Customer support agents

Agents that answer customers, resolve tickets and hand the hard cases to a person.

18 agents, each with its inputs, outputs and review level checked by a person.

Customer support agents answer customers in chat, email and sometimes voice, using a knowledge base and the systems behind the help desk to resolve questions without a person, and they hand the rest to a human with the context already gathered. The useful distinctions are how the agent is grounded (help centre articles, past tickets, live account data), what actions it can take (refunds, order changes, password resets), and how much it does before a person sees the conversation. The listings record all three, plus the help desks each agent connects to.

When choosing, start from your resolution goal and your risk tolerance. An agent that only answers from documented articles is safe but limited; one that can act in your systems resolves more but needs guardrails and review. Pricing in this category is often per resolution or per conversation rather than per seat, so the checked pricing note matters.

The agents

Questions

Will a support agent replace the support team?

The vendors in this category position their agents as handling the repetitive share of conversations and escalating the rest with a summary. The review level on each listing shows whether a person approves replies before they go out.

What does a support agent need to work?

At minimum a help centre or knowledge base and a connection to the help desk. Agents that take actions also need access to the order, billing or account systems. The inputs section of each listing lists what the vendor documents.

How do these agents charge?

Commonly per resolved conversation, per conversation or as a platform subscription. Where the vendor publishes a starting price the listing shows it with the date it was checked; otherwise it says pricing is not published.