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Top Help Scout Alternatives and Competitors

Looking to upgrade or change your solution? Take away the guesswork and stay informed with end user feedback to identify and select the solution that best matches your needs.

Help Scout is designed with your customers in mind. Provide email and live chat with a personal touch, and deliver help content right where your customers need it, all in one place, all for one low price. The customer experience is simple and training staff is painless, but Help Scout still has all the powerful features you need to provide great support at scale. With best in-class-reporting, an integrated knowledge base, 50+ integrations and a robust API, Help Scout lets your team focus on what really matters: your customers.

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Best Alternatives and Competitors to Help Scout

Compare how Help Scout stacks up to the competition in the areas that matter most to real users to short list options that will best fit your business needs.

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HelpDesk

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Compared to Help Scout, HelpDesk is:

More Inspiring

Easier to Customize

More Transparent

Better at Training

Better at Integrating

Easier to Use

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HubSpot

HubSpot Service Hub

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+91

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Compared to Help Scout, HubSpot Service Hub is:

More Transparent

More Inspiring

More Innovative

Better at Integrating

Better at Training

Easier to Customize

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Freshworks Inc.

Freshdesk

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Compared to Help Scout, Freshdesk is:

More Transparent

More Inspiring

More Innovative

Easier to Customize

Worse at Support

Less Caring

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Zoho Corporation

Zoho Desk

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+90

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Compared to Help Scout, Zoho Desk is:

More Transparent

More Inspiring

More Innovative

Easier to Customize

Less Caring

Worse at Support

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Zendesk

Zendesk for Service

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+88

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Compared to Help Scout, Zendesk for Service is:

More Transparent

More Inspiring

More Innovative

More Reliable

Worse at Support

Worse at Training

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Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service

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+86

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Compared to Help Scout, Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service is:

More Inspiring

More Transparent

Easier to Customize

Better at Integrating

Less Caring

Less Efficient

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Salesforce.com Inc

Salesforce Agentforce Service

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+87

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171

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Compared to Help Scout, Salesforce Agentforce Service is:

More Transparent

More Inspiring

More Innovative

Less Efficient

Worse at Support

Less Caring

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ServiceNow

ServiceNow Customer Service Management

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+93

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Compared to Help Scout, ServiceNow Customer Service Management is:

More Inspiring

More Transparent

More Innovative

More Respectful

Easier to Customize

Better at Training

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Bitrix24 Ltd

Bitrix24

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Compared to Help Scout, Bitrix24 is:

More Transparent

More Inspiring

More Innovative

Better at Integrating

Easier to Customize

More Reliable

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Issuetrak

Issuetrak

8.0

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+91

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Compared to Help Scout, Issuetrak is:

More Transparent

More Inspiring

More Efficient

Better at Integrating

Easier to Customize

More Innovative

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Oracle

Oracle Service

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+91

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Compared to Help Scout, Oracle Service is:

More Transparent

More Inspiring

Better at Integrating

More Innovative

Harder to Use

Less Respectful

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Front

7.9

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+98

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Compared to Help Scout, Front is:

More Inspiring

More Transparent

More Innovative

Better at Integrating

Easier to Implement

More Reliable

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Gladly Inc

Gladly

7.8

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+95

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Compared to Help Scout, Gladly is:

More Inspiring

More Transparent

More Innovative

More Caring

More Efficient

Easier to Implement

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ManageEngine

SupportCenter Plus

7.7

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+84

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50

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Compared to Help Scout, SupportCenter Plus is:

Better at Integrating

Easier to Customize

Easier to Implement

More Inspiring

Less Reliable

Less Innovative

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SAP

SAP Service Cloud

7.6

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+92

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24

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Compared to Help Scout, SAP Service Cloud is:

More Inspiring

More Caring

More Respectful

More Reliable

Harder to Implement

Worse at Support

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Kayako

Kayako

7.1

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+81

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25

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Compared to Help Scout, Kayako is:

Easier to Customize

Less Efficient

Worse at Support

Less Caring

Harder to Use

Worse at Training

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Helpshift

Helpshift

7.1

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+71

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23

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Compared to Help Scout, Helpshift is:

Less Caring

Less Transparent

Less Efficient

Less Reliable

Worse at Support

Harder to Implement

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