CX & Support
Considering adding either Gorgias or Help Scout to your ecommerce brand's tech stack? Customer support and delivering an exceptional customer experience are critical for success in ecommerce. The right tool for your brand's specific use cases can help you personalize your customer experiences, drive higher retention rates and deliver a better customer experience. Read our comparison below between Gorgias and Help Scout to see which one is right for your ecommerce brand.
Gorgias centralizes all your support tickets in one place and enriches them with lots of extra context about a buyer's profile. Through Gorgias, you can connect directly to your eCommerce store and edit orders, modify subscriptions, and refund payments without leaving your helpdesk.
Helpscout is a customer-centric customer support solution. Use it to connect multiple emails to one single platform and collate all customer queries in one place. Build an extensive database of customer how-to's and resources, and dynamically share those resources via a sleek chat bot.
- Gorgias provides a centralized helpdesk to manage customer inquiries across multiple ecommerce channels.
- The platform integrates with Shopify and other ecommerce platforms to access customer data and order history.
- Gorgias enables agents to process returns, update shipping, and generate discount codes directly from the helpdesk.
- AI-powered features like automated ticket triage, canned responses, and ticket prioritization boost efficiency.
- Gorgias offers detailed reporting on support metrics, agent performance, and the impact on revenue.
- The platform supports multiple communication channels, including email, chat, and social media, for omnichannel customer service.
- Centralize emails, chats, and calls into a single platform for streamlined support.
- Offer self-service options through an intuitive knowledge base and FAQs.
- Personalize customer interactions using detailed profiles and history.
- Automate workflows and responses to increase support team efficiency.
- Measure satisfaction and gather feedback directly through support interactions.
- Integrate seamlessly with ecommerce platforms for a unified customer view.
Gorgias offers a pricing model that starts at $50 per month for the Basic plan, which includes 300 tickets per month. The pricing scales up as the number of tickets increases, with additional charges of $40 per 100 tickets. Gorgias also offers Pro, Advanced, and Enterprise plans with more features and higher ticket volumes.
Help Scout's pricing starts at $20 per user per month for the Standard plan. The plans are structured with increasing levels of functionality, ranging from the $20 per user per month Standard plan up to the $40 per user per month Plus plan, which includes additional features like custom reports and unlimited reporting history.
Gorgias offers a range of integrations to help ecommerce merchants streamline their customer service operations. Some of the key integrations include:
- Shopify
- Klaviyo
- Recharge
- Yotpo
- Okendo
- Narvar
- Skio
- Via
Help Scout offers a range of integrations to streamline customer support and enhance workflow efficiency. Popular integrations include:
- Slack
- Shopify
- Salesforce
- Mailchimp
- Trello
- Zapier
- Jira
These highlight D2C brands from our database all currently leverageÂ
Gorgias
 in their tech stack:
LoverboyLoverboy is a premium alcohol and lifestyle brand co-founded by Kyle Cooke and Amanda Batula, stars of the Bravo TV show Summer House. The brand offers a variety of better-for-you alcoholic beverages including sparkling hard teas, spritzes, and canned cocktails made with pure, high-quality ingredients and no or low sugar. Loverboy recently launched its first line of zero-sugar, full-flavor non-alcoholic sparkling teas in two popular flavors - White Tea Peach and Lemon Iced Tea.
Meble FurnitureMeble Furniture offers a wide range of modern furniture and home furnishings, including TV stands, entertainment centers, sideboards, wardrobes, bookcases, nightstands, dressers, tables, shelves, and sofas.
Athletic BrewingAthletic Brewing is a pioneering non-alcoholic craft beer company founded in 2017 by Bill Shufelt and John Walker. Based in Milford, Connecticut, Athletic Brewing has quickly become the top-selling non-alcoholic beer brand in the U.S., capturing 19% of the market and selling over 250,000 barrels in 2022. The company uses a unique brewing process to create great-tasting, all-natural non-alcoholic beers suitable for health-conscious beer lovers looking to enjoy the taste of craft beer without the alcohol.
These highlight D2C brands from our database all currently leverageÂ
Help Scout
 in their tech stack:
TruvaniHealth & Wellness
Truvani makes plant protein with no nasty ingredients.
WispHealth & Wellness
Wisp is healthcare on your terms — get treatment from their doctors to your doorstep. Specifically focused on sexual healthcare & committed to making that inclusive, cost-effective, and accessible—for everyone.
Jimmy Joy Food
Jimmy Joy is pioneering a new set of nutritious foods packed with all your daily nutrients and vitamins. Jimmy Joy makes shakes, bars, and drinks that range from sweet to savory (think flavors like vanilla and pizza!)