Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
eGain
Score 9.0 out of 10
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eGain is a cloud-based customer engagement hub (CEH) used by contact centers to facilitate omnichannel sales and customer service. It includes call tracking, click to call, live chat and cobrowsing, social media customer service, email support ticket management, social offers, and a knowledgebase for agent enablement and/or customer self-service. It can be integrated with Cisco Unified Contact Center Enterprise to extend Cisco's voice capabilities with web self-service, chat, knowledgebase, and…N/A
Intercom
Score 8.6 out of 10
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Intercom is an AI-first customer service platform that enhances the customer experience and improves operational efficiency, built on a single AI system with three major components: AI Agent, AI Copilot and AI Analyst (coming soon) to deliver customer service.
$39
per month per seat
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Essential
$39
per month per seat
Advanced
$99
per month per seat
Expert
$139
per month per seat
The Early Stage program
From $65 for 5 support seats
per month
Proactive Support Plus add-on
from $99
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
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Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAI customer service features included in every plan. Intercom integrates Help desk, AI Chat bot, and Proactive support.
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Community Pulse
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Features
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Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
eGain
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Ratings
Intercom
8.2
171 Ratings
2% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings8.3158 Ratings
Expert directory00 Ratings8.0101 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings7.5108 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings8.1117 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings8.8161 Ratings
Ticket response00 Ratings8.7168 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
eGain
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Ratings
Intercom
7.8
175 Ratings
0% below category average
External knowledge base00 Ratings7.8173 Ratings
Internal knowledge base00 Ratings7.7147 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
eGain
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Ratings
Intercom
8.3
169 Ratings
6% above category average
Customer portal00 Ratings9.0135 Ratings
IVR00 Ratings7.555 Ratings
Social integration00 Ratings7.399 Ratings
Email support00 Ratings9.1160 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings8.8126 Ratings
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Score 8.9 out of 10
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
7.0
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8.8
(325 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
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9.9
(21 ratings)
Usability
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8.7
(233 ratings)
Availability
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9.1
(1 ratings)
Performance
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9.1
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
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6.1
(10 ratings)
Online Training
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(0 ratings)
7.6
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
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6.9
(5 ratings)
Product Scalability
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9.1
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
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Likelihood to Recommend
eGain Corporation
Search function Global Synonyms Guided Helps. Documentation does a great job of describing features but lacks the big picture of how things relate to one another. Strong consulting partnership and customer focus. There are areas where they need to improve - Improve compliance & risk management plus Improve customer relations/service.
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Intercom
Intercom is well suited for connecting internal personnel with external individuals and those externals to specific individuals or teams within the organization. Intercom also does a good job at allowing multiple resources to direct communication in the right direction, whether that be a transfer internally or directing initial communication requests to the appropriate resources. Intercom is not always the best-suited platform for reaching out to external individuals because of the inability to know the availability of who you are trying to reach.
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Pros
eGain Corporation
  • Multiple options to choose channel of your convenience
  • The product capabilities are very good. Easy for integration and deployment
  • Strong consulting partnership
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Intercom
  • In-app communication: I can deploy tours, banners, checklists, tooltips, posts, and surveys in a matter of minutes.
  • Knowledge Hub: I can write and publish a help article that can then be used to train the Fin AI agent to deliver accurate answers to our customers.
  • Communicating in context with service/sales agents and customers: the Help Desk makes it simple for sales and service agents to pull me into a conversation with a customer to resolve product-related issues.
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Cons
eGain Corporation
  • Service and support needs to be done better.
  • Compliance and risk management needs to be improved
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Intercom
  • It would be nice if we could upload a sound effect that we would like to use.
  • Having a like to the ticket given by the expert for easier access.
  • Being able to change font style. It is said that Comic Sans helps people enjoy reading.
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Likelihood to Renew
eGain Corporation
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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
eGain Corporation
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Intercom
The transition from AI to human is seamless. This is from my experience of contacting Intercom for help and your use of Fin AI. We currently do not have the scale for Fin AI, but it is under consideration for the near future. Outside of Fin AI for our use case, bots and automation have made it easier to direct users to the correct knowledge materials and made the transition to human support seamless when needed.
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Reliability and Availability
eGain Corporation
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Intercom
always there
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Performance
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Intercom
works perfect
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Support Rating
eGain Corporation
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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
eGain Corporation
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Intercom
Easy to know the learning path
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Implementation Rating
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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
eGain Corporation
While searching for a Customer Experience software, eGain came first in the search and we were pretty satisfied with the product features it has. We liked the support and customer service which made sure all our queries were answered in a very short turnaround time.
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Intercom
The intercom is more intuitive and provides easier management and personalization of our conversations. It's been a while since I used Zendesk, so this might have changed, but Intercom provides a bigger catalog of functionality targeted to product marketing, such as emails, in-app banners, pop-ups, and, overall, outbound communications.
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Return on Investment
eGain Corporation
  • eGain helped in improvising our customer engagements
  • Customer retention was made possible as the tool helps us analyse the painpoints of the customer
  • Social Media Marketing helped to gain a lot of customers with minimal cost incurred.
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Intercom
  • Faster customer onboarding: When we identified our biggest conversion factors, we were able to set up an onboarding sequence that helped people get started and converted faster.
  • Adoption: It's much easier to showcase a new software feature. We build out a post and a tour for any new software features and prompt it to show up the first time they log in, all through Intercom.
  • Money: It's saved us money in the long run considering how many softwares we would have needed to use in order to get the same features offered in Intercom.
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ScreenShots

Intercom Screenshots

Screenshot of Fin AI Agent is designed to resolve 50% of support volume.Screenshot of Fin taking actions. It delivers instant answers in 45 languages from order updates to exchanges and returns.Screenshot of the omnichannel inbox - AI-enhanced to increase productivity.Screenshot of Fin for Intercom - works natively on Intercom - no integration requiredScreenshot of Fin for ZendeskScreenshot of Fin for Salesforce