HelpSpot

Help Desk Software

Turn support email chaos into clarity

The help desk software tool that brings order to your inbox.

Trusted since 2005 21-day free trial Cloud or self-hosted

Built for every support team

Whether you're supporting employees or customers, HelpSpot adapts to your unique workflow

Internal Support

IT Service Desk

Route tickets to the right tech automatically. Track hardware issues, prioritize urgent requests, and maintain clear visibility across your entire IT help desk operation.

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Internal Support

HR Service Desk

Handle sensitive employee requests with proper access controls. Automate routine inquiries while keeping confidential matters secure and organized.

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Customer Support

B2B Customer Support

Give enterprise clients the attention they deserve. Smart escalation, CRM integrations, and SLA tracking.

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Customer Support

B2C Customer Support

Handle high ticket volumes efficiently. Route common requests instantly, provide easy self-service, and manage complex customer issues.

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Internal Support

Maintenance Departments

Turn maintenance emails into trackable work orders. Use custom fields to track location and more, set urgency levels, and keep facilities running smoothly.

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Customer Support

Enterprise Support

Coordinate support across multiple teams with unified workflows. Maintain compliance standards, enforce security protocols, and scale seamlessly as your enterprise grows.

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Trusted by industry leaders

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Customer Since

2009 Today

Pre-iPhone!

University of Michigan logo

Customer Since

2006 Today

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Customer Since

2009 Today

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Customer Since

2012 Today

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Customer Since

2008 Today

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Customer Since

2008 Today

Pulaski Memorial Hospital logo

Customer Since

2010 Today

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Customer Since

2011 Today

Columbia Public Schools logo

Customer Since

2017 Today

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Customer Since

2008 Today

From Chaos to Clarity

Every request flows through HelpSpot. Email, portal, API—all managed in one place with clear outputs.

Unlimited Mailboxes

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Unified Inbox

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Missed Requests

Leave the shared mailbox behind.

Email → Ticket in minutes

Transform any email into a trackable ticket instantly. Set up in minutes, not days. Every message gets tracked, nothing falls through the cracks.

Clear ownership & collision detection

No more confusion about who's handling what. Automatic assignment ensures every ticket has an owner, while collision detection prevents duplicate replies.

Reporting you can act on

Make data-driven decisions with real insights. Track response times, resolution rates, and agent performance. Export any report to share with stakeholders.

SLAs, saved replies, knowledge base

Everything you need for efficient support in one place. Set response time targets, use pre-written templates for common issues, and empower customers with self-service options.

Everything you need in your help desk software.
Nothing you don't.

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Unified Email Management

Connect unlimited inboxes (Office365, Gmail, IMAP). Manage them all from a single, threaded interface that feels just like email, but smarter.

Power Rules

Automate the boring stuff. Escalations, auto-replies, and assignment routing happening in the background.

Crystal Clear Data

Make decisions based on facts, not feelings.

Customer Portal

Reduce ticket volume by letting customers help themselves. Publish knowledge base articles and let users track their own history.

Instant Email Conversion

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Instant Email Conversion

Every email becomes a trackable ticket automatically. Set unique auto-replies and signatures per mailbox while maintaining unified oversight.

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Never Miss Deadlines

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Never Miss Deadlines

Monitor response and resolution times against your SLAs. Get alerts before breaches happen, not after customers complain.

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Capture What Matters

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Capture What Matters

Add 11 field types that appear only when relevant. From dropdown lists to regex validation, collect exactly the data you need.

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CRM Data Instantly

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CRM Data Instantly

Pull customer information from any external system in real time. See purchase history, account status, or HR records in one click.

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Handle Surges Effortlessly

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Handle Surges Effortlessly

Update hundreds of tickets simultaneously during outages. Categorize, assign, or respond to multiple requests in seconds, not hours.

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Full API

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Full API

Access all your data via our REST API, or connect AI agents like Claude and ChatGPT with our MCP server.

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Support Without Borders

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Support Without Borders

Translate tickets and responses into 40+ languages instantly. Serve global customers in their preferred language.

