What is Help Scout?

Help Scout is a web based help desk composed for a great customer experience. It creates multiple mailboxes for each shared email address so you can work seamlessly across departments, or manage several products

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Key Features of Help Scout

Here are the powerful features that make Help Scout stand out from the competition. Packed with innovative tools and advanced functionalities, this software offers a range of benefits.

  • Amazon
  • 2-Way Messaging
  • Account Alerts
  • Account Management
  • Action Management
  • Activity / News Feed
  • Activity Log
  • Activity Tracking
  • Admissions Management
  • Alerts / Escalation
  • Appointment Management
  • Approval Workflow
  • Archiving
  • Asset Budgeting
  • Asset Lifecycle Management
  • Asset Management
  • Asset Tracking
  • Assignment Management
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Automated Routing
  • Automatic Scans
  • Availability Management
  • Backlog Management
  • Backup Management
  • Bandwidth Monitoring
  • Barcoding / RFID
  • Baseline Manager
  • Batch Communications
  • Billing & Invoicing
  • Blended Call Center
  • Brainstorming
  • Calendar Management
  • Call Center
  • Call Logging
  • Call Management
  • Call Monitoring
  • Call Recording
  • Call Routing
  • Call Scripting
  • Call Sharing
  • Campaign Management
  • Campaign Tracking
  • Canned Responses
  • Capacity Monitoring
  • Case Management
  • Cataloging/Categorization
  • Change Calendar
  • Change Management
  • Change Planning
  • Channel Attribution
  • Channel Management
  • Chargeback Tracking
  • Chat / Messaging
  • Check-in / Check-out
  • Churn Management
  • CMDB
  • Collaboration
  • Commercial Properties
  • Commission management
  • Communication Management
  • Community Forums
  • Community Management
  • Complaint Classification
  • Completion Tracking
  • Compliance Management
  • Compliance Tracking
  • Configuration Management
  • Contact Database
  • Contact Management
  • Content Management
  • Content Syndication
  • Contract Lifecycle Management
  • Contract Management
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Corrective Actions (CAPA)
  • Cost Tracking
  • Curriculum Management
  • Customer Complaint Tracking
  • Customer DataBase
  • Customer Engagement
  • Customer Journey Mapping
  • Customer Lifecycle Management
  • Customer Profiles
  • Customer Segmentation
  • Customer Support Tracking
  • Customizable Branding
  • Dashboard
  • Data Integration
  • Data Matching
  • Data Visualization
  • Decision Tree
  • Depreciation Management
  • Depreciation Tracking
  • Device management
  • Device Targeting
  • Discussion Boards
  • Discussion Threads
  • Dispatch Management
  • Dispatching
  • Disposal Management
  • Document Management
  • Document Storage
  • Electronic Signature
  • Email Archiving
  • Email Distribution
  • Email Integration
  • Email Management
  • Email Marketing
  • Email Monitoring
  • Employee Database
  • Enrollment Management
  • Equipment Management
  • Equipment Tracking
  • Escalation Management
  • Event Logs
  • Event-Based Notifications
  • Expiry Notifications
  • Feedback Collection
  • Feedback Management
  • Field Sales Management
  • File Transfer
  • Filtering
  • Financial Aid Management
  • Fixed Line Compatibility
  • Forms Management
  • FTP Monitoring
  • GDPR Compliance
  • Geo Targeting
  • Government Contracts
  • Hardware Inventory
  • Help Desk Management
  • Impact Management
  • Inbound Call Center
  • Inbox Queue Management
  • Incident Management
  • Incident Reporting
  • Inspection Management
  • Instant Retrieval
  • Intent Recognition
  • Interaction Tracking
  • Interactive Content
  • Interactive Voice Response
  • Internal Cost Allocation
  • Internet Usage Monitoring
  • Inventory control
  • Inventory Management
  • Inventory Tracking
  • Issue Auditing
  • Issue Management
  • Issue Scheduling
  • Issue Tracking
  • IT Asset Management
  • Job Management
  • Knowledge Base Management
