Fin by Intercom vs. Zoom Contact Center

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Fin by Intercom
Score 8.8 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
Zoom Contact Center
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
Zoom Contact Center helps businesses deliver prompt, accurate, and highly personalized customer experiences that drive loyalty. It includes intelligent self-service and routing, a unified communications and contact center, and video optimized high-touch engagements.
$828
per year per user
Pricing
Fin by IntercomZoom Contact Center
Editions & Modules
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
Essentials
$69
per month (billed annually) per user
Premium
$99
per month (billed annually) per user
Elite
$149
per month (billed annually) per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Fin by IntercomZoom Contact Center
Free Trial
YesNo
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
Fin by IntercomZoom Contact Center
Features
Fin by IntercomZoom Contact Center
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Fin by Intercom
-
Ratings
Zoom Contact Center
8.1
29 Ratings
4% below category average
Agent dashboard00 Ratings8.329 Ratings
Validate callers00 Ratings7.826 Ratings
Outbound response00 Ratings7.725 Ratings
Call forwarding00 Ratings8.224 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings8.322 Ratings
Warm transfer00 Ratings8.329 Ratings
Predictive dialing00 Ratings8.019 Ratings
Interactive voice response00 Ratings8.425 Ratings
REST APIs00 Ratings8.521 Ratings
Call scripts00 Ratings7.624 Ratings
Call tracking00 Ratings8.129 Ratings
Multichannel integration00 Ratings8.527 Ratings
CRM software integration00 Ratings7.922 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
Fin by Intercom
-
Ratings
Zoom Contact Center
8.2
28 Ratings
1% below category average
Inbound call routing00 Ratings8.327 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings8.325 Ratings
Recording00 Ratings8.426 Ratings
Quality management00 Ratings8.326 Ratings
Call analytics00 Ratings8.126 Ratings
Historical reporting00 Ratings8.326 Ratings
Live reporting00 Ratings8.026 Ratings
Customer surveys00 Ratings8.322 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings7.823 Ratings
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User Ratings
Fin by IntercomZoom Contact Center
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(383 ratings)
8.0
(28 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(21 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.7
(294 ratings)
8.1
(4 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
5.7
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Online Training
7.4
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.6
(5 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Fin by IntercomZoom Contact Center
Likelihood to Recommend
Intercom
A prospect lands on my site to ask about building profile sizes, wind/snow ratings, installation timelines, or warranty coverage.
What Fin does well is deliver instant, consistent answers, pull from approved specs and positioning, and keep the conversation moving without human involvement.
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Zoom
For customer support, Zoom Contact Center offers helpful features, and I recommend it. The tool improves agent productivity by offering an AI self-service feature that lets customers get common queries answered by AI, freeing agents to focus on important inquiries. Zoom Contact Center is also ideal for customer support as it combines different customer support channels into one app- SMS, chat, video, and voice.
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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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Zoom
  • This tool has allowed us to identify each of the users' needs.
  • It has also allowed us to establish a direct point of contact with Zoom's technical support.
  • Where specialized assistance is required can be documented and escalated, and that is mainly why we sought out Zoom.
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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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Zoom
  • The integration with Zoom Phone is still ongoing, so it initially required some tricky configuration and additional phone numbers, but that's no longer a requirement now.
  • I would love a way to use physical handsets with the Contact Centre. Currently, it's all softphone integration on a PC or Mac. But it's a great experience and very similar to using Zoom Meetings, so there's minimal training for staff needed.
  • The Admin Settings on the backend can be tricky to navigate. Still, you have much more customization and constant feature upgrades than I've ever seen with any other Contact Centre service.
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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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Zoom
We are very likely to renew Zoom Contact Center because it has been a stable and reliable solution for our organization. It fits well within the broader Zoom ecosystem that we already use, including Zoom Meetings, Zoom Phone, and Zoom Chat, which creates a more seamless experience for users and reduces complexity.
The product quality has been strong overall, and we have also had positive experiences with Zoom’s customer service. While there are still areas where reporting and certain features could improve, the platform has delivered enough value in usability, stability, and integration to make renewal likely.
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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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Zoom
Usability is one of Zoom Contact Center's strongest selling points. It feels like a natural extension of the Zoom platform rather than a bolted-on contact center tool, which made adoption across our team noticeably smoother than previous system rollouts. Zoom Contact Center is clean, intuitive, and easy to navigate for both agents and administrators. For organizations already using Zoom, the learning curve is minimal.
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Reliability and Availability
Intercom
always there
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Zoom
unless the network or internet is down - it has been there for us
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Performance
Intercom
works perfect
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Zoom
does not seem to slow down even on our busy days
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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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Zoom
We have had a positive experience with Zoom Contact Center support overall. Support has generally been responsive and helpful, and our interactions have given us confidence in the product and platform.
In addition to the support experience itself, the product has been stable and reliable in day-to-day use, which helps reduce the need for frequent support involvement. When support has been needed, the experience has been solid enough to reinforce our overall positive view of the platform.
For those reasons, we would rate the overall support highly, while still recognizing there is always room for improvement.
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Online Training
Intercom
Easy to know the learning path
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Zoom
it was mostly self service articles and looking up information on the zoom site and public forums
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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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Zoom
I implemented Zoom Contact Center myself, and overall the process was straightforward. The platform was relatively easy to configure, and it did not require an unusually large amount of internal support or complexity to get up and running.
One of the advantages during implementation was how well it fit within the broader Zoom environment, which helped reduce friction and made the setup feel more familiar. In our experience, the implementation process was manageable and efficient overall.
There is always some room for improvement, but the implementation was smooth enough that I would rate the experience highly.
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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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Zoom
Like any Cisco product, it is exceptionally expensive compared to anything else out there. By using Finesse, we were on prem before and there was always a reason to do maintenance or last minute overnight changes. Finesse was also unreliable and rarely worked for any one person for more than a day without having to provide a workaround in some way (ie use Firefox instead of Chrome)
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Intercom
No answers on this topic
Zoom
pricing and billing is always a concern to us but have not had anything to complain about even after they introduced a change to there models
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Scalability
Intercom
No answers on this topic
Zoom
we have not even scratch the surface of how big we can make this
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Professional Services
Intercom
No answers on this topic
Zoom
some of teh pro services that we used was helpful and great to have as a resource
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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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Zoom
  • Intuitive, Easier and almost effortless to maintain.
  • Lesser Operational Expenses that the alternative we also have
  • We wish it has a better integration with Zoom Phone, in terms of channels integration (Voice and Chat) to quick identify callers.
  • It is missing "modular" programming to "reuse" Existing Flows and call them from other flows then return to the main flow.
  • It is missing the capability to compartmentalizing different teams/groups related to reporting, admin, and global parameters.
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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.

Zoom Contact Center Screenshots

Screenshot of the video-optimized CCaaSScreenshot of the Zoom Workspace video room experienceScreenshot of the analytics used to optimize contact center performance