Fin by Intercom vs. Oracle Service

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Oracle Service
Score 5.1 out of 10
N/A
Oracle Service is the help desk and customer experience management platform from Oracle. The technology was developed and supported by RightNow Technologies as RightNow CX for cloud-based call center automation, until that company's acquisition by Oracle in 2011 for about $1.5 billion.N/A
Pricing
Fin by IntercomOracle Service
Editions & Modules
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
No answers on this topic
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Fin by IntercomOracle Service
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsFin 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
Fin by IntercomOracle Service
Considered Both Products
Fin by Intercom
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 …
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 …
Chose Fin by Intercom
HubSpot CRM, HubSpot Marketing Hub and Zendesk Suite
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 …
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 …
Chose Fin by Intercom
Sprinklr Social, Zendesk Sunshine Conversations, Clarabridge (discontinued), Engagor (discontinued) and Qualtrics XM for Customer Frontlines
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.
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 …
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 …
Chose Fin by Intercom
Dialpad Support, Talkdesk and SnapEngage
Chose Fin by Intercom
This is the first one we tried.
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
Chose Fin by Intercom
Personally I have not used any other platforms like Intercom and do not wish to search as of right now.
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, …
Chose Fin by Intercom
Noone has been able to standup to the level of service and product that Intercom gives us.
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, …
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 …
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.
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.
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.
Oracle Service
Chose Oracle Service
Ease of use over incident management
Chose Oracle Service
Oracle Service is a powerful service where the customers or clients can be evaluated in-depth. It provides a unified way where the customers can also raise complaints that can further be evaluated or resolved by the monitoring team to enhance the product. Also, it offers a lot …
Chose Oracle Service
Here we have several Oracle stack Products but the new things are hard to integrate. That was the main reason .
Chose Oracle Service
Oracle Service is slightly on the expensive side in terms of pricing but it offers powerful features as well. As compared to Intercom, Oracle Service is suitable for large companies, and the support in the case of Intercom is available only by phone and email while in the case …
Chose Oracle Service
Oracle Service seems to have the advantage of providing many opportunities to companies if they have the right knowledge base. It opened our eyes to what possibilities were afforded to us by exploring the different options that existed. None of the options seemed to be more …
Chose Oracle Service
Oracle Service is the best fit for companies already using other Oracle products. Though Salesforce Service Cloud is equally good in most aspects, Oracle is once again an ecosystem of products like Oracle EBS where seamless integration is possible. Most of our clients were …
Chose Oracle Service
Not sure how to really answer this. We are predominantly a PeopleSoft shop, but that doesn't appear in your list.
Chose Oracle Service
Mainly because of the name Oracle, it's a world leading company backed by a large user community in a broad range of different products. We needed the certainty of good support team behind the product and Oracle could deliver on this much better.
Chose Oracle Service
I have not used or evaluated any other products like Oracle Service Cloud, but I plan to experiment with Salesforce Service Cloud in the near future.
Chose Oracle Service
Java solution would be built from scratch, while the Oracle Service Cloud is SaaS that can be customized to fit the exact needs.
Chose Oracle Service
Oracle Service Cloud offers a wide range of communication channels that optimize and innovate the company's communication process and management with our customers.
Chose Oracle Service
I was not a part of the company when it was selected. Newer software has come out since but OSC had become so integrated with our ecosystem of software that it would be difficult to get rid of now. It has become more of a necessity than a desire to have. If possible down the …
Chose Oracle Service
Oracle is better suited for my company’s needs.
Chose Oracle Service
I was not part of the team to make the selection. I worked as a user of both products, and from that point of view can say that Oracle Service Cloud offers a better GUI.
Chose Oracle Service
Service Cloud seems more agile
Chose Oracle Service
Oracle Service Cloud is easier and more intuitive to use. Help feature is available at every screen.
Chose Oracle Service
We feel the omnichannel elements, in particular, are far superior, and these were important for our needs.
Chose Oracle Service
Worked with PeopleSoft CRM in the past, and the old version of Oracle. I love the current one the most.
Chose Oracle Service
We opted immediately for Service Cloud because we anticipated simple integration with our other Oracle products. We have not achieved integration yet.
Features
Fin by IntercomOracle Service
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
Fin by Intercom
-
Ratings
Oracle Service
7.5
Ratings
7% below category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Expert directory00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings6.70 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Ticket response00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
Fin by Intercom
-
Ratings
Oracle Service
7.3
Ratings
7% below category average
External knowledge base00 Ratings6.80 Ratings
Internal knowledge base00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Fin by Intercom
-
Ratings
Oracle Service
7.2
Ratings
8% below category average
Customer portal00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
IVR00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Social integration00 Ratings4.70 Ratings
Email support00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
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Piper the AI SDR by Qualified
Piper the AI SDR by Qualified
Score 9.2 out of 10
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Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Fin by IntercomOracle Service
Likelihood to Recommend
8.3
(0 ratings)
5.1
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.8
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Availability
9.1
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
Performance
9.1
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
5.7
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
In-Person Training
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Online Training
7.4
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
6.6
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Configurability
-
(0 ratings)
9.0
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
-
(0 ratings)
5.0
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
9.1
(0 ratings)
10.0
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
Fin by IntercomOracle Service
Likelihood to Recommend
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.
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Oracle Right (Oracle Service Cloud) was an important evolution in the group's ombudsman channel management processes. We brought the Oracle Service Cloud to digitize the processes for capturing and managing the group's ombudsman channel, no longer operating manually (MS Excel).

