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Intercom Customer Communications Platform vs Qualtrics XM Platform comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Apr 20, 2025

Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Intercom Customer Communica...
Ranking in Social CRM
6th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.5
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
CRM Customer Engagement Centers (12th), CRM (28th)
Qualtrics XM Platform
Ranking in Social CRM
3rd
Average Rating
8.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
14
Ranking in other categories
Customer Experience Management (1st), Survey Software (1st), Customer Feedback Management (1st), Product Management Software (3rd)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of April 2025, in the Social CRM category, the mindshare of Intercom Customer Communications Platform is 2.8%, up from 2.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Qualtrics XM Platform is 4.8%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Karan-Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
A good tool that can be used to capture inbound leads and manage all customer interactions
Sometimes, the solution lags and takes time to update something. If I put a specific tag on an inbound lead, it would take around five minutes for that tag to reflect throughout the solution for all the users. If my colleague and I are using the solution simultaneously and I create a tag for a specific lead, then that tag would not be visible to my colleague for about three to four minutes. Since the solution is great at capturing leads and giving me an overview of all the people interacting with our platform, I would love to see a CRM structure created. We can create a pipeline in the solution itself, and then it can give us that CRM experience.
VinayakMishra - PeerSpot reviewer
Workflows are very good, integrate with a lot of things and effective real-time feedback mechanism
There is a lot to improve in Qualtrics. 1. The dashboard is quite slow compared to other dashboards like Power BI and Tableau. The attractiveness of the dashboard also needs work. For example, if I want to move widgets from one page to another, I have to do it one by one. If there are many widgets, I cannot multi-select and move them. 2. In workflows, they can be categorized into folders. Currently, there is no folder structure. So, Qualtrics should introduce folders where you can put multiple workflows in one place. 3. Qualtrics can also introduce AI features to suggest how to build a survey. For example, if I make a grammatical error or if I input a query that a client is looking for a particular kind of survey with a specific use case, it should automatically suggest some templates for building a survey. There are a lot of things they can improve on. These are just a few.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The live chat is pretty good because you can create a macro, which is a predefined input we can give customers."
"The tool's most valuable feature is its setup process. I find it intuitive, especially regarding tasks like randomization and survey logic. Delighted by Qualtrics is intuitive compared to many competitors, which justifies its price."
"The solution is very simple to use."
"The solution has other extra features, like Stats iQ, Text iQ, and Predict iQ."
"We can integrate data and run an algorithm."
"Workflows are very powerful. There are a lot of good things, but I feel workflows are the best."
"Its flexibility allows for easy adjustments to subscriptions, which contributes to user satisfaction"
"The most valuable feature of Qualtrics Customer XM is the survey, which is very user-friendly and designed as a drag-and-drop item."
"Text iQ is a great feature."
 

Cons

"Sometimes, the solution lags and takes time to update something."
"The solution's integration with Salesforce should be improved."
"It is not easy to implement."
"Sometimes, a lot of emails bounce back during email distribution."
"The solution should add more visual-type elements or image-based question approaches."
"It needs to focus more on broader CX programs and customer experience."
"The solution is expensive. It needs to improve the server builder, which can help it do impressive research. When I mention that the server builder can improve, I'm referring to the ease of performing tasks like implicit association testing. While it's possible to do these tasks in Delighted by Qualtrics, it's not as straightforward to create them. Additionally, there are different tiers of features based on the payment plan. As a collaborator, I may not completely oversee all the features available."
"I suggest to the Delighted by Qualtrics development or R & D team to consider incorporating advanced AI capabilities into their platform. In the current trend where AI is being integrated into various tools, introducing features that enable users to generate surveys efficiently through conversational interfaces or minimal instructions would be a significant advancement."
"Most of the improvements made constantly cause some friction in the platform."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"The product is not cheap."
"The solution is fairly expensive, but it would be money well spent."
"Pricing depends upon the different kinds of use cases."
"We need to pay a yearly licensing fee for Qualtrics Customer XM, which is expensive."
"Delighted by Qualtrics is more expensive than the competitor solutions"
"Some clients felt that this product was expensive when the sales team tried to sell it to them."
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Top Industries

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University
13%
Computer Software Company
11%
Government
11%
Educational Organization
9%
 

Company Size

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Intercom Customer Communications Platform?
The live chat is pretty good because you can create a macro, which is a predefined input we can give customers.
What needs improvement with Intercom Customer Communications Platform?
Sometimes, the solution lags and takes time to update something. If I put a specific tag on an inbound lead, it would take around five minutes for that tag to reflect throughout the solution for al...
What is your primary use case for Intercom Customer Communications Platform?
We use the solution to capture leads and interact with them. Our company manages all the customer interactions through the solution.
What do you like most about Delighted by Qualtrics?
The tool's most valuable feature is its setup process. I find it intuitive, especially regarding tasks like randomization and survey logic. Delighted by Qualtrics is intuitive compared to many comp...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Delighted by Qualtrics?
Delighted by Qualtrics is more expensive than the competitor solutions. In my personal experience, even if I imagine that we have a partner running the solution on our behalf, internal resources wi...
What needs improvement with Delighted by Qualtrics?
The process of creating, updating, and importing participants needs to be more flexible in Delighted by Qualtrics. When a new user needs to be added into the system, for instance, if someone joined...
 

Also Known As

Intercom
Delighted by Qualtrics, Qualtrics Customer XM, Qualtrics Core XM,
 

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Sample Customers

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