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Intercom

Overview

What is Intercom?

Intercom creates modern Customer Service software that aims to redefine how businesses support their customers. The platform connects businesses directly to customers using powerful messaging and automation. According to the vendor, Intercom enables teams to scale support without investing more…

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Recent Reviews

Love Intercom!

10 out of 10
April 06, 2024
Incentivized
We use it to handle all incoming correspondence from customers, including some social media integrations, and we also use it to handle all …
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High Cost, Low Value

3 out of 10
April 01, 2024
Incentivized
we use it on the home page and in the service section. <br>the product is pretty good, but the customer service and post sale support is …
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Intercom review

10 out of 10
March 29, 2024
Incentivized
We use Intercom as our go to help desk, communication with our customers across two different apps and a website. I can't imagine our …
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Good Product

9 out of 10
March 26, 2024
Incentivized
I use Intercom to receive messages from customers and "chat" with them. The customer came to us asking technical and product questions …
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Works good!

8 out of 10
March 08, 2024
Incentivized
I work at Customer Success and use Intercom as a tool to communicate with my clients. I use quite a few features. Through snoozing, I plan …
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Intercom

7 out of 10
February 29, 2024
Incentivized
I use Intercom in order to respond to customers' questions and issues involved in interacting with our app, and to resolve billing and …
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Popular Features

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  • Email support (105)
    8.8
    88%
  • Ticket creation and submission (104)
    8.3
    83%
  • Ticket response (109)
    7.8
    78%
  • External knowledge base (114)
    7.4
    74%

Reviewer Pros & Cons

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Pricing

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Essential

$39

Cloud
per month per seat

Advanced

$99

Cloud
per month per seat

Expert

$139

Cloud
per month per seat

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttps://www.intercom.com/pricing

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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Features

Incident and problem management

Streamlining ticketing and service restoration processes

8.1
Avg 7.9

Self Help Community

Features that allow customers to self-service for support issues.

7.3
Avg 7.7

Multi-Channel Help

Features related to providing customer service and support via different communication channels. Communications are organized by ticket/customer/channel for the convenience of agents.

8.2
Avg 7.7
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Product Details

What is Intercom?

Intercom is a Customer Service solution that aims to provide a seamless customer experience across automation and human support, with the goal of delivering increased customer satisfaction while reducing costs. Intercom aims to ensure customer conversations are successfully resolved without needing human support, freeing up the team to work on higher value customer conversations.

According to the vendor, customer service teams from more than 25,000 global organizations, including Atlassian, Amazon and Lyft Business, use Intercom to deliver more efficient and personal customer experiences at scale. Intercom is used to send over 500 million messages per month and enables interactions with over 600 million monthly active end users. Founded in 2011 and backed by leading venture capitalists, including Kleiner Perkins, Bessemer Venture Partners and Social Capital, Intercom states their mission is to make internet business personal.

Intercom Features

  • Supported: Operational efficiency: Uses AI, Bots and Rules to reduce support costs by freeing up support teams from repetitive questions and tasks.
  • Supported: Productivity: Helps to ensure service teams only work on high value questions in a collaborative Inbox.
  • Supported: Solves known customer issues by helping them before they get in touch: Sends proactive messages to get ahead of known issues and reduce inbound support volume.
  • Supported: Customer engagement by providing direction: Shows customers what to do next without waiting for them to contact support and ask.
  • Supported: Customer satisfaction through conversational support: Answers questions immediately in the channel they arise, or the channel that customers prefer.
  • Supported: Cohesive customer service: Supports working together in one platform.

Intercom Screenshots

Screenshot of AI Agent - The agent resolves 50% of support volume.Screenshot of AI Copilot - A personal AI assistant for every support agent.Screenshot of Omnichannel inbox - AI-enhanced to increase productivity.Screenshot of Tickets - Intercom tickets are designed for collaboration so complex issues are resolved faster.Screenshot of Help Center -  The help center powers AI and self-serve support.Screenshot of Workflows - Automations are built using the Intercom no code visual builder.

Intercom Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationApple iOS, Android
Supported LanguagesArabic, Bosnian, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, German (Formal), Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latviski, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Simplified Chinese, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, and Англи хэл (Mongolian).

