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Help desks: the tools companies use

Ticketing and shared-inbox platforms where support teams handle customer conversations, with AI built in.

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285

companies on usedby use a tool of this category

285 companies on usedby use at least one of the 7 tools in this category with a public customer. Intercom leads with 114 companies. Then come DevRev (39) and Pylon (35). 2 companies run two of these tools or more. The most common pair is Intercom with Pylon (2 companies).Latest check Oct 14, 2026: 279 of 288 public lines checked. Counts are of companies on usedby, not of the whole market: we list a company when a public page shows its AI tools.

Ranked by customers

Companies with a public line for each tool. Job-post signals count and are drawn apart in the proof bar.

Help desks tools ranked by companies on usedby
#ToolCustomersProof
1Intercom114
2DevRev39
3Pylon35
4Kustomer32
5Zendesk AI27
6Gorgias22
7Hiver19

2 companies run two of these tools or more. The most common pair is Intercom with Pylon, at 2 companies.

Intercom

Intercom is used by 114 companies on usedby, 36 confirmed by a case study, a named quote or a press release. Customers include Atlassian, Intercom, and Frame.io. Who uses Intercom, Intercom vs Pylon

Customer page: intercom.com. Latest check of 114 of 114 lines: Oct 14, 2026.

DevRev

DevRev is used by 39 companies on usedby, 31 confirmed by a case study, a named quote or a press release. Customers include Bajaj Finserv, Bill, and Aditya Birla Capital. Who uses DevRev

Customer page: devrev.ai. Latest check of 38 of 39 lines: Oct 9, 2026.

Pylon

Pylon is used by 35 companies on usedby, 18 confirmed by a case study, a named quote or a press release. Customers include Ada, Builder.io, and Coalesce. Who uses Pylon, Intercom vs Pylon

Customer page: usepylon.com. Latest check of 35 of 35 lines: Oct 8, 2026.

Kustomer

Kustomer is used by 32 companies on usedby, 23 confirmed by a case study, a named quote or a press release. Customers include Hopper, Aplazo, and Caraway. Who uses Kustomer

Customer page: kustomer.com. Latest check of 32 of 32 lines: Oct 9, 2026.

Newest customers

Companies first listed by a tool of this category in the last 90 days.

Oct 1 – 5Hatz AIStartedIntercom
Sep 2 – Oct 1TeachableStartedIntercom
Jul 25 – Sep 2KalshiStartedIntercom
Jul 25 – Sep 2HomeworksStartedIntercom
Jul 25 – Sep 2OmieStartedIntercom
Jul 25 – Sep 2ChalkieStartedIntercom
Jul 25 – Sep 2DebbieStartedIntercom
Jul 25 – Sep 2DaySmartStartedIntercom

Most compared

Side-by-side pages with the companies behind each tool.

Questions about Help desks

Answers drawn from usedby data.

What is the most used tool in Help desks?

Intercom, used by 114 of the 285 companies on usedby in this category. Then come DevRev (39) and Pylon (35). Who uses Intercom.

Do more companies use Intercom or DevRev?

Intercom: 114 companies on usedby, against 39 for DevRev.

Do companies use several tools in Help desks?

Yes: 2 of the 285 companies on usedby in this category run two or more. The most common pair is Intercom with Pylon (2 companies).

How does usedby rank these tools?

By the number of companies with a public line for each tool, read from dated captures of vendor customer pages, case studies, press releases and job posts. Every proof level counts in the totals and the ranking, job-post signals included (the weakest proof, shown apart in the proof bar); ties go to the stronger proofs. usedby lists a company when a public page shows it, so these counts describe the companies on usedby, not the whole market.