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See how their public offers line up before you choose your own position. Prices stay in the currency, billing schedule, and charged unit each vendor publishes.

USD · US · source: front.com

Plan Pricing Charged by Offer type
Starter
USD 25 / month with annual commitment

$25 /seat/mo, up to 10 seats

Seat · /seat/mo Standalone · Fixed
Professional
USD 65 / month with annual commitment

$65 /seat/mo, up to 50 seats

Seat · /seat/mo Standalone · Fixed
Enterprise Highlighted
USD 105 monthly

$105 /seat/mo

Seat · /seat/mo Standalone · Fixed

USD · US · source: www.plain.com

Plan Pricing Charged by Offer type
Foundation
USD 35 / month with annual commitment

$35 /month 1 seat + $35/additional seats. $35/month, billed yearly

Seat · 1 seat + $35/additional seats Standalone · Fixed
Horizon
USD 299 / month with annual commitment

$299 /month 3 seats + $99/additional seats. $299/month, billed yearly

Seat · 3 seats + $99/additional seats Standalone · Fixed
Frontier
Contact sales

Custom Flexible pricing suited for you

Other Standalone · Contact sales

What each plan includes

Feature names follow each vendor’s own pricing page, so verify the wording before treating them as exact equivalents.

Front

Starter

Highlights

Seats

Up to 10

Limited

Communication channels

Communication channels

Single channel type

Limited

Key features

Shared inbox and ticketing

Included

Messaging & live chat

Messaging & live chat

Yes, if single channel type

Limited

Front AI

AI Topics

Included

Workflow automation

Workflow automation

Up to 10 rules

Limited

Workspaces

Workspaces

1

Limited

Knowledge base

Knowledge base

Basic

Included

Analytics and reporting

Analytics and reporting

Basic

Limited

User management

User management

Basic

Limited

Front AI

AI Copilot

add-on

Excluded

Front AI

Smart QA

add-on

Excluded

Front AI

Smart CSAT

add-on

Excluded

Front AI

AI Autopilot

add-on

Excluded

Professional

Highlights

Seats

Up to 50

Limited

Communication channels

Communication channels

Omnichannel (email, SMS, social, WhatsApp, etc.)

Included

Key features

Shared inbox and ticketing

Included

Messaging & live chat

Messaging & live chat

Included

Front AI

AI Topics

Included

Workflow automation

Workflow automation

Macros and up to 20 rules

Limited

Workspaces

Workspaces

Up to 5

Limited

Knowledge base

Knowledge base

Customizable

Included

Analytics and reporting

Analytics and reporting

Advanced

Included

User management

User management

SSO, SCIM

Included

Front AI

AI Copilot

add-on

Excluded

Front AI

Smart QA

add-on

Excluded

Front AI

Smart CSAT

add-on

Excluded

Front AI

AI Autopilot

add-on

Excluded

Enterprise

Communication channels

Communication channels

Omnichannel (email, SMS, social, WhatsApp, etc.)

