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Helply vs Zendesk:
Helply vs Zendesk AI

Zendesk AI brings automation and AI features into the Zendesk platform. Helply is an AI support agent that works alongside your existing help desk, takes real support actions, stays accurate as your knowledge changes, escalates safely when unsure, and guarantees a minimum 65% AI resolution rate within 90 days or you pay nothing.

80%+
Typical ticket deflection rate with Helply's AI
<5 minutes
Time to deploy Helply (vs 3-6 months for Zendesk)
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Unlimited
Team members on all Helply plans
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Feature Comparison Table

Feature
Helply
Zendesk
Core promise
Guaranteed AI resolution outcome
AI features and automation inside Zendesk
Guarantee
65% AI resolution in 90 days or pay nothing
No publicly stated resolution guarantee on pricing/docs
Actions
Action-based AI built for support workflows
Advanced AI agent actions exist, requires AI agents Advanced add-on
Knowledge improvement
Knowledge Gaps to identify and close missing Q&A
Strong suite knowledge features, gap drafting not a headline wedge
Escalation behavior
Escalates safely when unsure
Escalation supported, can be customized via APIs/webhooks
Billing model
Outcome-backed guarantee, simple decision
Automated resolutions billed when resolved without escalation and verified by an LLM
Add-ons
VIP Concierge included
Advanced AI agents is a paid add-on, Copilot is $50 per agent/month billed annually

Pricing Comparision Table

Feature
Helply
Zendesk
Entry plan
$32/mo (Starter)
$19/agent/mo (Support Team)
Mid-tier plan
$299/mo (Growth)
$55-$89/agent/mo (Suite)
Enterprise plan
$799/mo (Scale)
$115-$169/agent/mo (Enterprise)
Advanced AI
Included in all plans
+$50/agent/mo add-on
5 agents + AI (annual)
$99/mo
$525-$1,095/mo

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B2B teams that turned support into a profit center

Sender.net

"Email marketing is one of those products where a single setup question can block a customer from sending their first campaign. Helply changed that for us. It answers deliverability, automation, and integration questions in seconds..."

Edgaras Vaitkevičius
CEO at Sender.net
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Covidence

"We support thousands of users every month, and quality matters more to us than anything else. With Helply, around 30% of our total support volume is now handled automatically, even before we’ve..."

Razia Aliani
Senior Systematic Reviewer
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Proposify

"We’re a lean team, so doing more with less is non-negotiable for us. Even with a very lightweight setup, Helply is consistently resolving 30–35% of conversations, and we’ve seen that climb..."

Jacqueline Antworth
Director of Customer Experience
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Kameleo

"Before Helply, keeping our documentation accurate and up to date was a constant struggle, and there was no real way to measure how effective our support content actually was. Helply changed..."

Tamas Deak
Founder at Kameleo
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AirGigs

"Airgigs is a two-sided marketplace, so support has to be fast and accurate. Helply has taken a significant amount of repetitive questions off our team’s plate and gives users answers immediately..."

David Blacker
Founder at AirGigs
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Gatekeeper Press

"Helply has fundamentally changed how we communicate with our authors. We’ve handled over 1,400 conversations with a 91%+ resolution rate, and the answers it provides are often better and faster..."

Rob Price
CEO & Founder
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LingQ

"LingQ has a powerful product, but for new users it can be overwhelming. Helply has been a game changer for onboarding. New users get instant, clear answers about how the platform works..."

Zoran Simicic
Head of Customer Support
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MixWave

"We’d invested heavily in building a strong knowledge base, but we were still seeing a steady stream of repetitive questions coming through support. Customers expect instant answers, and Helply lets..."

Ernie Slenkovich
Vice President of Operations
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MyBaggage

"Getting started with Helply was effortless thanks to the hands-on, one-to-one onboarding. The setup helped us uncover knowledge gaps in our existing support content that we hadn’t even realized..."

Anthony Gallagher
Head of Customer Support
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StaffTraveler

"For us, Helply isn’t about replacing human support. It’s about being available when our team isn’t. We handle around a thousand tickets a month, and Helply gives our users instant help 24/7..."

Laurens Maarschalkerweerd
Founder at StaffTraveler
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What customers are saying...
The Helply guarantee held true. Within 90 days, over 65% of our support conversations were fully resolved by AI, and ticket volume dropped materially.
Razia Aliani
VP of Operations, Covidence

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