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Help ScoutProduct change · Feature change · May 25 → Jun 1, 2026

Help Scout splits workflows into basic and advanced tiers by plan

Verified Jun 5, 2026Sales & Customer Relationship Management (CRM)Direction: neutral
The changeStandard, Plus, Pro feature — feature change.
1 change2 capturesMay 25, 2026 → Jun 1, 2026

What happened

Between the May 25, 2026 and Jun 1, 2026 captures of Help Scout's pricing page, Pulse recorded one change: Workflow automation now distinguishes basic vs advanced types: Standard gets 150 basic workflows, Plus gets 500 advanced workflows, Pro gets unlimited advanced workflows. Advanced workflows trigger on customer properties. Pulse files it as a product change (feature change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Aug 10, 2026) lists Standard at $25, Plus at $45, Pro at $75, Additional Docs Site at $20 and Additional Inbox at $10.

It lands 7 days after Help Scout's previous change, "Help Scout adds light user tiers to Team plans, up to 50 seats" (May 26, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Help Scout Rolls Out SLA Policies Across All Paid Plans" (Apr 13, 2026), "Help Scout removes Free plan from main pricing, adds pre-paid AI discounts" (Mar 16, 2026) and "Help Scout Adds WhatsApp Messaging Starting From Plus Plan" (Mar 10, 2026). Help Scout has been tracked since 2026-02-28.

In the same window Zendesk, Intercom and GrooveJar also changed their CRM pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.

  • Standard, Plus, Pro · FeatureFeature change

    Workflow automation now distinguishes basic vs advanced types: Standard gets 150 basic workflows, Plus gets 500 advanced workflows, Pro gets unlimited advanced workflows. Advanced workflows trigger on customer properties.

Values as written on Help Scout's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.

Evidence

The two captures Pulse compared

Full-page captures of Help Scout's pricing page (www.helpscout.com) from May 25, 2026 and Jun 1, 2026; the change is marked around the middle of the page.

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Help Scout, the last 90 days

Full history
  1. Aug 10, 2026improvedHelp Scout: Secure customer portal added to Plus plan
  2. Jul 3, 2026improvedHelp Scout: SLA policies added to all paid plans; WhatsApp moved to Standard
  3. Jun 1, 2026improvedHelp Scout splits workflows into basic and advanced tiers by plan · this change
  4. May 26, 2026improvedHelp Scout adds light user tiers to Team plans, up to 50 seats
  5. Apr 13, 2026improvedHelp Scout Rolls Out SLA Policies Across All Paid Plans
  6. Mar 16, 2026packagingHelp Scout removes Free plan from main pricing, adds pre-paid AI discounts
  7. Mar 10, 2026improvedHelp Scout Adds WhatsApp Messaging Starting From Plus Plan
  8. Week 10, 2026packagingHelp Scout elevates free plan to hero status alongside paid tiers

Across CRM in the same window

All CRM changes
  1. ZendeskMay 26Suite Enterprise renamed to Suite Enterprise + Copilot, with Copilot now bundled into the plan. P...
  2. IntercomMay 11Intercom expands Fin AI Agent to support ecommerce use cases
  3. GrooveJarApr 22GrooveJar pivots to "Free forever, paid when you're making money" model

Questions about this change

Did Help Scout raise prices in June 2026?

No list-price increase was recorded between May 25, 2026 and Jun 1, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a product change: feature change.

What changed on Help Scout's pricing page between May 25, 2026 and Jun 1, 2026?

Workflow automation now distinguishes basic vs advanced types: Standard gets 150 basic workflows, Plus gets 500 advanced workflows, Pro gets unlimited advanced workflows. Advanced workflows trigger on customer properties. Pulse compared the captures it took on May 25, 2026 and Jun 1, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.

How often does Help Scout change its pricing?

Pulse recorded 5 other pricing-page changes for Help Scout in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Help Scout adds light user tiers to Team plans, up to 50 seats" on May 26, 2026; Help Scout has been tracked since 2026-02-28.