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Pylon

By WeekCRM editorial team · · Editorial policy & disclosures

Support platform for B2B companies that works in Slack, Microsoft Teams, email, Discord and chat, with AI agents that investigate and answer tickets.

Pricing Quote-based; no public prices
WeekCRM score61/100
Features AI
Good fit for Help Desk

What is Pylon?

Pylon is a support platform for B2B companies. It pulls customer conversations from Slack, Microsoft Teams, email, Discord, WhatsApp, Telegram, phone and SMS, and chat widgets. AI agents sit on top: a Support Agent answers customer questions, a Background Agent runs when conditions trigger, an Assist Agent investigates issues for staff, and a Slack Agent brings customer context into Slack. It also has account intelligence, analytics, workforce management and a knowledge base.

Who is it for?

B2B companies that support customers in shared Slack or Teams channels. Pylon says 1,500+ customers use it, including Cognition, Linear and Airtable. Consumer-facing or e-commerce support teams will find better-matched tools elsewhere.

Pricing

  • Quote-based: the pricing page on 6 October 2026 shows only a demo booking form, with no plans or prices.

Prices checked on 6 October 2026.

Strengths

  • Chat-channel support: conversations from Slack and Microsoft Teams arrive as tickets.
  • AI agents: separate agents answer, investigate and run background tasks.
  • Data connections: Salesforce, HubSpot, Snowflake and BigQuery for customer data.
  • Issue tracker links: Linear, Jira and Confluence.
  • AI tool access: MCP protocol support and connections to Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor.

What to consider

  • No public prices; you cannot budget before a sales conversation.
  • Built for B2B support; the product is not marketed to consumer or retail teams.
  • The platform is organised around AI agents, so check how much of the ticket flow still works without them.
  • A demo is the only route to trial; no self-serve trial is shown.

Bottom line

Shortlist Pylon if your customers talk to you in Slack or Teams and you want AI agents to handle first-line work. Before buying, get a written quote and ask how AI usage is priced.

WeekCRM score: 61 out of 100

Pylon is number 37 of 65 help desks and support tools we have scored. Every point comes from a fact with a source, checked on Oct 7, 2026.

CheckPointsWhat we found
Price for 10 agents0/20 No public price
Integrations11/20 11 of 20 common apps connect natively or through a marketplace
Ease of use20/20 9.4 out of 10 from customer reviews
Capterra 4.5/5, 25 reviews (too few, not counted); G2 9.4/10, 111 reviews
Release pace15/15 26 dated releases in 180 days
Openness15/15 public API docs, public changelog, self-serve export
Price transparency0/5 No public prices
Free entry0/5 Demo only

How we count the score →

Pylon integrations we verified

AppHow it connectsWhat syncsChecked
Devin AINot stated bug reports; fixes Oct 14, 2026
GitHubBuilt in — Oct 7, 2026
GmailBuilt in — Oct 7, 2026
Google ChatBuilt in Google Chat conversations Oct 7, 2026
HubSpotBuilt in — Oct 7, 2026
incident.ioNot stated alerts; incidents Oct 13, 2026
JiraBuilt in — Oct 7, 2026
LinearBuilt in — Oct 7, 2026
Microsoft TeamsBuilt in — Oct 7, 2026
OutlookBuilt in — Oct 7, 2026
PipedriveBuilt in — Oct 7, 2026
SalesforceNot stated account owner; linked accounts Oct 14, 2026
SlackBuilt in — Oct 7, 2026
WhatsAppBuilt in — Oct 7, 2026

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