Side-by-side comparison · Sales & Customer Support
Intercom vs Tidio vs Yoodli
Everything that matters when choosing between them, in one place: our rating, what each can do, what they cost, and the trade-offs.
Comparing 3 tools, the maximum.
At a glance
Pick it if: Online businesses and software companies with a support team that wants an AI agent to take the first pass at every question.
Pick it if: Small businesses and online stores that want website chat and an AI agent answering common questions, without a big help desk setup.
Pick it if: Professionals, founders and sales teams who want to practise pitches, presentations and hard conversations out loud.
Intercom scores highest overall, but Yoodli gives you more for your money. Which one is right comes down to what you value most.
Overview
| Attribute | Intercom | Tidio | Yoodli |
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| In one line | Customer support inbox, help centre and chat, with the Fin AI agent answering first. | Live chat for your website with Lyro, an AI agent that answers customer questions. | AI speaking coach: role-play pitches and hard conversations and get feedback on delivery. |
| Pricing model | Paid | Freemium | Freemium |
| Starting price | $0.99 per outcome | $0 | $8/mo |
| Free plan | No | Yes | Yes |
| Works with Claude Code | Yes | Yes | No |
Rating breakdown
Our scores out of 5. The higher bar in each row is highlighted.
| Attribute | Intercom | Tidio | Yoodli |
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| Overall rating | 4.2Winner | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| Ease of useHow quickly someone non-technical gets value from it. | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| FeaturesHow completely it covers its own job, and how well the pieces fit together. | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| Output qualityHow good the results are before you fix them. | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
| Value for moneyWhat you get for the price, including the free plan. | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
| Speed & reliabilityHow fast it is and how often it falls over. | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
Feature comparison
A tick means it does this today. A dash means we haven't checked.
| Attribute | Intercom | Tidio | Yoodli |
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| Access & platform | |||
| Free plan | No | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile app | Yes | Yes | – |
| Desktop app | – | Yes | – |
| Browser extension | – | Yes | – |
| API access | Yes | Yes | – |
| Teams & business | |||
| Team workspace | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise plan or SSO | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Connects to other apps | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open source or self-hosted | No | No | No |
| AI abilities | |||
| Works with your files | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Understands images | Yes | – | – |
| Makes images | No | No | No |
| Makes video | No | No | No |
| Writes code | No | No | No |
| Runs agents or automations | Yes | Yes | – |
| Learns your brand or style | Yes | Yes | – |
| Works in many languages | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Capabilities score | 10/ 17 | 12/ 17 | 6/ 17 |
Pricing
Plans as listed on each vendor's site when we last checked. Confirm before you buy.
| Attribute | Intercom | Tidio | Yoodli |
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| Plans | Fin on its own $0.99 per outcome, monthly minimum Teams happy with their current helpdesk who want the AI agent only. | Free $0 Trying Tidio on a small site. | Starter Free Trying it once or twice. |
Essential $29/seat/mo, plus $0.99 per Fin outcome Small teams starting out with live chat and an AI agent. | Starter $24.17/mo billed yearly, about $29 monthly A small business answering chats by hand. | ProOur pick $8/mo billed yearly Individuals practising most weeks. | |
AdvancedOur pick $85/seat/mo, plus $0.99 per Fin outcome Growing support teams that need automation and several inboxes. | GrowthOur pick From $49.17/mo billed yearly, about $59 monthly Busy stores with a few people in the inbox. | Advanced $20/mo billed yearly Heavy individual users who want privacy. | |
Expert $132/seat/mo, plus $0.99 per Fin outcome Larger teams with security and multi-brand needs. | Plus From $300/mo plus usage Growing teams that need more control and lower usage rates. | Business Custom per seat, billed yearly Sales and training teams. | |
Premium Custom Larger businesses that want Lyro managed for them. | Enterprise Custom Very large organisations. | ||
| Which plan to pick | Start the 14-day trial and see how many conversations Fin handles, because that number drives the bill more than seats do. Most teams with more than a couple of agents end up on Advanced for the workflows. If you already run Zendesk or Salesforce and like it, try Fin on its own first. | Start on Free or the 7-day trial, which needs no card. Growth is the plan most stores end up on, then add Lyro once you know how many chats it would handle. Check the price calculator on Tidio's pricing page, because the plan, Lyro and Flows are each billed separately. | Individuals should take Pro on the yearly plan; it is cheap and ten sessions a week is plenty. Teams wanting their own sales scenarios need Business. |
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Questions people ask
Which is better, Intercom, Tidio or Yoodli?
Intercom scores highest overall in our ratings (Intercom 4.2/5, Tidio 3.9/5 and Yoodli 4.1/5). Intercom is best for answering common customer questions automatically and website and in-app live chat. Tidio is best for adding live chat to a Shopify, WordPress or Wix site and Answering FAQs and order questions automatically. Yoodli is best for rehearsing a pitch or presentation and cutting filler words and rambling.
Which is cheaper, Intercom, Tidio or Yoodli?
Intercom: There's no free plan. Paid plans start at $0.99 per outcome. Tidio: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $0. Yoodli: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $8/mo.
How we compare
Ratings are our own, from using each tool, across ease of use, features, output quality, value for money, speed & reliability.
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