Pylon vs.
Intercom

Intercom was built for B2C.

Pylon helps you manage complex B2B issues, leverage AI in every workflow, and unify context for your post-sales team.

Why teams are choosing Pylon

AI that does more than ticket deflection

Configure AI agents that triage issues, flag knowledge gaps, QA tickets, detect anomalies, and more.

Omnichannel support that’s built for B2B

Customize kanban boards or lists to track complex issues. Plus, create shared views to collaborate with your team.

One platform for your entire post-sales team

View account context, act on health signals, and track product feedback right where you manage support.

A true partner to support you

Get hands-on help from our support, customer success, and solutions teams — from onboarding to refining your workflows.

You shouldn't be patching workarounds and paying for complexity. You need a platform that's fast, intelligent, and built for how B2B teams actually work — like Pylon.

How we compare across
key features

Capability

Pylon

Intercom

AI agents for ticket deflection

Email, chat, and ticket forms

Native Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Discord support

AI agents for B2B workflows (route issues, detect knowledge gaps, track product feedback)

Account health, usage data, and support interactions in one view

Insights on churn risk and upsell opportunities

Weekly AI and product updates

Dedicated customer success and solutions team for every customer

What our customers are saying

"I highly, highly recommend Pylon. Pylon has quickly become one of the essential tools in our support toolkit that I would not go without. It has made Slack support as easy as email support."

Teresa Nesteby
Head of Success Engineering, Hightouch

"My team now comes to me asking, ‘Can we do this in Pylon?’ The answer is usually yes — and quickly. That just wasn’t the case in Intercom."

Owen Murk
Product Support Specialist, Loop

"After evaluating Salesforce and others, we found that Pylon gave us the flexibility, ease of use, and enterprise level reporting we were looking for. The migration was seamless and made it clear we had the right partner."

Anuj Arora
Chief Customer Officer, Ada

"We're still the same size team, but we're supporting 6x the business volume. Pylon isn't just a tool. It's a partner and a copilot. It keeps our teams connected, our customers supported, and our business moving."

Duke Puniani
Head of Post-Sales, Sardine

Learn why thousands of leading companies choose Pylon

50%

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FAQs

How long does migration take?

Most teams are live in two weeks or less.

Do you integrate with our existing tools?

Yes. Pylon natively integrates with 40+ tools like Salesforce, HubSpot, Attio, Linear, Jira, Slack, Microsoft Teams and more. Check out all our integrations.

Is Pylon enterprise-ready?

Yes. Our platform scales with your data, permissions, and security requirements. Learn more about our security and compliance.

How does pricing work?

We have transparent plans that scale with the products your team need. View our pricing page for details.

What kind of vendor support do we get?

Every customer gets a dedicated customer success manager and solutions engineers. They’ll help with set-up, onboard your team, and make sure you get value out of Pylon long-term.