Fin vs. Piper the AI SDR by Qualified

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
Piper the AI SDR by Qualified
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
The Qualified product suite automatically identifies, engages, and converts website visitors into pipeline. Piper the AI SDR Agent engages these buyers around the clock with live chat, answers questions, to convert prospects into pipeline.N/A
Pricing
FinPiper the AI SDR by Qualified
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
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FinPiper the AI SDR by Qualified
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
FinPiper the AI SDR by Qualified
Considered Both Products
Fin
Chose Fin
In personal preference, I would always pick Fin over any of the aforementioned products. For me, it's its easier to set up, very intuitive interface, amazing workflow builder and one of the most important parts it stands out above all, is the team behind Fin. Success and …
Chose Fin
We used a much older version of Zendesk six years ago, so the AI features didn't exist back then—which makes it pretty hard to compare. In any case, I immediately found Intercom simpler, more intuitive, and more professional, with features the other platform didn't offer. …
Chose Fin
Fin completely surpasses our old system for support requests. Not only can we get granular data for each customer interaction, but we also now have access to top-quality metrics and reporting. The integrative nature of Fin also made it easier to transition platforms by simply …
Chose Fin
Both are quite similar, and we use both (Fin in Intercom, Chatbase in our custom in-app bot).
Chose Fin
Forethought AI Agents, by Zendesk, Freddy AI for CX and HubSpot Service Hub
Chose Fin
We selected Intercom over Zendesk as AI was ready to use and Zendesk did not have such features. Overall it was the right decision and everything including the switch to intercom went quite well.
Chose Fin
The choice was made before I joined the company, but we've evaluated the usage and purpose of Fin across the years and are still happy with our choice.
Chose Fin
Fin far surpasses these other options in platform features and capabilities. Fin allows for side-by-side use by both the Marketing and Support teams, while none of the other similar products did that well. Most platforms are designed for one or the other, not both.
Chose Fin
Since I have worked for the company, we have not used other tools that are similar.
Chose Fin
Our previous support platform didn't offer an AI agent (they used it internally for their own tickets, but there were delays with shipping it to their users, i.e., us, so we migrated to Intercom). Our colleagues from different brands within our own company demoed a different …
Chose Fin
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 …
Chose Fin
Fin by Intercom vs. Zendesk/Salesforce - Fin by Intercom is often cheaper at low-to-mid volumes because it has a lower base platform fee (starting around $29–$39/seat). However, Zendesk AI and Salesforce Agentforce can be more predictable for massive enterprises because they …
Chose Fin
We use Fin because we already use Intercom, and it was easy to train on and implement, given our current use of Intercom.
Chose Fin
I have only used the free versions of ChatGPT and Claude but I will say that Fin by Intercom AI is built specifically around our data that we give it access to, so its going to be a lot much accurate and safer for an organization to use. We have been happy Fin by Intercom users …
Chose Fin
We decided on Fim due to the ease of creation and integration, as well as its better-developed support.

