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Intercom

Intercom

Founded by Eoghan McCabe in 2011

Manage customer support conversations across multiple channels using automated bots and shared team inboxes

Pricing model

Free Trial

Rating

★ Excellent

Time to value

1 to 2 hours

You can use Intercom to manage customer conversations across email, chat, phone, and social channels from a unified inbox. It provides an automated bot named Fin that answers common user questions using your help center documentation. Human agents can collaborate on shared tickets, view customer interaction history, and get draft suggestions while typing. You can also send targeted in-app messages to guide new users, announce product updates, and proactively share tutorials based on specific user actions or account attributes.

What Intercom does

Assign incoming customer tickets to specific support agents or departmentsTrain an automated agent on company help center articles and policiesTest customer support conversation scenarios using automated simulationsSend targeted in-app announcements to users based on their activityDraft email and chat replies to customers using automated suggestionsTrack resolution rates and customer satisfaction scores across support channelsCreate shared tracker tickets to report software bugs to product engineersShared inbox managing tickets from email, chat, phone, and social channelsAutomated support agent that resolves queries using help center documentsConversation simulations to test automated bot replies before going liveDraft assistance and reply suggestions for human support agentsProactive in-app messaging for user onboarding, tours, and announcementsShared internal tickets to align support teams with engineering and back-office staffCentralized knowledge hub for publishing customer-facing help articles

Pricing breakdown

Pricing model: Free trial

PlanList price
Essential (per seat) (annual billing)$29 / mo, billed annually
Advanced (per seat) (annual billing)$85 / mo, billed annually
Expert (per seat) (annual billing)$132 / mo, billed annually
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