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At a Glance
Market Segments
Mid-Market (55.6% of reviews)
Small-Business (58.6% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 10 Users
$0.99 1 Resolution
3CX
Star Rating
(521)4.4 out of 5
Market Segments
Mid-Market (55.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
Free 10 Users
Free Trial is available
Browse all 3 pricing plansFin by Intercom
Star Rating
(3,713)4.5 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (58.6% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.99 1 Resolution
Free Trial is available
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Fin by Intercom excels in overall user satisfaction, boasting a significantly higher G2 Score compared to 3CX. Users appreciate its ability to save time and keep customer conversations organized, highlighting the value of its detailed Content and Guidance documentation.
- Users say that the ease of management and configuration is a standout feature for 3CX, making it intuitive for teams to streamline communication. Reviewers note that having all features centralized enhances their workflow, which is particularly beneficial for larger teams.
- According to verified reviews, Fin by Intercom shines in its user-friendly functionality, with many users praising its simple interface and the integration of macros in emails. This ease of use is a key factor for teams that rely on the platform daily.
- Reviewers mention that while 3CX offers a free entry-level price, which is appealing for budget-conscious users, Fin by Intercom's low-cost entry point of $0.99 is also seen as a great value for the features it provides, especially for small businesses.
- G2 reviewers highlight that Fin by Intercom has a more robust feature set for AI text generation and summarization, which enhances user experience. Users have noted that these features help in fine-tuning interactions, making it a valuable tool for customer engagement.
- Users report that while both platforms are user-friendly, Fin by Intercom has received higher praise for its ongoing improvements and feature updates, with users enjoying the straightforward process of monitoring and making enhancements over time.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
3CX
3CX SMB
Free
10 Users
Free for up to 10 users.
- Next-gen phone system
- Bring your own SIP Trunk
- WFH: remote-enable teams
Fin by Intercom
Fin with your current helpdesk
$0.99
1 Resolution
Try Fin for 90 days, completely risk-free. If it's not the right fit, you can request a refund—no questions asked.
- Fin AI Agent works seamlessly with any helpdesk, including Zendesk, Salesforce, HubSpot, and more.
- Set up in under an hour
- Handles tickets, cases, emails, live chat, WhatsApp, SMS, and more
Free Trial
3CX
Free Trial is available
Fin by Intercom
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
9.0
348
8.8
2,827
Ease of Use
9.0
355
8.9
2,857
Ease of Setup
8.8
236
8.4
1,466
Ease of Admin
9.0
221
8.6
1,312
Quality of Support
8.0
316
8.6
2,723
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.7
210
8.8
1,309
Product Direction (% positive)
8.5
350
8.8
2,678
Features by Category
Ticket and Case Management
Not enough data
8.6
1100
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
1118
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
1095
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
1144
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
680
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
1136
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
1060
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
961
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.3
247
Not enough data
8.2
248
Agentic AI - Help Desk
Not enough data
7.8
61
Not enough data
8.2
61
Not enough data
7.9
61
Communication Channels
Not enough data
8.8
891
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
1090
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.4
1264
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
812
Not enough data
7.6
522
Platform
Not enough data
8.1
720
|
Verified
8.9
44
8.2
1267
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
823
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
789
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
1015
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
1017
|
Verified
Messenger
Not enough data
8.8
383
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
363
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.3
478
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
327
|
Verified
Channels
Not enough data
8.0
293
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
438
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.9
207
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.3
121
Not enough data
8.1
229
|
Verified
Customers
Not enough data
8.8
428
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
432
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
436
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
387
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
379
|
Verified
Agentic AI - Conversational Marketing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
User Analysis
Not enough data
8.6
140
Not enough data
8.4
157
User Support
