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Deskie vs Front
We compared interfaces, features, and pricing to help you make an informed decision
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Why businesses are switching from Front

According to reviews from Trustpilot, G2, and Capterra
  • High prices
    Expensive for both early-stage startups and growing businesses
  • Locked features
    Many useful features are only available on the highest-tier plans
  • Hidden costs
    Many channels need paid integrations
  • Hard to navigate
    Finding the right settings and options requires too much time
  • Support challenges
    Getting help can require more time and follow-up than expected
  • New non-dismissible features
    Unwanted updates interfere with usual workflow and focus
Depending on your tasks and communication channels, you can choose one of four widget types:
— Knowledge Base → Request;
— All Channels;
— Only Email;
— Only Messengers.

Additionally, User Identification is available as a modal widget that generates a unique code for identifying customers across your systems.
Ability to set widget type
Focus modes
When it comes to the large flow of cases, even companies that have well-organized workflows face agents' overload and burnout.

Focus modes help agents concentrate by showing only their own open cases and active chats. Automatic distribution respects limits you set on open cases and active chats, allowing agents to do their work with quality and peace of mind.

Redistributed cases prioritize customers who have been waiting the longest, improving response times.
Unlimited Free Admin Accounts
Administrator and agent accounts are separate and have independently customizable permissions. The same employee can be added as both an agent and an administrator. If the employee only handles service setup without access to cases — their account administrator is free.

In Front, you must pay for administrator accounts even if they don't need access to cases.
No Feature Restrictions based on Plans
Regardless of the chosen plan, all features are available, meaning you don't need to change your plan to connect a particular channel, set up the required integration, use the API, or use other advanced service capabilities.

Plans differ only in the guaranteed reaction time of our support, limits, and the ability to order paid reworks.
Automatic Paid Period Recalculation
Deskie does not charge you per hour, day, or month. It uses a prepaid period that is recalculated instantly when an agent is added, disabled, or removed.

An agent can be added for half a day or for half a year, and the prepaid period is adjusted immediately upon adding or removing the agent.

This approach is more fair and cost-efficient than monthly or daily charges.
Advanced Rules
Deskie uses a block-based rule structure, allowing you to combine multiple scenarios within a single rule.

By using AND/OR logical operators between blocks, you can automate complex processes without the need to create numerous separate rules, making automation flexible and efficient.
Bulk Actions in Deskie help agents handle up to 50 cases at once: send bulk replies, add notes, assign cases, update priority, schedule reopening, merge cases, edit standard parameters, manage custom fields, use macros, schedule messages and move cases to trash or spam.

This powerful feature saves time and reduces the chance of errors during routine operations.
Advanced Bulk Actions
Cases List View Customization
The cases list is fully customizable, so you can tailor it to your workflow. In the expanded view, all key details are visible — including labels and the latest message preview — along with direct actions from the list.

By clicking the gear icon, you can customize columns and reorder them with drag-and-drop, so the most important information is always front and center.
Unlike Front, conversations from synchronous channels (WhatsApp, Telegram, and other real-time channels) are displayed and handled in a dedicated interface. Asynchronous channels (email, social media comments, and custom async channels) appear in the main cases list.

This logic is used because providing top-notch support requires taking into account the specifics and expectations of customers depending on the type of communication channel.

If for some reason it doesn't suit you, there is an option to handle both synchronous and asynchronous cases through a single interface.
Separation of Sync and Async Communication
Deskie supports multiple channels: Email, Facebook Messenger, Facebook posts, Instagram Direct, Instagram posts, Telegram, WhatsApp, Slack, Mattermost, Microsoft Teams, Line, Zalo, Ideas, Custom channels, Widgets, API, Calls, Online chat, App Store reviews, and Google Play reviews.

