Support
Chatwoot is the open-source answer to Intercom and Zendesk — self-host for full data control or pay for their cloud instead.
Crisp bundles live chat, a shared inbox, and a chatbot into one cheap plan — the pragmatic pick when Intercom's pricing stings.
Freshdesk matches Zendesk's ticketing muscle at a friendlier price, if you can tolerate the upsell into the rest of Freshworks.
Help Scout makes support feel like a normal shared inbox instead of a ticket queue, which small teams and customers both prefer.
Intercom bolted a genuinely capable AI agent onto a shared inbox, so tickets get resolved before a human ever opens them.
Plain is support software built by engineers for engineers — Slack-native and API-first, without legacy helpdesk bloat.
Zendesk is the safe enterprise default — deep ticketing and reporting, but budget for the complexity and the invoice.