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Alternatives to Zendesk AI, as AI models named them

In the September 2026 Edition, 181 of the 216 answers collected in the one category where Zendesk AI holds a standing named it neither as a first choice nor as an alternative. These are the products those answers put first, category by category and buyer by buyer. The output is the models' output.

Named instead, most often
First choices in the 181 answers that did not name Zendesk AI, every category and segment above added together; a product can be counted in several. Each category below keeps its own denominator.

Chatbots and conversational AI for support

Customer. Six framings, twelve models, one answer each per buyer segment; an answer counts here when Zendesk AI is not its first choice or an alternative in it.
Small businessZendesk AI holds 9 labels here, under the 10-label cutoff, so it is unranked.

Seventy of the seventy-two answers did not name Zendesk AI; it was the first choice in zero. The first choices in those seventy answers, fifteen products in all, the eight most named:

Tidio36 of 70
Intercom11 of 70
Freshdesk5 of 70
Crisp4 of 70
Chatbase3 of 70
Freshchat3 of 70
Helply2 of 70
7 more in the record.The full small business standing →
Mid-marketZendesk AI is #9 of 10 here at 0% of first choices, 15 labels.

Sixty-one of the seventy-two answers did not name Zendesk AI; it was the first choice in one. The first choices in those sixty-one answers, sixteen products in all, the eight most named:

Intercom15 of 61
Tidio11 of 61
Zoho Desk3 of 61
Pylon2 of 61
Zendesk2 of 61
Ada1 of 61
Chatsy1 of 61
8 more in the record.The full mid-market standing →
EnterpriseZendesk AI is #5 of 12 here at 4% of first choices, 27 labels.

Fifty of the seventy-two answers did not name Zendesk AI; it was the first choice in four. The first choices in those fifty answers, twenty-nine products in all, the eight most named:

Intercom6 of 50
Ada4 of 50
Kore.ai4 of 50
Zendesk4 of 50
Cognigy2 of 50
Fini2 of 50
21 more in the record.The full enterprise standing →

How to read this

A category is asked six ways of each of twelve models on behalf of each buyer segment, so a segment is seventy-two answers. An answer belongs on this page when the judge labeled Zendesk AI neither its first choice nor an alternative in it; the products listed are the first choices those answers made, counted once per answer. An answer that named nothing first, or named Zendesk AI only in passing, is in the denominator and adds to no product. The counts are not the category standing, which is on the category page with its share and rank; they are the same record read from Zendesk AI's side.

Every answer and every label is in the free record. The output is the models' output; nothing here is a recommendation by the index, and a product named instead of Zendesk AI was named by a model, not endorsed by anyone.