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Gorgias
Help Scout

Gorgias vs Help Scout

Which Customer Support platform is best for your e-commerce stack? Compare features, pros, cons, and pricing side-by-side.

Side-by-Side Feature Comparison

Core FeatureGorgiasHelp Scout
Free Tier Available
Shopify Native Integration
Mobile App
Open API Access
24/7 Live Support

Gorgias

Pricing

Starts at $10/mo for 50 tickets. Recommended Pro plan is $360/mo.

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Pros

  • Allows agents to perform Shopify actions directly in the ticket
  • Excellent social media comment and DM management
  • Strong macro automation for repetitive questions (WISMO)

Cons

  • Pricing is ticket-based; volume spikes can double your costs
  • AI Agent feature charges an additional $1 per resolved ticket
  • Reporting and analytics are locked behind higher pricing tiers

Help Scout

Pricing

Starts at $25/user/month.

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Pros

  • Incredibly clean, intuitive, and user-friendly agent interface
  • Customer communications look exactly like personal emails
  • Docs feature is one of the best self-serve knowledge base builders available

Cons

  • E-commerce order mutation (like editing Shopify orders) is less native
  • Live chat reporting capabilities are fairly basic
  • Lacks deep social media DM management features