Intercom Fin
Bootstrapware Answers vs Intercom Fin
Fin is a helpdesk agent. It resolves conversations, runs procedures, and hands work to people. Bootstrapware Answers is not that product. It answers from sources you approved, or it says it cannot.
Prices below were read on October 5, 2026 from intercom.com/pricing. The page has a monthly and an annual control, so confirm which seat figure is selected. Re-check before you treat a number as current.
Published prices
| Item | Price printed that day |
|---|---|
| Fin outcome | $0.99 per outcome. Charged at most once per conversation. Unsuccessful attempts were described as not billed. |
| Essential | $29 per seat per month, plus Fin outcomes. Shared inbox and a public help center. |
| Advanced | $85 per seat per month, plus Fin outcomes. Workflows and a private help center. |
| Expert | $132 per seat per month, plus Fin outcomes. SSO, HIPAA support, and SLAs. |
| Fin on another helpdesk | $0.99 per outcome, no seats. A minimum monthly commitment was described, with 50 outcomes as the example. |
| Bootstrapware | Local and test free. BYO $9.99 or Hosted $19.99 per workspace per month. No seat charge. No per-outcome meter. Hosted included amounts are frozen: 2,500 answers per workspace each month, 1 GiB of knowledge and index, 2,000 sources, 4,000 indexed chunks per app, 20 MiB per file, and 30 days of conversation history. |
The same page listed separate prices for Copilot, a Pro add-on, and Proactive Support Plus, plus usage charges for WhatsApp, SMS, email campaigns, and phone. Those are helpdesk costs. This page does not fold them into an Answers comparison.
Inbox versus a widget
Buy Fin when the job is customer service: assignment, SLAs, and a person at the end of the conversation. Buy Answers when the job is a question on a page you already publish. There is no ticket, no seat, and no procedure that changes an order.
Our ladder is on Answers pricing. Stack discount applies to the product list. It does not apply to a capacity add-on, and no capacity add-on is part of this price.
FAQ
Is Bootstrapware a Fin alternative?
Only for a question on your site that should cite a source or say there is no answer. Fin is an agent inside a customer-service platform. It can hand off to a human inbox. Answers does not.
What did Intercom charge for Fin?
On October 5, 2026, intercom.com/pricing listed Fin at $0.99 per outcome. Essential was $29 per seat per month, Advanced $85, and Expert $132, beside a monthly and annual billing control. Fin on an existing helpdesk was $0.99 per outcome with no seats and a minimum commitment. Re-check the page before you rely on a figure.
Does Answers bill per resolution?
No. The paid unit is the workspace per month: BYO $9.99 or Hosted $19.99. Hosted included amounts are a ceiling, not a per-answer invoice. There is no seat charge.
Can I compare $0.99 times my ticket volume to $19.99?
Not honestly from this page. Fin outcomes are not the same unit as an Answers question, and Intercom also charges seats and other channels. This page does not print a savings total.
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