Help Scout vs HelpDesk.com

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Help Scout

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USD · US · source: www.helpscout.com

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Free	Free The Free plan includes 5 users, 1 Inbox, and 1 Docs site.	Seat	Standalone · Free
Standard	USD 25 monthly $ 25 per user/mo	Seat · per user/mo	Standalone · Fixed
Plus Highlighted	USD 45 monthly $ 45 per user/mo	Seat · per user/mo	Standalone · Fixed
Pro	USD 75 monthly $ 75 per user/mo	Seat · per user/mo	Standalone · Fixed

HelpDesk.com

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USD · US · source: www.helpdesk.com

Plan	Pricing	Charged by	Offer type
Essential	USD 25 monthly · USD 19 / month with annual commitment $19 per user/month billed annually (or $25/user/month month to month)	Seat · per user	Standalone · Fixed
Growth Highlighted	USD 99 monthly · USD 79 / month with annual commitment $79 per user/month annually (or $99/user/month monthly)	Seat · per user	Standalone · Fixed
Enterprise	Contact sales Custom	Seat · per user	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.

Help Scout

Free

Team management Users: Up to 5

Included
Shared Inbox Inboxes: 1

Included
Shared Inbox Contacts: 100/mo

Limited
Shared Inbox Saved replies: 10

Limited
Shared Inbox Tags: 10

Limited
Knowledge base Docs sites: 1

Included
Knowledge base Articles: 10

Limited
Knowledge base Beacon: 1

Included

Standard

Team management Users: Up to 25

Included
Shared Inbox Multiple Inboxes: 2 (additional Inboxes $10/mo)

Included
Channels Live chat and SMS: Included
Channels WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger: Included
Knowledge base Multiple knowledge bases: 2 (additional sites $20/mo)

Included
Service Level Agreements (SLAs) One basic SLA policy: 1 basic policy

Included
Automation Basic workflows: 150 basic workflows

Included
Shared Inbox Unlimited tags and saved replies: Unlimited

Included
AI AI Inbox assistant: Included
Shared Inbox Contacts: Unlimited

Included
Reporting Reporting history: 30-day history

Limited

Plus

Team management Users: Up to 50

Included
Team management Light users: 5 included

Included
Shared Inbox Inboxes: 5 (additional Inboxes $10/mo)

Included
Automation Advanced workflows: 500 advanced workflows

Included
Service Level Agreements (SLAs) Two advanced SLA policies: 2 advanced policies

Included
Highlights Secure customer portal: Included
AI Unlimited AI Drafts: Unlimited

Included
Routing Round robin routing: Round robin

Included
Integrations Salesforce, Jira, and HubSpot: Included
Team management Internal teams: Included
Company management Group conversations by company: Included
Knowledge base Docs sites: 3 (additional sites $20/mo)

Included
Reporting Reporting history: 2-year history

Included

Pro

Team management Users: Unlimited (minimum 10)

Included
Team management Light users: Up to 50 light users

Included
Shared Inbox Inboxes: 10 (additional Inboxes $10/mo)

Included
Automation Unlimited workflows: Unlimited advanced workflows

Included
Service Level Agreements (SLAs) Unlimited SLA policies: Unlimited

Included
Routing Multiple routing types: Round robin + load balanced

Included
Security SSO/SAML: Included
Security HIPAA compliance: Included
Support Dedicated onboarding specialist: Included
Support Strategic account manager: Included
Integrations Preferred pricing on Aircall: Preferred pricing

Included
Knowledge base Docs sites: 5 (additional sites $20/mo)

Included
Reporting Reporting history: All-time

Included

HelpDesk.com

Essential

Ticketing Inbox and tickets: Included
Ticketing Statuses and priorities: Included
Ticketing Automated assignment: Included
Ticketing Canned responses: Included
Ticketing Ticketing rules: 3

