10 alternatives · CRM & sales and customer support · 2026
Intercom alternatives, by price.
Intercom starts at $29 per user a month. 7 of the 10 alternatives below start lower. Standing prices, not promotions — each read from the vendor's own page and linked to its source.
Side by side
What the alternatives cost
| Product | Starts at | Against Intercom | Free plan | Changes on record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intercom the one you are comparing against | $29 per seat / mo · Essential | — | — | 7 since 2023 |
| HubSpot Marketing Hub HubSpot | $7 per seat / mo · Starter | 76% less | Yes | 4 since 2026 |
| Zoho CRM Zoho | $7 per seat / mo · Bigin Express | 76% less | Yes | none |
| monday.com monday.com | $9 per seat / mo · Basic | 69% less | Yes | 7 since 2023 |
| Freshdesk Freshworks | $19 per seat / mo · Growth | 34% less | — | none |
| Zendesk Suite Zendesk | $19 per seat / mo · Support Team | 34% less | — | 6 since 2021 |
| Front Front | $25 per seat / mo, billed yearly · Starter | 14% less | — | none |
| Salesforce Sales Cloud Salesforce | $25 per seat / mo · Starter Suite | 14% less | Yes | 16 since 2021 |
| Shopify Shopify | $29 per month, billed yearly · Basic | not like-for-like | — | 6 since 2021 |
| Attio Attio | $44 per seat / mo · Plus | 52% more | Yes | none |
| Crisp Crisp | $45 per month · Mini | not like-for-like | Yes | none |
CHEAPEST PAID PLAN FIRST. “NOT LIKE-FOR-LIKE” MEANS ONE IS PRICED PER USER AND THE OTHER IS NOT, ONE IS NOT BILLED BY THE MONTH OR YEAR, OR THEY ARE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES. THE RECORD DOES NOT CONVERT ANY OF THOSE.
Questions
Intercom alternatives, answered
Q1 What is the cheapest alternative to Intercom?
HubSpot Marketing Hub, at $7 per user a month for its Starter plan — the lowest paid entry price of the 10 alternatives on the record. Intercom itself starts at $29 per user a month. HubSpot Marketing Hub, Zoho CRM, monday.com, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Attio and Crisp also list a free plan.
Q2 Which Intercom alternatives have a free plan?
HubSpot Marketing Hub, Zoho CRM, monday.com, Salesforce Sales Cloud, Attio and Crisp. Only a plan the vendor lists at $0 counts; free trials do not.
Q3 Is Intercom more expensive than its alternatives?
7 of 10 alternatives start below Intercom's $29 per user a month: HubSpot Marketing Hub, Zoho CRM, monday.com, Freshdesk, Zendesk Suite, Front and 1 more. Entry prices are compared only where both are charged the same way — per user against per user, flat against flat.
Q4 How current are these prices?
Each pricing page is re-read by MarkupBot at least daily. The table shows the standing price of every plan — where a vendor is running a promotion, the price it reverts to — and every product name links to its dated history and the archived capture behind each figure.