Fin by Intercom vs. NapoleonCat

It's great for a web-enabled tool, so there is immediate ability to give feedback or ask questions. It isn't as easy to set up a desktop application as it would require more coding experience. Some older users are skeptical of its abilities, and that it is taking away from customer service, but in our use, it enhances it - that is a tough barrier to breach.

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It is most effective in tracking the marketing efforts of competitors and gathering of information from social media platforms that is turned into actionable knowledge. NapoleonCat upgrades how we serve our customers and by automating social media marketing processes, time is saved so that teams can concentrate on other strategic tasks

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• 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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• Multi-hashtag searches
• Customer service
• Social campaign management

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• While Fin by Intercom AI is great, I think it still struggles a little in giving nuanced answers. For example, we provide a custom product to customers, to the same question may have different answers for different customers. While I don't expect Fin by Intercom to know all nuances etc., Fin by Intercom often gives overly certain or in-flexible answers despite Fin by Intercom guidance etc added.
• Letting conversations go to a teammate: There are times when Fin by Intercom simply keeps trying to answer the customer, even as they get more frustrated or Fin by Intercom is clearly going in loops. We have added guidance that improves it somewhat, but this still happens to an extent. At the end of the day, some queries just need a person, and I think Fin by Intercom should err on the side of caution in this case. No person is going to be unhappy to be offered to speak to a person if it's not needed. But they will get frustrated if it's not offered when needed.
• Repeatable/reliable answers: This one is odd. So often, I have found that Fin by Intercom gives different answers to the same prompt or question, with no changes or updates to the content. This is frustrating as I can work hard one day trying to fine tune an answer Fin by Intercom will give (via content, guidance, and snippets), test the answer, and it is fine, then another test, it gives a different answer. It may be correct, but I don't understand why this happens.
• Fin by Intercom knowledge sources: Sometimes the sources or information Fin by Intercom uses for an answer makes little to no sense. I have seen examples where Fin by Intercom has answered a query with a mainly unrelated source, where a help article which matches a lot of the keywords wasn't used or further down in the list. I feel like there needs to be better control/options in giving feedback to Fin by Intercom which articles or relevant to certain topics.
• AI topics: Not purely Fin by Intercom AI, but AI topics, used in Fin by Intercom AI Analytics, could be better. I wish I could edit or amend them, as they're often a little vague or not useful on their own.

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• "Free Trial" functionality will actually charge users straight away depending on the trial button clicked
• Changes to plan during a billing cycle are not refunded or credited in any way, including attempting to un-do the change. (So moving down and up again between plans, even if both actions occur within seconds of each other, results in getting charged twice...)

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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It's very user-friendly and intuitive to use. We never get any comments from customers saying they don't understand how to use it or what is happening. However, we have had some issues where customers' previous conversation history was being wiped, and it was very difficult to tell if this was an Intercom issue or something on our side, so it took a lot of time to dig into.

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NapoleonCat is easy to implement and use. Users can manage all their social media activities from a single online dashboard that also includes reporting. Users can manage posts while on the go using the mobile app.

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always there

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works perfect

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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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Over the course of our campaign, the team went out of their way to fix and correct glitches in the interface that I pointed out to them.

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Easy to know the learning path

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The implementation was surprisingly easy but we are having to adapt from our old process to work well with Intercom.

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Fin definitely stacks up pretty much at the same level when it comes to leveraging the input data KB to address customer queries. However reporting flexibility is something missing compared to the two mentioned platforms. The categorization of issues is much easier and accurate making it further analysis less time intensive. Why we selected Finis a difficult question for me to answer as the above platforms are from my previous company and when I moved to my current role Fin was already in place.

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Use this service instead... Far more transparent and also supports modern account security features like 2-factor authentication. (Lack of 2fa puts all social profiles in NepoleonCat at increased risk of being hijacked...)

• 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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• Maintaining a positive brand image
• Identifying potential influencers
• Spying on competitors

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