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AI-powered support automation platform: helpdesk, knowledge base, and chatbots that answer from everywhere.

Pricing

Paid from Custom

Founded

2017

Channels

Chat, Email, Voice, SMS

Compliance

SOC 2 HIPAA GDPR

Integrations

Salesforce Zendesk ServiceNow Slack Microsoft Teams Genesys

Capacity is the consolidator of this category. Founded in St. Louis in 2017 by David Karandish and Chris Sims after Karandish's roughly $900 million exit as CEO of Answers.com, it has grown as much by acquisition as by code: eleven companies and counting, including Lucy, Linc, Textel, SmartAction, and in 2025 Call Criteria and Barcelona's Verbio Technologies. Each deal added a capability, and the result is a genuinely broad CX automation platform: AI agents across chat, voice, SMS, and email, real-time agent assist, automated QA and conversation intelligence, outbound campaigns, and a knowledge orchestration layer that answers from documents and apps across your stack.

The same platform serves customer support and internal helpdesk use cases, which suits organizations tired of buying those separately, and it automates workflows across integrations with Salesforce, Zendesk, ServiceNow, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Genesys, and many more. The company says it is profitable, past $60 million in annual recurring revenue, with over 20,000 organizations on the platform; 2025 brought another $92 million in funding to keep the acquisition engine running.

Pricing is a hybrid: an annual platform fee in three tiers plus usage, per response for chat and email, per minute for voice, per message for SMS. No dollar figures are published, so budget for a sales conversation.

Capacity fits buyers who want one throat to choke: a mid-size or larger organization consolidating support automation, internal helpdesk, and contact-center AI into a single vendor. Teams that prefer sharp best-of-breed point tools may find it broad rather than deep in places, but as a platform bet it is one of the more complete in the directory.

Key features

• AI agents for chat, voice, SMS, and email
• Real-time agent assist
• Auto QA and conversation intelligence
• AI knowledge orchestration
• Outbound SMS and voice campaigns

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Frequently asked questions

How much does Capacity cost?

Capacity is a paid product. The vendor does not publish prices, so expect a custom quote from sales. Compare pricing across all listed tools →

What does Capacity integrate with?

Capacity integrates with Salesforce, Zendesk, ServiceNow, Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Genesys.

What compliance standards does Capacity meet?

Based on the vendor's own security and trust pages, Capacity claims SOC 2, HIPAA, and GDPR compliance. See how that compares across vendors →

Is Capacity HIPAA compliant?

Yes. The vendor advertises HIPAA compliance for Capacity on its own site. Confirm the specifics, such as whether a business associate agreement (BAA) is offered, with the vendor before you buy.

Which support channels does Capacity cover?

Capacity handles customer conversations over chat, email, voice, and SMS.

When was Capacity founded?

Capacity was founded in 2017.

What are the best Capacity alternatives?

Popular alternatives include Zoho Desk, Atomicwork, and Botpress. See all Capacity alternatives →

Updated August 2026

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