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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated July 21st, 2026 # Reviews of Intercom Ease of use 4.4 Customer Service 4.3 ## Pros and Cons in Reviews DAVIS O Customer Support Team Lead.Information Technology and Services, 1,001 - 5,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “The live chat is fast and responsive, and the ability to see user activity in real time adds a layer of context that makes support feel proactive rather than reactive.“ August 19, 2025 Rael d Head of SupportInformation Technology and Services, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Our support team has established operating hours, and so if someone works outside of those hours, we don't want to give our customers the impression that we're available 24/7.“ August 12, 2025 CM Christopher M Content MarketerComputer Software, 51 - 200 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “I also like the ability to tag customers who report bugs or request features and send them an update email when we push a release that matches what they brought up to us.“ May 13, 2025 RG Rafael G AnalystBanking, 1,001 - 5,000 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “Intercom doesn't offer as many integration options and some of their competitors. Because of that, one has to navigate through several tabs or pages.“ September 26, 2024 GM Gustavo M ManagerManagement Consulting, 2 - 10 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “What I like most about Intercom is its ability to combine multiple customer service, marketing and sales tools into one platform, making direct and efficient communication with users easier.“ October 11, 2024 SS Steve S Customer Service Platform ManagerPharmaceuticals, 201 - 500 employeesUsed the software for: 1-2 years. “We've switched from Zendesk so there a couple of things that Intercom hasn't quite caught up to speed with Zendesk for like nested attributes, a couple metrics for calls.“ April 28, 2025 AA Aditya A Customer Service RepresentativeConsumer Services, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: More than 2 years. “I like the live chat in Intercom, which allows me to respond to customer queries in real time and see their details in one spot.“ April 17, 2025 RM Rick M Account ManagerComputer Software, 11 - 50 employeesUsed the software for: Less than 6 months. “The problem is that Intercom is not interested in providing customer service, so you will only get as far as their knowledge base and what their AI agent can offer.“ October 22, 2024 ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 1-25 of 1134 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use Matt B. Director of Products Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Offers customers a great and efficient support experience while saving our internal team countless hours" January 26, 2026 5.0 My current company was already using Intercom when I arrived 4 years ago. They had recently switched from Zendesk, and everyone told me how much better it was. After 4 years, it's easy to see why. They continued to innovate with features like Fin AI. I haven't seen anything else on the market that would fit our needs better than what Intercom is doing. Pros Intercom does many things extremely well, but if I had to zero in on the two big ones for me, they are Help Center and Fin AI assistant. Both of these tools help thousands of our customers everyday without the need of staffing hundreds of support reps. We do have an excellent team of reps, but Intercom's Help Center and Fin AI take care of the most common customer interactions, so our reps have the bandwidth to engage with more complex customer issues. Cons I do wish Intercom's integration with Jira was a little more robust. It does send basic issue tracking data over, but some data points are missing, causing you to have to go hunt them down in Intercom instead of staying in Jira. I'm not sure if this limitation is on Intercom or on Jira though. Switched from [Zendesk Suite](https://www.capterra.com/p/164283/Zendesk/) I wasn't at the company yet when the switch was made, but I was told that Intercom offered way more for way less. Review Source Marc G. Director Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Powerful customer communication platform" August 25, 2025 4.0 Intercom is a powerful customer communication platform with industry-leading automation and AI capabilities. Pros Without a doubt, what I like the most about INtercom is their AI agent called Fin. Fin can handle complex customer queries using natural language, significantly reducing the workload on support teams. Cons Intercom is expensive, especially for startups and small businesses. Their AI agent, Fin, charges about $0.99 per resolution, which adds up quickly at scale. Alternatives considered [HubSpot Marketing Hub](https://www.capterra.com/p/171840/HubSpot-Marketing/) Reason for choosing Intercom Basically, for Intercom's AI and automation capabilities. Review Source CL Charles-Stephen L. CYM Media Generalist Media Production Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Efficient centralization of exchanges" July 7, 2026 4.0 Pros Everything is grouped in the same place for Intercom which is nice. it helps to reply faster to requests Cons it is one of the software that allows to have discussions (messages) without problem I feel comfortable if I use it Review Source Carrie B. Workforce Analyst Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Decent