Customer Support & Help Desk
HelpCrunch
Affordable multichannel support with live chat, email, and built-in AI.
4.7· 235 reviews· via G2Founded 2016 · Wilmington, DE
What is HelpCrunch?
HelpCrunch is a customer communication platform combining live chat, chatbots, a shared inbox, email marketing, and a knowledge base. It is aimed at SMB support and sales teams that want affordable multichannel engagement.
Best known for: Affordable all-in-one live chat and customer communication
Key features
- Live chat widget
- AI chatbot automation
- Shared multichannel inbox
- Knowledge base builder
- Email marketing campaigns
- Popups and auto messages
Who HelpCrunch is best for
- SMBs and startups wanting live chat plus email without Intercom-level pricing
- Teams that want chatbots and AI agents on a budget
- Small teams needing a shared inbox with email campaigns
Ideal team: SMBs and startups that want multichannel support (chat, email, chatbots) with built-in AI at a low per-seat cost.
HelpCrunch pricing
Basic
$12/per member / mo
- Shared inbox + live chat
- Email campaigns
- Up to 20 members
Popular
Pro
$20/per member / mo
- 5 AI agents
- 15 chatbot flows
- 50 AI conversations/mo
Unlimited
$495/flat / mo
- Unlimited members
- Unlimited AI agents
- Priority support
Costs to watch before you commit
- AI is metered on two dimensions (AI conversations and AI data sources) past the small allowance.
- Extra AI conversations run ~$23/mo (100) up to ~$8,000/mo (100,000).
- The Unlimited plan's included email cap (50k) is actually lower than Pro's (1M).
- Best prices require annual prepay.
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