
A Mountain View startup thinks the support ticket is the wrong shape for B2B, and it is squaring up against ServiceNow, HubSpot and SAP to prove customers would rather get help where they already talk.

Four companies - BMC Software, ProProfs, Hiver, and SupportBee - show how the help desk market pulled apart into enterprise heavyweights and scrappy shared-inbox tools. Here is how each one decided to answer your support email.
InvGate, Jitbit, USU, Thena, Kustomer, SolarWinds, ProProfs and SAP all want to run your support queue. Here is how the help desk software field actually splits - and who each one is really built for.

Intercom, ProProfs, Jitbit, LiveAgent, Giva and SysAid all promise to tame the queue. Their real differences begin with what each one believes a support team should become.