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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Awards

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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%

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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 Support Bots: Intercom brings upleveled support automation that scales support teams by resolving 33% of common questions.Screenshot of Shared Inbox: From quick to complex questions, the Intercom Inbox workflows helps resolve issues in real time and improve team efficiency—without sacrificing CSAT.Screenshot of Product Tours: Connect the dots from sign-up to success with Intercom' interactive product tours.Screenshot of Campaign Builder: Series, Intercom's visual campaign builder, lets users send cohesive messages across channels—inside the app and out.Screenshot of Intercom Surveys: In-context customer surveys, Intercom Surveys connects users to valuable customer insights—and then helps to turn those insights into action, automatically.Screenshot of The Intercom MessengerScreenshot of Advanced Ticketing

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

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Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Mainly using Intercom for product support and internal team escalations. We are using Intercom to collect customer data and customer support data for as voice of customer for future product development. For internal escalation, we are using it for efficiency and quality measurement for our internal colleagues to track the progress of the cases. Automation is part of the usage as well to manage some automated customer interaction.
November 22, 2023

Very Useful to Have

Richa Khera | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Intercom is used by the teams who specifically are gathering customer data through NPS, and CSAT scores. They heavily use it to float these surveys in the product. It is channel agnostic, so we were able to collect data through our surveys through our product's mobile app and web platform. We also had Intercom specialists on our team.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Intercom on our public facing website, on our web platform as well as our support email. All of the tickets funnel into one inbox for our support team to monitor. This helps our team all stay on the same page and be able to answer customer support inquiries effectively.
Medolago Alessandra | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Customers write in chat to seek support while using our software, and we reply live except for the night time where we take advantage of the automation and the "robot" (as we call it) responds to the customer.
I find it a very good tool to have while assisting clients
November 02, 2023

Support Simplified

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It allows us to simplify ticketing. Previously it was done on Teams which was a nightmare and now we are able to consistently deal with customer tickets, escalate when necessary and effectively prioritise them when needed.

As of recent, we've had to use some integrations i.e Trello and Jira and intercom has made it a breeze raising specific ticket types.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Intercom helps us categorize issues per product, this is particularly helpful when reporting on metrics & KPIs.
Excellent display of self-serve content for all our clients and the possibility to choose and filter audience that can see it.
Outbound allows us to proactively relay any widespread issues to the affected clients in a very efficient and interactive manner.
Outbound serves great for advertising new products as well.
Interactive chat bot that our consumers like!
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Intercom for customer-facing communication. It is an easy line of communication directly to our support team so that we can assist suppliers without needing to get into back-and-forth emails, or try and reach each other on the phone. This is excellent since we are a global company, and many suppliers don't wish to pay for international calls to our global headquarters. Giving exact details and solutions to suppliers instantly across the world helps us maintain our company's effectiveness. We recently introduced an automated chatbot feature instead of just live agents and that helps us maintain consistent communication across our suppliers as well. Letting a bot handle initial contact while always providing the option to speak to a live agent is a wonderful feature, and being on the back end of things, we can see what problems people are having, so that when someone reaches out to a real person, we can have a solution ready to deploy or communicate to them immediately instead of having to research the problem all over again. That speed helps us maintain the level of customer service that our suppliers expect from us.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Intercom works for us.We use this program to answer customer's inquiries. This is where I spend the majority of my work day helping our customers. It is a very efficient tool and allows me to do my job with ease. Everything is right where I need it. I love Intercom.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Intercom for our customer service duties. It's a valuable and easy-to-use tool to communicate effectively with customers and users. It provides the necessary tools to carry our jib and give the best customer experience possible. It's also helpful for workload organization and distribution between different departments, so it is easy to collaborate with other teams. Moreover, it provides our customers with an easy-to-use interface to communicate their questions and issues.
Doni Brass | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Intercom gives me the ability to build product tours, message my users, announce new features and make urgent announcements without depending on my engineering team to write code. For me this is an essential way to have a relationship with my customers/users as a product manager. In addition, Intercom serves as a help center for product related documentation available directly in our web app (without the need to navigate away) and a chat/chatbot for users to ask questions and share feedback.
Danielle Constantine | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Live Chat Operations: MyHSA employs Intercom's live chat feature to provide real-time assistance to its users. We moved from Zendesk as it was awful. Life has been better ever since. When users have questions or issues, they can instantly engage with a MyHSA support representative, or a custom bot! This feature facilitates quick problem resolution, increasing user satisfaction and trust in the platform (which is super important with insurance and health care).

Pushing New Products and Features: Intercom enables MyHSA to proactively inform users about new products, features, and updates. Through targeted in-app messages, email campaigns, and push notifications, MyHSA can now reach out to the right users at the right time. This helps increase user adoption of new offerings and ensures users are aware of the latest enhancements.