Not enough data
9.1
167
Not enough data
8.1
119
Not enough data
8.8
151
Walkthrough Type
Not enough data
8.9
136
Not enough data
9.0
146
Platform Basics - Digital Adoption Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Analytics - Digital Adoption Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Functions - Digital Adoption Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Digital Adoption Platform
Not enough data
Not enough data
Channels
Not enough data
8.7
226
Not enough data
8.3
218
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Design
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.7
230
Not enough data
8.7
222
Not enough data
8.6
215
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
84
Channels
9.3
127
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.6
94
|
Verified
Not enough data
7.3
68
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Generative AI
6.9
24
Not enough data
Functions
8.9
180
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
185
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
182
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
94
Not enough data
9.1
118
Not enough data
8.8
99
Not enough data
8.4
96
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Contact Center
6.4
14
Not enough data
6.8
14
Not enough data
7.1
13
Not enough data
7.2
13
Not enough data
Administrative
8.2
150
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
179
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
184
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
115
Not enough data
8.3
104
|
Verified
Not enough data
Collaboration Tools
8.8
69
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
38
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
34
Not enough data
9.2
39
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
35
|
Verified
Not enough data
Meeting Coordination
8.4
72
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
68
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
70
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.9
42
|
Verified
Not enough data
Software Type
9.0
83
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.3
46
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.2
43
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Video Conferencing
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Responses
Not enough data
9.1
84
Not enough data
9.0
86
Not enough data
9.0
84
Automation - AI Agents
Not enough data
7.7
61
Not enough data
8.7
63
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.1
63
Not enough data
8.7
63
Platform
Not enough data
9.1
81
Not enough data
8.8
82
Not enough data
9.1
83
Autonomy - AI Agents
Not enough data
8.4
64
Not enough data
8.6
64
Not enough data
8.4
63
Not enough data
8.7
66
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8
50
Responses
Not enough data
8.8
596
Not enough data
8.8
586
Not enough data
9.0
586
Not enough data
8.8
556
Not enough data
8.6
478
Platform
Not enough data
9.5
611
Not enough data
8.9
582
Not enough data
8.8
578
Not enough data
8.7
561
Not enough data
8.2
419
Not enough data
8.9
528
Not enough data
8.8
582
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
140
Conversational Platform
Not enough data
8.7
1058
Not enough data
8.7
837
Not enough data
8.7
858
Not enough data
9.0
779
Support Automation
Not enough data
8.6
859
Not enough data
8.7
901
Not enough data
8.5
518
Not enough data
8.8
810
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
154
Platform
7.7
41
Not enough data
8.9
49
Not enough data
9.1
47
Not enough data
8.9
50
Not enough data
9.0
48
Not enough data
9.2
43
Not enough data
9.1
47
Not enough data
Generative AI
7.0
15
Not enough data
Workforce Management
9.2
49
Not enough data
8.7
48
Not enough data
Call Center Infrastructure (CCI)
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Administrative
9.1
50
Not enough data
8.6
49
Not enough data
Customer Support
Not enough data
8.6
200
Not enough data
7.4
185
Not enough data
9.0
210
Automation
Not enough data
8.4
207
Not enough data
8.3
207
Not enough data
8.5
197
Artificial Intelligence
Not enough data
8.5
200
Not enough data
8.6
193
Not enough data
8.5
201
Generative AI
6.7
11
8.3
296
7.5
10
8.3
294
7.7
10
Feature Not Available
Communication
9.3
38
9.2
1441
|
Verified
9.3
39
8.9
1449
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.7
1191
|
Verified
9.3
38
9.1
1356
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.2
595
Internal Use
8.9
44
8.2
1267
|
Verified
8.9
38
8.7
1094
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.2
1043
|
Verified
Feature Not Available
8.7
1247
|
Verified
8.9
37
8.9
1319
|
Verified
9.0
35
8.6
1287
|
Verified
Generative AI
Not enough data
8.2
94
Self-Service Experience
Not enough data
8.9
652
Not enough data
8.9
651
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
490
Not enough data
8.4
535
Self-Service Platform
Not enough data
8.7
530
Not enough data
8.7
534
Not enough data
8.4
475
Not enough data
8.6
519
Agentic AI - Customer Self-Service
Not enough data
7.4
46
Not enough data
7.8
45
Not enough data
7.4
46
Not enough data
7.8
47
Not enough data
8.1
50
Not enough data
7.4
47
Not enough data
7.5
46
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Process
Not enough data
9.3(won by default)
89
Not enough data