Included

Key features

Shared inbox and ticketing

Included

Messaging & live chat

Messaging & live chat

Included

Front AI

AI Topics

Included

Workflow automation

Workflow automation

Unlimited macros and rules

Included

Key features

Smart rules

Included

Workspaces

Workspaces

Unlimited

Included

Knowledge base

Knowledge base

Customizable and multi-language

Included

Analytics and reporting

Analytics and reporting

Custom reports

Included

User management

User management

SSO, SCIM, and custom roles

Included

Front AI

AI Copilot

included

Included

Front AI

Smart QA

included

Included

Front AI

Smart CSAT

included

Included

Front AI

AI Autopilot

add-on

Excluded

Plain

Foundation

AI features

Credits included

2,000/mo

Included

Users

User seats

Up to 5

Included

Channels

Slack

25 channels

Limited

Channels

Email

2 addresses

Limited

Channels

In-app channels

Included

Channels

Microsoft Teams

Excluded

Channels

Discord

Excluded

AI features

Ari AI agent

included

Included

AI features

Sidekick AI assistant

Included

Extensibility

Linear, Jira integrations

Included

Help Center

Help Center, Knowledge Base

1

Limited

Help Center

Ask AI

1

Limited

Help Center

Customer inbox

1

Limited

Data-driven support

Customer cards

Included

Data-driven support

Customer card realtime

12h cache

Limited

Extensibility

AI workflows

Up to 5

Limited

Onboarding

Onboarding process

Self-serve

Included

Onboarding

Plain support

Email + chat

Included

Extensibility

SLAs and Business hours

Excluded

Extensibility

Escalation paths

Excluded

Extensibility

CRM integrations

Excluded

AI features

Reporting themes

Excluded

AI features

AI suggested responses

Excluded

Data-driven support

Reporting

7 days

Limited

AI features

Lookup with Cursor

Excluded

Services and compliance

SSO and SCIM

Excluded

Onboarding

Dedicated CSM

Excluded

Horizon

AI features

Credits included

15,000/mo

Included

Users

User seats

Up to 10

Included

Channels

Slack

Unlimited

Included

Channels

Email

10 addresses

Limited

Channels

Microsoft Teams

Included

Channels

Discord

Excluded

Highlights

Everything in Foundation

Included

Extensibility

SLAs and Business hours

Included

Extensibility

Escalation paths

Included

Extensibility

CRM integrations

Included

AI features

Reporting themes

Included

AI features

AI suggested responses

Included

Onboarding

Priority support via Slack

Included

Help Center

Help Center, Knowledge Base

Unlimited

Included

Help Center

Ask AI

Unlimited

Included

Help Center

Customer inbox

Unlimited

Included

Extensibility

Workflows

Unlimited

Included

Data-driven support

Customer card realtime

15s

Included

Data-driven support

Reporting

All time

Included

Onboarding

Onboarding process

Self-serve

Included

Onboarding

Plain support

Slack, email + chat

Included

AI features

Lookup with Cursor

Excluded

Services and compliance

SSO and SCIM

Excluded

Onboarding

Dedicated CSM

Excluded

Onboarding

White glove onboarding

Excluded

Frontier

AI features

Credits included

Custom

Included

Users

User seats

Custom

Included

Channels

Slack

Unlimited

Included

Channels

Email

25 addresses

Limited

Channels

Discord channels

Included

Highlights

Everything in Horizon

Included

AI features

Lookup with Cursor

Included

Extensibility

Custom workspaces

Included

Services and compliance

Custom contracting

Included

Services and compliance

Advanced security

Included

Services and compliance

SSO and SCIM

Included

AI features

Custom AI + bring your own agent

Included

Onboarding

Dedicated CSM + white glove onboarding

Included

Onboarding

Onboarding process

White glove

Included

Onboarding

Plain support

Dedicated CSM

Included

Help Center

Help Center, Knowledge Base

Unlimited

Included

Help Center

Ask AI

Unlimited

Included

Help Center

Customer inbox

Unlimited

Included

Extensibility

Workflows

Unlimited

Included

Data-driven support

Customer card realtime

15s

Included

Data-driven support

Reporting

All time

Included

How their prices changed

Each date shows when a public price was observed, not when it took effect. An archived region or currency can differ, so a currency change is not necessarily a price increase.

Front

    • Starter: USD 25 / month with annual commitment
    • Professional: USD 65 / month with annual commitment
    • Enterprise: USD 105 monthly
    • Starter: USD 25 / month with annual commitment
    • Professional: USD 65 / month with annual commitment
    • Enterprise: USD 105 / month with annual commitment
    • Starter — up to 10 seats: USD 25 monthly · USD 25 / month with annual commitment
    • Professional — up to 50 seats: USD 65 monthly · USD 65 / month with annual commitment
    • Enterprise — most popular: USD 105 monthly · USD 105 / month with annual commitment

Plain

    • Foundation: USD 35 / month with annual commitment
    • Horizon: USD 299 / month with annual commitment
    • Frontier: Contact sales
    • Foundation — default: USD 35 monthly · USD 35 / month with annual commitment