Gorgias: AI, Helpdesk & Chat

This platform worked very well. They assisted us in setting up the AI agent functionality which took several weeks but turned out fantastically. Then they changed something, likely they degraded the LLM to save money. Suddenly our agent went from solving 95% of issues to failing in 100% of the cases. For example, it forgot what kinds of products we sell and started recommending unrelated items that we don't carry. It stopped being able to follow the logic that the Gorgias team wrote and so could no longer edit or cancel orders. It started promising things to customers that we cannot do. I've been trying to get in touch with support for 2 weeks now with these issues. I've tried reaching out to the team who built the Agent for me, but they don't offer support. I've tried working with their L2 support but response times are well over 36 hours and the issue is complicated enough that asking and answering questions with days between responses is never going to adequately identify the problem. I tried their regular chat support and they told me the code was sloppy and should be deleted- but they wrote the code. I'm left with no choice but to disable the agent because it's frustrating my customers with irrelevant responses, or worse promising that we will do something that we simply can't. It's very disappointing to see Gorgias opt to not support their product and to cheapen the service to this point. The few months of functioning AI Agent definitely convinced me of the value of this kind of thing. I'd be willing to pay close to a regular full time salary. But the Gorgias system isn't the right one because it's not supported. I know I'm not the only one with this problem. During the period I've been trying to get support the Gorgias support team has had to remove their own chat widget because they are being overwhelmed with requests. This is likely due to the failure of their system.

We use Gorgias for customer support, and the AI agent has been a huge help. In a recent case, the AI fully handled a missing-item inquiry, responded quickly, asked the right follow-up questions, and resolved the issue without needing human intervention. The customer left a 5-star satisfaction rating, which speaks for itself. It’s saved our team time while still delivering a great customer experience. Highly recommend for teams looking to scale support efficiently.

The app is extremely difficult to navigate with very poor user interface.
It's also very difficult to find info online that actually shows you how to use the app efficiently.

It took over a week for someone on the Apps side to figure out that you only can send chats direct to your email if you're on a paid plan. You cannot test that function during the free trial.

The pricing is ridiculous for what you actually get. Anyone that has been in the AI game for any amount of time knows what tokens cost and their fees for AI responses are ridiculous as well as the price to simply forward a chat through email has equally ridiculous pricing.

It’s ironic that the so-called best support app has some of the worst support I’ve experienced. I started a trial while using Shopify Plus, and they still haven’t been able to fix a store sync issue after a full week. For such a critical issue, and for an app of this level, it should have been escalated and resolved the same day.

So happy we switched! Used Freshdesk for years and Gorgias is much better. The AI agent is great and handles many tickets without human intervention at all.

I have heard good things about Gorgias, but I am very unhappy with their customer service. I installed it in my store and was getting things set up on a 7 day free trial. Within hours of installation, it charged me a full $400 for the pro plan, completely negating the "free trial". When I pointed out the error, they quoted policies rather than resolving the issue, and didn't even bother to address me by my actual name. This is not an app I want to use for customer service when their own customer service doesn't come close to meeting our own standards of care. I'm very sorry I gave them a try at all.

Gorgias in theory has a good product and the value prop is there. The AI and responses are probably a 4/10.

What makes Gorgias a 1 star app is how they handle issues on their platform. They advertise that their product can handle cancellations, variant changes, and order edits automatically. From day 1, this was completely broken for me and the ticket was escalated to their L2 support team. It takes multiple days between responses, only for nothing to happen. This is shocking especially as automated order edits is the key functionality their product advertises for Shopify integration.

Where it gets worse is that their technical support rep completely lied to me and told me the issue was fixed by doing a customer sync, but it did not fix the issue at all. They did not provide any details on what the issue was, how they fixed it, and what they tested. They just lied to me and said that it worked when it remains broken, and now I have to continue testing myself and reporting errors to them.

This tells you that their tech team is either not competent or does not care to fix high priority customer issues, which is why it's a 1 star. If you cannot fix tech issues, then lie to your customers just to close a ticket without helping them, then your tech team/support is just bad and doesn't care. It makes it feel like a scam. Your software cannot be trusted, and it calls into question the product at large and the (lack of) TLC that's going into it. I feel completely misled about this product and the false advertising that has taken place so far for me. This is a really bad experience as I have invested probably 36 hours of my time to get the guidance, macros, and rules set up only to be completely washed away by a horrific bug that their tech team has completely dismissed and lied to me about a "fix". Really, really disappointing and disrespectful to small/rapid growth businesses that cannot afford to sink and lose this many hours.

We wouldn't be able to handle our incoming customer service messages efficiently without Gorgias. It's a no-brainer. Customer support is such an important part of our business. We're a small team and the AI Agent feature helps us tremendously. Definitely recommend if you're looking to step your game up on customer support.

The AI Agent has been a godsend for our customer support team. It's super intelligent and also has been learning - it takes care of approx 80% of requests!

Gorgias' AI Agent has helped automate a significant portion of quick response tickets, while keeping our CSAT and FRT metrics sky high. It's cost-effective and easy to train and navigate - highly recommended!