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Genesys · Product

Customer Service

A contact-centre platform with AI agents (“Agentic Virtual Agent”), copilots for agents and supervisors, and AI Studio.

How it is billed
Does it train AI on your data?
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Genesys Cloud AI

Genesys · Product

Facts, sources and conditions

A contact-centre platform with AI agents (“Agentic Virtual Agent”), copilots for agents and supervisors, and AI Studio.
Stated by the providergenesys.com ↗
Where it sits on the map · 1 · 1
What it is used for
Contact centres that want the contact-centre platform and its AI features from one provider.
ETHORITY analysis
How it is billed
Per user per month, billed annually; certain AI features consume “AI Experience tokens”.
Documented by the providergenesys.com ↗
Published price
USD list prices per user per month, billed annually: CX 1 $75, CX 2 $115, CX 3 $155, CX 4 $240. CX 4 includes 30 AI Experience tokens per named agent. EUR prices not shown in the text read.
Documented by the providergenesys.com ↗

USD list prices.

Where data is stored
Genesys Cloud runs on Amazon Web Services in 21 regions (Genesys, Feb 2026); an offering on the AWS European Sovereign Cloud was announced for mid-2026. Which region applies to your organisation is set by contract.
Documented by the providergenesys.com ↗
Does it train AI on your data?
Only with opt-in
Documented by the providerhelp.genesys.cloud ↗

Quote: 'Customers can consent to participate in service improvements through a rigorously controlled process'; default opted out per MSA; data 'sampled and fully anonymized' before training. Third-party LLM training not addressed.

Connects with
Messaging: Facebook Messenger, Instagram, X DMs, WhatsApp; CX Cloud from Genesys and Salesforce; embedded clients; customer-provided LLM for Agent Copilot summarization (planned 16 Mar 2026); STT/TTS via Microsoft, Google, Amazon Transcribe, Deepgram, ElevenLabs.
Documented by the providerhelp.genesys.cloud ↗

BYO LLM from https://help.genesys.cloud/announcements/genesys-cloud/agent-copilot-support-for-customer-provided-llms/.

Certificates and audit reports
Genesys lists 33 compliance items and classifies each. Certifications include ISO/IEC 27001:2022, 27017, 27018, 22301 and 42001:2023. Attestations include SOC 1, SOC 2 and SOC 3 Type 2, HITRUST and C5 (Genesys files C5 under “Certification”, but C5 is an audit attestation, not a BSI certification). PCI DSS and several government authorizations are listed; GDPR, HIPAA, DORA and the EU Data Act are listed as laws. Which items cover the AI features is not stated.
Stated by the providergenesys.com ↗

Platform-level scope; confirm AI-feature coverage. C5 is an attestation.

Limitations
AI features consume tokens subject to Fair Use policy; screen recordings retained max 365 days; customer-LLM summaries limited to languages the chosen LLM supports; sentiment analysis in German marked with dialect-improvement asterisk.
Documented by the providerhelp.genesys.cloud ↗

Screen-recording limit from https://help.genesys.cloud/?p=360248; language notes from https://help.genesys.cloud/articles/genesys-cloud-supported-languages/. No accuracy limitations documented on pages read.

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Intercom · Product

Customer Service

An AI agent that answers customer requests and is billed per outcome; Intercom states Fin works with “no seats required”.

How it is billed
Does it train AI on your data?
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Intercom Fin

Intercom · Product

Facts, sources and conditions

An AI agent that answers customer requests and is billed per outcome; Intercom states Fin works with “no seats required”.
Documented by the providerintercom.com ↗
Where it sits on the map · 1 · 1
What it is used for
Service teams that want result-based pricing and a published price per outcome.
ETHORITY analysis
How it is billed
Per Fin outcome.
Documented by the providerintercom.com ↗
Published price
From $0.99 per Fin outcome. Help-desk seats if needed: Essential $29, Advanced $85, Expert $132 per seat per month; the billing basis (annual or monthly) of these seat prices is to be confirmed — the page offers both.
Documented by the providerintercom.com ↗

USD starting price.

Where data is stored
Intercom offers hosting regions US, EU and Australia (“US · EU · AU”), “in the region your residency needs require”.
Documented by the providerintercom.com ↗
Does it train AI on your data?
Used unless you opt out
Documented by the providerintercom.com ↗

Fin CX Models trained on de-identified production Fin conversation logs; opt-out via Settings > Workspace > Security, processed within 30 days. Auto-excluded: BAA, EU/AU hosted workspaces, prior opt-outs, some negotiated contracts, trials. Third-party providers contractually barred from training (security page). Quote: 'used solely to improve model performance for our AI Products.'

