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Intercom vs Smooch: What are the differences?

Intercom: A fundamentally new way to communicate with your customers. Intercom is a customer communication platform with a suite of integrated products for every team—including sales, marketing, product, and support. Have targeted communication with customers on your website, inside apps, and by email; Smooch: Enabling Messaging for Businesses. Smooch is the best software platform to build messaging experiences. Get access to the largest set of channels with a single API, and the most reliable infrastructure.

Intercom belongs to "Engagement/Lifecycle Marketing" category of the tech stack, while Smooch can be primarily classified under "Chatbot Platforms & Tools".

StackShare, Heroku, and Product Hunt are some of the popular companies that use Intercom, whereas Smooch is used by Atbox, Liztum, and Walter. Intercom has a broader approval, being mentioned in 1412 company stacks & 217 developers stacks; compared to Smooch, which is listed in 4 company stacks and 3 developer stacks.

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Pros of Intercom
Pros of Smooch
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    Know who your users are
  • 115
    Auto-messaging
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    In-app messaging as well as email
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    Customer support
  • 68
    Usage tracking
  • 18
    Great Blog
  • 11
    Organized engagement, great ui & service
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    Direct chat with customers on your site
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    Very helpful
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    Onboarding new users
  • 2
    Tirman
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    No Mac app
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    Free tier
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    Filter and segment users
  • 2
    Github integration
  • 2
    Very Useful
  • 1
    Good integration

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Cons of Intercom
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    Changes pricing model all the time
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    What is Intercom?

    Intercom is a customer communication platform with a suite of integrated products for every team—including sales, marketing, product, and support. Have targeted communication with customers on your website, inside apps, and by email.

    What is Smooch?

    Smooch is the best software platform to build messaging experiences. Get access to the largest set of channels with a single API, and the most reliable infrastructure.

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