Closely vs. Fin by Intercom

Fin by Intercom

Overview
Product	Rating	Most Used By	Product Summary	Starting Price
Closely	Score 9.0 out of 10	N/A	Closely is a LinkedIn automation tool used to grow a network on autopilot, bring a new perspective to a LinkedIn network, personalize campaigns with a data export tool, find new B2B sales opportunities through conversations, and send personalised messages on a large scale. Closely helps users find new leads in a click and bring, send a personalized message to all leads and to boost B2B sales. Another feature of Closely is that it can be used…	$49 per month 500 Lead Finder Credits monthly
Fin by Intercom	Score 8.5 out of 10	N/A	Fin is Intercom’s AI Agent for customer service, designed to deliver high-quality answers, even for complex queries. It works with any helpdesk, or it can be paired with Intercom’s next-generation Helpdesk to get the full Intercom Customer Service Suite.	$0.99 one-time fee per 1 resolution

Pricing

Closely

Fin by Intercom

Editions & Modules

Personal: $49
per month 500 Lead Finder Credits monthly
Growth: $83
per month 5000 Lead Finder Credits monthly
Pro: $166
per month Unlimited Lead Finder Credits

Fin with your current helpdesk: $0.99
one-time fee per 1 resolution
Copilot add-on: $35
per month per user
The Early Stage program: $65
per month (6 support seats)
Proactive Support Plus add-on: $99
per month
Fin with Intercom’s Helpdesk: from $39 + $0.99 per Fin resolution
per month per seat

Offerings

Pricing Offerings
Closely	Fin by Intercom
Free Trial
Yes	Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes	No
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No	No

Entry-level Setup Fee

No setup fee

Additional Details

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Fin comes with a 90-day money-back guarantee. Here's how it works: Use Fin in at least 250 conversations within the first 90 days after trial. If you're not satisfied, you can request a refund of up to $1M. Refund requests must be submitted within 90 days of starting the subscription.

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Community Pulse
	Closely	Fin by Intercom
Considered Both Products	Closely No answer on this topic	Fin by Intercom Verified User Anonymous Chose Fin by Intercom We're using another AI agent too. Fin AI is a little behind, as it needs to start learning from either testing or real conversations, so it can better advise users with accurate information - whereas the other AI agent is learning very fast and needs little to no adjustment of … Incentivized Helpful? SO Scott Olinger Application Support Analyst Chose Fin by Intercom I did not choose which platform our support teams used. But I did not like NetSuite because it sent out a lot of email updates and required the client to reply to the correct email in order to have everything tracked. ServiceNow was pretty similar. The reports in ServiceNow … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Fin by Intercom HubSpot CRM, HubSpot Marketing Hub and Zendesk Suite Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Fin by Intercom I used Zendesk briefly but found it difficult to navigate — I often couldn’t tell what was going on or how to simply reply to a ticket. In contrast, Intercom is much more intuitive and user-friendly. Its clean interface and support for multiple communication formats like … Incentivized Helpful? Lorrayne Soares Líder de Produtos Chose Fin by Intercom As explained previously, most of these platforms were focused on tickets, most reports only work with tickets, there is no way to postpone a service without turning it into a ticket, and since our response time target is a maximum of 2 minutes, these platforms were unable to … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Fin by Intercom Sprinklr Social, Zendesk Sunshine Conversations, Clarabridge (discontinued), Engagor (discontinued) and Qualtrics XM for Customer Frontlines Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Fin by Intercom Honestly, we haven't really looked at this, but we do use it for another team because a third-party works with it. Otherwise, I am extremely happy with Intercom and have not looked towards another software. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Fin by Intercom It was a long debate before we switched from Crisp to Intercom, but we never regretted that decision. Intercom looks and looks sleeker, works smoother, and has the knowledge base feature, which was our main need to switch. The transition took very little time, so no bumps on … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Fin by Intercom Way better than all of them - especially the workflow tool which I don't think Help Scout or Crisp even had. Really easy to manage capacity too through snoozing conversations and customers receiving emails after a response. With HubSpot, there was no way for our users to return … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Fin by Intercom Dialpad Support, Talkdesk and SnapEngage Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Fin by Intercom This is the first one we tried. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Fin by Intercom My main concern at the moment is how the integration looks to the users and Intercom just looks modern and up-to-date. HubSpot is missing this. In the background it always comes down to how you organize your team and processes. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Fin by Intercom Odoo was, in my opinion, terrible - a jack of all trades and master of none, which is why all teams in the business moved away to bespoke software. Freshdesk - an easier and more organisable way of creating and managing tickets. Although Intercom now has tickets, we're still … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Fin by Intercom At the moment, I only use Supademo to record screen tours. It is very intuitive, has a browser extension, and is perfect for recording the onboarding of new features. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Fin by Intercom Intercom as a tool is well suited to manage our key metrics with the help of its reports. We have evaluated a lot of tools but Intercom remains the best in terms of report. It helps us maintain OKR's for the support team and track whenever needed. FinAI also has the reporting … Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Fin by Intercom Personally I have not used any other platforms like Intercom and do not wish to search as of right now. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Fin by Intercom The intercom is more intuitive and provides easier management and personalization of our conversations. It's been a while since I used Zendesk, so this might have changed, but Intercom provides a bigger catalog of functionality targeted to product marketing, such as emails, … Incentivized Helpful? Barry Pepper VP of Customer Experience Chose Fin by Intercom Noone has been able to standup to the level of service and product that Intercom gives us. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Fin by Intercom To compete with Salesforce, the main point is the pricing. Intercom has a very different budget when it comes to start ups and up and coming companies, which helps. To compete with other platforms, Intercom has a more developed interface and a super completa arrange of tools, … Incentivized Helpful? Ray Zwankhuizen Product Manager Chose Fin by Intercom No idea, see above. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Fin by Intercom Several factors as pricing, customisation, ease of use, popularity, user-friendly and the continuous online support as well improvements helped us make this choice. Onboarding new colleagues to Intercom does not even take one day, it is so efficient and intuitive. If the … Incentivized Helpful? Agne Caunt Head of Customer Success Chose Fin by Intercom Intercom is much more flexible and modern than Zendesk, UI is better. Zendesk is better at multiple brand experience and localisation. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Fin by Intercom All tools that we used in the past, have a lot of problems on the chat app, our the syncing data between integrations, Intercom has too, but is very less than others. Incentivized Helpful? Samuel Linge Senior Sales Associate Chose Fin by Intercom Intercom has more polish. Incentivized Helpful? Verified User Anonymous Chose Fin by Intercom We used Aircall for many years and it was a great tool, however as we scaled down our phone support usage it became expensive and cumbersome. Intercom phones offered a cheaper solution that turned out to be more efficient for our team to use as well. Incentivized Helpful?