Connects with
Works with other helpdesks: 'Use Fin with your current helpdesk including Salesforce and more'; channels Messenger (web/iOS/Android), Email, WhatsApp, SMS, Facebook, Instagram; hands off to existing helpdesk.
Documented by the providerintercom.com ↗

Channels from https://intercom.com/help/en/articles/7837535-fin-faqs. Zendesk not named on pages read.

Certificates and audit reports
Intercom shows SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 27701 and ISO 42001 badges; Fin AI Agent is described as AIUC-1 certified. HIPAA support is listed for Expert. Confirm each report or certificate's product scope.
Documented by the providerintercom.com ↗intercom.com ↗
Limitations
Cannot book/schedule meetings; cannot reliably calculate dates/business days (informational Fin); no access to macros; API conversations only via Workflow; cannot reassign from teammate inbox; unlisted languages 'unpredictable'; no feature to redact personal data before it reaches AI providers; customer responsible for testing before go-live.
Documented by the providerintercom.com ↗

Redaction/testing limits from https://www.intercom.com/help/en/articles/10213899-intercom-ai-products-a-guide-for-customer-legal-and-security-teams.

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Salesforce · Platform

Documents, Workflow & Agents

Salesforce’s platform to build and run AI agents inside Salesforce, priced by consumption, by conversation or per user.

How it is billed
Does it train AI on your data?
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Agentforce

Salesforce · Platform

Facts, sources and conditions

Salesforce’s platform to build and run AI agents inside Salesforce, priced by consumption, by conversation or per user.
Documented by the providersalesforce.com ↗
What it is used for
Companies whose customer and sales data already live in Salesforce.
ETHORITY analysis
How it is billed
Three models side by side: Flex Credits (consumption), per conversation, and per-user licence.
Documented by the providersalesforce.com ↗
Published price
Flex Credits $500 per 100,000; conversations $2 each; Agentforce User License $5 per user per month for employee-facing agents (requires Flex Credits); add-ons $125 per user per month (Sales, Service, Field Service) and $150 (Industries); Agentforce 1 Editions from $550 per user per month; Foundations $0. Edition naming (“Max Edition”) and euro prices were shown on 17 Oct and are to be re-confirmed.
Documented by the providersalesforce.com ↗

List prices for the named editions.

Does it train AI on your data?
Only third-party model training is addressed
Documented by the providerhelp.salesforce.com ↗

The statement covers third-party models. Open · ETHORITY investigates Salesforce’s own models.

Connects with
Runs on Salesforce CRM/Data 360 (Data 360 credits a separate cost); add-ons for Sales, Service, Field Service, Industries; channels for service agent: voice, web, portals, SMS, WhatsApp; Agent API and Agentforce Mobile SDK for external apps.
Stated by the providersalesforce.com ↗

Pricing page: https://www.salesforce.com/agentforce/pricing/ ; service page: https://www.salesforce.com/service/ai/ ; Agent API: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/ai/agentforce/guide/agent-api-considerations.html

Certificates and audit reports
Compliance portal lists for 'Agentforce & Einstein Platform': ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certificate ('Salesforce AI Platform, Agentforce Slack AI, ...', updated 1 Oct 2026); HDS certificate (Salesforce); SOC 1 bridge letter (Agentforce Operations). Full list (125 documents) refers to 'Audits and Certifications' section of the service SPARC.
Documented by the providercompliance.salesforce.com ↗

Provider documentation; confirm the certificate scope and issuer. SOC reports are attestations.

Limitations
Pricing: Agentforce User Licence gives 'Access to limited Salesforce CRM objects'; Flex Credits and per-conversation pricing cannot be used in the same org; unused Flex Credits do not roll over; editions include 'a limited number of generative credits'. Agent API: 120-second timeout; not supported for 'Agentforce (Default)' agent type.
Documented by the providersalesforce.com ↗

Agent API constraints: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/ai/agentforce/guide/agent-api-considerations.html. Service AI page: 'Includes a limited number of generative credits.' No accuracy/hallucination limitation statement found on reviewed pages.

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Salesforce · Product

Customer Service

Salesforce’s AI for customer service. The service AI page leads with: “AI in the flow of work and your unmetered employee agent, all in one.”

