Freshchat vs. Fin by Intercom

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Freshchat
Score 8.3 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
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 1 resolution
Pricing
FreshchatFin by Intercom
Editions & Modules
Growth
$19
per month (billed annually) per agent
Pro
$49
per month (billed annually) per agent
Enterprise
$79
per month (billed annually) per agent
Fin with your current helpdesk
$0.99
one-time fee per 1 resolution
Copilot add-on
$35
per month per user
The Early Stage program
$65
per month (6 support seats)
Proactive Support Plus add-on
$99
per month
Fin with Intercom’s Helpdesk
from $39 + $0.99 per Fin resolution
per month per seat
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FreshchatFin by Intercom
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsFin comes with a 90-day money-back guarantee. Here's how it works: Use Fin in at least 250 conversations within the first 90 days after trial. If you're not satisfied, you can request a refund of up to $1M. Refund requests must be submitted within 90 days of starting the subscription.
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Community Pulse
FreshchatFin by Intercom
Considered Both Products
Freshchat

No answer on this topic

Fin by Intercom
Chose Fin by Intercom
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 by Intercom
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 by Intercom
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 by Intercom
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 by Intercom
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 by Intercom
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.
Features
FreshchatFin by Intercom
Chat Analytics and Reports
Comparison of Chat Analytics and Reports features of Product A and Product B
Freshchat
7.3
18 Ratings
17% below category average
Fin by Intercom
-
Ratings
Chat history and transcripts7.818 Ratings00 Ratings
Chat reporting7.118 Ratings00 Ratings
Chat and web analytics7.015 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
FreshchatFin by Intercom
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(42 ratings)
8.7
(384 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.2
(4 ratings)
10.0
(21 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(18 ratings)
8.7
(294 ratings)
Availability
7.3
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Performance
7.3
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
6.0
(3 ratings)
5.8
(10 ratings)
Online Training
-
(0 ratings)
7.4
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.3
(2 ratings)
6.6
(5 ratings)
Configurability
4.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
4.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
4.5
(1 ratings)
9.1
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
4.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
FreshchatFin by Intercom
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Intercom
Fin by Intercom is well-suited for handling basic questions, especially for smaller teams that don’t have the time or resources to fully train it. That said, it’s easy to see how much more powerful Fin could be with proper guidance, training, and well-developed content in place.
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Pros
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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Intercom
  • Serves as the first point of interaction.
  • Answers questions based on the knowledge base.
  • Tries to suggest a solution for reported issues (in some cases).
  • Gives the option to improve its answer.
  • Learns from other conversations and replies by humans.
  • Understands other languages.
  • Interprets images (somewhat).
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Cons
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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Intercom
  • Setting up workflows are not easy to do and have some limited scope
  • Making repeated suggestions should be easier to contain
  • It would be great if it could identify other tickets that may have similar issues or identify Linear or Jira tickets that may be relevant
  • Prevent service agents from making duplicate customers of the same name or even close misspelled names - it makes for very dirty data
  • Make suggestions for tagging conversations to rely less on the agents to do clean up
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Likelihood to Renew
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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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
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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Intercom
I think Intercom and Fin by Intercom AI is pretty intuitive and user-friendly. I think, touching on already mentioned topics, that Fin by Intercom AI could be a little more intuitive in conversations especially when allowing customers to be routed to a person. Also, have to be honest, the search features (e.g. Inbox searches) and reports could be made more intuitive. Also, while I appreciate how fast Intercom changes, I have found that sometimes options or feature just move or change without warning. This can make things a little confusing if you get used to a particular way of working or using a feature.
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Reliability and Availability
Freshworks Inc
Freshchat has always been available when I needed to use it.
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Intercom
always there
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Performance
Freshworks Inc
Freshchat always loads quickly and communication is quickly sent and received.
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Intercom
works perfect
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Support Rating
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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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
Freshworks Inc
No answers on this topic
Intercom
Easy to know the learning path
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Implementation Rating
Freshworks Inc
I hope to show new users data because this can save a lot of time
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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
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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Intercom
We initially used Dixa Mim Bot, which is a far inferior chatbot and AI system. It felt like they were behind the curve compared to Intercom, with slow progress and little investment in the future of the Bot. It was very basic in its capabilities and needed more Dev support to manage.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Freshworks Inc
Did not help with the purchase
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Intercom
No answers on this topic
Scalability
Freshworks Inc
We only implemented the product in 1 way so I cant speak to this.
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Intercom
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
Freshworks Inc
Did not use
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Intercom
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
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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Intercom
  • With Fin, we achieved higher customer satisfaction and faster response times.
  • It saves time for our support team, allowing them to focus on more complex questions or issues.
  • It provides the opportunity for support staff to work at a more strategic level.
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ScreenShots

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

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.