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Help Scout Overview

What is Help Scout?

Help Scout is the go-to support platform for growing businesses. It's quick to set up, easy to use, and allows teams to manage all support interactions—whether through email, live chat, social media, or self-service—in one unified platform. With advanced tools for collaboration and organization, teams using Help Scout are able to assist 52% more customers. Those who take advantage of our AI features see an additional 36% boost in productivity. Plus, you can build help centers and embed support options directly on your website or app, giving customers instant answers and reducing support volume by 30%. It's no wonder Help Scout is a favorite among support professionals and customers. You can get started in just 15 minutes and become a power user within a day. Teams using Help Scout achieve 25% higher CSAT scores than the industry average and consistently surpass their metrics, helping more customers while delivering exceptional service.

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Product Description

Help Scout is a customer support platform growing businesses use to manage all their customer conversations in one place.

How do you position yourself against your competitors?

Help Scout is the customer-first platform your whole team will love. For the last 12 years, Help Scout has been laser focused on the needs of growing businesses. We’ve ensured Help Scout is easy to set up and use—you’ll be having customer conversations in 15 minutes. Our pricing is simple and affordable for scaling teams. While other help desks and comms platforms built pricey, complex solutions for large enterprises, we focus on being the best choice for businesses that want to spend time on customers. Plus, we’re with you on the journey—our world-class support team is here for you 24/6, and we have award-winning education and classes to help you hone your craft.


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Year Founded
2011
HQ Location
Boston, MA
Twitter
@helpscout
11,816 Twitter followers
LinkedIn® Page
www.linkedin.com
250 employees on LinkedIn®
Description

Help Scout is a customer support platform designed to facilitate seamless communication between businesses and their customers. It provides tools for shared inboxes, knowledge base management, and customer engagement, enabling teams to deliver personalized and efficient support. With features like live chat, reporting, and integrations with popular applications, Help Scout aims to enhance the customer experience while streamlining support operations. More information can be found on their website at [helpscout.com](https://www.helpscout.com/).


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Recent Help Scout Reviews

Fahim M.
FM
Fahim M.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
5.0 out of 5
"One of the best support portal I ever used"
mail delivery was the faster like google mail. their documentation and blogs are super friendly.
Jonathan K.
JK
Jonathan K.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Using Helpscout since 2015"
Helpscout has been the cornerstone of our support team for nearly 9 years. We've enjoyed the smooth experience, custom workflows and constant deplo...
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Verified UserSmall-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Clear and intuitive platform for managing multiple inboxes within the team"
I use this tool daily to manage our company’s integrated Google inboxes. The clean, well-organized interface keeps distractions to a minimum, makin...
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Help Scout Media

Help Scout Demo - One unified platform
Handle all your 1:1 conversations and self-service support in one unified platform.
Help Scout Demo - Inbox
Respond to 52% more emails from the Inbox, with features to help your team collaborate, stay organized, and respond faster.
Help Scout Demo - Beacon
Give customers support wherever they are on your website or app. Guide them down a self-service path with help content, invite visitors to chat (never with a bot), or send proactive messages with Beacon.
Help Scout Demo - Docs
With Docs you’ll help customers answer common questions themselves in a snap while reducing email volume for your team by 30%.
Help Scout Demo - The customer-first platform, supported by AI
Use AI to draft, edit, and summarize, reducing response times while improving quality Teams using our AI features resolve 36% more emails.
Help Scout Demo - Easily analyze success metrics
​​Analyze team performance and monitor your most important success metrics in out-of-the-box or custom reports.
Help Scout is the all-in-one platform for delighting your customers. Simple-yet-powerful features allow you to handle incoming requests, give answers in an instant, and send messages beyond the inbox.
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Help Scout is the all-in-one platform for delighting your customers. Simple-yet-powerful features allow you to handle incoming requests, give answers in an instant, and send messages beyond the inbox.
Help Scout is the all-in-one platform for delighting your customers. Simple-yet-powerful features allow you to handle incoming requests, give answers in an instant, and send messages beyond the inbox.
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Help Scout is the all-in-one platform for delighting your customers. Simple-yet-powerful features allow you to handle incoming requests, give answers in an instant, and send messages beyond the inbox.
Email just got a whole lot easier with AI drafts! With the click of a button, AI generates high-quality replies to customer questions based off your historical conversations and help articles.
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Email just got a whole lot easier with AI drafts! With the click of a button, AI generates high-quality replies to customer questions based off your historical conversations and help articles.
Need a simple way to give your customers the best support possible? Check out Help Scout, the simple, all-in-one customer communication platform.
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Need a simple way to give your customers the best support possible? Check out Help Scout, the simple, all-in-one customer communication platform.

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Wesley P.
WP
Head of support
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Help Scout?

I like the interface, the separation between ticket and chat, the fluidity with which the system works, the layout, the features, the emails we receive with customer service tips. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Scout?

I didn't like the feature of simply not having chat when all agents were busy, this created a problem with my clients because they didn't know the exact reason why the chat was unavailable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Help Scout solving and how is that benefiting you?

If you want to solve a large volume data problem, Help Scout will help solve it, if you want to have smooth service via chat and email, it is also an option. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

BR
Lead Customer Service Representative
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Help Scout?

