CX & Support
Considering adding either Intercom or Hark to your ecommerce brand's tech stack? Customer support and delivering an exceptional customer experience are critical for success in ecommerce. The right tool for your brand's specific use cases can help you personalize your customer experiences, drive higher retention rates and deliver a better customer experience. Read our comparison below between Intercom and Hark to see which one is right for your ecommerce brand.
Intercom is a Conversational Relationship Platform. It shows you who is using your product or website and makes it easy to personally communicate with them with targeted content, behavior-driven messages, and conversational support.
Hark has created a contextualization engine that takes customers through a journey when getting in touch with service teams for support. This context creation drives much more efficiency for agents and elevates the customer experience.
- Automated, interactive onboarding to keep new users engaged within your product.
- Outbound messaging capabilities to proactively notify customers of issues and updates.
- Omnichannel support through email, SMS, and in-app messenger for seamless customer experiences.
- AI-powered chatbot to instantly resolve 50% of customer questions and reduce support volume.
- Integrations with popular ecommerce platforms like Shopify to streamline customer data and order tracking.
- Automate customer feedback collection via email and SMS after purchase.
- Customize feedback requests to match your brand’s voice and aesthetics.
- Analyze feedback trends with detailed reporting tools to improve services.
- Integrate with your ecommerce platform for seamless feedback loop creation.
- Use customer insights to tailor product offerings and marketing strategies.
- Encourage positive feedback sharing across social media platforms.
Intercom's pricing starts at $39 per month for the Essential plan, which includes access to Intercom's AI chatbot and basic customer support features. The company offers two additional plans - Advanced at $99 per month and Expert at $139 per month - which provide more advanced automation and messaging capabilities. Intercom's pricing is based on the number of seats required and includes additional usage-based charges for features like WhatsApp, SMS, and email campaigns.
Hark's pricing starts at £1.20 per ticket, with no setup fees or hidden costs. The plans are structured with a pay-as-you-go model, allowing businesses to scale their customer support services up or down as needed without any long-term commitments.
Intercom offers a wide range of integrations that allow businesses to connect their various tools and platforms. Some of the most popular and relevant integrations include:
- Zapier
- Google Sheets
- Webhooks
- Filter by Zapier
- HubSpot
- Salesforce
- Stripe
- Zendesk
The most popular integrations offered by Hark include:
- Zendesk
- Shopify
- Aircall
- Hubspot
- Instagram
- Facebook
- Klaviyo
- Amazon
These highlight D2C brands from our database all currently leverageÂ
Intercom
 in their tech stack:
Manly BandsManly Bands crafts unique and stylish men's wedding bands. Founded with the belief that men deserve exceptional choices when it comes to their wedding jewelry, Manly Bands offers a diverse collection of rings crafted from high-quality materials such as tungsten, titanium, and precious metals. With customizable options and a focus on craftsmanship and comfort, Manly Bands provides grooms-to-be with the perfect symbol of their love and commitment.
Born PrimitiveBorn Primitive offers an extensive collection of patriot inspired workout clothing for men and women
Joy OrganicsJoy Organics offers a variety of premium CBD products, including CBD tinctures, salves, gummies, softgels and more.
These highlight D2C brands from our database all currently leverageÂ
Hark
 in their tech stack:
BranchFurniture
Branch furniture is modern, durable and backed by a ten year warranty. From desks and ergonomic chairs to conference tables, lounge furniture and accessories, they sell one product in every category and it's built to outlast your lease.
TovalaFood
Tovala is a meal service for insanely busy people. They've reinvented home cooking to save time. They do this with their prepared meals that you cook through their tech-enabled oven.
Scan the QR codes provided with the meals purchased on the oven, and it will start cooking your meals in 20 min.
ThesisHealth & Wellness
Thesis is the world's first personalized nootropics company to activate every kind of brain.