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Alternatives to Gladly
24 customer support tools sit alongside Gladly in this directory. Below is what separates each from Gladly on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 24
- With a free tier
- 2
- Cheaper to start
- 9
- Gladly starts at
- $180/month
Why people look past Gladly
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Gladly entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
It costs more than the category median
Gladly starts at $180/month. Across the 10 customer support tools listed beside it that publish a price, the median entry point is $30/month.
There is no free tier
The record for Gladly carries no free tier, so evaluating it means paying first. 2 of the 24 alternatives below can be used without paying.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
The future of customer service
- Sold on a quote model rather than subscription.
Where teams collaborate on customer communication
- Starts $155 a month cheaper, at $25/month.
- 3 tiers to Gladly's 2.
Simple, powerful support for growing businesses
- Starts $168 a month cheaper, at $12/month.
- 3 tiers to Gladly's 2.
Delight your customers, effortlessly
- Can be used without paying; Gladly cannot.
- Starts $161 a month per agent cheaper, at $19/month per agent.
- 3 tiers to Gladly's 2.
Customer service software that people love
- Can be used without paying; Gladly cannot.
- Starts $155 a month cheaper, at $25/month.
- 4 tiers to Gladly's 2.
Real-time AI coaching and autonomous agents that sit on top of an existing contact centre platform
- Sold on a quote model rather than subscription.
- 1 tier to Gladly's 2.
Every Gladly alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gladly (this page) | $180/month | Subscription | 2 | |
| KustomerThe future of customer service | On request | Quote | - | vs Gladly |
| FrontWhere teams collaborate on customer communication | $25/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Gladly |
| GrooveSimple, powerful support for growing businesses | $12/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Gladly |
| FreshdeskDelight your customers, effortlessly | Free, then $19/month per agent | Subscription | 3 | vs Gladly |
| Help Scout | Free, then $25/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Gladly |
| Cresta | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Gladly |
| Assembled | $25/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Gladly |
| Calabrio ONE | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Gladly |
| Level AI | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Gladly |
| Alvaria | On request | Quote | 4 | vs Gladly |
| Kapture CX | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Gladly |
| Balto | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Gladly |
| Verint | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Gladly |
| Playvox | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Gladly |
| Observe.AI | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Gladly |
| Forethought | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Gladly |
| Ameyo | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Gladly |
| UJET | $65/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Gladly |
| Richpanel | $99/month | Per-seat plus per-conversation for AI agents | 3 | vs Gladly |
| Plain | $35/month | Tiered pricing per seat with credit system | 3 | vs Gladly |
| Helpjuice | $249/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Gladly |
| HelpCrunch | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Gladly |
| Document360 | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Gladly |
| Dixa | $39/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Gladly |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Gladly badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (2)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Freshdesk , Free, then $19/month per agent
- Help Scout , Free, then $25/month
Cheaper than Gladly (9)
Entry price under Gladly's $180/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
What you would be giving up
Gladly is most often brought in for customer service built around a single customer record rather than tickets, handling support conversations across voice, messaging and email. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Gladly is broadly right and the question is cost, the Gladly pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Customer Support category lists everything the directory holds, and best customer support tools ranks them.
Gladly runs on web, ios, android. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Gladly alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Gladly?
- 24 other customer support tools are listed in this directory, led by Kustomer, Front, Groove, Freshdesk. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Gladly?
- 2 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Freshdesk, Help Scout.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Gladly?
- Yes. 9 of the alternatives below start under Gladly's $180/month: Front at $25/month, Groove at $12/month, Freshdesk at Free, then $19/month per agent, Help Scout at Free, then $25/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Gladly?
- On the figures on record, 2 things stand out: it costs more than the category median; there is no free tier. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Gladly?
- Gladly is most often brought in for customer service built around a single customer record rather than tickets, handling support conversations across voice, messaging and email. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Gladly?
- None of the customer support tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Gladly alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Customer Support, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Gladly against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Gladly covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every customer support tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Customer Support category, 24 tools beside Gladly. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.