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osTicket vs Faveo Helpdesk: catalog facts
osTicketFaveo Helpdesk
Free

Free to download and self-host; a separate paid hosted version is offered.

Free

The community edition is free to download and run on your own server.

Web, Self-hosted Web, Self-hosted
  • Mature and widely used
  • Self-hosted, keeping ticket data in house
  • Self-hosted, so ticket data stays on your own server
  • Built on Laravel, a widely known PHP framework
  • You install, update and secure the server yourself
  • Website promotes a separate paid hosted product
  • Requires a PHP web server and database to set up and maintain
  • Little documentation visible on the repository page
Self-hosted Self-hosted
Open source Open source
License not stated License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline Not stated if it works offline

Checked September 23, 2026

Checked September 23, 2026

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