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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Pylon

    Score8 out of 10
    N/APylon is a support platform built for B2B. Presented as an alternative to Zendesk, Pylon can be used to track customer issues across any channel, automate with AI, and design a support engine.

    $70

    per month per seat

    Pricing
    Pylon
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $70
    per month per seat
    Professional
    $118
    per month per seat
    Enterprise
    $167
    per month per seat
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Pylon
    Free Trial
    No
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsUp to a 33% discount available for annual pricing.
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    Pylon
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    Pylon
    Chose Pylon
    After evaluating both platforms, we chose Pylon for its superior user experience and deeper integration capabilities. Unlike Zendesk's frustrating UI and limited customization options, Pylon offered seamless integration with our existing tools like Salesforce, Linear, and PagerD…
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Features
    Pylon
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Pylon
    Feature
    Pylon
    9.2
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets8.01 Ratings
    Expert directory8.01 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications10.01 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation9.01 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission10.01 Ratings
    Ticket response10.01 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of Pylon
    Feature
    Pylon
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    22% above category average
    External knowledge base10.01 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base10.01 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Pylon
    Feature
    Pylon
    9.5
    1 Ratings
    17% above category average
    Customer portal10.01 Ratings
    Social integration9.01 Ratings
    Email support10.01 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration9.01 Ratings
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    Help Scout
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    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
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    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Pylon
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Pylon
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Pylon
    I think Pylon is great for startups who are figuring out where they want to interact and how they want to interact with their customers. Pylon is also great for beginner account management in terms of keeping track of comms, usage, tickets, and a bit more. Overall, I think Pylon will scale nicely it just takes a bit of time to configure all (lots) of settings.I don't think Pylon is well-suited for teams who don't know much about support operations. The tool has so many great features an they ship super fast, but the product itself isn't very opinionated and the amount of options sometimes can be overwhelming
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    Pros
    Pylon
    • Agent view customizations
    • Account mangagement tools
    • Feature / Tool feedback
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    Cons
    Pylon
    • AI intentionality
    • Linear integration
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    Usability
    Pylon
    Overall, the UI is awesome and super intuitive. The features makes sense and everything is customizable to your liking. You don't need to create copies of filters, because the changing of filters on one saved few is THAT easy, which is something we love. Additionally, whenever we go to look for a capability or day dream about something... Pylon usually has it or its in the works. Only reason its not a 10 is that it can be overwhelming that it has everything, but a food problem to have
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    Alternatives Considered
    Pylon
    After evaluating both platforms, we chose Pylon for its superior user experience and deeper integration capabilities. Unlike Zendesk's frustrating UI and limited customization options, Pylon offered seamless integration with our existing tools like Salesforce, Linear, and PagerDuty, while allowing our team to stay within familiar Slack interfaces. The multi-channel notification system and AI-powered features like article generation provided the modern support infrastructure we needed, eliminating the complex rules and automations that made Zendesk cumbersome. Pylon's robust analytics and broadcast features also gave us valuable insights into customer engagement, making it the clear choice for streamlining our support workflows while enhancing both team efficiency and customer satisfaction.
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    Return on Investment
    Pylon
    • Team productivity
    • Easier cross-functional collaboration
    • better insights into customer issue tracking
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