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Intercom vs Hiver.
Complex customer requests don’t always fit in a chat bubble.
Hiver is built for high-stakes, complex support Intercom wasn’t designed for—with powerful multi-step workflows, cross-team collaboration, and AI.
Trusted by 10,000+ teams globally
Trusted by 10,000+ teams globally
Intercom fails at complex support
that spans teams, tools, and channels.
Built for cross-team support operations
Handle escalations and handoffs with shared visibility and context across teams, tools and channels.
Account centric visibility
Teams get a real-time overview of account health, sentiment, and more — so every reply is accurate.
Powerful AI Agents & workflows
Deploy AI Agents and workflows that handle even the toughest inquiries across every channel.
Best-in-class email channel
Hiver's email interface feels just like your inbox. Teams get started in minutes.
Seamless threading support for email
Email threads stay intact regardless of the sender's mail client, provider, or forwarding setup.
Built-in AI. No add-on or usage costs.
AI Agents, Copilot and automated QA—all built in across plans. No usage-based billing surprises.
Transparent, predictable pricing
Flat per-user pricing with all core capabilities and AI included in the $55/user Pro plan.
Built for high volume B2C support
When conversations move between teams, they turn into new tickets — and context gets lost.
Ticket centric visibility
Teams only see a list of tickets and end up responding without the full picture.
Complexity breaks automations
Intercom’s automations don't hold up when issues are complex and drag on over days.
Clunky email channel
Emails land in the same chat-style UI, where instant-reply expectations add frustration.
Email continuity often breaks down
When email headers change, follow-ups turn into new conversations — and context disappears.
Usage-based pricing escalates costs
Fin costs $0.99 per resolution. Copilot is a $29/user add-on. AI costs can scale fast with ticket volume.
Core features locked behind upgrades
Essential features are gated behind plans that cost $132/ user.
One AI platform, endless possibilities.
Hiver is built for the complexity that breaks Intercom
AI that can handle even the hardest support requests
Let AI triage, route, draft replies, and automate resolutions from the moment you sign up. Define your rules, tell it exactly when to step in, and it resolves requests across every channel.
Manage cross-channel conversations with complete visibility
Customer conversations don't stay in one channel. They start on chat, move to a phone call, and end on an email. Hiver keeps the conversation intact across channels so that nothing gets lost in the handoff.
Automations built for the complex requests
Build rule-based or AI-powered workflows for even the most complex scenarios. Route, escalate, prioritize, and automate with precision. Connect 100+ apps to bring customer context directly into every conversation.
Reporting that tells a story
Track response times, resolution trends, CSAT, and more with clear, customizable dashboards that show where you shine and where to optimize.
We can
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What does Intercom really cost as you scale?
Most teams don’t stay on the base plan. As support teams scale, they add automation, reporting, AI,
and more agents. With Intercom, those additions surface hidden costs. With Hiver, they don’t.
Support agent(/s)
$132/month++
What you see on the pricing page
$1,150/month
What teams typically add as they scale
Save
$1,000
per month
$550/month
$55/agent. All core features included.
- Omnichannel support
- Cross-team collaboration
- AI Agents & Workflows
- AI Copilot & QA
- AI Insights
- Account centric visbility
10,000+ teams trust Hiver for complex, high-stakes support
“Hiver is essentially an “additional person” on my team. We have visibility into every issue’s resolution path and that’s cut down resolution times by 50%”
Nathan Strang, Ocean Freight Operations Manager
90%
cut in tracking times
2x
faster routing
99%
SLA excellence
“Hiver’s ability to track progress in real-time has eliminated unnecessary delays. It has improved our accuracy and speed in processing vendor payments by 45%”
Jill Tarnoff, Sr. AP Specialist
20hrs
Saved per month
