When asked for the best help desk software, 6 AI assistants named 6 brands between them this month. Freshdesk was named most often, followed by Help Scout and Zoho Desk. 2 brands were named by every assistant that answered: Freshdesk, Help Scout.
Who named whom
| Brand | ChatGPT | Perplexity | Claude | Grok | DeepSeek | Cohere | Named by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freshdesk | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 of 6 |
| Help Scout | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 6 of 6 |
| Zoho Desk | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | · | 5 of 6 |
| Zendesk | ✓ | · | ✓ | · | ✓ | ✓ | 4 of 6 |
| HubSpot Service Hub | ✓ | · | ✓ | ✓ | · | · | 3 of 6 |
| Jira Service Management | ✓ | · | · | · | ✓ | · | 2 of 6 |
Share of voice
What each assistant said
ChatGPT
Named 6 brands, in this order: Zendesk, Freshdesk, Zoho Desk, Help Scout, Jira Service Management, HubSpot Service Hub.
Choosing the best help desk software for a small business depends on several factors such as budget, specific needs, and the level of complexity you're prepared to handle.
Perplexity
Named 3 brands, in this order: Zoho Desk, Freshdesk, Help Scout.
For a small business, the strongest all-around choice is usually Zoho Desk or Freshdesk; if you want the simplest email-first setup, Help Scout is also a top pick.
Claude
Named 5 brands, in this order: Freshdesk, Zoho Desk, Help Scout, Zendesk, HubSpot Service Hub.
Here are some top options to consider:
Grok
Named 4 brands, in this order: HubSpot Service Hub, Zoho Desk, Freshdesk, Help Scout.
The "best" help desk software for a small business depends on your team size, budget, channels (email, chat, phone), and whether you need strong integrations or a knowledge base.
DeepSeek
Named 5 brands, in this order: Freshdesk, Zendesk, Help Scout, Jira Service Management, Zoho Desk.
"Best" depends heavily on your budget, team size, and whether you need just email ticketing or a full IT help desk (ITSM).
Cohere
Named 3 brands, in this order: Zendesk, Freshdesk, Help Scout.
Choosing the best help desk software for a small business depends on your specific needs, budget, and the features you prioritize.
The questions asked
- What is the best help desk software for a small business?
Asked between 2026-09-26 and 2026-09-26. Not answering this month: Gemini, Mistral.
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Each month we ask every assistant the same plain buyer questions, worded the way a person shopping for this kind of product would ask them, with no brand suggested in the question except where the question itself names the market leader to find alternatives to. Each assistant answers in a fresh session with no earlier conversation, so an answer reflects what the assistant says to anyone who asks, not what it was steered towards.
From each answer we keep the product and company names it recommends. A name counts only when it appears in the answer as a proper name, is not a heading such as "Best for" or "Pricing", and is confirmed by a second assistant naming it too, by a website the answer cites, or by being the market leader named in the question. Share of voice is each brand's share of all brand mentions in the category this month. Assistants that could not answer this month are listed as not answering, never counted as naming nobody.
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