Oracle Service Cloud (Right Now) brought about an important evolution in the management processes of the group's ombudsman channel, where activities that were performed manually, repetitively and with risk of errors, are now operated by the Right Now platform itself, whether by API, or by automation of the tool.
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Pros
  • 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.
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  • Oracle Service cloud handles incident management extremely well. It can accept requests from multiple channels. That includes email, website, phone, chat, SMS & some social.
  • Oracle Service cloud provides a knowledge base that can be used by customers or by agents. It can move consumers to self service for most issues. It also has good feedback from customers and agents so that the knowledge can continue to be updated to push people to more self service.
  • Oracle has a good consumer portal that can be used as a website or typically is used in conjunction with a main website as a contact center or help center site. This allows the contact center to manage both the knowledge and the request and the interactions with the customers.
  • Oracle Service cloud is built to provide a turn key solution for CRM/Contact center with some minor configuration. But it also has the ability to be highly customized to meet any companies needs. Much of that work can be done via the configuration options already in the system. It also have a full set of SOAP and Rest APIs for integrating to other systems.
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Cons
  • 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.
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  • This is only an occasional, user problem; when searching for specific records, at times we receive an error that the maximum size has been exceeded and therefore does not yield any results. This is particularly frustrating when trying to search for a specific street address across several years.
  • I found OPA challenging to use.
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Likelihood to Renew
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
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I give this rating to RightNow because I believe that it's a strong CRM (I know RightNow doesn't like this term) product with virtually limitless possibilities. I like how flexible RightNow is, allowing businesses to fully customize it for their needs. I also like that it's cloud based and doesn't require additional local installation and management.
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Usability
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.
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The learning curve is fairly steep; but for something that has this much capability, it's nearly impossible to make it "easy". The layout and organization are at least reasonably intuitive. The hardest part-- the "weakest link"-- is the portal development (where you can build help centers and other end-user pages.) The capabilities there are significant, but the learning curve for that part is especially steep and it takes a fair amount of expertise to be able to update it.
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Reliability and Availability
always there
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We have never had issues with downtime or it not being available. Upgrades and maintenance also happens in weekends or at night.
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Performance
works perfect
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We use a lot of tabs and fields on our incident workspace, which should slow the system down, but it's still quite fast, and we continue to optimize whatever is possible.
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Support Rating
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.
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Technicians seem to be assessed based solely on how quickly they close the issues. I've had to reopen requests multiple times because they didn't actually solve my problem. Also, when the issue has even a moderate amount of complexity, the technicians often instruct me to "open another SR" to handle the other issue. I'm the customer, I shouldn't have to follow their processes, they should handle that for me. But even when I create the new SR, it seems like their right hand isn't talking to their left - they aren't reading back to the previous issue for context. So I get bounced around a lot, and I have to tell them how to do their job
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In-Person Training
No answers on this topic
Most of our training was given while doing user acceptance testing, and getting the system approved by the market. When ever we were in doubt, our implementer helped us along. Later on we started exploring by our selves.
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Online Training
Easy to know the learning path
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Implementation Rating
The implementation was surprisingly easy but we are having to adapt from our old process to work well with Intercom.
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Work with a RightNow expert during the implementation. Explain features that would you like to have. Often, somebody who really knows the system can show you what you need to do to achieve the desired results. Where a RightNow support engineer or a consultant might say "the system can't do that," a RightNow application engineer will listen to what you need, and often come up with an alternate path to achieve it
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Alternatives Considered
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.
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TCS' customers who also selected Oracle Service Cloud over Salesforce Service Cloud and GE's ServiceMax in the Mfg. vertical in which I work, did so because of the robust ability of Oracle Service Cloud and its APIs to integrate with other value-add solutions for manufacturers such as IoT applications, Big Data Analytics, and Field Service applications.
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Scalability
No answers on this topic
We have never had any down time, slowness or anything. Any error or instability that has occurrred has so far has been caused by user errors.
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Return on Investment
  • 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
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  • Automation of campaigns across different channels of communication gives us an overview of our efforts and further boost how we engage our customers
  • The email support help us reach a large number of customer within a short period of time simplifying customer support workflow
  • Attracting more leads and converting them to become potential customers
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ScreenShots

Fin by Intercom Screenshots

Screenshot of Fin, delivering conversational support experience to customers.Screenshot of where to monitor, analyze, and optimize Fin by spotting trends, filling content gaps, and fixing quality issues topic by topic.Screenshot of where to customize Fin's tone of voice, teach it support knowledge and policies, and configure how it handles complex tasks in over 45 languages.Screenshot of where to test answers, review the sources and settings that shape them, and get tailored recommendations to optimize performance.Screenshot of Fin, as it appears across email and live chat to phone, SMS, and social. Fin can answer any question, across any channel, any time.

Oracle Service Screenshots

Screenshot of A pixel-perfect Customer Portal organizes self-service content in a way that makes sense to your customers.Screenshot of Customers can search, email, chat, and call your business from their mobile devices for immediate resolution.Screenshot of Bring omnichannel interactions together into an intuitive, unified agent desktop.Screenshot of A fully integrated knowledge solution is the backbone of all seamless and consistent service experiences.Screenshot of Tailor customer experiences with contextualized and personalized service using dynamic interviews.Screenshot of Predictive forecasting tools increase field service operational efficiencies to ensure timely job completion.