Front Product Demo
Published by FrontWatch on YouTube
Updated Sep 16, 2026
Help Desk Software
Front
The customer operations platform for complex B2B work
From $19/mofree trial
Key takeaways
from our research
Keeps real email threads intact while adding internal comments, drafts and assignment
Purpose-built for account-based work — logistics, finance, professional services
From ~$19/seat/mo billed annually; analytics and automation sit in higher tiers
Not the efficient choice for high-volume, interchangeable consumer tickets
Our verdict
Updated Sep 16, 2026Pricing checked Aug 29, 2026
Front wins a specific and underserved job: support that is really account management conducted over email. If your team handles named clients, long-running threads and questions that require pulling in a colleague mid-conversation, Front’s model fits better than any ticketing system.
The core insight is that the email thread stays a thread. Agents comment internally inside it, draft together, @-mention specialists and assign ownership without the customer ever seeing a queue. For freight brokers, accounting firms, B2B operations teams and anyone whose inbox contains both support and commercial conversation, that is exactly right.
The price reflects the positioning. Plans start around $19 per seat per month billed annually and climb quickly for the analytics and automation tiers most teams eventually want. There is no native voice, and while Front has added AI features, it is not competing with Fin on autonomous resolution. For high-volume, low-touch consumer support — thousands of similar tickets a week — a real ticketing system will be both cheaper and more efficient.
Our guidance: choose Front when your conversations have names attached and continuity matters. Choose Zendesk or Freshdesk when your conversations are interchangeable and throughput is the metric.
Written by Lokesh Kapoor
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Pros & cons
Where Front shines — and where it doesn't
What users love
- A collaboration model built around the shared inbox
- Customers experience normal email, with full internal context behind it
- Strong rules engine for routing by account, domain or SLA
- Excellent fit for teams that blend support with commercial conversation
Where it falls short
- Per-seat cost is high relative to throughput-oriented help desks
- No native voice channel
- AI resolution capability lags Intercom and Zendesk
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Head to head
Front vs Help Scout at a glance
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Starting price
$19/mo
$50/mo
Free trial
Yes
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Free plan
No
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Videos
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Product walkthroughs published on Front's own YouTube channel — so you see the real interface, not a reenactment.
Meet Front, the easiest way to manage email with your team
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Capabilities
Key features
What Front does — and doesn't — cover, checked against the category feature vocabulary.
Automation & AI
- Included:Workflow automation & routingRules that triage, assign, tag and escalate tickets without agent involvement.
Reporting & Analytics
- Included:CSAT surveysPost-resolution satisfaction ratings tied to agent, team and topic.
- Included:Custom reporting & dashboardsBuild reports beyond preset dashboards, with scheduled delivery.
Ticketing & Channels
- Included:Live chat & messengerIn-app or on-site chat widget with routing to available agents.
- Included:Omnichannel ticketingEmail, chat, social and messaging apps land as tickets on one customer timeline.
- Included:Shared team inboxOne queue every agent works from, with assignment and collision detection.
- Included:SLA managementTarget response and resolution times per queue, with breach alerts and reporting.
- Not included:Voice & phone supportNative call handling with recording and ticket logging, without a separate telephony vendor.
Knowledge & Self-Service
- Included:AI agent copilotDrafts replies, summarizes threads and suggests articles for the human agent.
- Not included:AI resolution agentAI that answers customers end-to-end from your documentation and resolves without a human.
- Included:Customer help centerPublic, searchable article library that deflects repeat questions.
- Included:Macros & saved repliesReusable canned responses with variables and bulk ticket actions.
Pricing
Front pricing
Front's paid plans start at $19/user/month — below the $29 median of the 5 Help Desk Software tools we track. You can test it on a 7-day free trial.
Starter
$19/mo
per user, per month (billed annually)
or $29/mo billed monthly
- Shared inboxes
- Internal comments and drafts
- Basic rules
- Mobile apps
- Up to 10 seats
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Growth
$59/mo
per user, per month (billed annually)
or $79/mo billed monthly
Everything in Starter, plus:
- Unlimited rules and workflows
- Analytics
- Live chat and SMS channels
- Integrations library
Scale
$99/mo
per user, per month (billed annually)
or $129/mo billed monthly
Everything in Growth, plus:
- Advanced analytics and goals
- Knowledge base
- API access and custom integrations
- SLA management
Premier
$229/mo
per user, per month (billed annually)
or $279/mo billed monthly
Everything in Scale, plus:
- Dedicated success manager
- Advanced security controls
- Custom onboarding
- Priority support
Pricing recorded August 29, 2026 from the vendor's pricing page · see the full breakdown
Ecosystem
Integrates with 6+ tools
- Salesforce
- HubSpot
- Asana
- Jira
- Slack
- Zapier
Fit check
Will Front fit your team?
Support
- Email support
- Live chat
- Knowledge base
Training
- Live online
- Webinars
- Documentation
- Video tutorials
Deployment
- Web
- iOS
- Android
Typical users
- Small businesses
- Mid-size companies
- Enterprises
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Sources & methodology
Product information sourced from Front (FrontApp Inc.)'s public content (United States); pricing verified August 29, 2026. Reviews are first-party and moderated. How we rank and review tools
- Founded 2013
- 4 languages supported
- front.com
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