# Resources

Articles, comparisons and the thinking behind the product.

### Research

Recent posts.

[Research](/resources/research)

### Sales ROI calculator

What the buyers nobody gets to are worth, on your own funnel rates. No uplift assumed.

[Sales ROI calculator](/resources/sales-roi-calculator)

### Support ROI calculator

The hours an agent frees on your support volume, and what they cost you today.

[Support ROI calculator](/resources/support-roi-calculator)

### Comparisons

Eighteen vendors priced like for like, from Chatbase and Tidio to Zendesk and Intercom Fin.

[Comparisons](/resources/comparisons)

### Why Algomo

Why we built an agent that does its own integration work.

[Why Algomo](/resources/why-algomo)

## Pricing

What these tools cost, including the numbers vendors leave off their pricing pages.

### Zendesk pricing

The seat prices Zendesk publishes, and the per-resolution AI price it does not.

[Read](/resources/zendesk-pricing)

### 1mind pricing

1mind, the successor to Drift, publishes no prices. What it costs, from the public record.

[Read](/resources/1mind-pricing)

### AI chatbot pricing models

The four things an AI chatbot can bill you for, and what each one does to your bill.

[Read](/resources/ai-agent-pricing-models)

## Alternatives

Every price read from the vendor's own page, for teams deciding whether to switch.

### Intercom alternatives

Ten alternatives to Intercom Fin, priced, after the Salesforce deal.

[Read](/resources/intercom-alternatives)

### Zendesk alternatives

Eleven alternatives to Zendesk, priced, including the AI line Zendesk leaves out.

[Read](/resources/zendesk-alternatives)

### Drift alternatives

Nine alternatives to Drift, priced, after its sunset.

[Read](/resources/drift-alternatives)

### Qualified alternatives

Seven alternatives to Qualified for teams not on Salesforce.

[Read](/resources/qualified-alternatives)

### Warmly alternatives

Seven alternatives to Warmly, after the HubSpot acquisition.

[Read](/resources/warmly-alternatives)

## Algomo compared

One vendor at a time: where Algomo fits, and where the other product is the better buy.

### Algomo vs Chatbase

Both have a free plan and credits. The split is where you build it and what a credit pays for.

[Read](/resources/vs-chatbase)

### Algomo vs Tidio

Live chat with an AI agent added, against an agent that works the page.

[Read](/resources/vs-tidio)

### Algomo vs tawk.to

Free live chat with a paid AI add-on, against an agent that does the talking.

[Read](/resources/vs-tawk)

### Algomo vs Intercom Fin

Per-outcome pricing on top of seats, against one monthly amount.

[Read](/resources/vs-intercom)

### Algomo vs Zendesk

A helpdesk that added an AI agent, against an agent that is not a helpdesk.

[Read](/resources/vs-zendesk)

### Algomo vs Gorgias

Two vendors with published prices, compared line by line.

[Read](/resources/vs-gorgias)

### Algomo vs Freshchat

An omnichannel inbox sold per agent, with AI metered on top.

[Read](/resources/vs-freshchat)

### Algomo vs Botpress

A builder platform with a free tier, against an agent that integrates itself.

[Read](/resources/vs-botpress)

### Algomo vs Ada

An enterprise product sold through a sales call, against a free plan you can try today.

[Read](/resources/vs-ada)

### Algomo vs Sierra

An enterprise agent sold through sales, against one that integrates itself on a free plan.

[Read](/comparisons/vs-sierra)

### Algomo vs Decagon

The same diagnosis of the category, and a different cure.

[Read](/resources/vs-decagon)

### Algomo vs Delight

A contact-centre agent sold through a demo, against a published price.

[Read](/resources/vs-delight)

### Algomo vs Qualified

The Salesforce-native AI SDR, against an agent on any stack.

[Read](/resources/vs-qualified)

### Algomo vs Docket

An AI SDR from $3,000 a month, against a free plan.

[Read](/resources/vs-docket)

## Guides

How the pieces work, and where automation should stop.

### What is an AI SDR?

How AI SDRs work, what they cost, and the two very different products the name covers.

[Read](/resources/what-is-an-ai-sdr)

### Lead qualification

Qualifying inbound buyers in the conversation on your site, without a form.

[Read](/resources/lead-qualification)

### MCP for customer support

What MCP actually changes for the agent on your website.

[Read](/resources/mcp-customer-support)

### What not to automate

The conversations a customer service agent should leave to a person.

[Read](/resources/what-not-to-automate)

### AI support for travel

AI customer support for small travel agencies and tour operators.

[Read](/resources/ai-support-for-travel)

### The hidden cost of AI agents

Why most AI agent deployments quietly ship engineers, and why Algomo does not.

[Read](/resources/thesis)