Decidimos pelo fim pela facilidade na criação e integração Assim como, um suporte melhor desenvolvido
Chose Fin
Fin beat out our competitors in price, accuracy, ease of set-up/training, and also allowed us a free demo environment during the exploratory phase without needing to sign anything.
Chose Fin
Granted I think both Zendesk and Salesforce are very good tools, I still think that Fin by Intercom is the best I've used. Salesforce can be very laggy at times, and there's nothing that can be done about it. The interface is clunky. Zendesk is coming in at a real close second, …
Chose Fin
Huge difference: Crisp is immature yet can't read images or send images; the workflows are broken and cannot be relied upon. The agent breaks in between and is yet way behind. It need a lot of work yet and will be good to go in an year or two.
Chose Fin
Although we have not utilised a specific chat box like Fin before in other websites, we have used ChatGPT and Claude within our general work. Our Product and Engineering team make use of Devin within Azure Dev Ops to support with their work. However, Fin is the most suitable …
Chose Fin
We were already using Intercom as our support ticket software and Intercom's Fin was the next logical upgrade - so it was an easy transition.
Chose Fin
Fin AI is way better than those above I've tried in my career. Easier to train and manage.
Piper the AI SDR by Qualified
Chose Piper the AI SDR by Qualified
We already had qualified so this was just an add-on. We didn't look at any other vendors.
Chose Piper the AI SDR by Qualified
Easier to use, more suited for inbound, autonomous agentic platform
Chose Piper the AI SDR by Qualified
Qualified is highly competitive to help us create the contextual chat solution on our site to identify users by company, by status in our CRM to give each one unique experiences as well as the ability to interact with our online visitors. Through integrations, you also help us …
Chose Piper the AI SDR by Qualified
Salesforce integration can be a key differentiator here if you're already using Salesforce.com in your organization.
Chose Piper the AI SDR by Qualified
We chose Qualified over their competitors because of our interactions with their team and the product. Their team made it feel like this was a partnership and that we weren't just some other customer. Implementation was fast and the tool is very user-friendly. Their customer …
Chose Piper the AI SDR by Qualified
Qualified provides exceptional customer service. He is constantly eager and able to answer all the issues raised, he also offers excellent subscription prices, he is useful for organizing meetings in the sales area, discussions with VIP clients directly from our website.
Chose Piper the AI SDR by Qualified
This is my first time using a service like Qualified.
Chose Piper the AI SDR by Qualified
As Drift made a massive sweep into the SMB B2B space with their splash into Conversational Marketing they were tapping into a very large ocean (with plenty of competitors). Qualified came into the B2B space targeting large/enterprise SDR teams leveraging Salesforce. Intercom …
Chose Piper the AI SDR by Qualified
Qualified has a lot more capabilities. Drift was a great chatbot product that has really good features for a traditional B2B webpage chatbot. However, the traditional chatbot will route the leads through the marketing automation system, CRM system, and then send the leads to …
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User Ratings
FinPiper the AI SDR by Qualified
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
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Likelihood to Renew
10.0
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Usability
8.2
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10.0
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Availability
9.1
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Performance
9.1
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Support Rating
6.3
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Online Training
7.4
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Implementation Rating
6.6
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Product Scalability
9.1
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User Testimonials
FinPiper the AI SDR by Qualified
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Piper the AI SDR is perfect for a global marketing team who wants to have greater control over conversations that are happening on the website. She does an excellent job of qualifying leads and getting meetings booked. In addition she does an excellent job routing people to support and away from sales if that is not an area they are interested. There aren't many areas we have found Piper to be not appropriate. As we continue to hone in and improve her capabilities.
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Pros
  • 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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  • Good insight into what product the prospect is interested in
  • Engage the prospect when they are at the researching phase and form a human connection
  • Know when prospects that you are actively targeting are on the website and use that in messaging
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Cons
  • 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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  • Piper the AI SDR can get tripped up when someone asks a question we weren't prepared for. Example Does the webinar cost money? Of course not but we didn't specifically put anywhere that it doesn't, and she can get confused
  • Piper the AI SDR can sometimes get overzealous and try do things she isn't able to like help someone download an ebook
  • There are some trigger limitations for email but we are aware it is on the features roadmap
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Likelihood to Renew
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
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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The Qualified tool itself if superb. It comes with so many features, not just the AI SDR - Sani, in our case, but additional features and benefits which I've started to take full advantage of. It's allowed us to drive engagement across the website within just days, and has already begun to see leads converted to open, and in some cases, won opportunities in under two weeks. Our AI SDR - Sani, has opened so many doors for the business. We've learned so much from our customers, website structure and content that resonates with prospects.
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Reliability and Availability
always there
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Performance
Fin is super quick and top notch.
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Support Rating
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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Online Training
It was great. We were able to walk through step by step and get our questions answered along the way.
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Implementation Rating
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
Fin completely surpasses our old system for support requests. Not only can we get granular data for each customer interaction, but we also now have access to top-quality metrics and reporting. The integrative nature of Fin also made it easier to transition platforms by simply integrating with the previous system.
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We chose Qualified over their competitors because of our interactions with their team and the product. Their team made it feel like this was a partnership and that we weren't just some other customer. Implementation was fast and the tool is very user-friendly. Their customer support is next level and we really appreciate that. All in all, we love their implementation time and great service
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Scalability
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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Return on Investment
  • 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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  • Useful to attract new consumers.
  • Take steps to expand the portfolio of projects.
  • To increase conversion rates, use visualization and live chat in addition to voice calls.
  • Save time for engineering and contracting teams.
  • Enable artificial intelligence to forecast purchase intent so sales professionals can focus on accounts that are ready to buy.
  • Drive lead generation, pipeline, and revenue for sales and marketing teams.
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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.

Piper the AI SDR by Qualified Screenshots

Screenshot of Meet with qualified leads right on your website. Use live chat, voice-calls, and bots to sell smarter.Screenshot of We'll alert your sales team the moment qualified leads land on your website and tell you exactly who they are, powered by apps like Salesforce, Pardot, 6Sense, Marketo, and Clearbit.Screenshot of We'll alert your sales team the moment qualified leads land on your website and tell you exactly who they are, powered by apps like Salesforce, Pardot, 6Sense, Marketo, and Clearbit.Screenshot of Engage qualified prospects in real-time, high-fidelity sales conversations with live chat and voice calls.Screenshot of Use Chat Bots to engage visitors, capture leads, ask qualification questions, and book sales meetings.