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Support agents, costed at 200 real conversations.

If the same ten questions fill your inbox, a support agent pays for itself fastest of any agent on this site. The leaders answer from your own help content, take real actions like order lookups, and hand off with the full conversation. Every agent here is costed at one seat and 200 resolved conversations a month.

One seat · low ≈ 50, typical ≈ 200 resolved conversations/month — seat fees included · Every figure from the vendor’s own pricing page

#	Agent	Low	Typical	Billed	Solo fit
1	Tidio Lyro AIEasiest first AI agent for a solo shop — learns your help pages and answers chat and email in minutes	from $57	from $189	per conversation	Solo-Ready
2	Help Scout AI Answers (Envoy)Email-first shared inbox with a simple $0.75 AI agent for founders who live in email	from $63	from $175	per resolution	Solo-Ready
3	Crisp (Hugo AI)One flat workspace price for chat, email and social — AI credits included, no per-seat shock	from $45	from $95	flat	Solo-Ready
4	Intercom FinThe benchmark AI agent — best answers and actions, priced per outcome on top of a seat	from $79	from $227	per resolution	Solo-Ready
5	ChatbaseBuild-your-own website AI agent in an afternoon — cheap credits, you do the tuning	from $40	from $150	per conversation	Solo-Ready
6	Freshdesk Freddy AIFull helpdesk with a cheap per-session AI agent — best value if email tickets dominate	from $44	from $117	per conversation	Solo-Ready
7	Gorgias AI AgentThe Shopify-native agent — answers and acts on orders, returns and subscriptions in your store	from $55	from $230	per resolution	Solo-Ready
8	My AskAIPlugs into the helpdesk you already have and answers for about $0.10 a ticket — no migration	from $199	from $199	per conversation	Small-Team Ready
9	Zendesk AI AgentsEnterprise-grade AI agents inside a powerful helpdesk — capable, complex and pricey for one person	from $123	from $348	per resolution	Technical
10	eesel AIAn AI teammate that plugs into your existing helpdesk — flat price, no seats, $299 floor	from $299	from $299	flat	Small-Team Ready

Ranked picks

Reasons on every listing.

Tidio Lyro AIAnswer CustomersThe best starting point for most solo shops, with the catch that you pay for the inbox and the AI as twofrom $189Solo-Ready Help Scout AI Answers (Envoy)Answer CustomersIdeal if email is your main channel, with the catch that it answers questions rather than doing ecommerce jobsfrom $175Solo-Ready Crisp (Hugo AI)Answer CustomersThe most budget-predictable option if you adopt its inbox, with the catch that the useful AI starts at $95, notfrom $95Solo-Ready Intercom FinAnswer CustomersPick Fin if answer quality matters more than price, with the catch that a solo pays $227 a month at 200from $227Solo-Ready ChatbaseAnswer CustomersGreat for a DIY founder who wants a website agent now, with the catch that credit mathsfrom $150Solo-Ready Freshdesk Freddy AIAnswer CustomersSolid value for a ticket-based solo business, with the catch that per-session billing charges you for the AI'sfrom $117Solo-Ready Gorgias AI AgentAnswer CustomersThe right pick for a busy solo Shopify store, with the catch that you pay twice for every conversation the AIfrom $230Solo-Ready My AskAIAnswer CustomersExcellent value if you already pay for a helpdesk and handle far more than 200 tickets, with the catch that atfrom $199Small-Team Ready Zendesk AI AgentsAnswer CustomersKeep it only if you already run Zendesk, with the catch that a solo pays enterprise-shaped pricesfrom $348Technical eesel AIAnswer CustomersA polished choice for a small team already on a helpdesk, with the catch that a solo pays $299 a month for 500from $299Small-Team Ready

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What to look for

Total cost at 200 resolutions — per-resolution fees hide behind cheap seat prices
Trained on YOUR content (help centre, store policies, product data), not generic AI
Real actions: order lookup, subscription changes, booking — or answers only?
Human handoff quality: full context and summary, or a dropped chat
Channels your customers actually use: site chat, email, WhatsApp, Instagram

Questions, answered

What is a 'resolution' and why does it matter?

Some vendors (notably Intercom Fin at $0.99 per outcome) charge only when the AI completes a conversation without you. That aligns incentives — but definitions vary and the platform seat fee applies regardless. Our True Solo Cost multiplies the published rate by a fixed 200 resolutions so you can compare it with flat-priced rivals.

Will it give wrong answers to my customers?

It answers from sources you give it, so its accuracy is bounded by your help content. Keep answers grounded: connect it only to policies and product info you'd stand behind, and require handoff on refunds, complaints and anything it can't source. Listings note each tool's guardrails and escalation options.

I'm on Shopify/WooCommerce — does that change the pick?

Yes: order lookup and returns actions inside your store platform are the highest-value features, so a store-native agent (Tidio, Gorgias-class) often beats a general helpdesk AI. Industries and integrations on each listing show which store platforms are genuinely supported.

Can it handle email as well as chat?

Some can (Fin and helpdesk-based agents), others are chat-widget only. If email is your main channel, filter for it in the integrations list on each listing — a chat-only tool on an email-heavy business will disappoint.

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