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Kore.ai

AI Support Agents ("AI Employees")

4.0

An Orlando-and-Hyderabad enterprise agentic AI platform with genuinely sophisticated multi-agent orchestration, deep CCaaS/CRM integration, and consistently strong reviews across three independent platforms — built for large regulated enterprises, not SMB storefronts.

Not publicly disclosed
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Zowie

AI Support Agents ("AI Employees")

3.9

A Warsaw-born ecommerce specialist that has repositioned into a general enterprise AI agent platform, with a genuinely clever hallucination-prevention architecture and deep Shopify integration — though its review sentiment carries a real reliability caveat worth knowing about.

Not publicly disclosed
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Forethought (acquired by Zendesk)

AI Support Agents ("AI Employees")

3.6

A San Francisco AI customer support suite acquired by Zendesk in March 2026 — genuinely comprehensive CRM integration and real Shopify/refund depth, undercut by no documented hallucination controls and a self-admitted weak spot in its own flagship analytics product.

Not publicly disclosed
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Decagon

AI Support Agents ("AI Employees")

3.9

A San Francisco AI customer service platform that raised $250M at a $4.5B valuation in early 2026 — a genuinely sophisticated, multi-layered hallucination-control stack and enthusiastic early reviews, tempered by thin review volume and real reviewer-reported transparency concerns.

Not publicly disclosedTrending
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Freshdesk

Helpdesk & Ticketing Automation

3.9

The ticketing system that started Freshworks in 2010 as a cheaper Zendesk — now an email-first helpdesk with AI billed by the session on top.

$0 (Free, capped at 2 agents); $19/agent/mo for the first paid tier
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Gorgias

Helpdesk & Ticketing Automation

4.0

The Shopify-native helpdesk born from a Chrome extension, priced by ticket volume instead of seats, with an AI agent that can actually issue refunds.

$10/mo (Starter, 50 tickets)Trending
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Groove (now Helply)

AI Support Agents ("AI Employees")

3.5

The small-team shared inbox that rebranded into a B2B AI-native support platform in 2026 — the old product survives as 'Groove Classic,' but the company's future is Helply.

$1/ticket (Helply), with a 250-ticket/month minimum and ~$3,000/year contract floor; Groove Classic historically started around $29/user/month
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tawk.to

Live Chat & Shared Inbox

3.5

The live chat tool that's been genuinely free since 2013, monetized entirely through opt-in add-ons instead of a paywalled core product.

$0 (unlimited agents and chat history on the core plan)
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Chaport

Live Chat & Shared Inbox

2.9

A simple, affordable live chat widget with a scripted, rule-based chatbot builder — not a genuine AI agent, despite the category it gets compared in.

$0 (Free, 2 operators)
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Front

Live Chat & Shared Inbox

4.0

The collaborative shared-inbox pioneer that made email feel like a team sport, now layering an AI agent on top that can only see what lives inside Front itself.

$25/seat/mo (Starter, billed annually)
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Gladly

Live Chat & Shared Inbox

3.8

The helpdesk built around people instead of tickets — one lifelong conversation per customer across every channel, priced like an enterprise retail platform.

Not published; third-party estimates put the entry tier around $180/agent/month with a 10-agent minimum
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Re:amaze

Helpdesk & Ticketing Automation

4.0

The GoDaddy-owned ecommerce helpdesk that writes and edits Shopify orders directly inside the chat window, priced to undercut the category's bigger names.

$29/mo (Basic, per user) or $59/mo flat (Starter, unlimited team members, 500 conversations/mo cap)