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Front vs Fin by Intercom

Front and Fin by Intercom are both customer support tools aimed at small businesses and enterprise. Front costs less, from $35/mo versus $49/mo for Fin by Intercom.

Front

Shared inbox for customer-facing teams

Fin by Intercom

AI customer service agent priced per outcome

PricingPaid · $35Paid · $49
Starting price$35/mo$49/mo
Free planNoNo
Free trial14 days14 days
Built forSmall businesses, EnterpriseSmall businesses, Enterprise
Platformsweb, macos, windows, ios, androidweb
CountryFR · 2013US · 2023
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Choose Front if

Email-heavy, collaborative customer teams in B2B and services.

  • Natural for teams living in email
  • Excellent collaboration features
  • Omnichannel without a ticket mindset

Look elsewhere if: High-volume consumer support (Zendesk, Freshdesk) or small teams on a budget (Help Scout).

Choose Fin by Intercom if

Support teams with volume and good documentation.

  • Pay per outcome
  • High resolution rates
  • Works with Zendesk too

Look elsewhere if: Very low-volume support.

Front vs Fin by Intercom pricing

Front

  • Starter$35/seat/mo$25 billed annually; up to 10 seats
  • Professional$85/seat/mo$65 billed annually; up to 50 seats, omnichannel
  • Enterprise$105/seat/moAnnual billing only; advanced AI tools

Fin by Intercom

  • Fin AI Agent$0.99/outcomeWith any helpdesk: $49/mo minimum incl. 50 outcomes
  • Fin + Intercom helpdesk$0.99/outcomePlus Intercom seats from $19/seat/mo
  • Fin Voice$1.99/voice outcomeVia sales

Front · Key features

  • Shared and personal inboxes in one email-like interface
  • Internal comments, assignments and collision detection
  • Rules, SLAs and workload balancing
  • Front AI for drafts, summaries and tagging
  • Knowledge base, chat widget and customer profiles
  • Analytics and CRM integrations

Cons

  • Expensive per seat
  • Starter plan limited to 10 seats
  • Ticket-style reporting is weaker than Zendesk

Fin by Intercom · Key features

  • Resolution-focused AI agent
  • Works on multiple help desks
  • Procedures and actions
  • Multilingual
  • Analytics on resolution
  • Guidance controls

Cons

  • Costs scale with volume
  • Needs good knowledge base
  • Configuration effort

Front vs Fin by Intercom: FAQ

Which is cheaper, Front or Fin by Intercom?

Front starts at $35/mo and Fin by Intercom at $49/mo. Both prices are checked on the vendors' own pricing pages.

Do Front and Fin by Intercom have a free plan?

Front has no free plan, a 14-day free trial. Fin by Intercom has no free plan, a 14-day free trial.

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