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Intercom pricing (2026)
Intercom starts at $39/user/mo (Essential) as checked on 2026-09-09, read from Intercom's own pricing page; 3 plans. Best for SaaS product teams wanting in-app chat + support in one tool. Every figure below links to its source and the date we captured it.
At a glance
- Entry price: $39/user/mo (Essential) · 26% off with annual billing
- Free tier: No · 14-day trial
- Compliance: HIPAA Yes · SOC 2 Yes · GDPR Yes
- Best for: SaaS product teams wanting in-app chat + support in one tool; HIPAA-regulated teams (Expert plan required); Companies prioritizing AI-first customer engagement
As of · every figure below links to its source STALE · 2026-09-09
Intercom plans & pricing
| Plan | Monthly | Annual | Billing | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essential STALE · 2026-09-09 | $39 | −26% | Per user / seat | $29 per seat/month. Fin AI Agent, Messenger, shared inbox and ticketing, pre-built reports, public help center. Fin charged separately at $0.99 per resolution. | intercom.com |
| Advanced STALE · 2026-09-09 | $99 | −14% | Per user / seat | $85 per seat/month. Adds multiple team inboxes, workflow automation, round-robin assignment, private/multilingual help center, 20 free Lite seats. | intercom.com |
| Expert STALE · 2026-09-09 | $139 | −5% | Per user / seat | $132 per seat/month. Adds SSO and identity management, HIPAA support, SLAs, multibrand Messenger/help center, 50 free Lite seats. | intercom.com |
Last verified 2026-09-09. STALE marks a plan we have not re-checked at its source in over 30 days. Every plan above is marked — we flag rather than silently retain. Plan names and per-seat monthly USD prices read directly from the official Intercom pricing page on 2026-06-13; only monthly per-seat prices are listed on the page. This note predates 3 corrections to the plans above, the earliest from 2026-09-09; the table holds the corrected figures.See the corrections.
Price changes
Price on record
$39/user/moRe-based on record 2026-10-16
A new dated entry is stamped here each time the price moves — the record builds itself.
From 2026-10-16 our record reflects a correction we published, not a vendor price move, so earlier figures are not compared with it.
Tracked since June 2026. No change record has cleared two sources yet, so nothing is published on the wire.
Corrections to this record
Changes we made to our own record of Intercom, newest first: a figure read again on the vendor's page, a plan it no longer lists, a note. None of them is a price change by Intercom. Every correction on the site is in the corrections log.
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Essential. The recorded monthly price was $29, the annual-billed rate, in a field this dataset defines as the month-to-month price. Read first-party in a headless browser on 2026-09-09: the month-to-month price is $39, and the annual discount now carries this plan's own saving of 26%. This row was deliberately left out of the 2026-09-09 corpus-wide re-basing because its own notes hedged the monthly figure as an estimate or named none, so it could only be settled by reading the page. Evidence: Card renders roller aria-label "$39" + "per seat/mo" in the "Billed monthly" state and "$29" in the default "Billed annually" state; both visually confirmed by screenshot. Page JSON-LD publishes Offer name "Essential" price 39 unitText SEAT_PER_MONTH description "$39 per seat/month". Intercom's own pricing bundle carries essential_seats unitCostInCents 3900 with unitAnnualPlanDiscountInCents 1000, i.e. $39 base month-to-month minus a $10 annual discount = $29 annual. Row holds the annual equival
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Advanced. The recorded monthly price was $85, the annual-billed rate, in a field this dataset defines as the month-to-month price. Read first-party in a headless browser on 2026-09-09: the month-to-month price is $99, and the annual discount now carries this plan's own saving of 14%. This row was deliberately left out of the 2026-09-09 corpus-wide re-basing because its own notes hedged the monthly figure as an estimate or named none, so it could only be settled by reading the page. Evidence: Roller aria-label "$99" + "per seat/mo" in the monthly state, "$85" in the default annual state. JSON-LD Offer name "Advanced" price 99 unitText SEAT_PER_MONTH, description "$99 per seat/month". Bundle: advanced_seats unitCostInCents 9900, unitAnnualPlanDiscountInCents 1400 -> $99 base month-to-month, $85 annual. Saving 1400/9900 = 14.141% (14 rounded). Care taken that this $99 is the SEAT price and not the Pro add-on, which the FAQ prices at "$99/month" for 1,000 conversations + 2,000 credits,
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Expert. The recorded monthly price was $132, the annual-billed rate, in a field this dataset defines as the month-to-month price. Read first-party in a headless browser on 2026-09-09: the month-to-month price is $139, and the annual discount now carries this plan's own saving of 5%. This row was deliberately left out of the 2026-09-09 corpus-wide re-basing because its own notes hedged the monthly figure as an estimate or named none, so it could only be settled by reading the page. Evidence: Roller aria-label "$139" + "per seat/mo" in the monthly state, "$132" in the default annual state. JSON-LD Offer name "Expert" price 139 unitText SEAT_PER_MONTH, description "$139 per seat/month". Bundle: expert_seats unitCostInCents 13900, unitAnnualPlanDiscountInCents 700 -> $139 base month-to-month, $132 annual. Saving 700/13900 = 5.036% (5 rounded) - notably far below the "typical ~25-35% annual discount" the record's provenance assumed, which is why that assumption should not have been used
Capabilities
Integrations: Salesforce, Slack, HubSpot, Stripe, Jira, GitHub, Zendesk.
Key features: Fin AI Agent (conversational AI with per-resolution pricing); Omnichannel Messenger (chat, email, in-app); Workflow automation with round-robin assignment; Multibrand help center (Expert); HIPAA support on Expert plan only.
Plan limits: No free forever plan; minimum 1 paid full seat required; Fin AI Agent billed separately at $0.99 per resolution on all plans; Expert plan: 50 free Lite seats included; Advanced plan: 20 free Lite seats included.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Intercom cost?
Intercom starts at $39/user/mo (Essential); it has 3 published plans. Verified 2026-09-09.
Is Intercom cheaper billed annually?
Yes. Intercom publishes a 26% discount for paying annually (on the Essential plan). Verified 2026-09-09.
What are cheaper alternatives to Intercom?
Cheaper helpdesk software than Intercom (entry $39/user/mo) include Zoho Desk at $7/user/mo, Zendesk at $19/user/mo, LiveAgent at $19/user/mo. Verified 2026-09-09.
Does Intercom support HIPAA?
Yes — Intercom states HIPAA support on its public pages. Its public pages also state SOC 2 and GDPR compliance.
Does Intercom have a free plan?
No — Intercom publishes no free tier; it offers a 14-day free trial.
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