Help Scout for Startups
Start with a customer support platform that can scale
Enterprise help desks are costly, require dedicated admins, and are difficult to use. Get started with 6 months free on a support platform that lets you keep it simple, move fast, and focus on delighting customers.
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What you can do with Help Scout
Manage all your conversations with customers in one shared inbox.
Create a knowledge base that answers customer questions 24/7.
Provide live chat support and scale it up at a manageable pace.
Integrate with 90+ tools that your business uses to get work done.
What's included
You get everything you’ll need to start building a world-class support team at your startup, all for no charge for your first six months.
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Help Scout Plus
No limitations — it’s got everything you’ll need as you grow your company.
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10 Free Users
Use them to scale your support team or deliver whole company support.
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World-Class Support
We’ll help you get started and will be there when you have questions.
Qualified startups meet all of the criteria below:
- New Help Scout customers
- Incorporated tech startups
- Fewer than two years old
- Less than $1m in ARR
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Sound like you?
See how other startups started and scaled with Help Scout
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