product function, needs added features." January 14, 2026 3.0 Overall, my experience was okay. I can't say that it was terrible, or very good. The things that I needed from the WFM side to calculate efficiencies wasn't something they provided, but from my standpoint, they were responsive in many other ways. Pros Intercom was easy to navigate from the end user standpoint, and it was easy overall to monitor from the WFM RTA perspective. Cons Intercom is limited in the Agent States. For instance, an agent was either in a chat or away. It was very difficult to calculate idle time without a status that is online - idle. This makes calculating utilization statistics difficult. Switched from [Zendesk Suite](https://www.capterra.com/p/164283/Zendesk/) Mostly forced due to a decision from another department. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Growth Associate Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Intercom Review" May 8, 2026 4.0 Pros The Fin AI capabilities to respond to requests and the outbound capabilities allowing our team to create a series of campaigns to increase signup rates. Cons The search functionality in the outbound section isn't very capable of finding messages that have been sent out. Review Source Rael D. Head of Support Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Intercom is the best AI-first support platform." August 12, 2025 5.0 We've been using Intercom for roughly 3 years now, and although it hasn't been the smoothest ride, we're able to get the value for money with it. It's the best AI-first support platform available, and it looks like it will continue to remain so as development keeps going. Pros I like Fin because it's easy to implement and improve, and it continues to evolve. Intercom's analytics are also quite good, and their CX score rating is a game-changer. Cons There's not a lot to dislike. I would love it if Intercom allowed replies to conversations to be scheduled. Our support team has established operating hours, and so if someone works outside of those hours, we don't want to give our customers the impression that we're available 24/7. Switched from [Help Scout](https://www.capterra.com/p/136909/Help-Scout/) Needed a support platform that had AI chatbot features. Review Source Tommy M. Knowledge Manager Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Intercom is Fintastic" July 21, 2025 5.0 Overall, my company loves Intercom. They've made a lot of improvements over the last two years, which has helped us maintain our commitment to using them as a vendor. Pros I like Fin most about Intercom. I took over managing our company's Fin (Intercom's AI agent for chat support) in January 2024. It's been fun improving our content and customer support to boost our resolution rate. Cons What I like least about Intercom is its complicated pricing structure. Some features have their own pricing structure instead of being included in a given tier, which is confusing when you see the value in one of their tools but don't have a clear pricing range to show to management to procure the tool. Alternatives considered [Zendesk Suite](https://www.capterra.com/p/164283/Zendesk/) Reason for choosing Intercom We stuck with Intercom because competitors couldn't replicate our success with Fin. Review Source SS Steve S. Customer Service Platform Manager Pharmaceuticals Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Fin is a game changer, best product on the market. " April 28, 2025 5.0 Intercom is amazing. We're so happy we moved from Zendesk to Intercom. Fin is a game changer and they're a great company that is improving at pace. Pros Fin AI Agent is amazing. Its so easy to set up and provides amazing customer service. We switched to Intercom specifically for Fin and it has exceeded our expectations. The resolution and CSAT have been amazing. It's also amazing to see how quickly Fin is evolving. In the last year, we've seen Intercom develop and deploy so many useful features for Fin that have made it even better. I'm always excited to see what's next for Fin. Cons We've switched from Zendesk so there a couple of things that Intercom hasn't quite caught up to speed with Zendesk for like nested attributes, a couple metrics for calls. Switched from [Zendesk Suite](https://www.capterra.com/p/164283/Zendesk/) We were looking for plugins for Zendesk that utilised AI. We found some pretty good ones, but they were an additional charge to Zendesk. When we found Fin, we were able to trial it. Within 5 minutes Fin was providing high quality respondes and we knew we had to switch. Review Source Julian O. Co-Founder Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "All-in one solution for customer service" February 4, 2025 5.0 Great software to use in the customer service section of businesses. It reduces time en resources spent. Easy to use and the options available makes sure you can cover everything Pros It is the all-in solution that goes so deep that it becomes a fully integrated part of business department Cons There are so many options that it takes sometime to figure everything out. Not in terms of difficulty but in terms of options Switched from [Tidio](https://www.capterra.com/p/144040/Tidio-Chat/) More options, deeper insights, more automation, ai Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Marketing and Digital Projects Events Services Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Best in class support solution" February 20, 