  • Knowledge Management
  • Known Issue Management
  • Lead Management
  • License Management
  • Live Chat
  • Location Tracking
  • Macros
  • Maintenance Management
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Maintenance Tracking
  • Manual Dialer
  • Mass Notifications
  • Message Personalization
  • Mobile Access
  • Mobile Notifications
  • Multi-Channel Collection
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Multi-Language
  • Multi-Patch Deployments
  • Multiple Brands Products
  • Network Monitoring
  • Network Wide Management
  • Newsletter Management
  • Notes Management
  • Notification Scheduling
  • Offline Form
  • On-Demand Communications
  • Onboarding
  • Online Activation
  • Online Forums
  • Opportunity Management
  • Outbound Call Center
  • Patch Management
  • Payment Processing
  • Performance Metrics
  • Personalization
  • Policy Management
  • Pre-built Templates
  • Pre-configured Bot
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Predictive Dialer
  • Predictive Modeling
  • Preventive Maintenance
  • Print Management
  • Prioritization
  • Proactive Chat
  • Problem Management
  • Procurement Management
  • Project Management
  • Proposal Generation
  • Push Notifications
  • QR Codes
  • Quality Assurance Management
  • Queue Management
  • Queue Manager
  • Quotes/Estimates
  • Real Time Chat
  • Real Time Editing
  • Real Time Monitoring
  • Real-time Chat
  • Recurring Issues
  • Referral Tracking
  • Relationship Mapping
  • Release & Deployment Management
  • Release Management
  • Remediation
  • Remote Access
  • Remote Protection
  • Remote Systems Monitoring
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Requirements Review
  • Requisition Management
  • Residential Properties
  • Response Management
  • ROI Tracking
  • Root-Cause Diagnosis
  • Routing
  • Saas helpdesk software
  • Sales Forecasting
  • Scenario Planning
  • Scheduled Messaging
  • Scheduling
  • Screen Sharing
  • Search
  • Self Service Portal
  • Self-service automation
  • Sell Side (Customers)
  • Sentiment Analysis
  • Server Monitoring
  • Server Performance
  • Service Automation
  • Service Catalog
  • Service Catalog Management
  • Service Desk (ITIL ITSM)
  • Service History
  • Service History Tracking
  • Service Level Agreement (SLA) Management
  • Service Level Management
  • Service Reporting
  • Session Recording
  • Session Transfer
  • Shared Inboxes
  • Shared Mailboxes
  • Signature Management
  • SLA Management
  • SLA Monitoring
  • Social Media Integration
  • Social Media Metrics
  • Social Media Monitoring
  • Software Inventory
  • Software License Management
  • Software Metrics
  • Spam Blocker
  • Specialty Contracts
  • Supplier Management
  • Survey Management
  • Task automation
  • Task Management
  • Team Chat
  • Team Management
  • Template Management
  • Territory Management
  • Text Analysis
  • Text to Speech
  • Third Party Integration
  • Ticket Automation
  • Ticket Management
  • Ticket/Issue Tracking
  • Ticketing system
  • Time Clock
  • To-Do List
  • Transaction Monitoring
  • Transfers/Routing
  • Trend Analysis
  • Troubleshooting Reports
  • Two-Way Communication
  • Uptime Monitoring
  • Uptime Reporting
  • Usage Reporting
  • Usage Tracking / Analytics
  • User Activity Monitoring
  • Vegetation Mapping
  • Vendor Management
  • Version Control
  • Video Content
  • Virtual Assistant
  • Virtual Personal Assistant (VPA)
  • Visual Notifications
  • Voice Customization
  • Voice Mail
  • Warranty Management
  • Warranty Tracking
  • Web Threat Management
  • Web Traffic Reporting
  • Website Analytics
  • Website Visitor Tracking
  • Whitelisting / Blacklisting
  • Work order management
  • Workflow Automation
  • Workflow Management
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  • Audit Management
  • Complaint Management
  • and list reporting
  • Administrator Level Control
  • Air Management
  • Alerts Notifications
  • Analytics
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Assignment Management
