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Customer support and helpdesk · November 2026 Edition

TeamSupport vs Intercom

Three of fourteen models named TeamSupport first on the direct prompt; one named Intercom. TeamSupport was named by nine of the fourteen models and Intercom by fourteen and TeamSupport carries 14 labels and Intercom 55, so the shares are not directly comparable.

TeamSupport

accepted challenger

Named in three categories this edition.

Intercom

accepted challenger

United States, founded 2011. Named in fourteen categories this edition.

First-choice share7%2%Of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts, 0 to 100.
Negative rate0%16%Negative labels as a share of the product's labels, 0 to 100.
Rank in category#4#6A position in a field of 12; printed, not drawn.
Labels1455A count; the two differ.
The two percentage rows are drawn on one 0 to 100 track, TeamSupport reading right to left. Rank and label count are printed, not drawn.Zendesk Support Suite was named alongside these two in fourteen of the fourteen direct answers. Zendesk Support Suite vs TeamSupport · Zendesk Support Suite vs Intercom · Freshdesk vs TeamSupport

Share is the count of first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts over all fourteen models, for a mid-market B2B company; rank is within the category; every quote names the model and the prompt it came from. Both figures come from the customer support and helpdesk page.

By framing

How many of the fourteen models made each the first choice, per way of asking, and how many argued against it.
TeamSupportFirst choices, of fourteen modelsIntercom
Direct311 against Intercom
Paraphrase102 against Intercom
Comparative01
Budget-constrained002 against Intercom
Scale-constrained00
Negative004 against Intercom
Bars are first choices, 0 to 14 each sideModels that argued againstA model can name both, so the two sides of a row do not sum to fourteen.

Every model, every framing

The eighty-four answers behind the chart above, one cell each: where TeamSupport and Intercom stood in it.
ModelDirectParaphraseComparativeBudget-constrainedScale-constrainedNegative
Claude Haiku 4.5
GPT-5.4 mini
Gemini 3.5 Flash
Perplexity Sonar
Grok 4.20
Mistral Small
DeepSeek V4 Flash
Llama 4 Maverick
Qwen 3.7 Flash
Kimi K2
GLM 4.7 FlashX
MiniMax M2.5
GPT-6 Luna
Muse Glimmer 30B
TeamSupport Intercom first choice named as an alternative argued againstblank: not namedEach cell is one answer, TeamSupport on the left and Intercom on the right.

The direct prompt

The plain question, one answer per model, grouped by where TeamSupport and Intercom stood in it.

TeamSupport first, Intercom an alternative

3 of 14 modelsIntercom was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
Mistral SmallTeamSupport alternatives: Freshdesk, Intercom, Salesforce Service Cloud, Zendesk Support Suite
Kimi K2TeamSupport alternatives: Freshdesk, HubSpot Service Hub, Zendesk Support Suite, Zoho Desk
MiniMax M2.5TeamSupport alternatives: Freshservice, Zendesk Support Suite, Zoho Desk

Intercom first, TeamSupport not the choice

1 of 14 modelsTeamSupport was named in the answer but not as the choice, or not at all.
DeepSeek V4 FlashIntercom alternatives: Freshdesk, HubSpot Service Hub, Pylon, Supportbench, Zendesk Support Suite

Neither was the first choice, one was named

10 of 14 modelsThe answer put something else first and named one of the two as an alternative.
Claude Haiku 4.5Freshdesk alternatives: Intercom, Kustomer, TeamSupport, Zendesk Support Suite
GPT-5.4 miniZendesk Support Suite alternatives: Freshdesk, Intercom, Salesforce Service Cloud
Gemini 3.5 FlashZendesk Support Suite alternatives: Freshdesk, Front, HubSpot Service Hub, Intercom
Perplexity SonarZendesk Support Suite alternatives: Freshdesk, Intercom, Plain
Grok 4.20Zendesk Support Suite alternatives: Freshdesk, Help Scout, HubSpot Service Hub, Intercom, Salesforce Service Cloud, TeamSupport, Zoho Desk
Llama 4 MaverickSupportbench alternatives: ClearFeed, Freshdesk, Front, HubSpot Service Hub, Intercom, Zendesk Support Suite
Qwen 3.7 FlashZendesk Support Suite alternatives: Freshdesk, Help Scout, Intercom
GLM 4.7 FlashXFreshdesk alternatives: HelpDesk by LiveChat, Intercom, Zendesk Support Suite, Zoho Desk
GPT-6 LunaZendesk Support Suite alternatives: HubSpot Service Hub, Intercom, Salesforce Service Cloud
Muse Glimmer 30BSupportbench alternatives: Freshdesk, HubSpot Service Hub, Intercom, Salesforce Service Cloud, Zendesk Support Suite, Zoho Desk

Bold names in an answer are the products the judge labeled a first choice; a model naming several gives each of them that label. The full answer text for every row is in the record.

By buyer segment

The same question asked on behalf of a different buyer. Each standing is computed within its segment and they are never added together. The figures above are the mid-market standing, which is the one the category orders by.
Small business
TeamSupport leads by two points.
TeamSupport3%#– of 12
Intercom2%#8 of 12
The full small business standing →
Mid-marketThe figures above
TeamSupport leads by six points.
TeamSupport7%#4 of 12
Intercom2%#6 of 12
The full mid-market standing →
Enterprise
TeamSupport leads by three points.
TeamSupport3%#– of 12
Intercom0%#8 of 12
The full enterprise standing →

What the models said about TeamSupport

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. Two of two in this category shown.

“TeamSupport focuses on B2B customer support, offering help desk software designed for complex, relationship-driven support interactions with business customers.” Claude Haiku 4.5 · paraphrase prompt · first choice
“For most mid-market B2B companies, TeamSupport is the best purpose-built solution, especially for B2B software and tech firms.” Mistral Small · direct prompt · first choice

What the models said about Intercom

Every negative label with a quote, up to three, then the highest-weighted positives, up to three. One of one in this category shown.

“Avoid if budget is ultra-tight: Enterprise tools like Zendesk or Intercom, which scale expensively.” Grok 4.20 · budget prompt · hard negative
Also compared

Comparisons are drawn for the top eight products in each category, each against each. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index.