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Categories/Help Desk & Support/Help Scout
Help Scout

Help Scout

Founded by Nick Francis in 2011

Manage customer conversations across email, chat, and social channels with automated responses

Pricing model

Free Tier, Paid

Rating

★ People love it

Time to value

Quick Setup (< 1 hour)

You can use Help Scout to manage customer conversations across email, live chat, SMS, and social media from a shared inbox. It lets your team assign tickets automatically, route inquiries, and collaborate on responses without stepping on each other's toes. You can deploy automated bots to answer routine customer questions, generate response drafts with AI, and summarize past conversations. The reporting features let you monitor team productivity, spot customer friction early, and maintain service quality standards across your organization.

What Help Scout does

Assign incoming customer tickets to specific team membersGenerate automated response drafts using AI suggestionsTrack team resolution times and customer satisfaction ratingsResolve common customer questions using automated agentsOrganize and tag conversations to track product issuesEscalate complex support threads across internal departmentsShared inbox consolidating email, SMS, social messages, and live chatAutomated conversation routing and assignment workflowsCompass AI agent that answers routine customer inquiries directlyCopilot assistant for generating drafts and triage suggestionsSignal reporting to identify emerging issues and customer friction earlyCollision detection to prevent teammates from drafting duplicate repliesHIPAA and SOC 2 Type II compliance for customer data security

Pricing breakdown

Pricing model: Free tier, Paid

PlanList price
FreeFree
Standard (per user) (annual billing)$25 / mo, billed annually
Plus (per user) (annual billing)$45 / mo, billed annually
Pro (per user) (annual billing)$75 / mo, billed annually
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