Aptean CRM vs. Fin by Intercom

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Aptean CRM
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
CDC Software (CDC) and Consona Corporation (Consona), both enterprise application software (EAS) providers of on-premise and cloud technologies to form Aptean in 2012. Onyx supports more than 1,700 mid-market and enterprise customers in approximately 50 countries. While Onyx is largely known for its on-premise horizontal customer relationship management software suite, it also provides industry specific versions for the healthcare, financial services, professional services, contact center, high…N/A
Fin by Intercom
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Fin is Intercom’s AI Agent for customer service, designed to deliver high-quality answers, even for complex queries. It works with any helpdesk, or it can be paired with Intercom’s next-generation Helpdesk to get the full Intercom Customer Service Suite.
$0.99
one-time fee per outcome
Pricing
Aptean CRMFin by Intercom
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Fin with your current helpdesk
$0.99
one-time fee per outcome
Copilot add-on
$35
per month per user
Pro
$99
per month For analysis of 1,000 conversations
Fin with Intercom’s Helpdesk
from $39 + $0.99 per Fin outcome
per month per seat
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Aptean CRMFin by Intercom
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsFin comes with a 90-day money-back guarantee. Here's how it works: Intercom states that users who sign up for the Fin Guarantee Success Program and do not achieve at least a resolution rate of 65% will be paid $1M. This program is designed for high volume customers. Eligibility criteria: High volume customers (over 250k monthly conversions) in North America and Europe. Intercom states that phase one of this program will admit customers on Intercom Helpdesk or Zendesk.
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Community Pulse
Aptean CRMFin by Intercom
Features
Aptean CRMFin by Intercom
Sales Force Automation
Comparison of Sales Force Automation features of Product A and Product B
Aptean CRM
9.2
2 Ratings
16% above category average
Fin by Intercom
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Ratings
Customer data management / contact management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Workflow management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Territory management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Opportunity management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Integration with email client (e.g., Outlook or Gmail)9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Contract management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Quote & order management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Interaction tracking9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Channel / partner relationship management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Customer Service & Support
Comparison of Customer Service & Support features of Product A and Product B
Aptean CRM
9.7
2 Ratings
23% above category average
Fin by Intercom
-
Ratings
Case management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Call center management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Help desk management10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Marketing Automation
Comparison of Marketing Automation features of Product A and Product B
Aptean CRM
9.5
2 Ratings
20% above category average
Fin by Intercom
-
Ratings
Lead management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Email marketing9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Project Management
Comparison of CRM Project Management features of Product A and Product B
Aptean CRM
9.0
2 Ratings
16% above category average
Fin by Intercom
-
Ratings
Task management10.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Billing and invoicing management9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
CRM Reporting & Analytics
Comparison of CRM Reporting & Analytics features of Product A and Product B
Aptean CRM
9.0
2 Ratings
16% above category average
Fin by Intercom
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Forecasting9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Pipeline visualization9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Customizable reports9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Customization
Comparison of Customization features of Product A and Product B
Aptean CRM
9.0
2 Ratings
16% above category average
Fin by Intercom
-
Ratings
Custom fields9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Custom objects9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Scripting environment9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
API for custom integration9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Security
Comparison of Security features of Product A and Product B
Aptean CRM
8.5
2 Ratings
1% above category average
Fin by Intercom
-
Ratings
Single sign-on capability9.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Role-based user permissions8.02 Ratings00 Ratings
Social CRM
Comparison of Social CRM features of Product A and Product B
Aptean CRM
9.5
1 Ratings
24% above category average
Fin by Intercom
-
Ratings
Social data10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Social engagement9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Integrations with 3rd-party Software
Comparison of Integrations with 3rd-party Software features of Product A and Product B
Aptean CRM
9.5
1 Ratings
24% above category average
Fin by Intercom
-
Ratings
Marketing automation10.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Compensation management9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
Platform
Comparison of Platform features of Product A and Product B
Aptean CRM
9.0
1 Ratings
17% above category average
Fin by Intercom
-
Ratings
Mobile access9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Aptean CRMFin by Intercom
Likelihood to Recommend
9.0
(2 ratings)
8.7
(383 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(21 ratings)
Usability
9.0
(1 ratings)
8.7
(294 ratings)
Availability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Performance
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
9.0
(1 ratings)
5.7
(10 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.4
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
6.6
(5 ratings)
Product Scalability
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Aptean CRMFin by Intercom
Likelihood to Recommend
Aptean
As I am highly satisfied with the working of Apteama CRM I would like to recommend it to everyone with all sizes of the firm as it is ideal for firms from small to large ones. With its features, I can guarantee the best CRM solutions along with marketing automation. Although I am looking forward to it to offer more customizations.