9.0(won by default)
86
Not enough data
9.6(won by default)
89
Channels
Not enough data
9.4(won by default)
89
Not enough data
8.8(won by default)
88
Not enough data
9.5(won by default)
91
Not enough data
8.3(won by default)
81
Not enough data
8.8(won by default)
83
Insight
Not enough data
9.1(won by default)
86
Not enough data
9.2(won by default)
87
Not enough data
8.8(won by default)
83
Not enough data
9.3(won by default)
83
Generative AI
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.2
16
Basic Communication - Cloud PBX
9.7
23
Not enough data
8.9
22
Not enough data
9.7
22
Not enough data
8.4
23
Not enough data
9.6
23
Not enough data
9.8
23
Not enough data
Advanced Features - Cloud PBX
8.6
21
Not enough data
7.7
22
Not enough data
8.0
22
Not enough data
7.1
22
Not enough data
Platform Basics - VoIP Providers
9.4
20
Not enough data
9.6
20
Not enough data
8.5
20
Not enough data
9.1
20
Not enough data
9.2
20
Not enough data
9.3
20
Not enough data
Basic Communication
9.5
191
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
133
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.3
133
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
118
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
173
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.5
185
|
Verified
Not enough data
Agentic AI - VoIP Providers
6.5
10
Not enough data
8.0
9
Not enough data
7.2
9
Not enough data
7.2
9
Not enough data
Access
8.5
118
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.5
155
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.4
165
|
Verified
Not enough data
Advanced Features
8.5
172
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.0
162
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Agentic AI - UCaaS Platforms
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Extensions
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
9.7
24
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.1
23
|
Verified
Not enough data
Features
9.5
24
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8
19
|
Verified
Not enough data
9.4
28
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
27
|
Verified
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Customer Query Resolution - AI Customer Support Agents
Not enough data
7.7
172
Not enough data
7.9
170
Not enough data
7.7
164
Not enough data
8.5
169
Not enough data
8.0
159
Customer Interaction Automation - AI Customer Support Agents
Not enough data
7.4
157
Not enough data
7.9
158
Not enough data
7.9
160
Not enough data
8.3
162
Automation
Not enough data
8.1
163
Not enough data
7.9
158
Not enough data
7.2
154
Autonomy
Not enough data
7.5
161
Not enough data
7.7
161
Not enough data
7.2
158
Not enough data
7.7
161
Agentic AI - AI Agents
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Categories
Categories
Shared Categories
3CX and Fin by Intercom are categorized as Live Chat
Unique Categories
3CX is categorized as UCaaS Platforms, VoIP Providers, Contact Center, Video Conferencing, Call Center Infrastructure (CCI), and Cloud PBX Platforms
Fin by Intercom is categorized as AI Customer Support Agents, Customer Service Automation, Digital Customer Service Platforms, AI Agents For Business Operations, Shared Inbox, Conversational Support, Customer Communications Management, Digital Adoption Platform, Conversational Marketing, Chatbots, Social Customer Service, Help Desk, and Customer Self-Service
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
3CX
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Fin by Intercom
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Small-Business
(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market
(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise
(> 1000 emp.)
Reviewers' Industry
Information Technology and Services
10.0%
Hospital & Health Care
5.6%
Telecommunications
5.1%
Education Management
4.9%
Construction
4.7%
Other
69.6%
Computer Software
26.7%
Information Technology and Services
13.1%
Financial Services
7.2%
Internet
4.9%
Marketing and Advertising
4.6%
Other
43.4%
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Discussions
Getting STUN setup for remote employees has been a challenge during this COVID-19 pandemic.
2 Comments
NA
Hello Tim,
Thank you for your question. As this is a technical issue, I would advise you to open a support ticket with our team, which is available for...Read more
How do I integrate 3CX to my CRM
2 Comments
TC
I suggest you dig into the 3cx support documents. There are a number of different CRM platforms which have easy integration with 3cx. I know I have one...Read more
did you work on a solution to have sms issue with 3CX ?
1 Comment
TN
Yes 3CX v16 Update 7 (Alpha to be released next week) will integrate with business text messaging as well as Facebook messages. Read more
What is Intercom used for?
3 Comments
JT
for sending emails to our correspondents and monitoring our callsRead more
While interaction can be audio visual emojies be developed
2 Comments
SG
I do not think they have developed Intercom that far yet, though it would be great.Read more
¿What is the best economic model in order to use Intercom?
2 Comments
AB
Plus is $39/seat (User) per month.
Its enough to get startedRead more
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