Fin vs. Freshchat

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Fin
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Fin is an AI Agent for customer service. It automates complex queries, improves resolution times, and delivers consistently high-quality support at scale.
$0.99
one-time fee per outcome
Freshchat
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
A solution to engage customers with smarter conversations on any channel, designed so support, marketing, sales, and even bots to have conversations at scale with customers.
$0
per month free for up to 10 agents
Pricing
FinFreshchat
Editions & Modules
Fin with your current helpdesk
$0.99
one-time fee per outcome
Copilot add-on
$35
per month per user
Pro add-on
$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
Growth
$19
per month (billed annually) per agent
Pro
$49
per month (billed annually) per agent
Enterprise
$79
per month (billed annually) per agent
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FinFreshchat
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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
FinFreshchat
Considered Both Products
Fin
Chose Fin
I've used Freshchat a few years ago and I found the user interface difficult to get used to. But comparing how intercom fared against it would be unfair in a way since the only thing Intercom did differently is provide an interactive training session with the platform, while it …
Chose Fin
Beats them all in my opinion, Intercom's ease of use and intuitive design cannot be beat compared to others. We had a look at both Zendesk and Freshchat in the past and we saw very quickly that we're already using the best tool for the job. My only "complaint" would be the cost …
Chose Fin
Fin AI is way better than those above I've tried in my career. Easier to train and manage.
Chose Fin
As explained previously, most of these platforms were focused on tickets, most reports only work with tickets, there is no way to postpone a service without turning it into a ticket, and since our response time target is a maximum of 2 minutes, these platforms were unable to …
Chose Fin
All tools that we used in the past, have a lot of problems on the chat app, our the syncing data between integrations, Intercom has too, but is very less than others.
Chose Fin
It was a difficult comparision but we sticked to Intercom because of the overall chat interface that it provides. On top of that, Intercom has a great appstore to integrate the products that we were using earlier.
Chose Fin
pretty same, but they win on the pricing and features with their omni channel service. Their bot features comes a bit handy and very economic. Intercom should rework on their pricing it could attract a lot of new users. Intercom is best for us as it's UI is very seamless.
Freshchat