How it is billed
Does it train AI on your data?
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Agentforce Service

Salesforce · Product

Facts, sources and conditions

Salesforce’s AI for customer service. The service AI page leads with: “AI in the flow of work and your unmetered employee agent, all in one.”
Stated by the providersalesforce.com ↗
Where it sits on the map · 1 · 1
What it is used for
Service teams already working in Salesforce Service Cloud.
ETHORITY analysis
How it is billed
Three models side by side: Flex Credits (consumption), per conversation, and per-user licence.
Documented by the providersalesforce.com ↗
Published price
Same price list as Agentforce: conversations $2 each; Service add-on $125 per user per month; Flex Credits $500 per 100,000; Agentforce 1 Editions from $550 per user per month.
Documented by the providersalesforce.com ↗

List prices for the named editions.

Does it train AI on your data?
Only third-party model training is addressed
Documented by the providerhelp.salesforce.com ↗

The statement covers third-party models. Open · ETHORITY investigates Salesforce’s own models.

Connects with
Agentforce Service channels: 'voice, web, portals, SMS, and WhatsApp'; native to Salesforce platform ('Headless 360'); third-party knowledge via 'Enterprise Knowledge powered by Data 360'; Max edition includes Tableau Next, Slack Enterprise+.
Stated by the providersalesforce.com ↗

Pricing page: https://www.salesforce.com/agentforce/pricing/ ; service page: https://www.salesforce.com/service/ai/ ; Agent API: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/ai/agentforce/guide/agent-api-considerations.html

Certificates and audit reports
Compliance portal lists for 'Agentforce & Einstein Platform': ISO/IEC 42001:2023 certificate ('Salesforce AI Platform, Agentforce Slack AI, ...', updated 1 Oct 2026); HDS certificate (Salesforce); SOC 1 bridge letter (Agentforce Operations). Full list (125 documents) refers to 'Audits and Certifications' section of the service SPARC.
Documented by the providercompliance.salesforce.com ↗

Provider documentation; confirm the certificate scope and issuer. SOC reports are attestations.

Limitations
Pricing: Agentforce User Licence gives 'Access to limited Salesforce CRM objects'; Flex Credits and per-conversation pricing cannot be used in the same org; unused Flex Credits do not roll over; editions include 'a limited number of generative credits'. Agent API: 120-second timeout; not supported for 'Agentforce (Default)' agent type.
Documented by the providersalesforce.com ↗

Agent API constraints: https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/ai/agentforce/guide/agent-api-considerations.html. Service AI page: 'Includes a limited number of generative credits.' No accuracy/hallucination limitation statement found on reviewed pages.

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05ETHORITY RESEARCH · MARKET STUDY 2026/27

Know what the AI market offers before you choose.

961 AI offerings. One map. Decide now what you will use in 2027. · EN · v2.6

Global edition · English · version 2.6

961 AI offerings. One map. Decide now what you will use in 2027.

How companies worldwide adopt AI, what 961 offerings promise and document, and how to run AI once you have chosen it. Every figure has a source.

27 Oct 2026

06ANALYSIS FOR YOUR NEXT DECISION

Three analyses for your next AI decision.

Try the numbers. See what changes.

Seven tools for your next decision. Modelled scenarios, with assumptions you can inspect.

How we work: Discover, Create, Run, Improve, Grow

02HOW ETHORITY WORKS WITH YOU

From the first idea to AI that runs every day.

You find the right AI, decide, put it into operation and adapt it as conditions change. ETHORITY works in a loop of five steps, and each step ends with a clear decision.

  1. Discover

    Find where AI can help your business and what the market offers for it.

    Live market exploration
  2. Create

    Choose the option and build the solution, including its costs, data and responsibilities.

    Services · by agreement
  3. Run

    Operate the system day to day, with named owners and agreed checks.

    Workspace · demonstration
  4. Improve

    Measure the result against the starting point and adjust what does not work.

    Review services · by agreement
  5. Grow

    Extend what works to more teams, sites or countries.

    Provider services · network planned

Question · Question · Who is responsible for each AI use, the proof that it works and the next decision?

Scenario: this is how an AI system looks with named owners and proof of results. Services by agreement.

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Effective — AI supports a concrete goal with results you can check.

Efficient — effort, cost and human rework are counted.

Economic — a technical gain is tested for its real business value.

Responsible — people, rights, safety and ethical consequences are part of the decision. Compliance is part of it; responsibility goes further.

