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Intercom vs Plain
Pricing, founders, indie status and curated alternatives compared from our directory — all data points sourced from each tool's public site or press materials.
At a glanceIntercomPlain
- Pricing
- $39/seat/mo
- $35/seat/mo
- Pricing model
- Paid
- Freemium
- Founded
- 2011
- 2020
- Location
- San Francisco / Dublin
- London, UK
- Bootstrapped
- —
- —
- Open source
- —
- —
- Category
- Customer Support
- —
- Indie alternatives
- 6
- 0
- Founders
- Eoghan McCabe, Des Traynor, Ciaran Lee, David Barrett
- Simon Rohrbach
Key differences
Pricing
Plain starts cheaper at $35/seat/mo; Intercom starts at $39/seat/mo.
Funding
Both are venture-backed.
Founded
Intercom (2011) is 9 years older than Plain (2020).
Indie alternatives
Intercom has 6 curated indie alternatives in our directory; Plain has 0.
Differences are derived directly from the data on each tool's page. Empty fields mean we haven't verified a value yet — never that one tool lacks the capability.
Founders of Intercom
- Ciaran LeeCo-founder
- David BarrettCo-founder
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