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Intercom vs Threads: What are the differences?

Developers describe Intercom as "A fundamentally new way to communicate with your customers". Intercom is a customer communication platform with a suite of integrated products for every team—including sales, marketing, product, and support. Have targeted communication with customers on your website, inside apps, and by email. On the other hand, Threads is detailed as "Automated Behavior-Driven Email". Threads is an extremely flexible and powerful way to engage customers by building workflows and sending triggered emails.

Intercom and Threads can be primarily classified as "Engagement/Lifecycle Marketing" tools.

Some of the features offered by Intercom are:

  • Live customer data
  • Rich user and company profiles
  • Real-time customer segments

On the other hand, Threads provides the following key features:

  • Workflow Automation
  • Simple Integration
  • Powerful A/B Testing
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Pros of Intercom
Pros of Threads
  • 168
    Know who your users are
  • 115
    Auto-messaging
  • 107
    In-app messaging as well as email
  • 88
    Customer support
  • 68
    Usage tracking
  • 18
    Great Blog
  • 11
    Organized engagement, great ui & service
  • 9
    Direct chat with customers on your site
  • 4
    Very helpful
  • 3
    Onboarding new users
  • 2
    Tirman
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    No Mac app
  • 2
    Free tier
  • 2
    Filter and segment users
  • 2
    Github integration
  • 2
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      What is Intercom?

      Intercom is a customer communication platform with a suite of integrated products for every team—including sales, marketing, product, and support. Have targeted communication with customers on your website, inside apps, and by email.

      What is Threads?

      Threads is an extremely flexible and powerful way to engage customers by building workflows and sending triggered emails.

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