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At a Glance
Market Segments
Small-Business (58.6% of reviews)
Small-Business (94.0% of reviews)
Entry-Level Pricing
$0.99 1 Resolution
$0 Free Forever
Fin by Intercom
Star Rating
(3,750)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
Browse all 5 pricing plansGist
Star Rating
(218)4.6 out of 5
Market Segments
Small-Business (94.0% of reviews)
Pros & Cons
Entry-Level Pricing
$0 Free Forever
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AI Generated Summary
AI-generated. Powered by real user reviews.
- G2 reviewers report that Fin by Intercom excels in providing a comprehensive chat platform with multiple functionalities, making it easy to handle customer interactions from both web and mobile. Users appreciate its high accuracy in answering queries, which reportedly saves them significant time.
- Users say that Gist stands out for its intuitive setup process, integrating seamlessly with existing workflows. Many find the help articles and support through Knowledgebase and WebChat to be efficient, which aids in their learning curve as they master the software.
- According to verified reviews, Fin by Intercom has a higher overall satisfaction score, reflecting its ability to meet user needs effectively. Reviewers highlight its customizability with features like snippets, allowing for tailored interactions that enhance user experience.
- Reviewers mention that while Gist is perceived as a cost-effective alternative, it may not offer the same depth of features as Fin by Intercom. Users transitioning from Intercom to Gist note that while Gist covers their basic needs, they miss some advanced functionalities.
- G2 reviewers highlight that Fin by Intercom's support quality is commendable, with users rating it highly for responsiveness and helpfulness. This level of support is crucial for businesses that rely on timely assistance to resolve customer issues.
- Users report that both platforms have similar ease of use ratings, but Fin by Intercom's setup process is often described as straightforward, with users noting that following the initial instructions leads to a smooth onboarding experience.
Pricing
Entry-Level Pricing
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
Gist
Gist Free
$0
Free Forever
For small business owners who want to start marketing right with lead capture forms, contact tracking, email marketing and connect with and support customers - for free.
- Live chat
- Conversations inbox
- Saved replies
Free Trial
Fin by Intercom
Free Trial is available
Gist
Free Trial is available
Ratings
Meets Requirements
8.8
2,844
8.8
194
Ease of Use
8.9
2,874
8.8
193
Ease of Setup
8.4
1,481
8.8
153
Ease of Admin
8.6
1,320
8.8
153
Quality of Support
8.6
2,740
9.0
186
Has the product been a good partner in doing business?
8.8
1,317
9.2
150
Product Direction (% positive)
8.8
2,695
9.6
184
Features by Category
Email 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
Online 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
Lead Management
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
Not enough data
Not enough data
Campaign Management
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Social
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
Reporting & Analytics
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
Platform
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
Agentic AI - Marketing Automation
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
Integration
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Ticket and Case Management
8.6
1100
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.8
1118
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.7
1096
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
1147
|
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
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.3
247
Not enough data
8.2
248
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Help Desk
7.8
61
Not enough data
8.2
61
Not enough data
7.9
61
Not enough data
Communication Channels
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
Not enough data
Platform
8.1
721
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
1268
|
Verified
8.3
143
|
Verified
8.7
825
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.6
790
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.1
1016
|
Verified
Not enough data
8.2
1018
|
Verified
Not enough data
Messenger
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
Not enough data
Channels
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
Not enough data
Customers
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
Not enough data
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
8.6
140
Not enough data
8.4
157
Not enough data
User Support
9.1
167
Not enough data
8.1
119
Not enough data
8.8
151
Not enough data
Walkthrough Type
8.9
136
Not enough data
9.0
146
Not enough data
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
8.7
227
Not enough data
8.3
218
