
Intercom Fin AI
: How to use it, features, and the business problems it solves
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What is Intercom Fin AI?
A customer support automation platform built around Intercom's AI agent 'Fin.' Fin learns from your knowledge base and help center to automatically respond to inquiries across chat, email, and social channels. Unresolved conversations are seamlessly handed off to human support agents, with a unified interface managing AI-human collaboration.
Business problems it solves
About "Intercom Fin AI"
How to Use
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Create an account and log in
Create an account on the official Intercom site and log in.
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Enable Fin AI Agent
Enable "Fin AI Agent" from the dashboard. Setup completes in under an hour.
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Connect your support content
Connect your existing support content, such as help centers and FAQs, to Fin.
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Configure channels
Configure the channels Fin will handle, such as email, live chat, SMS, and social media.
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Customize the tone and answer length
Customize the tone and answer length of Fin's responses so it matches your brand.
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Go live and monitor
Put Fin into production and monitor its performance and resolution rate.
Features
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Multilingual support
Supports over 45 languages, enabling global customer support.
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Fin AI Engine™
Refines queries, optimizes responses, and verifies quality to provide highly accurate answers.
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Channel integration
Supports handling across multiple channels, including email, live chat, SMS, and social media.
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Escalation to human agents
Complex inquiries and specific topics are automatically escalated to human agents.
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Customizable responses
Customize Fin's responses to match your brand's tone and style.
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AI Copilot
An AI assistant for support agents that instantly suggests answers from past conversation history and the knowledge base.
Pricing
| Fin AI Agent (Intercom) | Fin AI Agent (Zendesk/Salesforce) | Copilot (AI assistant for agents) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overview | An AI agent that runs on Intercom | An AI agent that integrates with Zendesk and Salesforce | An AI assistant for support agents |
| Pricing | $0.99/resolution (billed per resolution) | $49/month (includes 50 resolutions) + $0.99/additional resolution | $35/seat/month ($29/seat billed annually) |
| Initial cost | None | None | None |
| Supported channels | Email / live chat / SMS / social media | Email / live chat / SMS / social media | Support within the inbox |
| Setup time | Under 1 hour | Under 1 hour | Available immediately |
| Escalation to agents | Available | Available | Not applicable |
| Customizable responses | Available | Available | Available |
| Multilingual support | Over 45 languages | Over 45 languages | Over 45 languages |


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