Help Scout is the ideal small business help desk. You can deliver great email support and get setup in minutes, without any of the typical help desk complexities.
Send proposed customer replies with the original email for approval.
Your chosen approver gets a proposed reply beside the customer's message, ready to review before anyone answers.
Route unresolved customer emails to the right person with the case history.
The next support person gets the full email history and attachments, while your first responder knows who took over.
Alert the support team when a portal request has no safe ticket match.
Your customers get a reply with their ticket link after a confirmed match. Your support team hears about requests that need attention.
Send urgent complaints with ticket history and reasons to follow up.
Your service lead sees why an urgent customer complaint needs attention. The message includes ticket history and a link.
Get absence replies approved before they reach customers.
Customers get a reviewed reply while their usual contact is away. Urgent requests reach the teammate covering for them.
Prepare complaint replies that follow the team's escalation guide.
Your support rep gets a calm reply draft in the customer's email conversation, shaped by your escalation guide and ready to review before sending.
Keep the case queue assigned and flag uncertain matches.
Your team gets clear support cases with owners. Everyone knows which case number to work from.
Draft complaint replies for managers to review and send.
Your support lead gets an unsent customer complaint reply letter beside the case history. Every point has an answer or a question to resolve.