse Glimmer 30BDecagon, Intercom Fin AI Agent alternatives: Freshchat, Freshdesk

Neither was named

9 of 14 modelsThe answer made no first choice from these two in this category.
Gemini 3.5 FlashIntercom Fin AI Agent alternatives: Ada, Enjo, Worknet AI, Zendesk AI
Perplexity SonarZendesk with Fin alternatives: Ada, Freshchat, Kayako
Grok 4.20Intercom Fin AI Agent alternatives: Ada, Drift, Zendesk AI
Mistral SmallDecagon, Zendesk Copilot alternatives: Drift, Freshchat, Talkdesk
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
MiniMax M2.5Intercom Fin AI Agent alternatives: Drift, Freshchat

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-five points.
Tidio38%#1 of 11
Freshdesk4%#4 of 11
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
Tidio leads by eleven points.
Tidio14%#2 of 9
Freshdesk4%#4 of 9
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
Level: the same share of first choices.
Tidio0%#– of 10
Freshdesk0%#– 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 Freshdesk

No label in this category carried a quote.

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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.