Help Scout vs Loop Email

Help Scout is customer support software that brings email, SMS, social, chat, and voice into a shared Inbox. It also provides ticket automation, SLA management, a customer portal, and Docs sites for searchable, branded help centers or knowledge bases. Teams can manage visibility and access with permissions at company, team, or user level, and connect the service to more than 100 tools or apps. Help Scout offers API access and a mobile app. Its Free plan costs nothing and includes five users, one Inbox, and one Docs site, with 100 contacts per month, 10 saved replies, and 10 tags. Paid plans start at $25 per user per month; annual pricing is shown as 16% lower than monthly pricing. Standard and Plus plans offer 15-day trials without a credit card. New accounts receive three months of unlimited AI Answers resolutions. Help Scout states that it is HIPAA and SOC 2 Type II compliant. Support options include email, onboarding, customer success management, and priority support on paid plans.

Loop Email is a team email and customer operations platform built around shared inboxes for customer and internal conversations. Teams can assign conversation owners, mention colleagues, send direct messages, and chat privately on email threads. Shared and personal rules automate inbox workflows; other response tools include SLA reminders, notifications, shared templates, collision detection, and round-robin or workload assignment. Loop connects to Gmail, Outlook, Exchange, and IMAP, and provides customizable, automated reports with team productivity metrics. It runs on Android, iOS, macOS, web, and Windows. Starter costs $18.75 a month, billed monthly per user, with a minimum of three users and three shared inboxes. Pro costs $375 a month, billed monthly per user, with a minimum of 10 users and 10 shared inboxes. The 14-day free trial requires no credit card, and charges begin only after subscribing to a paid plan. The provider is identified as Nito d.o.o.