PriceTrail

Freshdesk vs Intercom

Cheapest paid: $19 vs $29

Freshdesk starts 1.5× cheaper on its entry plan.

How they differ

Freshdesk is the cheaper way in, by about 53% on the entry plan.

Named on Freshdesk's pricing page but not Intercom's: audit log, basic workflows, custom reporting, integrations, role permissions, sandbox.

Named on Intercom's pricing page but not Freshdesk's: advanced workflows, custom branding, live chat.

Both have repriced since recording began — Freshdesk 5 times, Intercom 1.

Freshdesk Intercom
Cheapest paid plan$19$29
Dearest published plan$89$132
Free planNoNo
ChargedPer personPer person
Free trial14 days14 days
Plans published34
Top plan is price-on-requestNoNo
Price changes recorded51

Freshdesk

Plan MonthlyAnnual
Additional AI Agent sessions
Connector app tasks
Day passes
Enterprise$89
Freddy AI Copilot$29
Growth$19
MCP actions
Pro$55

Intercom

Plan MonthlyAnnual
Copilot$35$29
Pro$99
Proactive Support Plus$99
Advanced$85
Essential$29
Expert$132
Fin AI Agent

Both figures read from each vendor's public pricing page. Feature sets differ, so compare the plans, not only the numbers.