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Intercom
FIN is great if you need someone to direct the customers based on their problems. You also have the option to use multiple languages if you have a worldwide customer base, so that's great. If you provide enough documentation to feed it, FIN can also solve tickets on its own, which enables your team to focus on other tasks. You can also have him handle conversations in other applications, such as Discord or Slack, and have them create ticket issues in JIRA if your team uses it.
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Pros
Aptean
  • Simple: it isn't too convoluted with too many features
  • Flexible: user-defined fields are able to be added to every segment of both opportunities and incidents
  • Dynamic: Integrates with the existing ERP system to pass customer and vendor data back and forth
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Intercom
  • It is very easy to train
  • It does a great job of recommending answers when little context is given.
  • I love the ability to create a snippet to address issues in the moment or in the long term, based on FAQs.
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Cons
Aptean
  • I was expecting some more flexibility in it.
  • Its customer support is highly non-vigilant and should learn how to work responsibly.
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Intercom
  • It seems some users really struggle to figure out how to escalate to a human (especially through email).
  • Not excited about how "soft" resolutions still count as resolutions and are paid for. Though some abandoned cases appear to be able to be concluded as "the user got the answer they needed", there are others where they clearly didn't, because they just open up another chat (or even more), trying to get more info. This pads the resolution stats and makes it seem more effective than it actually is.
  • Cost -- Fin is quite expensive. It helps us with scaling coverage, but we're not really saving money.
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Likelihood to Renew
Aptean
No answers on this topic
Intercom
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.
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Usability
Aptean
Its simple yet full-fledged interface is doing wonders in making our work time- effective. It is not just cost-effective but the marketing automation and sales force automation has proved very beneficial for us. By the grace of its reports, we can analyze intricacies.
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Intercom
The core experience is solid but the key friction across our team is that there are so many new features for improving Fin are being launched. Content improvements, guidance settings, recommendations, trends, and monitors are each useful in isolation, but they sit across separate areas of the platform with no clear starting point. The recurring feedback from my team is that it is hard to know where to focus. A consolidated "Improve Fin" section could really improve the experience, the ideal option would be a training page where our team could improve Fin in one place, ideally by answering questions and Fin would then be able to add those details in the right place, where it's creating new guidance or building procedures. I feel that would make uptake a lot quicker.
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Reliability and Availability
Aptean
No answers on this topic
Intercom
always there
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Performance
Aptean
No answers on this topic
Intercom
works perfect
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Support Rating
Aptean
Apean CRM gives adaptability in working hours to timetables and they give client service all day, every day. This application has progressed highlights CRM, Distribution of the executives, announcing/investigation. Thing and Support are simple to utilize and easy to adjust subject to the business. Modify reports and structures we can associate with no issue.
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Intercom
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.
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Online Training
Aptean
No answers on this topic
Intercom
Easy to know the learning path
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Implementation Rating
Aptean
No answers on this topic
Intercom
The implementation was surprisingly easy but we are having to adapt from our old process to work well with Intercom.
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Alternatives Considered
Aptean
IntuitiveERP included this CRM package with our license, so there was no extra cost to implement it. Salesforce is expensive so we felt that we could use this package to justify our need for CRM by implementing this package, and if it was improving our sales we could say that a larger package would give the ROI we expect.
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Intercom
Although we have not utilised a specific chat box like Fin before in other websites, we have used ChatGPT and Claude within our general work. Our Product and Engineering team make use of Devin within Azure Dev Ops to support with their work. However, Fin is the most suitable for what our Support Team requires as this can be integrated into our chat with customers.
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Return on Investment
Aptean
  • Improved interaction with customers for incident management.
  • Greatly improved opportunity management.
  • Lead management for marketing is improved and centralized.
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Intercom
  • New role opportunities — Using the “Fin-first” approach has reduced the workload for our Tier 1 team, giving them more time to focus on their own career growth. It’s also opened the door to a dedicated, AI-focused role, where a team member regularly reviews Fin’s answers and makes updates to help it perform even better.
  • Enabling Fin has also reduced our response time and allowed us to meet SLA's.
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ScreenShots

Fin by Intercom Screenshots

Screenshot of Fin, delivering conversational support experience to customers.Screenshot of where to monitor, analyze, and optimize Fin by spotting trends, filling content gaps, and fixing quality issues topic by topic.Screenshot of where to customize Fin's tone of voice, teach it support knowledge and policies, and configure how it handles complex tasks in over 45 languages.Screenshot of where to test answers, review the sources and settings that shape them, and get tailored recommendations to optimize performance.Screenshot of Fin, as it appears across email and live chat to phone, SMS, and social. Fin can answer any question, across any channel, any time.