2025 5.0 I have been extremely impressed with the functionality within Intercom and how it can support our SaaS business. Whilst pricing can be seen as slightly high, you do get what you pay for. Pros The unified agent experience, and the customisability within the agent front end. We are able to integrate data far more easily than we were with our existing solution and platforms we assessed. Cons The pricing model is slightly steep, with functionality which would be considered essential on other platforms (balanced agent loading!) stuck in the highest tier. Switched from [Zoho Desk](https://www.capterra.com/p/169505/Zoho-Desk/) Limited functionality and ongoing support issues. Review Source VR Verified Reviewer SVP of Engineering Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "A very basic CRM" January 6, 2025 4.0 Pros Relatively simple interfaces and api endpoints. Interesting AI integrations / product features. Cons Issues with basic customer management concepts such as merges. Development team seemed unresponsive to potential product issues, yet aware they existed. Switched from [Kustomer](https://www.capterra.com/p/158128/Kustomer/) Kustomer briefly stopped offering a HIPAA compliant product. Review Source DB Dinesh B. Solutions Engineer Information Technology and Services Used the software for: I used a free trial ### "No Onboarding sales and customer Support." February 21, 2025 5.0 They have multiple features but no customer support. Pros They have multiple features and Integrations. Cons No Onboarding sales and customer Support. Switched from [Wati](https://www.capterra.com/p/204314/WATI/)[Twilio](https://www.capterra.com/p/180158/Twilio-Communications-Platform/)[Gallabox](https://www.capterra.com/p/238870/Gallabox/) No difficult to understand process, No customer support on this. Review Source AS Amit S. Manager Architecture & Planning Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Customer Support is very good, smooth onboarding process" December 26, 2024 5.0 Customer Support is very good, smooth onboarding process Pros Customer Support is very good, smooth onboarding process Cons Its Cost is too expensive, price are not match with plan Switched from [DoubleTick](https://www.capterra.com/p/10003201/Double-Tick/)[Gupshup](https://www.capterra.com/p/233786/Gupshup/) No Customer Support and No Feature that I want Review Source VR Verified Reviewer VP of Customer Success Computer Software Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Modern customer support platform with strong AI capabilities" October 31, 2024 5.0 Pros Easy, intuitive UX. Strong AI capabilities. Cons Analytics and reporting can be a bit tricky to navigate. Switched from [HubSpot Service Hub](https://www.capterra.com/p/182476/HubSpot-Service-Hub/) Hubspot had difficult to use UX and very limited AI capabilities. Review Source MG Mathieu G. CEO Accounting Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Really good but expensive" September 11, 2024 5.0 Good interface, quick search, easy to use for all the team Pros Really helpful for chat with lead and customer. Possibility to make series to automate communication. Possibility to send event to customize serie Cons Intercom is really too expensive and each new feature are more and more expansive. We can't use other feature, Intercom is the service with the higer price in our company. Alternatives considered [Crisp](https://www.capterra.com/p/151292/Crisp/) Reason for choosing Intercom We use Intercom before Crisp. I prefer Intercom GUI. All our database and help desk exists in Intercom. Don't want spend time to switch from Intercom to Crisp. But Crisp is really a good service and really less expensive Review Source Response from Fin September 17, 2024 Darragh here, I'm CTO at Intercom. We made some big mistakes on pricing historically and I'm really sorry to hear they've faced you. While some people will opt for very cheap or free point solutions, our product is incredibly broad, capable, and robust, and we've restructured our pricing to be very accessible for small companies, with plans starting at as little as 29$ / month, and a very generous program for early stage companies to use all the power of Intercom with significant discounts. It sounds like you're suffering one of our old models - I'd love to see whether we can make some changes to your plan that solve your issues? Please let me know at darragh@intercom.com and I'll make sure you get sorted. TA Tim A. Strategic Operations Director Pharmaceuticals Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Support connections the pipes between sales and support at intercom." July 6, 2025 4.0 We see better engagement and quicker resolution times when providers or partners need clarification especially as it relates to dosing guidelines or regulatory documentation. Pros Intercom’s live chat and automated workflows enable us to coach healthcare providers in real time particularly in sensitive product inquiries. Integration with our CRM allows for a seamless handoff from support to account managers. Cons It becomes expensive as our contact list grows, its learning curve was visible to some of our non-technical staff. Review Source SE Sean E. Client Services Manager Medical Practice Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Intercom Review" June 26, 2025 4.0 Very happy using Intercom and it has become a key software for our company over the last couple of years. Pros I really like how it helps our company engage with