No answer on this topic

Features
FinFreshchat
Chat Analytics and Reports
Comparison of Chat Analytics and Reports features of Product A and Product B
Fin
-
Ratings
Freshchat
7.4
18 Ratings
16% below category average
Chat history and transcripts00 Ratings7.818 Ratings
Chat reporting00 Ratings7.118 Ratings
Chat and web analytics00 Ratings7.115 Ratings
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User Ratings
FinFreshchat
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
(472 ratings)
8.5
(42 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(21 ratings)
8.2
(4 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(380 ratings)
8.2
(18 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(1 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
6.3
(11 ratings)
6.2
(3 ratings)
Online Training
7.4
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.6
(5 ratings)
7.3
(2 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
4.5
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
-
(0 ratings)
4.5
(1 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(1 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(1 ratings)
4.5
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
-
(0 ratings)
4.5
(1 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
-
(0 ratings)
8.2
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
FinFreshchat
Likelihood to Recommend
Intercom
Fin is fantastic at answering simpler inquiries, where the range and types of questions are easier to categorize. Thereby reducing the subset of possible answers. Where it has shown great improvement - but still needs more improvement - is by becoming a true Agentic AI support engineer that is capable of answering more technically nuanced questions. Our product has a lot of variables used for troubleshooting that cannot be adequately captured in documentation. Even though we provide thousands of pages of spec docs, each issue is unique. Training and empowering Fin to be as good as a Level 1 support engineer is still very challenging.
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Freshworks Inc
It is best suited for having 24-hour support, where customers can interact easily, even using their phones, to raise concerns or inquire about information. This makes it easier than going through the documents portal as a source of knowledge or sending emails for worries. However, it can be less appropriate for scenarios when you need more formal communication, like emails, and when proper documentation is necessary.
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Pros
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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Freshworks Inc
  • Real time customer support. During busy times all our available agents can jump on and handle large volume of customer interactions.
  • Automations and canned response features. With automation we can greet our customers the moment a chat gets assigned to an agent letting customers know they are being attended to similarly canned response helps us use templates for generic and commonly asked questions.
  • Dashboards and analytics. Freshchat's ability to build customized dashboards and analyze performance in a granular level helps us monitor workload and manage performance effectively.
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Cons
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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Freshworks Inc
  • Freshchat is one of the best platforms, but still there are certain areas that require further improvement in order for the platform to become flawless.
  • I feel that the automated system in Freshchat is comparatively slow and due to this, it does not respond well according to all the requirements.
  • There are certain features in Freshchat which are not available for everyone and they can only be accessed by those who are paying the highest pricing tier.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Freshworks Inc
Freshchat has met all our expectations and more. It has allowed our team to be more efficient with their time, field questions quickly, and escalate issues up the chain. We highly recommend freshchat as the perfect addition to anyone already using freshdesk or simply looking for a good solution for in app messaging.
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Usability
Intercom
The platform is overall clear and intuitive. As with any new platform, there's a learning curve, but that wasn't an issue for our team (and it shouldn't be an issue for others). Fin options are scattered across several submenus, and I'd like them grouped together, but I also like having all those training-related tabs open at all times, so it's not much of a real issue for me.
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Freshworks Inc
I give it an 8 due to its usability. Yes, I had a few issues to begin with and needed some assistance from Freshchat agents, but considering this is something that is completely new to me, to set up what feels like a professional chat handling system complete with autobot within a day is really saying something I feel.
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Reliability and Availability
Intercom
always there
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Freshworks Inc
Freshchat has always been available when I needed to use it.
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Performance
Intercom
Fin is super quick and top notch.
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Freshworks Inc
Freshchat always loads quickly and communication is quickly sent and received.
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Support Rating
Intercom
I can get help by asking Fin questions about itself. It answers accurately, citing its own Help Center resources with visuals. It can reason and dialogue well. But when it comes to getting human support for Fin, it is not as quick. It can sometimes take a few days. They are polite and well-meaning. Some things aren't their fault (product limitations), but there was one occasion where something took a long time to resolve with lots of back and forth but it was I who found out the error in the end that they missed, so they didn't really help resolve it.
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Freshworks Inc
The experience we had in past for lets say 4-5 months with the support team and our TAM was really helpful. The changes in the bot flow has helped our bot to ensure we connect with customer easily.
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Online Training
Intercom
It was great. We were able to walk through step by step and get our questions answered along the way.
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Freshworks Inc
No answers on this topic
Implementation Rating
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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Freshworks Inc
I hope to show new users data because this can save a lot of time
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Alternatives Considered
Intercom
There are so many AI platforms available, and you could theoretically build a system using the available AI API's from any of the big platforms. However, I dont think it's as easy as this. Intercom is deliberately built for customer service, the features they are releasing a based on providing the best customer experience. If we were to build this ourselves or to use another platform we would be taking on the upkeep, using Fin is just much simpler as it's also our chosen ticketing platform so anything that Fin is not able to answer yet and escalated directly to our team with no extra effort required from our side.
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Freshworks Inc
Messaging across mediums - Freshchat integrates with majority of mainstream instant messaging apps. Like Facebook messenger, Telegram and WhatsApp . This makes it convenient for us to have a presence on the above-mentioned platforms and respond to messages from these platforms from a single Freshchat dashboard.its good app Freshdesk Messaging help me to contact the customer and contact the customer to inform my problem to solve it and is a good app and help full app and its easy to use uncomplicated and Freshdesk Helps me provide good quality to the customer and make customer feedback good for a company
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Intercom
No answers on this topic
Freshworks Inc
Did not help with the purchase
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Scalability
Intercom
The product is very scalable and has helped us scale our user base and onboard 10x the users in just one month. We couldn't have done it without Fin
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Freshworks Inc
We only implemented the product in 1 way so I cant speak to this.
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Professional Services
Intercom
No answers on this topic
Freshworks Inc
Did not use
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Return on Investment
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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Freshworks Inc
  • From the positive effect of working on it, it helps employees to speed up their thinking and writing.
  • One of the positive effects of our clients is that their problems are solved easily and quickly.
  • Each employee knows how many of his chats have been resolved.
  • There is no negative effect in general.
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ScreenShots

Fin Screenshots

Screenshot of the interface 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 Fin handling a complex query. Fin can securely retrieve data and take action in external systems like Shopify, Stripe, and Salesforce.Screenshot of Fin works across phone, email, chat, Slack, and more so every customer receives accurate, personalized responses, wherever they reach out.Screenshot of some procedures to train Fin to handle queries with multiple steps, business logic and third-party systems from start to finish. Natural language instructions can be combined with deterministic controls to create powerful Procedures that follow exact rules when needed.Screenshot of the dashboard to monitor and evaluate quality against standards across both Fin and human conversations.Screenshot of the dashboard to monitor, analyze, and optimize Fin by spotting trends, filling content gaps, and fixing quality issues topic by topic.

Freshchat Screenshots

Screenshot of Channel Freedom: The interface to engage customers on the channel of their choiceScreenshot of Unified Agent Workspace: Equips agents to deliver personalization at scaleScreenshot of Admin and Analytics: These drive informed decisions to help business scale