Pylon

The Agentic Support Platform

Help DeskSan Francisco, CA, United States51–200 employeesFounded 2022

#18 of 37 in Help Desk1,500 customers (per usepylon.com)33% positive in AI answers

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Visibility score

2.7%

−0.9% vs last week

Weekly run · Nov 3

Data collected Nov 3, 2026·ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode·coverage 98.8%·next run Nov 9, 2026

Pylon ranks #18 of 37 in Help Desk with an AI visibility score of 2.7 (SlateIndex, Nov 3, 2026).
Pylon's visibility fell 0.9 points since the previous weekly run.
Pylon is most visible on Perplexity (4.8) and least on Google AI Mode (1.3).
AI engines name Pylon in 3 of the 60 Help Desk buyer prompts SlateIndex tracks.
helpdesk.com is the source AI engines cite most in answers about Pylon, with 5 citations.

About

Company details for Pylon

Pylon is a customer support platform built for B2B companies, where human agents and AI agents work together on tickets. It brings conversations from Slack, Microsoft Teams, email, chat, SMS, WhatsApp and phone into one queue with account context. The platform includes ticketing, routing and SLAs, a knowledge base, customer portal, analytics, surveys and an optional account intelligence add-on for customer success. It ranks #18 of 37 in Help Desk on SlateIndex and has a visibility score of 2.7 in the latest weekly run.

Founded in 2022 and headquartered in San Francisco, CA, United States, the company employs 51–200 people. It has raised about $51M. Its differentiator: agentic support platform purpose-built for B2B, with account-level context and AI agents that investigate tickets before humans open them.

Website: usepylon.com
Categories: Help Desk, Live Chat & AI Support
Company size: 51–200 employees
Headquarters: San Francisco, CA, United States
Founded: 2022
Company type: Private, venture-backed
Funding: Series B · $51M raised
Customers: 1,500 · per usepylon.com
Pricing: $89 per seat / mo · per seat
Free trial: —
Deployment: Cloud (AWS, US or EU hosting)
Platforms: Web
Compliance: SOC 2 Type II, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, GDPR, HIPAA
Support: Onboarding, Dedicated CSM, Priority support SLAs, Help Center

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AI visibility

Latest weekly run · Nov 3 · next run Nov 9

Visibility score

2.7%

across Help Desk answers, weighted by position

ChatGPT2%

AI Mode1.3%

Perplexity4.8%

Change

−0.9%

vs last week’s run

Category rank

#18 of 37

in Help Desk

Mentions

in this week’s run

Share of voice

0.8%

of AI mentions in Help Desk

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days, with up to 7 competitors. Click a name to hide or show its line.

Now2.7%

30-day changedown−0.8999999999999999pp

High · low3.6% · 2.7%

Rank#17 → #18

Compare in

Pylon lost 0.9 points over 1 weekly run in Help Desk. Freshworks leads the category at 61.5%.

Media

Website and product screenshots for Pylon

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Pricing page

AI mentions & citations

Recent answers that name Pylon

All prompts

Top help desk platform options for B2B SaaS companies

For most B2B SaaS companies, shortlist Pylon, Plain, Intercom, Zendesk, Front, Help Scout, Freshdesk, and HubSpot Service Hub.

Perplexity · run of Nov 3

Top help desk platform options for B2B SaaS companies

My recommendation is to shortlist Intercom, Zendesk, HubSpot Service Hub, Pylon, and Freshdesk.

ChatGPT · run of Nov 3

Top help desk platform options for B2B SaaS companies

Pylon / Supportbench – Best for B2B account-centric and high-touch support .

Google AI Mode · run of Nov 3

Best help desk platform for startups

Perplexity · run of Nov 3

Products & features

What Pylon sells

Assist Agent

Personal AI operator that investigates, uses tools, takes action or delegates to external agents.

Support Agent

Resolves customer questions automatically across channels and escalates to humans.

Slack Agent

Ask questions and take action from Slack with Pylon's customer context.

Automations

Repeatable workflows triggered by events or schedules.

Skills

Reusable instructions that teach agents how the team works.

Ticketing

Omnichannel ticketing with routing, queues and SLAs.

Knowledge Base

Help center with AI article generation and answers.

Account Intelligence

Customer success add-on with health scores, account notebooks and timelines.

Workforce Management

Staffing and capacity planning for support teams.

Surveys (NPS & CSAT)

Customer satisfaction and NPS surveys with analytics.

Phone

Add-on for calls and texts with recordings, transcripts and IVR.

Nexus

Pylon's applied AI offering, introduced as Nexus 1.0.

Strengths engines cite

Best for B2B SaaS with enterprise Slack/Teams-first support
Strong for B2B account-centric and high-touch support
Modern, Slack-Connect and developer-centric B2B support
Frequently included in shortlists of top B2B SaaS support tools

Target market & buyers

B2B companies with post-sales support and customer success teams

Notable customers include Cognition, Writer, Wispr Flow, Vellum, Together AI, Starbridge, Sardine, Rootly.

Funding & recent developments

Funding

Round	Year	Amount
Pre-seed (Y Combinator SAFE)	2023	$0M
Seed	2023	$3M
Series A	2024	$17M
Series B	2025	$31M

Latest known round	Total raised
Series B	$51M

Recent developments

Oct 2026PartnershipPylon x Devin integration
Integration with Cognition's Devin to go from bug report to code fix.
Jul 2026ProductPylon becomes the agentic support platform
Relaunch with AI agents that investigate tickets before humans open them, in beta.
Aug 2025Funding$31M Series B
Series B co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Bain Capital Ventures; total funding $51M.

Competitive landscape

How Pylon compares with its top three alternatives

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Pylon most often appears alongside HubSpot, Zendesk, Intercom in AI answers.

vsPylon vs HubSpot2.7% vs 73.1% visibility · HubSpot leadsFull comparison vsPylon vs Zendesk2.7% vs 49.3% visibility · Zendesk leadsFull comparison vsPylon vs Intercom2.7% vs 46.2% visibility · Intercom leadsFull comparison

Brand	Visibility	Share of voice	vs last week	Starting price
Pylon	2.7%	0.8%	down−0.9%	$89 / seat / mo
HubSpot	73.1%	13.1%	New	Free plan
Zendesk	49.3%	11.2%	up+0.3%	$19 / seat / mo
Intercom	46.2%	10.1%	up+2%	$29 / seat / mo
Help Scout	29.8%	8.2%	up+1.5%	Free plan