Limited
Ticketing Custom fields: 5

Limited
Ticketing Teams: 1

Limited
AI AI Agent: 1

Limited
AI AI resolutions: 10 per month

Limited
AI AI Copilot: Included
AI Reply suggestions: 5 monthly per user

Limited
AI AI text edits: 5 monthly per user

Limited
AI Ticket summaries: Excluded
AI Tag suggestions: Excluded
Channels and selling Email: Included
Channels and selling Website chat: Included
Channels and selling Messenger: Included
Channels and selling SMS: Included
Channels and selling Selling through Shopify: Included
Team and scale Shared canned responses: Excluded
Team and scale Chat supervision: Excluded
Team and scale Chat takeover: Excluded
Team and scale Agent activity: Excluded
Team and scale Performance reports: Excluded
Team and scale Proactive campaigns: 3

Limited
Sell through service Live visitors tracked: 50

Limited
Sell through service Proactive campaigns impressions: 1,000

Limited
Data and storage Conversation & file history: 60 days

Limited
Data and storage Files & data storage: 2 GB + 50 MB per user

Limited
Access and developer tools Included API calls: 10,000 per month

Limited
Customization White label: Excluded
Customization Custom roles: Excluded
Customization Multiple brands: Excluded
Security Custom SSO: Excluded
Enterprise services SLAs: Excluded

Growth

Highlights Everything in Essential: Included
Ticketing Custom fields: 20

Limited
Ticketing Ticketing rules: 10

Limited
Ticketing Teams: Up to 10

Limited
Ticketing Shared canned responses: Included
Ticketing Conversation & file history: unlimited

Included
AI AI Agent: 10

Limited
AI AI resolutions: 200 per month

Limited
AI Ticket summaries: Included
AI Tag suggestions: Included
AI Automated tags: Included
AI Reply suggestions: 50 monthly per user

Limited
AI AI text edits: 100 monthly per user

Limited
AI Chat summaries: Included
Team and scale Chat supervision: Included
Team and scale Chat takeover: Included
Team and scale Agent activity: Included
Team and scale Performance reports: Included
Team and scale Proactive campaigns: 30

Limited
Sell through service Live visitors tracked: 400

Limited
Sell through service Proactive campaigns impressions: 10,000

Limited
Inbox and chats Chat routing rules: Included
Inbox and chats Working hours: Included
Workflows and automation Workflow rules: 10

Limited
Workflows and automation Workflow executions: 1,000

Limited
Data and storage Files & data storage: 15 GB + 100 MB per user

Limited
Access and developer tools Included API calls: 20,000 per month

Limited
Reporting On-demand reporting: Excluded
Customization White label: Excluded
Customization Custom roles: Excluded
Customization Multiple brands: Excluded
Security Custom SSO: Excluded
Enterprise services SLAs: Excluded

Enterprise

Highlights Everything in Growth: Included
Custom AI Custom AI Agents: Custom

Included
Custom AI Tailored workflows: Included
Custom AI Multiple brands: Included
Custom AI Custom roles: Included
Custom AI Plugged into your data: Included
A dedicated team for your account Dedicated Account Manager: Included
A dedicated team for your account Personalized onboarding: Included
A dedicated team for your account Product training: Included
A dedicated team for your account Direct engineering support: Included
A dedicated team for your account Security assistance: Included
Security SOC 2 Type 2: Included
Security HIPAA compliance: Included
Security SLAs and compliance: Included
Security White-label widget: Included
Security SSO and audit logs: Included
AI AI Agent: custom

Limited
AI AI resolutions: custom

Limited
Ticketing Teams: custom

Limited
Ticketing Custom fields: custom

Limited
Reporting On-demand reporting: Included
Data and storage Conversation & file history: unlimited

Included
Data and storage Files & data storage: custom

Limited
Access and developer tools Included API calls: custom

Limited
Security Audit logs: Included
Security Custom SSO: 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.

Help Scout

September 21, 2026
Official pricing page
- Free: Free
- Standard: USD 25 monthly
- Plus: USD 45 monthly
- Pro: USD 75 monthly
August 27, 2026
Official pricing page
- Free: Free

HelpDesk.com

September 21, 2026
Official pricing page
- Essential: USD 25 monthly · USD 19 / month with annual commitment
- Growth: USD 99 monthly · USD 79 / month with annual commitment
- Enterprise: Contact sales
August 27, 2026
Official pricing page
- Essential: USD 19 monthly
- Growth: USD 79 monthly
- Enterprise: Contact sales