Features

Closely

Fin by Intercom

Lead Management

Comparison of Lead Management features of Product A and Product B
	Closely 9.0 Ratings 15% above category average	Fin by Intercom - Ratings
Lead nurturing automation	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Lead scoring and grading	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Data quality management	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings
Automated sales alerts and tasks	9.00 Ratings	00 Ratings

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User Ratings
	Closely	Fin by Intercom
Likelihood to Recommend	9.0 (0 ratings)	8.3 (0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew	- (0 ratings)	10.0 (0 ratings)
Usability	- (0 ratings)	8.8 (0 ratings)
Availability	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (0 ratings)
Performance	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (0 ratings)
Support Rating	- (0 ratings)	5.7 (0 ratings)
Online Training	- (0 ratings)	7.4 (0 ratings)
Implementation Rating	- (0 ratings)	6.6 (0 ratings)
Product Scalability	- (0 ratings)	9.1 (0 ratings)

User Testimonials
	Closely	Fin by Intercom
Likelihood to Recommend	Closing rates increase up to 25% when using Closely’s automated outreach platform. Closely gives you the ability to reach out to the exact people who are interested in your offer. You can set up the entire campaign, and then Closely will take over everything else. You can choose your message and deliver it using email or text. Sometimes the interface can be a little slow. I would suggest doing some testing before committing to this tool. Closely saves time, which is important to me. I have been using it for about a month now, and I have noticed that my close rate has increased by 25%. I am able to focus on building my list instead of doing the tedious task of emailing people. Incentivized Dean Gonzalez Communication Coach Read full review	While Fin is an awesome investment, the setup and tuning of responses to meet brand alignment and delivery have taken some time. If you prioritize not just resolution rate and accuracy, but style and delivery, it's a bigger lift. However, for the vast majority of businesses, the step and its impact on resource management are a worthy investment. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Pros	I have not had any issues with LinkedIn filters. The inbox feature is like a mini-CRM. Closely now has a chrome extension adding more functionality. Incentivized Dean Gonzalez Communication Coach Read full review	Great UI - everyone has their own inbox but can still see all incoming messages. Fin AI - we love the AI functionality, it saves tons of time of the team. Automated emails - we configured Intercom in a way that it uses a lot of information we have about our users (e.g. their subscription, date of upgrade, etc.) so that we can use it to automate communication. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Cons	Automated Birthday messages Automated congratulations of milestones Incentivized Dean Gonzalez Communication Coach Read full review	Some things are repetitive. Ex: If you provide guidance to ask a follow-up question, it'll ask that follow-up question each time. It'd be cool to have a "vibe" check for auto-sorting. Ex: We have responses to our outreach feed into Intercom. It'd be cool to have a way to auto-sort based on if they ask a detailed question or just a plain "interested" response. It'd be cool if Fin by Intercom flagged conversations, like it a customer seemed agitated, for the team to review. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Likelihood to Renew	No answers on this topic	It's currently a perfect fit for our needs, and we are customer-focused and small. When we grow, we may need to re-evaluate, but our current team finds it easy. Reviewing conversations is simple and allows for great training. The canned replies make service fast and easy. Smart suggestions remove the need to re-write technical walkthroughs and explanations for our FAQ Incentivized Ariana Thompson Support Operations Read full review
Usability	No answers on this topic	It takes a bit of getting used to. It's easy to start off with simple pieces of answering queries, etc. The real part is when one tries to use workflows with triggers and automation. Then, it can be a whole different experience. I would love to see it being much simpler in terms of usability there. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Reliability and Availability	No answers on this topic	always there Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Performance	No answers on this topic	works perfect Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Support Rating	No answers on this topic	Intercom is the premier customer support/engagement model and it definitely has one of the top tier customer support teams as well. I don't think I have ever waited more than 5 minutes to get the information I need or get help with an issue. They are incredible and I aim to model our customer service department after them. Incentivized LW Lukas Washack Operations Manager Read full review
Online Training	No answers on this topic	Easy to know the learning path Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Implementation Rating	No answers on this topic	The implementation was surprisingly easy but we are having to adapt from our old process to work well with Intercom. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Alternatives Considered	No answers on this topic	In my experience, what Intercom has done with Fin by Intercom is far more innovative and forward thinking than other tools I've used. It's intuitive, easy, and they are always releasing new things to make Fin by Intercom even more powerful. Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
Return on Investment	25% increase on close rate Additional social channel to nurture leads Countless hours saved Incentivized Dean Gonzalez Communication Coach Read full review	I like how I don't feel like I need to constantly be monitoring support, especially on weekends It's great that the user will get some response right away, I just need to hope that the response they do get is good enough if I'm awk Incentivized Verified User Anonymous Read full review
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