# AI customer support tools: 17 tools for office work

> 17 AI customer support tools for office work, including Intercom, Zendesk and Freshdesk: what each one does, whether it is free, and free lessons…

Source: https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/ai-tools/customer-support-chatbots · Updated 2026-10-13 · Free from Stepthrough (https://learn.ynteractive.com)

Updated October 13, 2026 · By [Robert Breen](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/about)

Most support questions are the same twenty questions, asked at all hours. AI support tools answer them instantly from your own help content, route the rest to the right person with a summary, and draft replies your team can check and send. Look for tools that hand off to a human cleanly and only answer from sources you approve.

17 tools · 8 free or with a free plan · 5 with a free trial · 4 paid only

## New this week

17 tools added since October 8, 2026. New tools are added every day.

Jotform AI Agents · Kustomer · Decagon · Sierra · Ada · LiveChat · Crisp · Voiceflow · Botpress · Chatbase · Tidio · Gorgias · + 5 more

## 17 AI customer support tools

Each card says what the tool does for a working professional and whether it is free, has a free plan or trial, or is paid. One has a free Stepthrough lesson where you practice it step by step.

- [Intercom](https://www.intercom.com): Free trial. Customer service platform with Fin, an AI agent that resolves support questions from your help content.
- [Zendesk](https://www.zendesk.com): Free trial. Help desk and AI agents for email, chat and phone support, with ticket routing and suggested replies.
- [Freshdesk](https://www.freshworks.com/freshdesk/): Free plan. Help desk software with the Freddy AI agent and copilot for faster ticket answers.
- [Help Scout](https://www.helpscout.com): Free plan. A shared inbox and help center with AI answers, summaries and drafted replies for small support teams.
- [Front](https://front.com): Free trial. Shared inboxes for customer operations with AI tagging, routing and draft replies.
- [Gorgias](https://www.gorgias.com): Free trial. Customer support for online stores, with AI that answers order and return questions automatically.
- [Tidio](https://www.tidio.com): Free plan. Live chat and the Lyro AI chatbot for small business websites. Answers common questions around the clock.
- [Chatbase](https://www.chatbase.co): Free plan. Build an AI support agent trained on your website and documents and embed it on your site.
- [Botpress](https://botpress.com): Free plan. Build AI chatbots and agents for websites, WhatsApp and more with a visual studio.
- [Voiceflow](https://www.voiceflow.com): Free plan. Design, test and launch AI chat and voice agents for customer support, as a team.
- [Crisp](https://crisp.chat): Free plan. Website chat, shared inbox and an AI chatbot trained on your knowledge base.
- [LiveChat](https://www.livechat.com): Free trial. Live chat for websites with AI-suggested replies and chatbot integrations.
- [Ada](https://www.ada.cx): Paid. An enterprise AI customer service agent that resolves conversations across chat, email and voice.
- [Sierra](https://sierra.ai): Paid. Conversational AI agents for large brands that handle customer service across channels.
- [Decagon](https://decagon.ai): Paid. AI agents for enterprise customer support that follow your policies and take actions.
- [Kustomer](https://www.kustomer.com): Paid. A CRM-style customer service platform with AI agents and a unified customer timeline.
- [Jotform AI Agents](https://www.jotform.com/agent/): Free plan. Build an AI agent that answers client questions from your documents on your website or forms. [Free lesson: Jotform AI Agents: An Agent That Answers Client Questions](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/jotform-ai-agent-client-questions)

## Learn it free, step by step

Practice in a safe copy of the real tool, with every step checked as you go.

- **Jotform AI Agents**: [Jotform AI Agents: An Agent That Answers Client Questions](https://learn.ynteractive.com/content/jotform-ai-agent-client-questions) (7 min)

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