Likelihood to Recommend It is well suited for communication with existing customers and prospects. It is less appropriate for people just looking to visit our website to get up to date with the latest team news or those who aren't at a computer.
Read full review Intercom is well suited to tie in a product that is available via the web AND in-app. We currently have it assigned to both, but do not have web functionality for our users, so as a web platform, it's not used as well as it can be. However, I would recommend it to others as an effective all-in-one solution for customer communication.
Read full review Pros Mobile compatibility - AliveChat has a dynamic user interface which makes its popup chat widget display and work perfectly on all devices - mobile and desktop. Thus web visitors get a complete experience no matter the device from which they use in accessing our website. Analytic - AliveChat provides us with a dynamic set of website analytics that helps us in analyzing our progress or decline in a timely manner. With the analytics provided by AliveChat, we are able to monitor the number of visitors on the website at a particular time, the duration of which they have been on the website, the number of times they have been on the website in time past etc. Feature packed - AliveChat is packed with features which makes the job of the customer care agents easier. For instance, with AliveChat it is very easy for an agent to transfer a web visitors chat to another agent that has better answers to the agent's query. We are also able to introduce short survey questions to web visitors, which they respond to before they begin chatting with a customer care rep. Read full review Intercom's ability to centralize customer communication is a game-changer. Intercom's automation features have saved us time and streamlined workflows. Help desk for users. Intercom seamlessly integrates with a variety of other tools and platforms, enhancing its functionality and making it a central part of our tech stack. Read full review Cons There seems to always be required upgrades where you need to spend more money to get a better product. The look and feel continues to change, not necessarily for the bad. Price point has gone up a decent amount recently. Read full review The AI tools should have a make shorter option The research is difficult compared to other platforms such as Zendesk where it is easier to find stuff (accounts, emails, messages...) I know that you could integrate better AI tools! The chatbot is amazing, so I'm just missing more AI tools to increase productivity Read full review Likelihood to Renew We have been and will be continuing our journey with Intercom and nothing too concerning has happened that I have experienced or heard of that has us on the edge yet. If it ever happens it will be something along the lines of "Outgrowing" the use of need of the platform.
Read full review Usability Overall, I find that Intercom has almost every feature on our wishlist. Sometimes, I find the location of admin settings a little bit clunky, but part of that may be that I'm newer to the tool. On the chat visitor side, I find Intercom to be flawless (as I've used it frequently as a chat visitor with other orgs).
Read full review Reliability and Availability always there
Read full review Performance works perfect
Read full review Support Rating Intercom is the premier customer support/engagement model and it definitely has one of the top tier customer support teams as well. I don't think I have ever waited more than 5 minutes to get the information I need or get help with an issue. They are incredible and I aim to model our customer service department after them.
Read full review Online Training Easy to know the learning path
Read full review Implementation Rating The implementation was surprisingly easy but we are having to adapt from our old process to work well with Intercom.
Read full review Alternatives Considered AliveChat really serves a different purpose than other products. Very few products offer the ability to chat through our website, so it compliments our phone, text, and email options very well.
Read full review We prefer to use Intercom for communications in general since we can keep all in one place. However, we were using other features in CZ instead of intercom e.g journeys instead of series for onboarding since the ones created in Intercom didn't have great engagement
Read full review Return on Investment AliveChat has made it easy for us to track the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. As the real-time number of visitors on the website gives us insights into the performance of ongoing campaigns. AliveChat also makes it possible for us to have an idea of where our web visitors are coming from i.e. via the pre-chat survey form for instance. We are able to generate important data like how a web visitor got to know about us, their expectations when visiting our website etc. AliveChat makes it easy for web visitors to get a real-time response to their questions, with a delay of probably a few seconds. Read full review I like how easy it is to spot the user data needed to assist our members. Love how easy it is to link articles on the chat that will help both us and the customers. I like that the sales force or the tickets is already connected on the chat Read full review ScreenShots