A Help Scout alternative that works inside Gmail
Help Scout is a powerful too built for large dedicated customer support teams. If you have a small growing business, it may be way more than you need.
Keeping gives you all of the customer support features you need to manage customer support right inside Gmail. Teams love Keeping because there is no complicated onboarding or new tool to learn.
Rated 4.4 /5 on G2
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Why choose Keeping over Help Scout
Keeping is the Help Scout alternative that works inside Gmail.
Create a Keeping mailbox, forward your shared email address or connect with Google, and invite your team.
Know where every support email stands by marking them as Open, Closed or Pending. No more requests slipping.
Easily share notes with your whole team to communicate what needs to be done or how to follow up.
Add as many shared inboxes as you like - respond from your personal inbox without having to manage multiple logins.
Advanced reporting gives you the data you need to know to measure your team’s performance.
Getting the same questions over and over again? Easily save and share canned answers across your team.
Keeping prevents multiple team members from working on the same support request at the same time.
Let your customers know you're listening with an automatic reply when you receive a new message.
Keeping works inside Google Workspace
Unlike Help Scout, Keeping creates a new section inside your Gmail. This allows you to continue to use Gmail for your day-to-day work while having easy access to your customer support inbox. No extra browser tabs to manage!
Help Scout is a powerful tool, but it's not for everyone. It's a complex system that requires training and ongoing support. If your team isn't willing to put in the effort to learn it, you're wasting your money.
Only Keeping lets you share your mailbox from right inside Gmail.
Keeping is more affordable
Help Scout's bare-bones Standard plan ($22/user) is more expensive than Keeping's fully-featured Advanced Plan ($20/user). With Help Scout, if you want more than 2 shared mailboxes, you'll need to upgrade to their expensive Plus plan ($44/mo per user).
On average, Keeping is about 60% less expensive than Help Scout. And you still get all of the critical features to manage a shared mailbox.
For a 5 person team with 3 mailboxes, you can expect to save nearly $1,500/year with Keeping.
A quick comparison on price
See how Keeping and Help Scout compare across every feature and why Keeping is the best Help Scout alternative for most small business.
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|---|---|---|
| Shared mailboxes | Unlimited | 2 |
| Maximum agents | Unlimited | 25 |
| The most popular ready-made plan | $20per user/month | $44per user/month |
| Works inside Gmail | ||
| Advanced Reports + Export | ||
| HubSpot integration | +$25per user/month | |
| Easy-to-learn | ||
| Shopify integration |
The Help Scout alternative your team will love
No compromises. All the features you need to manage customer support from inside Gmail.
Collaborate in Gmail
Adding customer support to your operation no longer means opening an extra browser tab. Manage your shared inbox from your own Gmail account. No external app!
- Add collaboration to email
- Stop duplicated work
- Share the workload
Simple & Streamlined
Our instant setup and Gmail integration are designed for the busiest teams. There’s no complex software to configure. You’re up and running and supporting customers in minutes.
- Get started in minutes
- One home for multiple mailboxes
- Save time with shared templates
Best-in-Class Analytics
Advanced reporting gives you the data you need to know how your team responds to customers. Track first response time, resolution time, busiest times, and much more.
- Reports by agent, tag, and mailbox
- Understand how your team can improve
- Visualize the data over time
Automate Everything
Focus on what’s essential and let workflows handle repetitive tasks. Automatically assign tickets, set priority and tags, or change the status based on the content of your email.
- Improve team efficiency
- Respond to customers faster
- Nothing slips through the cracks
Connect the Tools You Use
Keeping is a powerful tool that can help you to stay organized and productive. But it can be even more powerful when you connect it to your other tools, such as Shopify, Zapier, or HubSpot.
Collaborate on customer support, inside Gmail
Made for busy teams
Collaborate with team members in real-time — no more forwarding emails and confusion around who is doing what.
Try Keeping for free
There's no credit card required to get started. Get set up and connected in less than 10 minutes.
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Security and safety are at the core of everything we do. We publish our security policies and procedures so that you can see how we protect your data.
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Our most comprehensive plan at a price you can afford.
Our customers love us for a reason
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Rated 4.4 /5 on G2
“Our HR department uses Keeping, and it works amazingly well for us to keep organized. It's a simple but robust ticketing system. ”
“I like that we can use it right inside our Gmail. I also like that we can assign and prioritize incoming requests.”
“Keeping makes it simple to stay on top of our work orders, and I love that it is integrated with Gmail.”
"Tried them all - Keeping is perfect for our startup. Exactly the features we needed, like Gmail integration and collision detection."
“Keeping helps our customer service team stay on top of inquiries & recognize when an issue has been handled.”
“It's a great tool to track and share support emails with other colleagues. I love how Keeping email has its own inbox inside Gmail.”
“Keeping seamlessly integrates with Gmail, so we don't have to work with another tool. It allows everyone to see responses from the team.”
“Seeing our shared mailbox right in GSuite, the automatic setup, and the ability to keep track of issues are my favorite features.”
“At our university, Keeping gives us control over the responses of all our agents, as well as ensuring that all emails are being responded to."