Surveying Our Users: MyHSA plans to collect valuable user feedback through Intercom's CSAT and NPS survey tools. By sending targeted surveys at appropriate touchpoints, such as after a user interaction or a product update, MyHSA hopes to gather insights into user satisfaction, preferences, and pain points. This feedback will inform our product development and customer service improvements.

Product Tours: To onboard new users effectively and showcase key features, MyHSA will employ Intercom's product tour functionality. When users sign up or access the platform, interactive product tours guide them through the application, highlighting the most important features. This enhances user engagement and reduces onboarding friction.

Articles: MyHSA maintains an extensive knowledge base with articles addressing common user queries and issues. Intercom's Articles feature helps organize, display, and share these resources with users seamlessly. When users encounter issues or have questions, support representatives can send relevant articles to assist them, leading to quicker problem resolution and empowering users to find answers independently.

FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) are essential resources for self-service support. MyHSA utilizes Intercom's FAQ integration to maintain a dynamic FAQ section. Users can access this section to find answers to common queries, reducing the need for direct support interactions. This not only saves time for users but also allows MyHSA's support team to focus on more complex issues.
Mateus Aléssio Fogaça | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use Intercom to create and manage all communication campaigns with my clients.These campaigns range from communications about product launches, satisfaction surveys and invitations to events.The channels I use most are: Emai, Pop up, Tooltip and News.I also manage my clients’ segmentations. My company is a SAAS specialized in providing Lean planning solutions for construction companies.I am responsible for all customer contact points. From individual communications to mass communications.I need to create them, segment them and monitor their engagement and make internal reports for my leaders.
October 06, 2023

Intercom for me

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Intercom mainly as our go-to platform for customer interactions. It helps us manage our customer support queries, allowing us to respond to our users in real time, and it’s super handy for engaging with potential customers and leads. It addresses our need to keep communication lines open and clear, solve user issues swiftly, and it’s crucial for getting feedback. It’s pretty much our all-in-one tool for anything customer-related!
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
My organization uses multiple aspects of the Intercom solution. It's used for outbound messaging, in-application messaging, customer support, and the Help Center/knowledge base articles. My own interactions with Intercom are mostly limited to the outbound messaging features (for sending release notes) and the articles/Help Center, where I spend most of my time. It may be that my organization uses Intercom for CRM as well; as a freelancer, I don't have full visibility.
Nestor Rivero | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Intercom serves as our primary interface for interacting with customers, allowing us to seamlessly manage inbound inquiries, provide timely support, and nurture leads throughout their journey. Its intuitive chat functionality has significantly improved our response times, resulting in heightened customer satisfaction and trust.Furthermore, the product's robust automation features have enabled us to streamline repetitive tasks, ensuring that our team can focus on higher-value activities. By setting up targeted messaging campaigns, we've experienced a notable increase in user retention and product adoption rates.The scope of our use case extends beyond traditional customer support. Intercom has become an integral part of our marketing efforts, allowing us to conduct personalized outreach and gather valuable insights through surveys and feedback loops. This data-driven approach has proven invaluable in refining our product offerings and aligning them with customer needs.I highly recommend implementing Intercom for any organization seeking to elevate their customer engagement and support efforts. Its user-friendly interface, coupled with powerful automation and targeting capabilities, empowers teams to deliver exceptional customer experiences. With Intercom, we've witnessed a tangible impact on customer satisfaction, retention, and overall business performance. 5 Stars!!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
For our Real Estate SaaS business. Intercoms services our live chat and support inboxes to allow us to respond to customer support and feedback across three different markets/time zones of Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, all supported from our Australia office despite a 12-hour spread between them. Intercom is also used for our comms to our platform (current customer) users to advise them on changes, promotions, and downtime. Hence, they stay informed of how we operate as a business and encourage platform action and behaviors (getting users to return to the platform regularly). Here Intercom acts as our digital/email marketing platform so we can measure user engagement with comms, then feed this into how their platform behavior changes. This can be the regularity of access, time spent in the system, or if they access new features for the first time, with all the data feedback to our customer support and account management teams to action, including integration with HubSpot, our internal CRM system.
September 14, 2023

Feedback

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use intercom to write and hold support articles, use live chat to support customers, and to integrate with Userguiding. We are a smaller tech start and intercom has provided a central place for all things support.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Intercom for incoming support requests, sales conversations, and customer success. Intercom allows us to streamline communication across various teams to collaborate on platform bugs, technical issues, or answering general questions for our customers.
September 12, 2023

Intercom review

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Intercom is a great platform for managing customer conversations and campaigns, as it allows us to unify our email, chat, and social media messages from customers. Unfortunately, the platform does not currently support SMS and calls in our region. Nevertheless, the interface is very user-friendly and navigation is quite easy.
Neil Cameron | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
We use Intercom in four key areas: as a first line of customer support, as our primary way to interact with customers and users and receive feature requests and discuss roadmap, and as a shortcut to providing help documentation and as the technology stack to help us do product onboarding tours
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