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Self-hosted alternatives to Zoho Desk

Zoho Desk is a cloud help desk from Zoho for managing customer support tickets across channels. One listed app does its main job and runs in your own Cloudflare account.

Each answer comes from the app’s README and source code, compared with the features Zoho Desk describes on its own site.

  • ResolveHQ three-pane inbox with ticket queues, an open ticket thread and an internal note

    Email helpdesk for support teams of one to fifteen people who have outgrown group email

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Zoho Desk features, app by app

FeatureResolveHQ
Multichannel ticket inboxPartly
SLA management with escalationsPartly
Workflow automation rulesPartly
Knowledge base and help centerYes
Shared ownership and internal notesYes
Built-in reports and dashboardsPartly

Email helpdesk for support teams of one to fifteen people who have outgrown group email

What a Zoho Desk user would miss
Phone, chat and social channels, skill-based routing, multi-stage process flows and a custom report builder.
What it adds
Data stays in your Cloudflare D1 and R2; signed webhooks and an MCP server.
  • Partly Multichannel ticket inbox. Email only through Email Routing; agents can also create tickets by hand or API.
  • Partly SLA management with escalations. First-reply and resolution targets per priority with working hours, Overdue queue and missed-target alerts; no escalation levels.
  • Partly Workflow automation rules. Rules set priority, status, one assignee or a tag; no time-based rules.
  • Yes Knowledge base and help center. Public help center from published articles in categories.
  • Yes Shared ownership and internal notes. Internal notes, assignment, roles and in-app notifications.
  • Partly Built-in reports and dashboards. Volume and response time reports with CSV export and a dashboard; no custom report builder.

Sources:github.com/mirza-rizvi/resolvehq/blob/dev/README.md