Intercom Fin charges $0.99 every resolution, every month. Clare AI is a one-time, self-hosted license — you own the software, your data stays on your servers, and the only ongoing cost is ~1¢ per conversation in your own AI-model usage.
| Clare AI | Intercom Fin | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | One-time license, from $1,999 | Per resolution |
| Cost per AI answer | ~$0.01 (your model usage) | $0.99 / resolution |
| Recurring platform fee | None | $0.99 every resolution, every month |
| AI agents / seats | Unlimited, no seats | Metered |
| Where it runs | Your server | Vendor cloud |
| Who owns the data | You do | Vendor |
| Languages | 50+, any | 45+ |
| 3-year cost @ 5,000/mo | ~$3,799 | ~$178,200 |
Figures use publicly listed 2026 rates ($0.99 / resolution) applied to 5,000 AI-resolved conversations/month, and exclude seat and add-on fees. Clare AI ongoing cost estimated at ~$0.01/conversation in model usage on today's cheapest models, plus the one-time $1,999 license. Illustrative — your numbers will vary.
Fin bills $0.99 every time it resolves a ticket — and that bill grows for as long as you use it. Clare AI is bought once and owned, then only ~1¢ per conversation in your own model usage.
Intercom Fin runs in the vendor's cloud, so your customer conversations live on their infrastructure. Clare AI is self-hosted on your own server — you own the data and use your own model API keys. A real advantage in finance, healthcare, gaming, and any regulated industry.
Both get you answering fast. With Clare AI you also get a full agent back office, a human-approval step for anything sensitive, and a connection to your existing systems (CRM, orders, bookings) so it answers with live data. Professional and Enterprise tiers include the source code.
Clare AI replies natively in 50+ languages with no translation layer, and there is no per-seat or per-resolution metering in the software — your volume is bounded only by your own model limits and server, both of which you control.
You want a fully-managed, cloud messenger with a large app ecosystem and are comfortable paying per resolution as you scale.
You want to own your support system outright, keep customer data on your own servers, and stop a per-resolution bill that never ends.
Intercom is a mature, polished platform with an excellent messenger, a deep app marketplace, and Fin resolves common questions well out of the box. The honest difference is the business model: rent forever, versus buy once and own.
Yes — if you want to own your support AI instead of renting it. Intercom Fin bills $0.99 every resolution, every month; Clare AI is a one-time license (from $1,999) that you self-host, then pay only ~1¢ per conversation in your own AI-model usage. You keep your customer data on your own servers.
At 5,000 conversations a month, Intercom Fin runs about $178,200 over three years at that rate; Clare AI is about $3,799 all-in over the same period (one-time license plus ~1¢/conversation). Your exact numbers depend on your volume and model.
For front-line support, yes: Clare AI resolves up to 98% of routine questions in 50+ languages, escalates the hard cases to a human with full context, and connects to your existing systems to pull live order and account data. Intercom is a mature, polished platform with an excellent messenger, a deep app marketplace, and Fin resolves common questions well out of the box.
No. There is no per-resolution or per-seat fee in Clare AI. You buy the license once and own it; the only ongoing cost is your own model usage (about a cent per conversation), billed directly to you by your AI provider.
Drag the calculator to your real support volume and compare Clare AI against Intercom Fin — every month, forever, vs a one-time license you own.