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We help UK businesses assess Intercom costs and customer messaging and support-routing workflows. We can improve or connect the existing service, or implement a suitable replacement with history, access, escalation and team handover checked.
We can meet anywhere in the UK by arrangement. A replacement is recommended only if the overall case works for your business.
We compare licence spend, duplicated work and the real cost of changing. Released staff time is counted separately from cash saved.
THE DECISION
Check usage, current settings, unused seats and the features your team genuinely relies on.
Remove duplicate entry and awkward handovers while keeping a system that still fits.
Scope a new system only after comparing ongoing costs, transition work, data and operational risk.
Retain Intercom where its messenger, connected customer context or support routing is worth the cost and complexity of changing. A replacement needs to handle the customer journey from first message to resolution. Intercom’s official export guide distinguishes conversation transcripts, datasets and API exports, and states that conversation transcript exports exclude internal notes; choose the route around the evidence your support team actually needs.
WHERE THE COST HIDES
A customer identifies themselves in a messenger but repeats their issue when it reaches a team inbox. Routing and identity rules are easy to overlook in a tool comparison.
What we check Map the messenger entry points, identity, assignment and customer context. Test anonymous and recognised visitors, out-of-hours handling and conversations that need a person.
Routine questions may be handled quickly, but an unresolved or sensitive issue needs a clear owner. A replacement that only produces an answer can leave the next action unclear.
What we check Agree the approved knowledge, escalation triggers and accountable team. Test failed answers and handovers, and retain human review of consequential or uncertain responses.
Agents rely on internal notes and customer context while exports offer different levels of content. An archive that only holds a transcript may omit the reason for a decision.
What we check Identify required notes, participants, timestamps, attachments and access controls. Compare export routes and test samples before deciding what moves, what remains archived and what should be retained.
IMPLEMENTATION & HANDOVER
Discovery, data mapping, tests, agreed cutover, training and aftercare belong in the delivery plan. The scope depends on what your team uses today.
A replacement must be assessed against required channels, identity and service controls. AI may support routine work, but customer commitments and sensitive decisions still require an accountable person.
See how migration and handover workInventory messenger placements, identity rules, queues, automations, approved knowledge, channels and contractual commitments.
Test the relevant export and API routes against sample conversations, checking internal notes and attachments rather than assuming a transcript contains everything.
Prove customer recognition, routing, agent replies and human escalation in an agreed acceptance plan before changing the live messenger.
Reconcile open conversations, document the archive and access rules, train staff and approve the final handover before ending the old service.
Supplier documentation helps us find the available export and integration routes. It does not establish that every feature, record or obligation can be moved unchanged.
Product documentation: Intercom Help: Export your conversations data ↗Reviewed 2 November 2026; live help guide. Confirm export scope and permissions in your own account before a decision.
Supplier terms: Intercom terms and policies ↗Reviewed 2 November 2026; check the applicable order form. Check your signed order and renewal position before exit.
START WITH ONE COST
At a face-to-face review, we identify the functions to protect, assess realistic options and agree what evidence a decision needs.