Intercom
AI-first customer service platform with Fin AI agent for instant resolutions
Founded
2011
Starting Price
$29
Category
AI Chatbots & Agents
Last updated February 10, 2026
About Intercom
Intercom is a leading AI-first customer service platform that combines live chat, help desk ticketing, and AI-powered automation into a single unified workspace. Founded in 2011 by four Irish entrepreneurs, Intercom has grown into one of the most widely adopted customer communication tools, serving over 30,000 businesses worldwide and generating over $200M in annual revenue. At the heart of Intercom's platform is Fin, its AI agent that autonomously resolves customer queries by learning from your help center articles, internal documentation, and conversation history. Fin achieves an industry-leading 99.9% accuracy rate and resolves an average of 60% of incoming support conversations without human intervention. The AI communicates in over 45 languages, adapts to your brand voice, and can take actions like updating customer accounts, processing refunds, and retrieving order information. Beyond AI automation, Intercom provides a powerful shared inbox that unifies conversations from live chat, email, phone, SMS, WhatsApp, and social media channels into one view. Teams can build no-code workflow automations for ticket routing, conversation tagging, SLA management, and CSAT surveys. The platform also includes a customizable Messenger widget, a self-service help center (with multilingual support on higher plans), product tours for user onboarding, and targeted outbound messaging capabilities. Intercom integrates with over 350 tools including Salesforce, HubSpot, Shopify, Slack, and Jira, making it a natural fit for SaaS companies, e-commerce businesses, and tech startups that need to scale their customer support operations while maintaining a personal, conversational experience.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Fin AI agent resolves ~60% of conversations autonomously with industry-leading accuracy, dramatically reducing support ticket volume
- Intuitive, modern interface with unified inbox makes it easy for teams to adopt quickly and manage all channels from one place
- Powerful no-code workflow automation for routing, tagging, and SLA management saves significant manual effort
- Extensive integration ecosystem with 350+ apps including Salesforce, HubSpot, Shopify, and Slack
- Omnichannel support covering live chat, email, phone, SMS, WhatsApp, and social media in a single platform
Key Features
Fin AI Agent
AI-powered customer service agent that autonomously resolves up to 60% of queries with 99.9% accuracy, communicates in 45+ languages, and takes actions like updating accounts and processing refunds.
Omnichannel Inbox
Unified shared inbox that consolidates conversations from live chat, email, phone, SMS, WhatsApp, and social media into a single workspace with powerful views and filters.
Workflow Automation
Visual no-code workflow builder for automating ticket routing, conversation tagging, SLA enforcement, CSAT surveys, and closing idle chats without manual intervention.
Help Center & Knowledge Base
Customizable self-service help center with article management, multilingual support (on Advanced+), and private internal knowledge base options.
Intercom Messenger
Embeddable chat widget with branded design, rich media support, bot flows, and targeted messaging capabilities for websites and mobile apps.
Fin AI Copilot
AI assistant for human agents that suggests replies, surfaces relevant knowledge base articles, and provides conversation context to speed up resolution times.
Pricing
Essential
$29/seat/month
- Intercom Messenger
- Fin AI Agent ($0.99/resolution)
- Shared inbox
- Basic ticketing
- Public help center
Best For
SaaS Customer Support
Ideal for SaaS companies needing to scale support with AI-first automation while maintaining a conversational, in-app experience for their users.
E-Commerce Customer Service
Handle high volumes of order inquiries, returns, and shipping questions with Fin AI resolving common queries and seamless handoff to agents for complex issues.
User Onboarding & Engagement
Use product tours, targeted in-app messages, and proactive outreach to guide new users through setup and drive feature adoption.
24/7 Global Support
Provide round-the-clock multilingual customer service with Fin AI handling queries in 45+ languages outside business hours.
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