I really like the options to alter inboxes. This is very helpful and is great for organization skills! Read receipts are extremely helpful by ensuring that the correct person is receiving the email. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Scout?

Not being able to merge emails from different email addresses that even have the same domain. Although I dislike this function I understand the limitation because once something is merged it cannot be undone. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Help Scout solving and how is that benefiting you?

All customer service-related issues are very easy to access and assign to the correct person. The option to review previous email threads and the search functions are amazing! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Yaw A.
YA
Founder and CEO
Computer Software
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about Help Scout?

Saved replies (with variables), so it's only one click to send a personalized response to common questions. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Scout?

This is not a dislike, but I'd love to have Gmail-style snoozing where I can bring a message back into my inbox on a specific date. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Help Scout solving and how is that benefiting you?

HelpScout helps our sales and support teams provide high-quality and consistent communication to our customers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nicholas  V.
NV
C
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Help Scout?

I like how things can be organized this and how easy to use some of the features are. The UX is also something very easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Scout?

I dislike how there are a few things that aren't present such as having a parent-child function or more options to customize ticket filtering. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Help Scout:

Make customization with more features and perhaps more article on how to use it to it's fullest. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Help Scout solving and how is that benefiting you?

I problem is see that we've been solving is in regards to statistics. The benefits I've seen was keeping an organized workflow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in E-Learning
UE
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Help Scout?

There is no one thing that I like best. HelpScout performs so many tasks seamlessly that I'm periodically surprised at a function or feature that has been making my life easier without me realizing it. Whenever I'm frustrated with some of the other platforms we have to work with, taking time to be grateful for HelpScout's reliability helps calm me down. Customer Support is prompt, friendly, honest - and very rarely needed! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Scout?

I have yet to discover what I don't like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Help Scout solving and how is that benefiting you?

We're able to easily track our metrics, view our customer history, and keep a close eye on customer satisfaction. HelpScout has helped us determine areas we can improve in, and helps us manage our workflow. It has also helped us organize company documents. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Hospital & Health Care
UH
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about Help Scout?

Email notifications are instant and well timed Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Scout?

Sometimes the website is down without warning Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Help Scout solving and how is that benefiting you?

Helping meet client needs Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer Software
UC
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite on behalf of seller
Incentivized Review
What do you like best about Help Scout?

I feel very supported by the Help Scout team. They provide great information to help our team use the software. I love how integrated the mailbox is with our knowledge docs. Clients can reach us in a variety of ways through Help Scout and we also enjoy using the messaging feature. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Scout?

The saved replies that we use for customer emails sometimes lose their images. It is a problem that Help Scout hasn’t been able to resolve yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Help Scout solving and how is that benefiting you?

Our entire team can work together to resolve customer questions quickly. The ability to share our expertise through saved replies and knowledge docs speeds up our response time to clients. We can track top client questions by tagging them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Kelly T.
KT
Owner
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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Verified Current User
Review source: G2 invite
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What do you like best about Help Scout?

Help Scout has helped us step up our customer service. Before, we used shared email inboxes and had many problems with duplicated effort, accidental deletion of emails, and inability to track customer service issues. Help Scout changed all of that. One of my favorite features is the "traffic cop," which allows users to see in real-time who among their co-workers is currently reading and/or responding to a specific email from a customer. I also like the ability to add notes to an email conversation that are only seen internally and the ability to "mention" a co-worker on a particular conversation so that he/she is brought into the loop to help solve the customer's issue when needed. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Scout?

I'd like to see a few more admin-level settings, like the ability to control which users can create new tags. But honestly, I would categorize these things as my pie-in-the-sky wishlist items. I wouldn't say these are "dislikes." The Help Scout team seems to be continually developing the platform and adding new features, and they welcome regular feedback from their clients on how to improve it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Help Scout solving and how is that benefiting you?

Mostly it has just taken our customer service to a new level, which is a big win. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Felici A.
FA
HR Assistant
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Help Scout?

I found the following features very useful and make my work efficient. Saved replies save 80% of my time. I also like how I can see what tickets my team members are working on and how we can add notes on tickets. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Scout?

I would like the Forward feature to be more sophisticated as it is in Gmail (i.e. automatically includes attachments, deletes part of the thread (for confidentiality purposes, and edit the recipients. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Help Scout solving and how is that benefiting you?

Basic HR services and some employee email concerns. The benefit of using HelpScout as opposed to a generic email service is that other members of your team are automatically aligned - it's really good for collaboration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services
UF
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
Validated Reviewer
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about Help Scout?

1. Quick and time flexible assistance.

On behalf of the Yellow Card Support fraternity, we are grateful for the timely assistance provided by Sewar Nasser. We have a large client base and trying to make HelpScout work for the Team and our customers have been a little better with Sewar's help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Help Scout?

Helpscout seems not to be compatible with quite a several CRM tools which can be frustrating when you need to link functions.

E.g.Linking Helpscout to a CRM that can send our customers a notification once their ClickUp tickets have been resolved or moved from one stage to the other Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Help Scout solving and how is that benefiting you?

Customer complaints.

HelpScout being our ticketing system assists us to offer solutions to our customers giving us a central platform to access our customer's issues.

Workload Management has been easy with Helpscout since we are a remote-based company we can manage what the Team does via the platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.