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SIDE-BY-SIDE · 2 OF 3
Two platforms.
Same questions.
Freshdesk Freddy AI
CRM & CONTENT OPERATIONS
PROMPT
Freshworks customers own all support data, customer information, and knowledge base content. Freddy AI processes this for support automation.
OUTPUT
Customers own all AI-generated responses and insights. Freshworks does not assert IP over Freddy outputs.
TRAINING
Freshworks' ToS explicitly grants Freshworks a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free right to process Customer Data solely to the extent necessary to provide, maintain, and improve the Freshworks Technology. The privacy policy separately states that usage data may be used to train algorithms and improve services, and that voice-related features may use content to train speech recognition. No specific AI training opt-out for customer data identified in enterprise ToS; improvement use is part of the standard agreement.
COMMERCIAL
Commercial use is fully permitted as part of the Freshdesk customer support platform.
219 verified findings across the displayed surfaces.
Read AI
MEETING & OPS ASSISTANTS
PROMPT
Users retain full ownership of submitted prompt characters and keywords.
OUTPUT
Outputs are assigned fully to users under standard commercial parameters.
TRAINING
Data is kept secure within tenant spaces. Model training on enterprise work boards is contractually excluded.
COMMERCIAL
Commercial use of all workflow priorities and prioritizations is fully permitted.
245 verified findings across the displayed surfaces.
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AIRIN SUMMARY
Read AI has moderate defaults; Freshdesk Freddy AI carries the most permissive license terms of the set.FOR ENTERPRISE: FRESHDESK FREDDY AI NOT RECOMMENDED · READ AI ENTERPRISE TIER ACCEPTABLE
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⚡ INTERACTIVE RISK COMPARISON HEATMAP
| RISK SURFACE | FRESHDESK FREDDY AI | READ AI |
|---|---|---|
| PPrompt Ownership | ||
| OOutput Ownership | ||
| TModel Training | ||
| CCommercial Use | ||
| DData Privacy | ||
| $Tier Differences |
* Click any cell in the heatmap matrix to scroll directly to its verbatim policy citations below.
📂 Intellectual Property & Model Training
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SURFACE 01
Prompt Ownership
Freshdesk Freddy AI
HIGH⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Freshworks customers own all support data, customer information, and knowledge base content. Freddy AI processes this for support automation.
“By submitting User Content to the Websites, you automatically grant us a royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide right and license to use, publish, reproduce, modify, adapt, edit, translate, create derivative works from, incorporate into other works, distri…”
Users grant Freshworks an extremely broad, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free license to exploit submitted content in any form with no compensation, plus a moral rights waiver. This applies to all user-submitted content on the website.
Read AI
MEDMED
Users retain full ownership of submitted prompt characters and keywords.
“ By sharing or otherwise giving us access to User Content, you represent and warrant that (a) you are the creator and owner of your User Content, or you otherwise have the necessary licenses, rights, consents, and permissions to grant the rights in these Terms and (b) your User C…”
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SURFACE 02
Output Ownership
Freshdesk Freddy AI
MEDHIGH
Customers own all AI-generated responses and insights. Freshworks does not assert IP over Freddy outputs.
“ 5. Intellectual Property Rights. You acknowledge that all text, graphics, photographs, trademarks, logos, icons, user interfaces, sounds, music, videos, artwork, software, and computer code (collectively, “ Content ”), including but not limited to the “look and feel”, layout, de…”
Read AI
HIGHMED
Outputs are assigned fully to users under standard commercial parameters.
“ The following terms apply if you install, access or use our Services on any device that contains the iOS mobile operating system (the " iOS App ") developed by Apple Inc. (" Apple "). Acknowledgement. You acknowledge that these Terms are concluded solely between us, and not wit…”
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SURFACE 03
Model Training
Freshdesk Freddy AI
HIGH⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Freshworks' ToS explicitly grants Freshworks a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free right to process Customer Data solely to the extent necessary to provide, maintain, and improve the Freshworks Technology. The privacy policy separately states that usage data may be used to train algorithms and improve services, and that voice-related features may use content to train speech recognition. No specific AI training opt-out for customer data identified in enterprise ToS; improvement use is part of the standard agreement.
“It is also in our legitimate interests to process Personal Data in this way in order to perform analytics, train our algorithms, improve, enhance, develop, support and operate the Services and its availability, compile statistical reports and record insights into usage patterns,…”
Platform relies on 'legitimate interests' (not consent) to train algorithms and develop ML products using personal data, including potentially hosted customer data. Users may not be aware their data is used for model training.
Read AI
HIGHMED
Data is kept secure within tenant spaces. Model training on enterprise work boards is contractually excluded.
“We also collect information about your activity on our Services, such as access times, pages viewed, links clicked, and the page you visited before navigating to our Services. If you download any of our mobile apps, we may access information you have stored on your mobile device…”
C
SURFACE 04
Commercial Use
Freshdesk Freddy AI
MED⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Commercial use is fully permitted as part of the Freshdesk customer support platform.
“ Except with our express prior written permission or as permitted by applicable laws, you may not copy, distribute, reproduce, mirror, frame, publicly display, publicly perform, translate, create derivative works of, re-publish or transmit the Websites or Content (in whole or in…”
Read AI
MED⚠ CAUTIONMED
Commercial use of all workflow priorities and prioritizations is fully permitted.
“ By making a purchase through the Services (a " Transaction "), you agree to the terms set forth in this Section 6 (the " Terms of Sale "). Eligibility. To complete your purchase, you must have a valid billing and, if applicable, shipping address within a country that can be sel…”
📂 Data Privacy & Governance
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SURFACE 05
Data Privacy
Freshdesk Freddy AI
HIGH⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Enterprise customers covered by separate DPA (https://www.freshworks.com/data-processing-addendum/) providing enhanced data governance. Free trial data deleted after trial end. Enterprise: Customer Data exported or deleted within 14 days of account closure (3-month max retention for operational needs).
“personal data obtained from any third parties we work with in relation to our recruitment activities, including without limitation (and subject to local laws), recruitment agencies, background check providers, credit reference agencies and your referees; and details of your edu…”
Freshworks collects special category data (health, medical conditions) and criminal conviction data from third-party sources including background check and credit reference agencies. This is highly sensitive data subject to stricter legal bases under GDPR Article 9 and Article 10.
Read AI
HIGHMED
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“ Personal Information that we “Share,” “Sell,” or use for “Targeted Advertising” Some of our advertising and analytics activities may constitute “sharing” or “selling” or use of personal information for “targeted advertising” under certain State Privacy Laws. In order to ad…”
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SURFACE 06
Tier Differences
Freshdesk Freddy AI
HIGH⚠ CAUTIONHIGH
Enterprise customers covered by separate DPA (https://www.freshworks.com/data-processing-addendum/) providing enhanced data governance. Free trial data deleted after trial end. Enterprise: Customer Data exported or deleted within 14 days of account closure (3-month max retention for operational needs).
“Upon expiration of Customer’s free trial, Freshworks may immediately suspend Customer’s access to the free trial Services and/or Software. Customer must export Customer Data before the end of the free trial or Customer Data will be permanently deleted. Notwithstanding anything to…”
Free tier users receive materially worse data retention protections than paid users — no export window, no 14-day grace period, immediate permanent deletion.
Read AI
MEDMED
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“In the event that Read AI is unable to charge your account as authorized by you when you enrolled in a Recurring Subscription, Read AI may in its sole discretion (i) bill you for your Services and suspend your access to the Services until payment is received, or (ii) seek to upda…”