Help Scout is a WordPress app, with a 4.3 average rating from 6 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Help Scout is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by BoldGrid. With a rating of 4.3★ from 6 reviews.
AppRanks verdict
Generated from live marketplace data — refreshed daily
Help Scout is a well-rated WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 6 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by BoldGrid — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (6) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Help Scout works
Help Scout for WordPress Thousands of businesses in more than 140 countries use Help Scout to make every customer support interaction more human & more helpful.
Features This simple plugin takes only a few minutes to setup. It enables you to do a couple important things:
Add a contact form to your site, which submits inquiriest to Help Scout
Add a Help Scout Beacon to your site. Just paste your embed code and save.
Looking for more horsepower? Try Help Scout Desk.
Help Scout Desk is a premium plugin that adds a full-featured customer portal to your WordPress site. Customers can submit inquiries, see their complete history and more.
Keyword rankings
Help Scout ranks for 4 keywords across WordPress Plugin Directory. Here are the top 3:
- 1.helpdeskRank #36
- Rank #373
- Rank #625
Competitors & alternatives
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Frequently asked questions
What is Help Scout?
Help Scout is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.3-star rating from 6 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by BoldGrid.