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title: "Crisp vs Help Scout: Which is more popular by branded search?"
description: "Which is more popular in search, Crisp or Help Scout? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Customer support platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time."
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# Crisp vs Help Scout: Which is more popular by branded search?

Which is more popular in search, Crisp or Help Scout? Compare estimated monthly branded-search demand and Share of Search inside the Customer support platforms set worldwide. Branded searches tell you how often people look for a brand by name or related terms. Comparing these searches across competitors helps you see how popular each brand is over time.

## Key facts

- **Compared**: Crisp and Help Scout
- **Competitive set**: Customer support platforms
- **Market**: Global
- **Month measured**: Aug 2026
- **Crisp Share of Search**: 2.7%
- **Help Scout Share of Search**: 6%

## Which is more popular in search, Crisp or Help Scout?

- In August 2026, Help Scout had more branded searches than Crisp among customer support platforms worldwide. Help Scout was estimated to have 23.1K branded searches compared to Crisp’s 10.4K, and held a 6% Share of Search versus Crisp’s 2.7%.
- Help Scout was ahead of Crisp in every measured month of the 11 months ending August 2026.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Crisp’s estimated Share of Search among customer support platforms worldwide moved from 1.2% to 2.7%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 7.1K to 10.4K.
- Across the 11 months ending August 2026, Help Scout’s estimated Share of Search among customer support platforms worldwide moved from 7% to 6%, and its estimated monthly branded searches moved from 41.4K to 23.1K.

## How did search popularity change for customer support platforms worldwide in August 2026?

- In August 2026, Crisp overtook Intercom to rank 5th among customer support platforms worldwide, at 2.7%.
- In August 2026, Help Scout gained estimated Share of Search among customer support platforms worldwide, from 5.1% to 6%.

## Month by month

| Month | Crisp estimated searches | Crisp Share of Search | Crisp rank | Help Scout estimated searches | Help Scout Share of Search | Help Scout rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oct 2025 | 7.1K | 1.2% | 5 | 41.4K | 7% | 4 |
| Nov 2025 | 7.1K | 1.4% | 5 | 28K | 5.7% | 4 |
| Dec 2025 | 5.8K | 1.2% | 5 | 23.1K | 4.8% | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | 4.9K | 0.88% | 6 | 22.9K | 4.1% | 4 |
| Feb 2026 | 4.1K | 0.89% | 6 | 18.8K | 4.1% | 4 |
| Mar 2026 | 5K | 0.91% | 6 | 19K | 3.5% | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | 5K | 1.2% | 6 | 23.2K | 5.7% | 4 |
| May 2026 | 4.2K | 0.94% | 6 | 15.8K | 3.6% | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | 10.5K | 2.3% | 5 | 23.5K | 5.1% | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | 5K | 1.3% | 6 | 19.1K | 5.1% | 4 |
| Aug 2026 | 10.4K | 2.7% | 5 | 23.1K | 6% | 4 |
| Sep 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | — |

## How each brand is measured

Brandwave collects information about searches that people make online using Crisp’s and Help Scout’s names. When viewed over time, estimated search volumes for these branded terms can be used to understand whether interest in the brands is growing, holding steady, or fading.

- **Crisp**: Measured on the search terms “crisp chat” and “crisp live chat”, summed into one figure.
- **Help Scout**: Measured on the search terms “help scout” and “help scout beacon”, summed into one figure.

- [Crisp profile](/demand/global-en/brands/crisp)
- [Help Scout profile](/demand/global-en/brands/help-scout)
- [All customer support platforms worldwide](/demand/global-en/categories/customer-support-platforms): The set both shares are measured inside, 7 brands.

## Methodology

- [How is branded search demand measured?](/demand/methodology): Where the figures come from, what they compare, and how they may be reused.

## Frequently asked questions

### Which is more popular in search, Crisp or Help Scout?

In August 2026, Help Scout had more branded searches than Crisp among customer support platforms worldwide. Help Scout was estimated to have 23.1K branded searches compared to Crisp’s 10.4K, and held a 6% Share of Search versus Crisp’s 2.7%.

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