prospects outside of normal working hours. It also enables us to use AI to give tailored automatic responses to requests. Cons It can take quite a long time to get to grips with all the features and to use the software correctly. Review Source IRA Imogen R. A. Digital Marketing Specialist Marketing and Advertising Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Enhancing customer interaction with intercom" May 11, 2025 4.0 It made our website an effective sales tool, We were able to capture and nurture leads on the spot instead of letting them slip through the cracks in week long email chains. Pros Intercom’s live chat and auto message options let us keep in touch with leads who came to our design portfolio and transformed passersby into serious inquiries. Cons If you need more features, pricing can climb steeply, making it more challenging for small agencies to scale up without breaking the bank. Review Source MJ Marjorie J. Head of customer services Computer Software Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Thanks Intercom !" April 14, 2025 4.0 Intercom makes my job easier, I have all the data in one place and I can interract with my customer so fast. The reports help me analyse what we are doing. Pros Lots of possibilities. It makes my job easier to have all the data in one place. Macros and Articles have help me be more efficient. Cons When help is needed, it is rather long to have an agent to talk to. Review Source ID Irina D. CTO Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great user experience and trust" April 18, 2025 5.0 Pros Clean user experience, increasing user confidence in the product. Beautiful UX Cons Higher prices by number of seats required for the business overall Review Source VR Verified Reviewer Patient Care Advocate Hospital & Health Care Used the software for: 6-12 months ### " Enhancing Communication and Customer Engagement" December 20, 2024 4.0 Overall I am very much satisfied with intercom, making handling chats so much more comfortable and easy Pros it is very user-friendly and the use of macros and other features like tagging a member or transferring it to a different team makes it very much handy. The AI co-pilot is also very handy making us handle fewer chats. Cons how it can lag at times which required us to reload the page Review Source JL Jason L. software engineer Computer Software Used the software for: 2+ years ### "a useful tool for customer online support" February 18, 2025 5.0 very useful tool for customer online support Pros easy to use, it is a intuitive tool, no much training is required Cons the fee for intercom is bit high, for the ai answer, it charge $1 per answer, it's very expensive comparing to other ai tool Review Source Jennifer M. Marketing Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Fantastic interface for communication to our clients" January 24, 2025 5.0 Their support is excellent and they are very good at assisting. Pros How many features it has we have to go no where else for all the support we need for our clients Cons Sometimes tagging people doesnt work when importing csv (small issues) Review Source JC Joel C. Customer Success Manager Information Technology and Services Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Fantastic Product For Managing Your Support Chats" October 25, 2024 5.0 In my experience, Intercom has been great to work with. They have released some new features that are part of our general subscription which is always a bonus. Pros Managing and completing Support chats within Intercom is great. It is very easy to track which chats are needing urgent attention and once you have completed a chat, it is easy to snooze them until your preferred time. We have just started using the AI function which seems to be working well so far. Cons Occasionally, if you have lots of chats, it can be confusing to see which Support rep is working on a chat and which are free to be able to be worked on. Review Source GM Gustavo M. Manager Management Consulting Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "My pleasant experience with Intercom" October 11, 2024 5.0 Intercom has completely changed how we interact with our customers. The live chat feature is a game-changer, and the automated bots save us so much time by handling common questions and qualifying leads. The ability to segment and personalize messages based on user behavior has made our marketing much more effective. It took a bit to set up, but once running, it’s incredibly efficient. The knowledge base has also reduced our support workload. While it’s not the cheapest option, the value it adds to customer engagement and sales conversions makes it worth the investment. Pros What I like most about Intercom is its ability to combine multiple customer service, marketing and sales tools into one platform, making direct and efficient communication with users easier. Especially the Intelligent Live Chat. Cons Intercom is great for mid-sized and larger businesses, but its approach and pricing structure aren't as well suited to startups or small businesses that don't have a dedicated support or sales team. It's also too complex for businesses with simpler needs. It's priced per user or per interaction, so as your customer base grows, so do the costs very significantly. Review Source Similar Products Featured ## Send me user reviews about this product ### Fill out the form and we'll send a list of the top-rated software based on real user reviews directly to your inbox.