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Alternatives to Intercom

Intercom is the AI-first support standard. Indie alternatives offer simpler live chat, self-hosting or fairer pricing.

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$39/seat/mo

Paid

About

Founded 2011

San Francisco / Dublin

Founders

  • Eoghan McCabeCo-founder & CEO
    XLinkedIn
  • Des TraynorCo-founder
    XLinkedIn
  • Ciaran LeeCo-founder
  • David BarrettCo-founder

Top indie alternatives

Smaller, founder-led tools that quietly compete with Intercom.

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Crisp

Affordable live chat + helpdesk.

Bootstrapped from France, with a generous free tier.

$25/mo (Mini)Bootstrapped
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Chatwoot

Open-source customer engagement.

Self-hostable Intercom alternative.

$19/seat/moOSS
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Plain

B2B support, modern UI.

Smaller team building a beautiful Slack/Linear-feel support tool.

$35/seat/mo
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Pylon

B2B customer ops for AI-era teams.

Indie-feeling, B2B-first alternative to Intercom.

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Tidio

Live chat and chatbots for SMB.

Indie, with a strong SMB and Shopify focus.

$29/moBootstrapped
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Tawk.to

Free live chat forever.

Long-running indie live chat — fully free.

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