Frequently Asked Questions

Intercom creates modern Customer Service software that aims to redefine how businesses support their customers. The platform connects businesses directly to customers using powerful messaging and automation. According to the vendor, Intercom enables teams to scale support without investing more resources - leading to happier customers and more efficient support teams.

Zendesk Suite, Freshdesk, and HubSpot Service Hub are common alternatives for Intercom.

Reviewers rate Email support highest, with a score of 8.8.

The most common users of Intercom are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

(646)

Attribute Ratings

Reviews

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Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
48.33333333333333%
4.8
Organize and prioritize service tickets
70%
7.0
Expert directory
N/A
N/A
Subscription-based notifications
70%
7.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
N/A
N/A
Ticket creation and submission
70%
7.0
Ticket response
80%
8.0
Self Help Community (2)
50%
5.0
External knowledge base
100%
10.0
Internal knowledge base
N/A
N/A
Multi-Channel Help (5)
50%
5.0
Customer portal
90%
9.0
IVR
N/A
N/A
Social integration
N/A
N/A
Email support
80%
8.0
Help Desk CRM integration
80%
8.0
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (4)
90%
9.0
Organize and prioritize service tickets
90%
9.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
70%
7.0
Ticket creation and submission
100%
10.0
Ticket response
100%
10.0
Self Help Community
N/A
N/A
Multi-Channel Help (4)
85%
8.5
Customer portal
90%
9.0
IVR
90%
9.0
Email support
80%
8.0
Help Desk CRM integration
80%
8.0
April 10, 2024

Love Intercom!

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
91.66666666666666%
9.2
Organize and prioritize service tickets
100%
10.0
Expert directory
90%
9.0
Subscription-based notifications
80%
8.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
80%
8.0
Ticket creation and submission
100%
10.0
Ticket response
100%
10.0
Self Help Community (2)
90%
9.0
External knowledge base
80%
8.0
Internal knowledge base
100%
10.0
Multi-Channel Help (3)
90%
9.0
Customer portal
100%
10.0
Email support
100%
10.0
Help Desk CRM integration
70%
7.0
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (5)
94%
9.4
Organize and prioritize service tickets
90%
9.0
Expert directory
100%
10.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
90%
9.0
Ticket creation and submission
100%
10.0
Ticket response
90%
9.0
Self Help Community (2)
90%
9.0
External knowledge base
90%
9.0
Internal knowledge base
90%
9.0
Multi-Channel Help (3)
100%
10.0
Customer portal
100%
10.0
Email support
100%
10.0
Help Desk CRM integration
100%
10.0
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (5)
90%
9.0
Organize and prioritize service tickets
70%
7.0
Subscription-based notifications
100%
10.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
80%
8.0
Ticket creation and submission
100%
10.0
Ticket response
100%
10.0
Self Help Community (2)
100%
10.0
External knowledge base
100%
10.0
Internal knowledge base
100%
10.0
Multi-Channel Help (5)
76%
7.6
Customer portal
80%
8.0
IVR
N/A
N/A
Social integration
100%
10.0
Email support
100%
10.0
Help Desk CRM integration
100%
10.0
April 06, 2024

Love Intercom!

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (4)
100%
10.0
Organize and prioritize service tickets
100%
10.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
100%
10.0
Ticket creation and submission
100%
10.0
Ticket response
100%
10.0
Self Help Community (2)
100%
10.0
External knowledge base
100%
10.0
Internal knowledge base
100%
10.0
Multi-Channel Help (2)
100%
10.0
Social integration
100%
10.0
Email support
100%
10.0
April 01, 2024

High Cost, Low Value

Score 3 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
10%
1.0
Organize and prioritize service tickets
10%
1.0
Expert directory
10%
1.0
Subscription-based notifications
10%
1.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
10%
1.0
Ticket creation and submission
10%
1.0
Ticket response
10%
1.0
Self Help Community (2)
10%
1.0
External knowledge base
10%
1.0
Internal knowledge base
10%
1.0
Multi-Channel Help (5)
10%
1.0
Customer portal
10%
1.0
IVR
10%
1.0
Social integration
10%
1.0
Email support
10%
1.0
Help Desk CRM integration
10%
1.0
March 29, 2024

