AskMyBusiness vs. Intercom Fin: Flat Price vs. Pay-Per-Outcome

AskMyBusiness is $99/month flat with leads included. Intercom's Fin meters 99¢ per resolution and $9.99 per qualified lead on top of per-seat plans. Which fits depends on your business.

AskMyBusiness is $99 a month, flat, for one business and one website. Intercom's

Fin charges by the outcome: 99¢ every time it resolves a conversation (and 99¢ for a

procedure handoff or a disqualification), plus $9.99 for each

qualified lead, with a 50-outcome monthly minimum, on top of Intercom's

per-seat plans. Which model fits depends on what kind of business you run.

The two pricing models, side by side

Fin charges per outcome, so the bill scales with how many conversations the

AI closes. For a support team measuring deflection at volume, that trade can

make sense. [Source: Intercom's published Fin pricing, checked September

2026.]

AskMyBusiness prices the other way. One flat $99 covers the assistant, the

answers, and every captured lead, whether your site gets ten questions a

month or a thousand. "A full-time front desk runs $4,000+ a month—and sleeps

at night. The other tools quote their price on a sales call. This one is

printed."

For an owner-led service business, the difference shows up in the lead line:

"Intercom's published Fin pricing meters 99¢ per resolved conversation and

$9.99 per qualified lead. Here both are covered by the flat $99."

What each is built for

Fin lives inside Intercom's helpdesk: ticketing, inboxes, agent seats. It's

support software for teams. In June 2026, Salesforce announced an

agreement to acquire the company; Intercom has said pricing is unchanged for

now. [Source: public announcement, June 15, 2026.]

AskMyBusiness is a front desk, not a helpdesk. It answers visitors from your

own published pages with the source shown, says "I don't know" instead of

guessing, and hands anyone who wants a person to you, capturing their name and contact

with their permission and sending it to your inbox.

The honest fit test

If you have a support team working a shared inbox all day, evaluate Fin. That is its home field. If you are an owner-led business whose website goes

unanswered at night, a flat-priced front desk that never meters your leads is

the simpler bet. Try it free: a private preview, built in under 24 hours, no

card, at askmy.business.

Common questions

Is the 99¢ number current?

It is Intercom's published Fin pricing as of September 2026: 99¢ per resolution, procedure handoff, or disqualification, and $9.99 per lead qualification, with a 50-outcome monthly minimum, billed alongside its per-seat plans.

Does AskMyBusiness charge anything per conversation or per lead?

No. $99 a month flat for one business and one website, month to month, cancel anytime. The working preview is free, built in under 24 hours, no card.

What happens to Fin's pricing after the Salesforce acquisition?

Unknown. Salesforce announced an agreement to acquire the company in June 2026, and Intercom has said pricing is unchanged for now. We won't predict what happens after.

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Updated 2026-09-02 · AskMyBusiness by Vision Genesis · Knoxville, TN