
Customer Support Metrics That Matter: FRT & Resolution Time
The five customer support metrics a small team needs: formulas for first response time and resolution time, why medians beat averages, and how to set SLAs.

The five customer support metrics a small team needs: formulas for first response time and resolution time, why medians beat averages, and how to set SLAs.

Zendesk pricing starts at $19 per agent, but the real bill adds per-seat add-ons and AI resolution fees. What 3, 5, and 10 agent teams pay on each plan.

Five public roadmap examples checked in October 2026, a Now/Next/Later product roadmap template, a Notion setup, and what to keep off a public roadmap.

An AI support chatbot costs your plan fee plus AI usage. How Intercom, Zendesk, Freshdesk, Crisp, Tidio and Lenit bill AI, and what a 1,000-chat team pays.

AI chatbots typically close 30–70% of support conversations without a human. What resolution rate really means and how to estimate your team's drop.

Featurebase and Lenit ship nearly the same features. The real differences are per-seat billing versus flat pricing, and who keeps the board alive.

Crisp has no place for "can you build X?": no feedback board, votes, or changelog. 7 alternatives compared on that loop, seat cliffs, and AI cost.

Channel Talk is built for e-commerce and bills on seats, customers and AI use. How Lenit compares for SaaS teams: chat, feedback board, docs and one flat price.

Five UserJot alternatives compared — Lenit, Canny, Featurebase, Frill and Nolt — on pricing, automation scope and data portability, and which teams each fits.

Notion Ship OS (July 2026) is an agent setup, not a new product. Its five stages from Triage to Ship, which teams it fits, and where customer feedback comes in.