
A new class of B2B support tools - Plain, Front, TeamSupport - is betting customers never wanted a help desk. They wanted an answer in the channel they were already in, and the old guard from BMC to USU is scrambling to catch up.

Deskpro, Text, Help Scout, SupportBee, Kayako and InvGate all promise order. The useful question is not which has the longest feature list, but which kind of support operation you actually intend to run.