Freshdesk
Business Operations Free trial
AuthenticationFree trial
Rate limitRate limits vary by plan; the free plan is documented around 50 requests per minute
Documentation: developers.freshdesk.com ยท Checked Sep 13, 2026
About
Freshdesk is Freshworks' customer support platform with a documented REST API for tickets, contacts, and agents. It offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card, followed by a free plan for basic ticketing. API rate limits scale with the plan.
Details
Free trial. Check the docs for what happens when it ends.
Auth: Free trial
Rate limit: Rate limits vary by plan; the free plan is documented around 50 requests per minute
Verified: 2026-09-13
Best for: support ticketing helpdesk
Setup
- Sign up for the 14-day Freshdesk trial with no card
- Find your API key under Profile Settings
- Note your Freshdesk subdomain for the API base URL
- Authenticate with the API key in the Authorization header
- Call endpoints like /api/v2/tickets to manage support tickets
- Check plan limits before moving beyond the trial
Example
GET https://YOURDOMAIN.freshdesk.com/api/v2/tickets with header Authorization: Basic BASE64(API_KEY:X)Use cases
- Create tickets automatically from error monitoring
- Build a support analytics dashboard
- Sync ticket status with customer records