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Connect Everything

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Connect Everything

Link HelpSpot to 5,000+ apps without code. Sync with your CRM, chat tools, or project management automatically with Zapier.

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Response Management

Never start responses from scratch.

Create perfect replies from your library of proven templates.

Stop typing the same responses over and over. Build a library of proven responses that work, complete with smart variables that automatically insert customer names, order numbers, and custom fields. Tag templates by topic, share across departments, and deliver consistent messaging at scale. Your entire team stays in sync with instant updates to the response library.

  • Smart variables pull in customer data automatically
  • Share top-performing responses across all departments
  • Lightning-fast search finds the perfect response instantly
  • Insert responses instantly with keyboard autocompletion

HelpSpot response template editor showing email with smart variables

AI-Powered

AI that amplifies your team, not replaces it.

Built-in AI handles the busywork so your team can focus on customers.

The best support comes from real humans who care. HelpSpot's built-in AI handles the repetitive stuff so your team can focus on what they do best. Transform replies, translate tickets, categorize requests, and summarize long emails. No separate API key required. Basic AI is included with every plan at no extra cost.

  • Transform tone, length, and language of any reply with one click
  • Auto-categorize incoming requests
  • Summarize long customer emails into concise briefs
  • Translate tickets and responses into 40+ languages instantly
"It's hard to imagine going back to a standard email client. HelpSpot helps us keep 50,000 vehicles on the road worldwide."

Louwrens van Deventer Freeway Fleet Systems

Satisfaction Surveys

Know how customers feel. After every request.

Built-in surveys measure satisfaction right where you work.

How do customers feel about your support? Stop guessing. Built-in satisfaction surveys email customers automatically after their requests close, and every score flows into reports, filters, and automation rules. Track sentiment, spot trends, and follow up on bad experiences before they become lost customers. No third-party survey tools required.

  • Three scoring types: CSAT, customer loyalty, and thumbs up/down
  • Automated delivery a few days after requests close
  • Trend and per-response reports with CSV export
  • Route or escalate automatically based on scores

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CUSTOMER ARRIVES

"How do I change my billing plan?"

Browses table of contents

FINDS THE ANSWER

Billing & Plans

Managing Your Subscription

View Current Plan

Change Your Plan

Cancel Subscription

No ticket needed

Answer found. Issue resolved. Self-served

Knowledge Base

Help customers help themselves.

A self-service knowledge base that actually gets used.

Most knowledge bases fail because nobody writes the articles. HelpSpot's simple WYSIWYG editor makes publishing easy, and the book format organizes everything into books, chapters, and pages with a scannable table of contents. Customers find answers and move on, no ticket needed. A good knowledge base can reduce support volume by 20% or more.

  • Books, chapters, and pages instead of just a search box
  • AI turns solved tickets into draft articles, ready for review
  • Rich editor with images, attachments, and tables
  • Helpfulness ratings and search tracking reveal content gaps
  • Public books for customers, private books for internal docs

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Common Questions

Straight answers, no sales pitch. Need more detail? Talk to our team.

Customer stories

Warner Music Group

"HelpSpot is our astromech droid that gets us out of a lot of jams."

Jeff Stephenson

Warner Music Group

American Red Cross

"HelpSpot has made our lives so much easier. It is not just a product for us. It is a way of helping to ensure our users have a great experience."

Brandon Wilch

American Red Cross

DigiCert

"After switching to HelpSpot, our 18 person support team feels like it gained an invisible full time employee."

Paul Tiemann

DigiCert

Bio Fire Defense

"This has been the best help desk software platform I have ever used in my 15 years in the industry."

Shawn Matheson

Bio Fire Defense

Union School District

"It was like triage for us—like having a non-paid employee. It was HelpSpot doing the work instead of all of us."

Lisa DeLapo

Director of IT, Union School District

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Mid America Mortgage

"HelpSpot has been a huge time saver for our IT department, but after moving HR and Servicing onto it as well, they reported improved response times and better customer satisfaction."

Zach Crockett

Mid America Mortgage

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