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Best Help Scout alternatives (2026)
8 alternatives to Help Scout in ai customer support, ranked by entry price. Help Scout starts at $0/mo. Every figure links to the public page it was captured from — the vendor's own wherever the vendor publishes the number, otherwise the named public source — with the date we captured it.
Key takeaways
- Free alternatives: Tidio (Lyro AI).
- Closest by price: Tidio (Lyro AI) ($0/mo), Gorgias ($10/mo), Intercom Fin ($39/mo).
Help Scout alternatives compared
| # | Alternative | Entry price | Free | HIPAA | Best for | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tidio (Lyro AI) STALE · 2026-06-15 | $0/mo | Yes | No | SMB e-commerce | tidio.com |
| 2 | Gorgias | $10/mo | No | Yes | Shopify e-commerce brands | gorgias.com |
| 3 | Intercom Fin | $39/mo | No | Yes | mid-market SaaS | intercom.com |
| 4 | Ada | quote-only | No | Yes | large enterprises (300K+ conversations/year) | ada.cx |
| 5 | Decagon | quote-only | No | Yes | large enterprises with high support volume | decagon.ai |
| 6 | Forethought | quote-only | No | Yes | mid-market to enterprise SaaS | forethought.ai |
| 7 | Sierra | quote-only | No | Yes | large enterprises requiring heavily customized AI agents | sierra.ai |
| 8 | Yuma AI | not priced monthly | No | — | Shopify and DTC e-commerce brands | yuma.ai |
Data current through 2026-09-02. STALE marks a row with at least one plan we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days. 1 of 8 rows above is marked. Compare any two directly on the AI Customer Support index.