Best customer support software for agencies

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Zendesk

Contested

79/100 slot score

83% of answers name it

#2 avg. position

+11 ahead of Freshdesk

Zendesk leads this question with the highest slot score and the broadest model agreement, appearing in 83% of answers at an average position of 2.

Zendesk is the only brand all three models recommended, with ChatGPT and Gemini each mentioning it 4 times and Perplexity picking it up twice. Answers consistently cited its multi-brand architecture and unified agent workspace as the reasons it fits the agency use case better than alternatives. Freshdesk runs close behind at 75% share and an identical average position of 2, making it a credible challenger rather than an afterthought. The slot is still contested, though, meaning Zendesk leads but has not locked this question down, and a well-placed competitor with stronger agency-specific positioning could realistically displace it.

AI-generated analysis of the July 2026 measurements.

The full field

Every brand recommended for this question, from 12 answers across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini.

#	Brand	Slot score	Appears in	Avg. position
1	Zendesk	79	83%	#2
2	Freshdesk	68	75%	#2
3	Zoho Desk	43	58%	#4
4	HubSpot	35	50%	#5
5	HappyFox	35	50%	#5
6	Front	35	42%	#3
7	Help Scout	19	25%	#4
8	Gorgias	17	33%	#7

Slot score is position-weighted, 0 to 100: being recommended first counts far more than a trailing mention. "Appears in" is the share of answers naming the brand at all.

How this was measured

ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini each answered this question in two phrasings, several times each, with live web access and citations: the closest API-reachable version of the real assistant experience (no personalization or account memory, which no vendor can provide). Model-memory answers (no web) are measured separately and shown above as a comparison surface. A brand counts once per answer that recommends it. The exact questions:

• "What's the best customer support software for a marketing agency managing many clients?"
• "We're a marketing agency juggling a dozen client accounts at once. Which customer support software should we use?"

Part of the Customer Support ranking. Method details on the methodology page. Rankings reflect measured AI answers, not paid placement.

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