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Intercom vs eDesk

Updated February 4, 2026

Intercom vs eDesk: Which is best for you?

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Starting Price
$39.00

per month

$39.00

per month

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Top Rated
  Features
Customizable Fields
4.78
Communication Management
4.71
Live Chat
4.70
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Support Ticket Management
4.55
Live Chat
3.33
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Pros / Cons
  • We do have an excellent team of reps, but Intercom's Help Center and Fin AI take care of the most common customer interactions, so our reps have the bandwidth to engage with more complex customer issues.
  • It's not very marketing and sales-friendly, lacking a few features like proper attribution and pushing full location information, including city and state, to Salesforce CRM
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  • eDesk has helped me keep tabs on customer correspondence and has put our team into the category of companies that take care of their customers.
  • Pricing structure can be confusing/expensive for small teams Some previously included features are now extras to pay
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Ease-of-Use
4.4/ 5
4.4/ 5
Value for Money
4/ 5
Highest performing feature
in the comparison
4.1/ 5
Customer Support
4.3/ 5
Highest performing feature
in the comparison
4.4/ 5
Functionality
Highest performing feature
in the comparison
4.4/ 5
4.2/ 5
Support Options
Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Phone Support
24/7 (Live Rep)
Chat
Email/Help Desk
FAQs/Forum
Knowledge Base
Phone Support
24/7 (Live Rep)
Chat
Training Options
In Person
Live Online
Webinars
Documentation
Videos
In Person
Live Online
Webinars
Documentation
Videos
FrontRunners
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Ideal Customer Size
Small
Medium
Large
Small
Medium
Large
Deployment Options
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Desktop - Mac
Desktop - Windows
Desktop - Linux
Desktop - Chromebook
On-Premise - Windows
On-Premise - Linux
Mobile - Android
Mobile - iPhone
Mobile - iPad
Cloud, SaaS, Web-Based
Desktop - Mac
Desktop - Windows
Desktop - Linux
Desktop - Chromebook
On-Premise - Windows
On-Premise - Linux
Mobile - Android
Mobile - iPhone
Mobile - iPad