  • Audit Management
  • Audit Trail
  • Auditing
  • Automated Routing
  • Automated Scheduling
  • Backlog Management
  • Batch Records
  • Bills of Material
  • Budgeting & Forecasting
  • Bug Tracking
  • Calibration Management
  • CAPA Planning
  • Capacity Planning
  • Change Management
  • Change Orders
  • Collaboration
  • Commenting / Notes
  • Complaint Management
  • Compliance Management
  • Components Tracking
  • Contract Management
  • Controls Testing
  • Corrective / Preventive Actions
  • Corrective Actions (CAPA)
  • Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA)
  • Cost-to-Completion Tracking
  • CRM
  • Customer Complaint Tracking
  • Customer DataBase
  • Dashboard
  • Data Entry
  • Data Linking
  • Data Management
  • Defect Tracking
  • Design Management
  • Deviation Management
  • Device History
  • Device History Record
  • Document Control
  • Document Management
  • Drawings Integration
  • Due date tracking
  • Electronic Signature
  • Emissions Inventory
  • Employee Management
  • Employee Training
  • Environmental Compliance
  • Environmental Management
  • Environmental Risk Assessment
  • Equipment Management
  • Equipment Tracking
  • Escalation Management
  • Excel Loader
  • FDA Compliance
  • Feedback Management
  • Feedback Tracking
  • Filtering
  • Fixed Asset Management
  • FMEA (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis)
  • Forecasting
  • Forms Management
  • Gage Management
  • Hazardous Materials Control
  • Hierarchical View
  • HIPAA Compliance
  • Incident Management
  • Include Photos In Reports
  • Industrial Safety Management
  • Injury Reporting
  • Inspection Management
  • Inventory control
  • Inventory Management
  • Invoice Management
  • ISO Compliance
  • ISO Standards Management
  • Issue & Return Management
  • Issue Auditing
  • Issue Management
  • Issue Scheduling
  • Issue Tracking
  • Iteration Planning
  • Job Costing
  • Job Management
  • Knowledge Base Management
  • Knowledge Management
  • Labor Hours Tracking
  • Lease and Maintenance Management
  • Maintenance Management
  • Maintenance Scheduling
  • Management Review
  • Material Management
  • Measurement Readings
  • MES
  • Move & Copy
  • MRP
  • MSDS
  • Multi-Station Management
  • Nonconformance Tracking
  • Occupational Health Management
  • OPC Data Collection
  • Order Management
  • OSHA Compliance
  • OSHA Recordkeeping
  • Overrun Reporting
  • Parameterized Testing
  • Percent-Complete Tracking
  • Performance Metrics
  • Periodic Review
  • Photos In Reports
  • Point-of-Production Analysis
  • Print on Site
  • Prioritization
  • Product data management
  • Product Lifecycle Management
  • Production Cost Tracking
  • Production Management
  • Production Scheduling
  • Project Management
  • Purchase Order Management
  • Quality Assurance Management
  • Quality Control
  • Quality Control Checklist
  • Quality Management
  • Quote Management
  • Quotes / Estimates
  • Real Time Data Collection
  • Recall Management
  • Recipe Management
  • Recurring Issues
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Release Management
  • Report Templates
  • Reporting
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Requirements Management
  • Requirements Review
  • Requirements-Based Testing
  • Resource Management
  • Risk Alerts
  • Risk Management
  • Root Cause Analysis
  • Routing
  • Safety Management
  • Safety Risk Assessment
  • Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
  • Scheduling
  • Shipping Management
  • Speech Recognition
  • Stakeholder Defined Attributes
  • Statistical Data Reporting
  • Status Tracking
  • Subcontractor Management
  • Supplier Management
  • Supplier Quality Control
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Supports Parallel Execution
  • Supports Agile
  • Sustainability Management
  • Task Management
  • Test Case Tracking
  • Test Script Reviews
  • Testing / QA Management
  • Testing Management
  • Ticket Management
  • Time & Expense Tracking
  • Time Tracking
  • Tool Kitting
