Front vs Gorgias
Front and Gorgias are both customer support options. Front lists 6 features across 5 platforms; Gorgias lists 6 features across 3 platforms — see the full breakdown below, sourced from each vendor's own site rather than ratings or reviews.
Side-by-side summary
Best for Front
Positioned for organizations with complex customer operations spanning support, operations, inbound sales, account management, and customer success teams (9,300+ companies), in industries like financial services, tech, logistics, manufacturing, and travel.
Best for Gorgias
Positioned specifically for ecommerce brands and Shopify merchants — the site states Gorgias "powers customer conversations for 40% of Shopify brands," spanning clothing, beauty, subscriptions, health & wellness, and food & beverage.
Feature comparison
Every feature listed here comes directly from each vendor's own official site.
Front
- Shared inboxes for team email collaboration
- Autopilot automation and Copilot AI assistant for complex requests
- Smart QA and Smart CSAT (AI-driven quality/satisfaction scoring)
- Omnichannel inbox including live chat and ticketing
- No-code workflow automation across teams
- 160+ integrations and API
Gorgias
- AI support agent resolving inquiries instantly (site claims 60%)
- AI shopping assistant for product recommendations/upselling
- Native Shopify integration with live order/customer data
- Omnichannel inbox (email, chat, SMS, WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook)
- In-conversation actions (cancel order, apply discount, upsell)
- 300+ integrations (Recharge, Klaviyo, Yotpo, Loop Returns)
Pros and cons
Front
- Shared inboxes for team email collaboration
- Autopilot automation and Copilot AI assistant for complex requests
- Smart QA and Smart CSAT (AI-driven quality/satisfaction scoring)
- Omnichannel inbox including live chat and ticketing
- No-code workflow automation across teams
- 160+ integrations and API
- Starter is hard-capped at 10 seats and Professional at 50 seats -- growing past those limits forces an upgrade, not just a seat add-on.
- AI features (Copilot, Smart QA, Smart CSAT) are paid add-ons ($10-20/seat/month each) on Starter and Professional; only Enterprise bundles them in.
Gorgias
- AI support agent resolving inquiries instantly (site claims 60%)
- AI shopping assistant for product recommendations/upselling
- Native Shopify integration with live order/customer data
- Omnichannel inbox (email, chat, SMS, WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook)
- In-conversation actions (cancel order, apply discount, upsell)
- 300+ integrations (Recharge, Klaviyo, Yotpo, Loop Returns)
- Helpdesk pricing is based on billable ticket usage rather than agent seats, so higher support volume can move a store into a much more expensive tier.
- AI Agent is billed separately on an outcome basis, while Voice and SMS are paid add-ons, so helpdesk subscription price alone is not the full cost of an AI-heavy omnichannel setup.
Key differences
- Front lists Shared inboxes for team email collaboration, Autopilot automation and Copilot AI assistant for complex requests, Smart QA and Smart CSAT (AI-driven quality/satisfaction scoring), Omnichannel inbox including live chat and ticketing, No-code workflow automation across teams, 160+ integrations and API that Gorgias doesn't list.
- Gorgias lists AI support agent resolving inquiries instantly (site claims 60%), AI shopping assistant for product recommendations/upselling, Native Shopify integration with live order/customer data, Omnichannel inbox (email, chat, SMS, WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook), In-conversation actions (cancel order, apply discount, upsell), 300+ integrations (Recharge, Klaviyo, Yotpo, Loop Returns) that Front doesn't list.
- Front supports macOS, Windows, which Gorgias doesn't list.
Choose Front if…
Choose Front if this fits: Positioned for organizations with complex customer operations spanning support, operations, inbound sales, account management, and customer success teams (9,300+ companies), in industries like financial services, tech, logistics, manufacturing, and travel. Compared with Gorgias specifically, Front also offers Shared inboxes for team email collaboration, Autopilot automation and Copilot AI assistant for complex requests, Smart QA and Smart CSAT (AI-driven quality/satisfaction scoring), and 3 more features that Gorgias doesn't list, plus macOS, Windows support that Gorgias doesn't list.
Choose Gorgias if…
Choose Gorgias if this fits: Positioned specifically for ecommerce brands and Shopify merchants — the site states Gorgias "powers customer conversations for 40% of Shopify brands," spanning clothing, beauty, subscriptions, health & wellness, and food & beverage. Compared with Front specifically, Gorgias also offers AI support agent resolving inquiries instantly (site claims 60%), AI shopping assistant for product recommendations/upselling, Native Shopify integration with live order/customer data, and 3 more features that Front doesn't list.
Facts on this page are sourced from each vendor's official site (linked below), not from ratings or reviews. Products change — verify anything that matters to your decision directly on the vendor's own site before switching. See our Disclaimer and Sources Policy.
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