Majority of them connect directly to Deskie (via official APIs) and are already included in the price. If a channel implies integration with a third-party service (for example, telephony or WhatsApp), then integration on our side is free, but you have to pay for the third-party service separately.
Multichannel Support
Deskie expands functionality while prioritizing a clear and convenient user experience
What truly sets us apart

Main Features Comparison

The key features that are most important to helpdesk users

Deskie includes all channels on every plan, while Front offers multichannel support only on Professional and higher plans

Deskie
Front

✅ Multichannel Support on all plans.


✅ All channels available on any plan.


✅ No channel limits.


✅ Custom channel connection is available on all plans.

❌ Starter plan supports only a single channel type.


❌ No telephony, messengers, social channels on the Starter plan.


❌ Channel limits depend on your plan and license count.


❌ Custom channel connection is available on the Professional plan or above.

Deskie and Front have different rule structures, which determine their capabilities

Deskie
Front

✅ All functionality is available regardless of the selected plan.


✅ The rule structure allows adding up to 5 blocks (ALL /ANY) with AND/OR operators between them.


✅ Rules for existing cases run every 30 minutes.


✅ ❌ Rules for existing cases can run a certain time after a specific event but don’t allow setting an exact trigger time.


✅ Limits depend on the number of active agents and the plan — min 50.

❌ Automation capabilities depend on your pricing plan.


Rule structure allows you to add multiple blocks with AND operators between them and OR operators within a block.


❌ Delayed rules on Professional and higher plans.


✅ Delayed rules allow you to set an exact time interval after which the rule should run.


❌ Modest fixed limits for plans: Starter – 10 rules, Professional – 20 rules.

Unlike Front, Deskie allows flexible agent access rights regardless of the selected plan

Deskie
Front

✅ Agent access can be configured flexibly, regardless of the chosen plan.


✅ Admins who only handle setup without tickets access are free.


✅ You can add a Light Agent (€10 each) without reply permissions.

❌ Creating custom roles is available only on Enterprise.


❌ You must pay for admin accounts even if they don’t need access to tickets.


✅ Unlimited conversation guests.

In Front, Guests have more limited functionality than Deskie's Light agents

Deskie
Front

✅ Ability to edit all case properties


✅ Light agent has their own account and can see all allowed access


✅ Ability to add private notes


✅ Ability to mention all agents


Ability to forward tickets


Ability to export correspondence, cases/users lists


No permission to create cases/users from the agent account


Ability to edit users properties


Ability to create and edit companies


Ability to edit knowledge base


Ability to set individual access

❌ No ability to edit case properties


❌ The guest must be invited separately to each case


✅ Ability to add сomments


❌ Ability to mention only participants


❌ No ability to forward tickets


No permission to export data


No permission to create cases/users from the agent account


No permission to edit users properties


No permission to create and edit companies


No permission to edit knowledge base


No ability to set individual access

Deskie and Front allow managing your team's availability through agent statuses in real time, independently of working hours

Deskie
Front

✅ Ability to create custom statuses independently of pricing plan.


✅ Ability to restrict agent access to sync/async channels regardless of plan.


✅ Ability to pause new conversation assignments from rules.


✅ Ability to limit daily time spent in statuses.


❌ There is no option to change agent status based on shift.

❌ No ability to create custom agent statuses.


❌ No channel-specific restrictions based on statuses.


✅ Ability to pause new conversation assignments from rules.


❌ There is no option to set up time limits for statuses.


Automatic agent status change based on shift.

Both Deskie (Focus Modes) and Front (load balancing) offer functionality to limit the number of cases assigned to agents

Deskie
Front

Available on all plans.


It's possible to redistribute unassigned cases every 2 minutes.

❌ Available only on the Professional plan or above.


Automatic reassignment of unassigned tickets.

A Help Center is automatically provided when you register with Deskie and Front

Deskie
Front

Help center customization is available on all pricing plans.


❌ One knowledge base per account.


✅ Three-level knowledge base structure.


Ideas Channel in the Help Center.


Custom domain available on all plans.


Multi-language content is available on all plans.

Help center customization is available on all pricing plans.


Multiple knowledge bases for Professional plan or above.