Intercom review

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
66.66666666666667%
6.7
Organize and prioritize service tickets
100%
10.0
Expert directory
N/A
N/A
Subscription-based notifications
N/A
N/A
ITSM collaboration and documentation
100%
10.0
Ticket creation and submission
100%
10.0
Ticket response
100%
10.0
Self Help Community (2)
35%
3.5
External knowledge base
50%
5.0
Internal knowledge base
20%
2.0
Multi-Channel Help (5)
54%
5.4
Customer portal
100%
10.0
IVR
N/A
N/A
Social integration
70%
7.0
Email support
100%
10.0
Help Desk CRM integration
N/A
N/A
March 26, 2024

Good Product

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (5)
78%
7.8
Organize and prioritize service tickets
70%
7.0
Expert directory
80%
8.0
Subscription-based notifications
60%
6.0
Ticket creation and submission
90%
9.0
Ticket response
90%
9.0
Self Help Community (2)
70%
7.0
External knowledge base
70%
7.0
Internal knowledge base
70%
7.0
Multi-Channel Help (3)
76.66666666666667%
7.7
Customer portal
60%
6.0
Social integration
90%
9.0
Email support
80%
8.0
Dineshan Sithamparanathan | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (5)
88%
8.8
Organize and prioritize service tickets
90%
9.0
Subscription-based notifications
80%
8.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
90%
9.0
Ticket creation and submission
90%
9.0
Ticket response
90%
9.0
Self Help Community (2)
90%
9.0
External knowledge base
90%
9.0
Internal knowledge base
90%
9.0
Multi-Channel Help (4)
90%
9.0
Customer portal
90%
9.0
Social integration
90%
9.0
Email support
90%
9.0
Help Desk CRM integration
90%
9.0
March 08, 2024

Works good!

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management
N/A
N/A
Self Help Community (2)
100%
10.0
External knowledge base
100%
10.0
Internal knowledge base
100%
10.0
Multi-Channel Help (2)
90%
9.0
Email support
90%
9.0
Help Desk CRM integration
90%
9.0
Eileen Romito | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (5)
98%
9.8
Organize and prioritize service tickets
100%
10.0
Subscription-based notifications
100%
10.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
90%
9.0
Ticket creation and submission
100%
10.0
Ticket response
100%
10.0
Self Help Community (1)
100%
10.0
External knowledge base
100%
10.0
Multi-Channel Help (3)
100%
10.0
Customer portal
100%
10.0
Email support
100%
10.0
Help Desk CRM integration
100%
10.0
February 29, 2024

Intercom

Josh Rosen | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
80%
8.0
Organize and prioritize service tickets
80%
8.0
Expert directory
80%
8.0
Subscription-based notifications
80%
8.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
80%
8.0
Ticket creation and submission
80%
8.0
Ticket response
80%
8.0
Self Help Community (2)
65%
6.5
External knowledge base
60%
6.0
Internal knowledge base
70%
7.0
Multi-Channel Help (4)
77.5%
7.8
Customer portal
80%
8.0
Social integration
70%
7.0
Email support
80%
8.0
Help Desk CRM integration
80%
8.0
Branden Abushanab | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
100%
10.0
Organize and prioritize service tickets
100%
10.0
Expert directory
100%
10.0
Subscription-based notifications
100%
10.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
100%
10.0
Ticket creation and submission
100%
10.0
Ticket response
100%
10.0
Self Help Community (2)
100%
10.0
External knowledge base
100%
10.0
Internal knowledge base
100%
10.0
Multi-Channel Help (5)
100%
10.0
Customer portal
100%
10.0
IVR
100%
10.0
Social integration
100%
10.0
Email support
100%
10.0
Help Desk CRM integration
100%
10.0
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
75%
7.5
Organize and prioritize service tickets
100%
10.0
Expert directory
N/A
N/A
Subscription-based notifications
50%
5.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
100%
10.0
Ticket creation and submission
100%
10.0
Ticket response
100%
10.0
Self Help Community (2)
100%
10.0
External knowledge base
100%
10.0
Internal knowledge base
100%
10.0
Multi-Channel Help (5)
40%
4.0
Customer portal
100%
10.0
IVR
N/A
N/A
Social integration
N/A
N/A
Email support
100%
10.0
Help Desk CRM integration
N/A
N/A
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (5)
76%
7.6
Organize and prioritize service tickets
80%
8.0
Expert directory
70%
7.0
Subscription-based notifications
70%
7.0
Ticket creation and submission
80%
8.0
Ticket response
80%
8.0
Self Help Community (2)
90%
9.0
External knowledge base
90%
9.0
Internal knowledge base
90%
9.0
Multi-Channel Help (4)
80%
8.0
Customer portal
70%
7.0
Social integration
70%
7.0
Email support
90%
9.0
Help Desk CRM integration
90%
9.0
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
96.66666666666666%
9.7
Organize and prioritize service tickets
100%
10.0
Expert directory
80%
8.0
Subscription-based notifications
100%
10.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
100%
10.0
Ticket creation and submission
100%
10.0
Ticket response
100%
10.0
Self Help Community (2)
80%
8.0
External knowledge base
80%
8.0
Internal knowledge base
80%
8.0
Multi-Channel Help (4)
100%
10.0
IVR
100%
10.0
Social integration
100%
10.0
Email support
100%
10.0
Help Desk CRM integration
100%
10.0
February 19, 2024

