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Simple Customer Service Software and Education

Starting price
$0.75resolution
Pricing
Free plan
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About Help Scout

Help Scout is a customer service platform designed for teams that want fast, personal support. It serves businesses of all sizes, delivering human-centered interactions via shared inboxes and integrated workflows to speed responses while preserving context across accounts.

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Key Features

In practice, teams get fast, context-rich responses by blending shared inboxes, AI-assisted drafting, and cross-account visibility, so conversations stay aligned as volume grows:

AI-assisted drafting and summarization

Recap long threads, edit replies, translate, and generate first drafts with a single click.

Account-level context

See interactions across an entire company, not just individual tickets.

Snooze

Automatically resurfacing conversations for later follow-up.

Send later

Schedule replies to reach customers at optimal times.

Summary

Best for customer-support teams, help desks, and operations groups at growing SaaS, ecommerce, and service businesses.

Plans and prices as listed on helpscout.com as of Sep 24, 2026.

Free

$0 / mo

  • 5 users
  • 1 Inbox
  • 1 Docs site

AI Answers

$0.75 / resolution

  • No dead ends
  • Easy setup
  • 3-month free trial

Standard

$25 / per user/mo

  • Multiple Inboxes
  • Live chat and SMS
  • WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger
  • Multiple knowledge bases
  • One basic SLA policy
  • Basic workflows
  • Unlimited tags and saved replies
  • AI Inbox assistant

Plus

$45 / per user/mo

  • Everything in Standard
  • Advanced workflows
  • Two advanced SLA policies
  • Secure customer portal
  • Unlimited AI Drafts
  • Round robin routing
  • Salesforce, Jira, and HubSpot
  • Internal teams
  • Group conversations by company

Pro

$75 / per user/mo

  • Everything in Plus
  • Unlimited workflows
  • Unlimited SLA policies
  • Multiple routing types
  • SSO/SAML
  • HIPAA compliance
  • Up to 50 light users
  • Dedicated onboarding specialist
  • Strategic account manager
  • Preferred pricing on Aircall

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