  • Traceability
  • Traceback & Traceforward
  • Training Management
  • Unicode Compliance
  • User Level Management
  • Validation & Verification
  • Version Control
  • Waste Management
  • Water Management
  • What-if Analysis
  • Work order management
  • Workflow Management
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  • Audio / Video Conferencing
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Email Management
  • Employee Directory
  • Event Calendar
  • File Sharing
  • Agent Scheduling
  • Alerts / Escalation
  • Analytics
  • Analytics/ROI Tracking
  • Appointment Management
  • Appointment Scheduling
  • Assignment Management
  • Audience Segmentation
  • Auto Dialer
  • Automatic Chat Translation
  • Automatic Greetings
  • Background Screening
  • Batch Communications
  • Call Center
  • Call List Management
  • Call Logging
  • Call Me Option
  • Call Monitoring
  • Call Recording
  • Call Reporting
  • Call Routing
  • Campaign Management
  • Campaign Personalization
  • Canned Responses
  • Cataloging / Categorization
  • Chat / Messaging
  • Chat History
  • Chat Routing
  • Chat Supervision
  • Chat Translation
  • Chat Widget
  • Chatbot
  • Chatbot Automation
  • Co-Browsing
  • Co-browsing and Screen Sharing
  • Code-free Development
  • Codeless Bot
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Communication Management
  • Contact Database
  • Contact Import/Export
  • Contact Management
  • Content Management
  • Contextual Guidance
  • Conversation Notes
  • CRM
  • Customer Segmentation
  • Customer Service Analytics
  • Customer Support Tracking
  • Customizable Branding
  • Dashboard
  • Data Management
  • Data Modeling
  • Drag & Drop
  • Email Automation
  • Email Distribution
  • Email Response Control
  • Employee Communication Tools
  • Engagement Monitoring
  • Feedback Management
  • File Sharing
  • Form Creation
  • Geo Targeting
  • Google Analytics
  • Webmaster & Sitemap
  • Group Messaging
  • Human Handover
  • I Spy
  • Inbound Call Center
  • Inbound Reporting
  • Instagram Integration
  • Integration and Customization
  • Intent Recognition
  • Interaction Tracking
  • Interactive Content
  • Internal Chat Integration
  • Internal Communications
  • Internal HR
  • Interview Management
  • IP Blocking
  • IVR / Voice Recognition
  • Knowledge Base
  • Knowledge Database
  • Knowledge Management
  • Labels
  • Lead Capture
  • Lead Distribution
  • Lead Management
  • Lead Notifications
  • Lead Nurturing
  • Lead Qualification
  • Lead Scoring
  • Meeting Management
  • Mobile Messaging
  • Mobile SDK
  • Multi Website Support
  • Multi-Campaign
  • Multi-Channel Collection
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Multi-Language
  • Offline Form
  • Omni-Channel
  • Omni-channel Support
  • On-Demand Communications
  • On-Screen Chats
  • Onboarding
  • Performance Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Persistent Chat
  • Personal Greetings
  • Personalization
  • Phone Key Input
  • Pre and Post Chat Forms
  • Pre-configured Bot
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Predictive Dialer
  • Presentation Management
  • Proactive Chat
  • Proactive Chat Triggers
  • Proactive Invitations
  • Process/Workflow Automation
  • Product Recommendations
  • Profanity Management
  • Profile Enrichment
  • Prospecting Tools
  • Queue Management
  • Real Time Monitoring
  • Recruiting Firms
  • Reporting
  • Reusable Components
  • Rules-Based Workflow
  • Sales pipeline management
  • Screen Sharing
  • Screenshare
  • Scripted Bot
  • Search Marketing
  • Search/Filter
  • Segmentation
  • Self Service Portal
  • Sentiment Analysis
  • Service Department
  • Shared Contacts
  • Shortcut Messages
  • Social Media Integration
  • Speech Recognition
  • Supervise Chats
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Target Account Identification
  • Team Chat
  • Team Communication
  • Template Management
  • Third Party Integration
  • Ticketing system
  • Transfers / Routing
  • Transfers/Routing
  • Typing Preview