Hard to top!

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (3)
66.66666666666667%
6.7
Organize and prioritize service tickets
100%
10.0
Ticket creation and submission
N/A
N/A
Ticket response
100%
10.0
Self Help Community (1)
100%
10.0
External knowledge base
100%
10.0
Multi-Channel Help (4)
100%
10.0
Customer portal
100%
10.0
Social integration
100%
10.0
Email support
100%
10.0
Help Desk CRM integration
100%
10.0
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
76.66666666666667%
7.7
Organize and prioritize service tickets
80%
8.0
Expert directory
60%
6.0
Subscription-based notifications
70%
7.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
60%
6.0
Ticket creation and submission
90%
9.0
Ticket response
100%
10.0
Self Help Community (2)
60%
6.0
External knowledge base
60%
6.0
Internal knowledge base
60%
6.0
Multi-Channel Help (4)
90%
9.0
Customer portal
90%
9.0
Social integration
90%
9.0
Email support
90%
9.0
Help Desk CRM integration
90%
9.0
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (6)
70%
7.0
Organize and prioritize service tickets
70%
7.0
Expert directory
70%
7.0
Subscription-based notifications
70%
7.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
70%
7.0
Ticket creation and submission
70%
7.0
Ticket response
70%
7.0
Self Help Community (2)
80%
8.0
External knowledge base
80%
8.0
Internal knowledge base
80%
8.0
Multi-Channel Help (5)
68%
6.8
Customer portal
70%
7.0
IVR
70%
7.0
Social integration
70%
7.0
Email support
60%
6.0
Help Desk CRM integration
70%
7.0
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (4)
95%
9.5
Expert directory
80%
8.0
Subscription-based notifications
100%
10.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
100%
10.0
Ticket response
100%
10.0
Self Help Community (2)
95%
9.5
External knowledge base
100%
10.0
Internal knowledge base
90%
9.0
Multi-Channel Help (4)
95%
9.5
Customer portal
90%
9.0
Social integration
90%
9.0
Email support
100%
10.0
Help Desk CRM integration
100%
10.0
February 07, 2024

A Masterpiece.

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Incident and problem management (4)
72.5%
7.3
Organize and prioritize service tickets
90%
9.0
Expert directory
N/A
N/A
Ticket creation and submission
100%
10.0
Ticket response
100%
10.0
Self Help Community (2)
80%
8.0
External knowledge base
80%
8.0
Internal knowledge base
80%
8.0
Multi-Channel Help (1)
100%
10.0
Email support
100%
10.0
February 06, 2024

Intercom experience

Alejandra Campero | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 7 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incident and problem management
N/A
N/A
Self Help Community (2)
65%
6.5
External knowledge base
80%
8.0
Internal knowledge base
50%
5.0
Multi-Channel Help (5)
66%
6.6
Customer portal
80%
8.0
IVR
N/A
N/A
Social integration
90%
9.0
Email support
80%
8.0
Help Desk CRM integration
80%
8.0
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