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Front Inc.

Help Desk

"The AI-powered customer operations platform for meaningful relationships at scale"

Front is a modern customer communication hub that unifies email, chat, SMS, social media, and voice into a single collaborative inbox, enabling support teams to deliver fast, personalized service across channels. The platform combines team collaboration tools with AI-powered automation to help businesses scale customer relationships without sacrificing the human touch, making it an essential solution for companies that prioritize customer experience.

4.7/ 5.0 (2388 reviews)
4 Awards

Overview

2013
Founded
Over
Customers
110+
Integrations
Yes
Free Trial

Pricing Plans

Free Trial Available

Pricing Model: Per-user/per-seat pricing, billed monthly or annually

Starter
$25/seat/month (billed monthly)Per seat

What's Included

  • Omnichannel inbox (email, chat, SMS, social)
  • Basic team collaboration
  • Rules and automation
  • Mobile app access
  • Email integration
Growth
$79/seat/month (billed monthly)Per seat

What's Included

  • All Starter features
  • AI Copilot for agent assistance
  • Advanced analytics and reporting
  • Integration library with 110+ apps
  • Custom channels via API
  • Knowledge base
  • Workflow automation and macros
Scale
$99/seat/month (billed annually)Per seat

What's Included

  • All Growth features
  • AI Autopilot for automated resolution
  • Advanced reporting with performance insights
  • Dedicated account team for support
  • SLA management
  • Priority onboarding
Premier
$229/seat/month (billed annually)Per seat

What's Included

  • All Scale features
  • Premier onboarding and training
  • Dedicated success manager
  • Custom integrations support
  • Advanced security features

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Key Features

Omnichannel Inbox

Consolidates customer messages from email, SMS, live chat, social media, WhatsApp, voice, and Slack into a single unified inbox, enabling teams to manage all customer touchpoints from one place without switching between tools.

Included in these plans:

Starter
Growth
Scale
Premier
Ticketing System

Modern ticket management with customizable statuses, automated ticket creation, prioritization, assignment, and tracking—designed to be more human-friendly than legacy help desk solutions while maintaining all necessary organizational features.

Included in these plans:

Starter
Growth
Scale
Premier
AI Copilot

AI-powered agent assistant that drafts contextual replies, summarizes conversations, analyzes sentiment, and provides real-time suggestions to help agents respond faster and more effectively to customer inquiries.

Included in these plans:

Growth
Scale
Premier
AI Autopilot

Fully automated AI agent that handles first-level ticket resolution, intelligent message triage, customer inquiry categorization, and routing decisions—keeping humans in control with clear escalation paths and performance visibility.

Included in these plans:

Scale
Premier
Knowledge Base

Self-service portal where customers can find answers to common questions 24/7, reducing support ticket volume through smart deflection while integrating seamlessly with Front Chat for immediate customer assistance.

Included in these plans:

Growth
Scale
Premier
Workflow Automation

Rules-based automation system that automatically tags, routes, assigns, and responds to conversations based on predefined conditions, message templates, and 1-click macros—enabling teams to eliminate repetitive administrative work.

Included in these plans:

Starter
Growth
Scale
Premier
Team Collaboration & Analytics

Real-time collaboration features including internal comments, shared inbox visibility, team performance dashboards, and comprehensive reporting on response times, resolution rates, CSAT scores, and agent productivity metrics.

Included in these plans:

Starter
Growth
Scale
Premier

What Makes It Stand Out

  • 1

    Human-centric AI approach that keeps humans in control of automation decisions with clear visibility into when AI is resolving issues vs. requiring escalation

  • 2

    Built from the ground up for team collaboration with real-time internal communication, making it fundamentally different from individual inbox-based competitors

  • 3

    Modern, intuitive UX that eliminates the clunky experience of legacy ticketing platforms while maintaining enterprise-grade functionality

  • 4

    Comprehensive omnichannel support consolidating 8+ communication channels with intelligent routing instead of siloed channel management

  • 5

    Exceptional user engagement metrics (75% of monthly active users are daily active users) indicating product-market fit and high adoption

  • 6

    Industry-leading customer satisfaction (98% CSAT average) and strong product quality demonstrated by 4.7/5 G2 rating with 2,300+ reviews

Best For
Small businesses (1-50 employees) with growing customer support needs
Mid-market companies (51-1,000 employees) managing multi-channel customer communications
Enterprise organizations prioritizing customer relationships and team collaboration
SaaS companies requiring scalable support infrastructure
Financial services firms needing secure, compliant communication platforms
Logistics and e-commerce businesses handling high-volume customer inquiries
Professional services companies managing client communications
Any organization that prioritizes customer experience and values human connection in support interactions
Top Integrations
110+ integrations available
Salesforce CRM
HubSpot CRM
Slack
Asana
Trello
Jira
Google Workspace
Microsoft 365
Zapier
Stripe

API Access Available

Company Info
Headquarters:

San Francisco, California

Employees:

250+ globally

Presence:

Operations in 5+ countries; customers in 100+ countries

Awards & Certifications
  • Unicorn Status (valued at $1.7B)
  • G2 Leader in Help Desk category
  • $100M ARR Achievement (September 2025 - reached by <1% of SaaS companies)
  • Top 10 Customer Service Platform (Nicereply Rankings)
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