Category nesting levels depend on pricing plans.


Ideas channel is not available.


Custom domain available on the Professional plan or above.


Multi-language content is available only on the Enterprise plan.

Deskie and Front give opportunity to set flexible work hours for your team

Deskie
Front

✅ Separate schedules for groups or individual agents on all plans.


❌ Cannot set separate time zones for each schedule.

❌ The ability to create separate schedules is available only on Professional+.


✅ Every business hours schedule can have its own time zone.

Deskie and Front implement artificial intelligence differently, but their overall capabilities are similar

Deskie
Front

✅ All features available on all plans.


✅ AI is available via integration. Deskie does not charge for it — you pay directly to the AI service provider.


❌ Training the assistant requires developer involvement.

❌ Some features require an add-on.


❌ Native AI features (mostly add-ons). Copilot: 10 free replies per seat/month on Starter and Professional (unlimited +$20/seat/month).


✅ No need to involve developers. Learns automatically.

Full Features Comparison

Deskie and Front have many features useful for helpdesk users. Let’s take a look at the differences.

Features
Deskie
Front
Rules
Automatic case assignment
Ticket reopening
Manage custom fields
Macros
Available on all plans
Available for Professional+ plans
Ticket filters
Webhooks
Available on all plans
Available for Professional+ plans
Parent-child ticketing
Tasks
Notes and mentions
Stopwords in agent responses
Delayed responses
Duplicate reply prevention
Change History
Priority
Prioritizing via tags
Agent signature
Contacts merge
Ticket Export
Available on all plans
Available for Professional+ plans
Bulk actions
Up to 50 tickets
Up to 50 tickets
Bulk reply
Available on all plans
Available for Professional+ plans
Knowledge base
One knowledge base per account
Multiple knowledge bases for Professional+
Private knowledge base
Ideas
One Help Center per account
Multiple Help Centers for Professional+
Help Center customization
CSS customization
Available on all plans
Available for Professional+ plans
Custom domain
Available on all plans
Available for Professional+ plans
Widget
Satisfaction rating
Available on all plans
Available for Professional+ plans
Multiple business hours
Available on all plans
Available for Professional+ plans
Sandbox
SLA
Available on all plans
Available for Professional+ plans
Analytics & Reports
Scheduled report export
Session management
2FA for agents and admins
SSO for users
IP restriction for agents
Available on all plans
Available for Enterprise only
Mobile app
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Pricing Plan

Deskie
per agent per month paid annually
Front
per agent per month paid annually
Basic / Starter
€12
min 2 agents — max 10 agents
$25 (~21)
min 1 agent no upper limit
Standart / Professional
€20
min 5 agents — no upper limit
$65 (~56)
min 1 agent no upper limit
Pro / Enterprise
€32
min 10 agents — no upper limit
$105 (~€90)
min 1 agent no upper limit
How much exactly can you save with Deskie?
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Basic

Minimum 2 agents — Maximum 10 agents

Users: 10
€120
€210
Deskie
€12
Front
€21
Save ~€90 (43%) monthly

Standard

Minimum 5 agents — No upper limit

Users: 100
€2000
€5600
Deskie
€20
Front
€56
Save ~€3600 (64%) monthly

Pro

Minimum 10 agents — No upper limit

Users: 100
€3200
€9000
Deskie
€32
Front
€90
Save ~€5800 (64%) monthly
Other differences that can affect the cost
In addition to plan prices, there are more factors that may change the final cost of the products
Deskie
Front

14-day free trial period


✅ Automatic recalculation of the paid period


✅ Pay-as-you-go service — no cancellation fees


✅ All features included in all pricing plans


✅ Remove agents any time without losing money


✅ Unlimited Light agents — €10 each


No refund for early cancellation

✅ 14-day free trial period


No recalculation of the paid period


Anytime cancellation — no cancellation fees


Not all features are available on all plans


No cost recalculation when removing agents mid-month


Free guests are available on all plans


No refund for early cancellation

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