  • Used Car Dealer
  • Video Chat
  • Video Content
  • Virtual Assistant
  • Virtual Personal Assistant (VPA)
  • Visitor Analytics
  • Visitor banning
  • Visitor Targeting
  • Visitor Tracking
  • VoIP
  • Website Visitor Tracking
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  • Activity / News Feed
  • Adaptive Learning
  • Alerts / Escalation
  • Analytics/ROI Tracking
  • Approval Process Control
  • Archiving & Retention
  • Artwork Management
  • Asset Management
  • Asynchronous Learning
  • Audit Trail
  • Automated Review & Approval
  • Benchmarking
  • Blended Learning
  • Blogs
  • Brainstorming
  • Built-In Course Authoring
  • Business Rules Management
  • Calendar Management
  • Case Management
  • Cataloging / Categorization
  • Chat / Messaging
  • Chatbot
  • Collaboration
  • Comment Moderation
  • Content Library
  • Content Management
  • Content Moderation
  • Corporate/Business
  • Creator Tracking
  • Customer Service Analytics
  • Customer Support Tracking
  • Dashboard
  • Data Management
  • Decision Tree
  • Discussion Boards
  • Discussion Threads
  • Discussions / Forums
  • Dispatching
  • Docket Management
  • Document Indexing
  • Document Management
  • Drag & Drop
  • Email Management
  • Email Response Control
  • Employee Alignment
  • Employee Directory
  • Employee Guides
  • Engagement Monitoring
  • Evaluation Management
  • Evaluation Workflow
  • Facility Pre-planning Data
  • FAQ
  • Feedback Collection
  • Feedback Management
  • Field Reporting
  • File Sharing
  • For Healthcare
  • For Sales
  • Gamification
  • Group Management
  • Group Posting
  • Guided Problem Solving
  • Idea Management
  • Idea Ranking
  • Ideation / Crowdsourcing
  • Incident Mapping
  • Incident Response Checklists
  • Information Disclosure Management
  • Internal Affairs Administration
  • Investigation Management
  • IP Portfolio Management
  • Knowledge Base Management
  • Knowledge Capture
  • Live Chat
  • Maintenance Management
  • Member Directory
  • Membership Management
  • Multi-Channel Collection
  • Multi-Language
  • Newsletter Management
  • Patent / Trademark Management
  • Performance Management
  • Performance Metrics
  • Policy Creation Wizard
  • Policy Management
  • Policy Training
  • Post Management
  • Predictive Analytics
  • Presentation Management
  • Process Change Tracking
  • Process Mapping
  • Process Modeling & Designing
  • Process/Workflow Automation
  • Progress Tracking
  • Project Tracking
  • Proposal Management
  • Queue Management
  • Read & Acknowledge
  • Remote Document Access
  • Requirements Management
  • Rules-Based Workflow
  • Safety Management
  • Segmentation
  • Self Service Portal
  • Self-Learning
  • Social Marketing
  • Social media management
  • Social Sharing
  • Status Tracking
  • Survey Management
  • Task Management
  • Text Editing
  • Training Management
  • Trend Analysis
  • Trend Tracking
  • User Journeys
  • User Research
  • Version Control
  • Workflow Management
  • WYSIWYG Rich Text Editing
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  • Calendar integration
  • Collaboration and commenting on emails
  • Collaborative email editing
  • Contact Management
  • Email analytics and reporting
  • Email Archiving
  • Email Clients
  • Email composition
  • Email delegation
  • Email encryption
  • Email forwarding
  • Email hosting
  • Email Management
  • Email Notifications
  • Email Reminders
  • Email scheduling
  • Email search and filters
  • Email Security
  • Email signatures
  • Email tagging and labeling
  • Email Templates
  • Email templates and automation
  • Email threading/conversations
  • Email tracking and read receipts
  • Encryption
  • File attachments
  • File Sharing
  • Inbox Management
  • Integration with other productivity tools
  • Meeting scheduling and invites
  • Mobile email access
  • Multi-platform compatibility
  • Shared folders and labels
  • Task Management
  • Team/group email aliases
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Help Scout Pricing

