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Help Scout vs Tars

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: 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

USD · US · source: hellotars.com

Plan Pricing Charged by Offer type
Freemium
Free

$0 /month

Flat · /month Standalone · Free
Premium
USD 499 monthly

$499 /month

Flat · /month Standalone · Fixed
Enterprise
Contact sales

Custom Pricing

Flat 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

Tars

Freemium

Highlights

Conversations per month

50

Included

Highlights

Basic LLM models

Included

Highlights

Knowledge Bases

5

Included

Highlights

Access to help guides

Included

Highlights

Community support

Included

Highlights

Data encryption

Included

Highlights

Data retention

1 month

Included

Premium

Highlights

Conversations required per month

500 1K 2K 5K 10K

Included

Highlights

Advanced LLM models

Included

Highlights

Knowledge Bases

20

Included

Highlights

Live Chat support

Included

Highlights

ISO & SOC 2 Compliance

Included

Highlights

Data retention

12 months

Included

Enterprise

Highlights

Configurable volume

Included

Highlights

White-glove onboarding

Included

Highlights

Knowledge Bases

Unlimited

Included

Highlights

Custom integrations

Included

Highlights

Dedicated account manager

Included

Highlights

Role-based access control

Included

Highlights

HIPAA, ISO, & SOC 2 Compliance

Included

Highlights

SSO

Included

Highlights

Configurable data retention

Included

How their prices changed

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Tars

    • Freemium: Free
    • Premium: USD 499 monthly
    • Enterprise: Contact sales
    • Freemium — default: Free
    • Premium — default: USD 499 monthly · USD 414.17 / month with annual commitment