Compare Intercom and Straightxt - Jan 2023

Shlomi LaviShlomi Lavi / Jan 28, 2023

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Bottom Line: Which is Better - Intercom or Straightxt?

Intercom is more expensive to implement (TCO) than Straightxt, and Intercom is rated higher (86/100) than Straightxt (80/100). Intercom offers users more features (3) than Straightxt (0).

Looking for the right SMS Marketing solution for your business? Buyers are primarily concerned about the real total cost of implementation (TCO), the full list of features, vendor reliability, user reviews, and the pros and cons. In this article we compare between the two software products:

Intercom Vs. Pocketstop

Intercom: Our mission is to make web business personal. We want to let the personalities of great businesses shine, and allow them to treat their customers with respect.Intercom has replaced helpdesk, email marketing, customer relationship management, and marketing automation tools for thousands of web businesses with one, simple product.

Pocketstop: The average American spends four hours per day staring at their phone and a quarter of that time is spent text messaging. Bottom line: If you want your customers attention, you need to be texting with them. Thats where text message marketing comes in.

Who is more expensive? Intercom or Straightxt?

The real total cost of ownership (TCO) of SMS Marketing software includes the software license, subscription fees, software training, customizations, hardware (if needed), maintenance and support and other related services. When calculating the TCO, it's important to add all of these ”hidden costs” as well. We prepared a TCO (Total Cost) calculator for Intercom and Straightxt.

Intercom price starts at $38 per feature/month , On a scale between 1 to 10 Intercom is rated 6, which is similar to the average cost of SMS Marketing software. Straightxt price starts at $250 per month , When comparing Straightxt to its competitors, the software is rated 2 - much lower than the average SMS Marketing software cost.

Bottom line: Intercom is more expensive than Straightxt.

Which software includes more/better features?

We've compared Intercom Vs. Straightxt based on some of the most important and required SMS Marketing features.

Intercom: Data Import/Export, Basic Reports, Online Customer Support.

Straightxt: We are still working to collect the list of features for Straightxt.

Target customer size

Intercom is suitable for web and mobile businesses of all shapes and sizes that are looking for an easy way to connect with their customers. and Straightxt's target customer size include: SMBs.

Intercom

ITQlick rating
(4.6/5)

starts at $38 per feature/month

Intercom is a customer management software designed to help users see who is using their product in real-time and provides an easy way to talk to their users. Users can send personalized messages to the ...

Categories: CRM, Help Desk.

Straightxt

ITQlick rating
(4.9/5)

starts at $250 per month

Straightxt is a marketing software that provides a text messaging solution designed to link off-site marketing to on-site foot traffic. The software helps enterprises to engage customers with instant bulk SMS c...

Categories: Data Analysis Tools, Mobile, SMS Marketing, Project Reporting, Contact Management.

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Intercom: 3 Features

Data Import/Export
Basic Reports
Online Customer Support

Straightxt: 0 Features

We are working to collect the information
ITQlick rating ITQlick Rating is based on the software score (below) and aggregated online reviews
ITQlick score ITQlick Score is a 1 to 100, the calculation is based on pricing, and functionality Vs. alternative solutions
Pricing score pricing Score is a 1 to 10 (10 is high cost), based on the TCO (cost of licences, customizations, training, hardware when relevant) Vs. alternative solutions
License pricing license pricing (if provided by the software vendor)
Functionality score
Software review
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Intercom
ITQlick rating
4.6/5
Score
86/100
Pricing
7/10
License pricing
$38 per feature/month
Functionality
5
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Straightxt
ITQlick rating
4.9/5
Score
80/100
Pricing
3/10
License pricing
$250 per month
Functionality
5
Flowroute
ITQlick rating
4.6/5
Score
91/100
Pricing
5.4/10
License pricing
Pricing not available
Functionality
3
TargetEveryOne
ITQlick rating
4.5/5
Score
85/100
Pricing
6/10
License pricing
$79 per month
Functionality
6
TextMagic
ITQlick rating
4.7/5
Score
85/100
Pricing
2/10
License pricing
$0.04 per license
Functionality
3

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Shlomi Lavi is an entrepreneur and founder of ITQlick.com. He holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) in Information Systems Engineering from Ben Gurion University in Israel. Shlomi brings 17 years of global IT and IS management experience as a consultant and implementation expert for small, medium and large-sized (global) companies. Shlomi’s goal is to share the best knowledge and news about information systems so you can make smarter buying decisions for your business.