Here are the pricing plans for Help Scout. Choose the plan that best fits your requirements and budget. Get Detailed Help Scout pricing as per your requirements.

Free
$ 0
Forever/Unlimited user
  • Unlimited Users
  • Unlimited messages & storage
  • 1 limited Docs knowledge base
  • Reports (7 days of history)
  • Beaconc
  • Saved Replies
  • Outstanding 24x6 support
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Standard
$ 20
User/Month
  • All Free features
  • 5 Mailboxes
  • 1 Docs knowledge base
  • Reports (full history)
  • Workflows
  • Satisfaction Ratings
  • Office Hours
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$ 32
User/Month
  • All Standard features
  • Unlimited Mailboxes
  • 3 Docs knowledge bases
  • Teams
  • Custom Fields
  • Free inactive Users
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Help Scout Specifications

Get a closer look at the technical specifications and system requirements for Help Scout. Find out if it's compatible with your operating system and other software.

Deployment :
Cloud Based
Subscription Plan :
Monthly
Accessibility :
API
Customization
Mobile Support
Desktop Platforms :
MacOs
Windows
Mobile Platforms :
Language Support :
English
Business :
Freelancers
StartUps
SMBs
Available Support :
Email
Tickets
Company Details :
Company Name : Help Scout
Headquarter : Boston
Website : Visit Website
Full Address : 500 Harrison Ave., Floor 3R Boston, MA 02118 USA

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Help Scout Pros and Cons

"Email or message had been read by a customer"

"multi tasking features"

1 Help Scout Reviews

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ForhadM.

Co-Founder

Used the software for : Free trial (Daily)

Company Size :1-10 employees

Verified By : google

3.0

Sep 01, 2022

It's Expensive Comparative to Others

Help Scout is a tool with great features. I wish Help Scout could do all the things compared to ThriveDesk. We switched to ThriveDesk, and we started working remotely. So we were looking for a program to group all our needs instead of running multiple programs to handle our customer service needs.

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What do you like best about Help Scout?

Email or message had been read by a customer

What do you dislike about Help Scout?

multi tasking features

What features is Help Scout currently missing?

Phone and email chat integration.

What other products like Help Scout have you used or evaluated?

ThriveDesk

How Help Scout is better/different from its competitors?

It has a lot of great features that I found useful among them being able to work with my team and view tickets together.

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Help Scout FAQs

How much does Help Scout cost?

The starting price of Help Scout is ₹ 0/Forever/Unlimited user. It has different pricing plans:

  1. Free : ₹ 0/Forever/Unlimited user
  2. Standard : ₹ 1440/User/Month
  3. Plus : ₹ 2304/User/Month

Help Scout also provides a free trial to users.

What are the top 5 features for Help Scout?

The top 5 features for Help Scout are:

  • Document Management
  • Email Integration
  • Customer DataBase
  • Self Service Portal
  • Knowledge Base

What type of customer support is available from Help Scout?

The available support which Help Scout provides is:

  • Email
  • Tickets
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