Gorgias vs.

Intercom

Gorgias is built for ecommerce. Intercom is built for SaaS.

Intercom falls short for ecommerce brands on Shopify, lacking essential integrations and powerful AI capabilities. Gorgias has them.
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4.3 Shopify App Store Rating
4.1 Trust Pilot Rating
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Why 15,000+ ecommerce brands choose Gorgias over Intercom

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Gorgias is the #1 Shopify helpdesk

Built for Shopify, Gorgias integrates Shopify actions directly into Macros, Rules, and Ticket Views. One in-depth integration so agents can update orders on the spot.

With a 1.5-star rating, Intercom’s limited Shopify integration slows down customer support, forcing agents to access full records by switching tabs.

AI

Answer emails with humanlike AI on Gorgias

Gorgias’s AI Agent answers emails like a human with the power to automatically resolve up to 60% of your emails. It can update orders, manage subscriptions, and much more to answer 2x the queries — Intercom forces you to build these from scratch with APIs.

Intercom gets you fewer ecommerce actions, the inability to control AI's tone of voice, and a steep $1 per resolution.

Integrations

Connect your ecommerce tech stack

Gorgias is a one-tab tool. Gorgias connects to key ecommerce apps: sync data across tools, build workflows to prioritize tickets and send automatic responses, and push updates without switching tabs.

Unlike Gorgias, Intercom does not integrate with Loop, Loyalty Lion, Yotpo, Recharge, Smile.io, Attentive, Lateshipment, Okendo, Narvar, ReturnLogic, Reviews.io, SMSBump, Postscript, ShipBob, Skio.

Enterprise

Powerful enough for top Shopify Plus brands

Gorgias is enterprise-ready.

Onboard on Gorgias’s secure and reliable platform smoothly with hands-on implementation, custom integrations, SMS support, advanced analytics and ticket management, support for multi-brand and multi-language, and more — that’s why 40% of the 250 largest stores on Shopify choose Gorgias.

Customer Support

Easy enough for small-but-mighty teams

Become a Gorgias expert with simple setup, UI built for ecommerce brands, tons of resources and templates, and a helpful support team available 24/7.

Small-but-mighty brands can also use Gorgias at a much lower price-to-entry. Intercom, by contrast, restricts key features on starter plans and focuses on in-app support for software brands.

Shopify
Gorgias is the #1 Shopify helpdesk

Built for Shopify, Gorgias integrates Shopify actions directly into Macros, Rules, and Ticket Views. One in-depth integration so agents can update orders on the spot.

With a 1.5-star rating, Intercom’s limited Shopify integration slows down customer support, forcing agents to access full records by switching tabs.

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AI
Answer emails with humanlike AI on Gorgias

Gorgias’s AI Agent answers emails like a human with the power to automatically resolve up to 60% of your emails. It can update orders, manage subscriptions, and much more to answer 2x the queries — Intercom forces you to build these from scratch with APIs.

Intercom gets you fewer ecommerce actions, the inability to control AI's tone of voice, and a steep $1 per resolution.

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Integrations
Connect your ecommerce tech stack

Gorgias is a one-tab tool. Gorgias connects to key ecommerce apps: sync data across tools, build workflows to prioritize tickets and send automatic responses, and push updates without switching tabs.

Unlike Gorgias, Intercom does not integrate with Loop, Loyalty Lion, Yotpo, Recharge, Smile.io, Attentive, Lateshipment, Okendo, Narvar, ReturnLogic, Reviews.io, SMSBump, Postscript, ShipBob, Skio.

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Enterprise
Powerful enough for top Shopify Plus brands

Gorgias is enterprise-ready.

Onboard on Gorgias’s secure and reliable platform smoothly with hands-on implementation, custom integrations, SMS support, advanced analytics and ticket management, support for multi-brand and multi-language, and more — that’s why 40% of the 250 largest stores on Shopify choose Gorgias.

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Customer Support
Easy enough for small-but-mighty teams

Become a Gorgias expert with simple setup, UI built for ecommerce brands, tons of resources and templates, and a helpful support team available 24/7.

Small-but-mighty brands can also use Gorgias at a much lower price-to-entry. Intercom, by contrast, restricts key features on starter plans and focuses on in-app support for software brands.

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See how Gorgias provides brands with the support they need to serve their customers.

Gorgias outperforms Intercom across the board

Don’t just take it from us, here’s what brands have to say about why Gorgias is better than Intercom
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Hear directly from brands why they chose Gorgias

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"Monday used to be the hectic day. We were flooded with the influx of inquiries and we needed to keep up with everything. With Gorgias Automate, shoppers get their answers solved, even outside of business hours."
Addison Debter
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Head of Customer Service
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Kirby Allison
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“I already love Gorgias because its email and chat capabilities are ahead of the competition, so I trust Gorgias to also build the best AI Agent.”
Tosha Moyer
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Senior CX Manager
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Psycho Bunny
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"At 6pm on the second day of Black Friday week, our CX agent said: ‘Alright, I’ll see you tomorrow. We’re at inbox zero.’ Without Automate, that wouldn’t happen."
Ron Shah
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CEO and Co-Founder
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Obvi

What’s the difference between Gorgias and Intercom?

Tell me more about how Gorgias’s AI outperforms Zendesk
Gorgias
Intercom
Conversational AI in email
Conversational AI in chat
Pre-built AI Actions 
Available across all plans 
Dedicated AI implementation team
Transparent, usage-based pricing
What about key ecommerce integrations?
Gorgias
Intercom
Recharge
Klaviyo
Attentive
Yotpo
Smile.io
Loop Returns
NetSuite
How do Gorgias Shopify Workflows compare to Zendesk?
Gorgias
Intercom
Customize sidebar with customer data
Perform actions in the ticket view
Embed customer data in canned responses
Embed actions in canned responses
Shopify variables within Rules
Let your AI Agent update Shopify
Let customer easily Track orders
Nail pre-sales with discount codes, stock levels, and visual product links
Drive revenue with campaigns targeted using Shopify data
Show CX’s impact with revenue reports
How are Gorgias’s reporting and analytics more out-of-the-box for ecommerce?
Gorgias
Intercom
Service level agreements (SLAs)
Custom ticket fields
Basic KPIs (FRT, RT, CSAT, etc)
Average handle time 
Revenue generated from support 
Ticket Intent trends 
Custom reporting 
Talk to me about pricing.
Gorgias
Intercom
Helpdesk pricing model
Per ticket
Per user seat
Per ticket
Entry price 
$10/month
$29/user/month
AI pricing model
Per resolution
Per resolution
Price
$0.50-$1/resolution
$0.99 per resolution
Unlimited users
Anything else I should know?
Gorgias
Intercom
Generate articles from past tickets with AI 
Publish interactive scripted automations on your website
Offer Order Management portals on your website
Offers Help Center and Contact Form
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