AI needs rules. Five questions to set them.

AI governance means deciding who is responsible for an AI system, what it may do and how you check it. Scenario: an AI agent – software that carries out tasks on its own within set permissions – answers customer requests and triggers refunds. Five questions make it safe and worth the effort.

  1. Responsibility: who decides?

    One named person owns the agent; finance owns the refund budget, IT the system connections. AI Governance Setup defines roles, decision rights and the approval path.

  2. Authority: what may it do alone?

    The agent sees orders and delivery status and refunds up to a limit your finance team sets. Profiles and Compare show what each agent product can do and how it handles your data.

  3. Evidence: what does each answer rest on?

    Answers on prices and return rules name their source; every refund is recorded with reason, amount and approval. The AI Trust Record checks one system in ten working days.

  4. Control: when does a person step in?

    A person reviews refunds above the limit, complaints and unclear cases; the head of customer service approves exceptions. The AI Trust Pilot tests this for six weeks with a stop rule.

  5. Benefit: does the result improve?

    Measure answers your team accepts as correct, complaints and rework time, before and during the pilot. The AI calculators show cost per accepted answer and the real value of freed time.

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03KNOW BEFORE YOU INVEST

Start with your next decision.

Two fixed-price services give you a clear answer before you commit a larger budget: where your company stands with AI, and which duties the EU AI Act places on you.

People examining an AI readiness map.

AI Readiness & Maturity Check

Where you stand with AI: one workshop day, then a written assessment.

€3,500 one-time net

One workshop day + report · up to 8 people

You get a scored maturity profile with written reasoning, your five most valuable AI uses, ranked by value, feasibility and risk, and a draft 90-day plan for leadership review.

A team working through an AI governance pathway.

AI Act Readiness Sprint

Know which AI you use and what the EU AI Act requires of you.

From €6,900 one-time net

2–3 weeks · packages below

Mittelstand €6,900 · 2 weeks · up to 15 AI usesEnterprise €19,500 · 3 weeks · up to 40 systems

The sprint prepares the facts for your legal team. Legal opinions and conformity assessments (the formal check some high-risk AI systems need) are scoped separately with specialists where needed.

04WAYS TO WORK WITH ETHORITY

We train your team and set up AI with clear responsibilities.

Five services cover the work after the first decision: training, rules and responsibilities, a review of the AI you use, a business case for a large investment and monthly support. Each offer page lists scope, price and terms.

People learning and applying AI together.

AI Literacy & Adoption ↗

Your team learns to use AI well and safely in daily work.

From €2,400 one-time net

Half-day executive workshop or one-day team training

People connecting responsibilities and evidence.

AI Governance Setup ↗

You set the rules for AI: who decides, who checks and when.

From €19,500 one-time net

4–8 weeks

People examining alternative paths to a business decision.

AI Opportunity Case ↗

Know what would make a large AI investment pay, with every assumption written down.

Priced after scoping net

4–6 weeks

A team reviewing ongoing work and decisions.

AI Governance Retainer ↗

Monthly support that keeps your AI rules and decisions up to date.

From €2,500 / month net

Monthly · six-month minimum

Net prices plus VAT where applicable. Fixed-price packages: date and place by agreement; for the AI Opportunity Case, scope by agreement. The monthly AI Governance Retainer runs for at least six months. Each offer page lists its package terms.

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07WHO LEADS YOUR PROJECT

Led by Sten. Built around your challenge.

ETHORITY combines research on the AI market, the design of AI systems and hands-on work in your company. In every project a named person is responsible for each decision, and every result is backed by sources.

An illustrated ETHORITY workplace and city setting.
Sten Franke

Sten Franke

Founder & CEO · AI Transformation Architect

Sten Franke designs and builds AI systems, from model testing and cloud setup to the interfaces people use. He connects business decisions, software architecture and practical implementation.

sten@ethority.ai

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08REFERENCES & PARTNERS

Historic references and partners of ETHORITY

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09FOR AI PROVIDERS

Show buyers what your AI offering does.

Your profile shows buyers prices, data terms and evidence at a glance. Request a dated profile, documentation of your sources or a presentation of several products.

Paid support is separate from editorial admission, ranking and verification.

Profile Plus€499 / year netProvider PortfolioFrom €5,990 / year netIndependent Evidence ProgrammeFrom €2,990 / year net

Provider services · scope and delivery by agreement.

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