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.
Receive escalated product cases with earlier troubleshooting in view.
The next support person gets the full email history and attachments, while your first responder knows who took over.
Flag overnight product issues that still need a personal reply.
Customers get a receipt after hours, and your next support shift sees which tickets still need a personal reply in team chat.
Check HTML files as PDFs before attaching them to support cases.
You get a PDF you can share and print on the support case after its text and layout pass checks.
Draft replies when a customer's technical issue remains open.
Get a thoughtful reply draft when a customer says your last support answer missed the mark, ready for your review in the same email conversation.
Pass escalated product tickets with the issue and work already tried.
Your escalated support requests reach a named person with the conversation, available files, and a clear next step.
Draft careful replies to angry customers with product issues.
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.
Draft grounded replies to angry users about reported issues.
Your support inbox gets a courteous draft for an angry customer email, with threats or escalation concerns flagged for your review.
Add prior issue context to assigned product support cases.
Your team gets clear support cases with owners. Everyone knows which case number to work from.
Draft a documented answer to the customer's product issue for review.
Give your support Agents a reply they can review in the conversation, grounded in the customer's exchange and the help articles you choose.
Draft answers to product questions from ticket history and saved replies.
Your assigned reps find reply drafts in their tickets. Those drafts reflect the customer's latest question and your team's saved answers.
Answer documented product questions and hand off issues needing diagnosis.
Your customers get answers from your help articles, and your support team gets recent chat history when a question needs a person.