Blog

The real numbers behind help desk support: what a ticket costs at each tier, why first level resolution beats every other metric, and where AI actually lands.

Six statuses at Zendesk, four at Freshdesk, and a reopen rate nobody tracks. A working guide to what a help desk ticket really is and where yours go to die.

In-house, outsourced, co-managed, or AI-first. What each IT help desk service model really costs per ticket, and the contract questions that decide it.

A working IT lead's guide to IT help desk software in 2026: real prices, the AI caps vendors bury in comparison tables, and what each tool actually resolves.

Decagon builds enterprise AI support agents on natural-language AOPs. Here is what the platform actually does, what public procurement data says it costs, where it falls short, and which teams it fits.

ServiceNow now owns Moveworks. What the platform does, what it costs, and whether it still fits teams outside the ServiceNow stack.

A 2026 breakdown of every Zendesk plan, the Copilot add-on, and how Automated Resolutions actually bill, with a worked example of the real total.

AI-powered customer service is sold on containment rates. The number that pays is confident resolution. What to automate, what to leave alone, and what it costs.

A hands-on Cassidy AI vs n8n comparison: what each one really automates, what you have to wire yourself, and why only one of them publishes a price.