CX & Support
Considering adding either Gorgias or Intercom 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 Gorgias and Intercom to see which one is right for your ecommerce brand.
Gorgias centralizes all your support tickets in one place and enriches them with lots of extra context about a buyer's profile. Through Gorgias, you can connect directly to your eCommerce store and edit orders, modify subscriptions, and refund payments without leaving your helpdesk.
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.
- Gorgias provides a centralized helpdesk to manage customer inquiries across multiple ecommerce channels.
- The platform integrates with Shopify and other ecommerce platforms to access customer data and order history.
- Gorgias enables agents to process returns, update shipping, and generate discount codes directly from the helpdesk.
- AI-powered features like automated ticket triage, canned responses, and ticket prioritization boost efficiency.
- Gorgias offers detailed reporting on support metrics, agent performance, and the impact on revenue.
- The platform supports multiple communication channels, including email, chat, and social media, for omnichannel customer service.
- 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.
Gorgias offers a pricing model that starts at $50 per month for the Basic plan, which includes 300 tickets per month. The pricing scales up as the number of tickets increases, with additional charges of $40 per 100 tickets. Gorgias also offers Pro, Advanced, and Enterprise plans with more features and higher ticket volumes.
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.
Gorgias offers a range of integrations to help ecommerce merchants streamline their customer service operations. Some of the key integrations include:
- Shopify
- Klaviyo
- Recharge
- Yotpo
- Okendo
- Narvar
- Skio
- Via
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
These highlight D2C brands from our database all currently leverageÂ
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