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Design
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
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.2
84
Not enough data
Design and Customization
Not enough data
8.1
18
Not enough data
8.0
21
Not enough data
8.3
19
Not enough data
8.3
19
Campaigns
Not enough data
8.5
21
Not enough data
8.5
21
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.3
20
Integrations
Not enough data
8.4
19
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.3
15
Not enough data
8.6
15
Generative AI
Not enough data
Not enough data
Agentic AI - Vulnerability Scanner
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Not enough data
Responses
9.1
84
Not enough data
9.0
86
Not enough data
9.0
84
Not enough data
Automation - AI Agents
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
Not enough data
Platform
9.1
81
Not enough data
8.8
82
Not enough data
9.1
83
Not enough data
Autonomy - AI Agents
8.4
64
Not enough data
8.6
64
Not enough data
8.4
63
Not enough data
8.7
66
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.8
50
Not enough data
Responses
8.8
596
Not enough data
8.8
586
Not enough data
9.0
588
Not enough data
8.8
557
Not enough data
8.6
478
Not enough data
Platform
9.5
613
Not enough data
8.9
583
Not enough data
8.8
579
Not enough data
8.7
562
Not enough data
8.2
419
Not enough data
8.9
528
Not enough data
8.8
583
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
140
Not enough data
Conversational Platform
8.7
1058
Not enough data
8.7
837
Not enough data
8.7
858
Not enough data
9.0
779
Not enough data
Support Automation
8.6
859
Not enough data
8.7
901
Not enough data
8.5
518
Not enough data
8.8
812
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
8.4
154
Not enough data
Customer Support
8.6
200
Not enough data
7.4
185
Not enough data
9.0
212
Not enough data
Automation
8.4
210
Not enough data
8.3
208
Not enough data
8.5
197
Not enough data
Artificial Intelligence
8.5
201
Not enough data
8.6
193
Not enough data
8.5
201
Not enough data
Generative AI
8.3
296
6.4
7
8.3
294
6.4
7
Feature Not Available
6.2
7
Communication
9.2
1441
|
Verified
9.3
151
|
Verified
8.9
1449
|
Verified
9.1
145
|
Verified
8.7
1191
|
Verified
8.7
133
|
Verified
9.1
1356
|
Verified
9.1
112
|
Verified
8.2
595
7.0
26
Internal Use
8.2
1268
|
Verified
8.3
143
|
Verified
8.7
1095
|
Verified
8.9
131
|
Verified
8.2
1043
|
Verified
8.7
124
|
Verified
8.7
1248
|
Verified
8.7
114
|
Verified
8.9
1319
|
Verified
8.6
124
|
Verified
8.6
1287
|
Verified
8.6
137
|
Verified
Generative AI
8.2
94
6.7
7
Self-Service Experience
8.9
654
8.6
37
8.9
651
8.6
36
Feature Not Available
Feature Not Available
8.2
490
8.3
22
8.4
535
8.1
24
Self-Service Platform
8.7
531
7.7
27
8.7
537
8.4
23
8.4
478
7.2
18
8.6
522
7.8
25
Agentic AI - Customer Self-Service
7.4
46
Not enough data
7.8
45
Not enough data
7.4
46
Not enough data
7.8
48
Not enough data
8.1
50
Not enough data
7.4
47
Not enough data
7.5
46
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
Process
9.3(won by default)
89
Not enough data
9.0(won by default)
86
Not enough data
9.6(won by default)
89
Not enough data
Channels
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
Not enough data
Insight
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
Not enough data
Generative AI
Feature Not Available
Not enough data
7.2
16
Not enough data
Customer Query Resolution - AI Customer Support Agents
7.7
178
Not enough data
7.9
179
Not enough data
7.7
164
Not enough data
8.5
176
Not enough data
8.0
159
Not enough data
Customer Interaction Automation - AI Customer Support Agents
7.4
157
Not enough data
7.9
158
Not enough data
7.9
163
Not enough data
8.4
167
Not enough data
Automation
8.2
170
Not enough data
7.9
160
Not enough data
7.2
154
Not enough data
Autonomy
7.5
161
Not enough data
7.7
161
Not enough data
7.2
158
Not enough data
7.7
162
Not enough data
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
Fin by Intercom and Gist are categorized as Live Chat and Customer Self-Service
Unique Categories
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, and Help Desk
Gist is categorized as Pop-Up Builder and Marketing Automation
Reviews
Reviewers' Company Size
Fin by Intercom
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
Gist
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
Computer Software
26.7%
Information Technology and Services
13.1%
Financial Services
7.2%
Internet
4.9%
Marketing and Advertising
4.6%
Other
43.5%
Marketing and Advertising
22.5%
Computer Software
8.7%
Information Technology and Services
6.9%
Internet
5.5%
E-Learning
3.7%
Other
52.8%
Discussions
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
Is there a way to embed email collection forms with the use of popups?
1 Comment
Official Response from Gist
Sure you can, Vik.
With Gist, it's incredibly easy to embed any forms on your site. Here's a guide to help you get started:...Read more
Gist has no more discussions with answers
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