Markets · bedrock market · provisional

Customer Support, Helpdesk and Contact Center

Platform market (helpdesk / contact-center app marketplaces; builders ranked). The Kin Score Market layer reads each provider in its market: who it integrates with, how deep those integrations go, and where the market publishes its own structure. Methodology.

76providers measured
64 (84.2%)declare their own
2 (2.6%)covered by others only
3 (3.9%)distribution only (sell through, not integrations)
7 (9.2%)undeclared
8declare compatibility (report only, not weighted)
0in-market workflows shown
Provisional. Provisional and unweighted: the Market layer is not part of the composite or agent readiness. Leader lists are read within a position, never as one ranking. A provider that declares nothing we can read is shown as undeclared, with no number: we never infer integrations.

Where this market publishes its structure

Own = declares at least one integration itself; covered = visible only because an aggregator, standards body, regulator or partner contract names it; distribution-only = listed only on cloud marketplaces it sells through, a channel reported beside, never counted as its own declared integrations; undeclared = nothing we can read, so no number; declares_compatibility = providers with a `compatible` shape vote, report only (kin, 2026-10-13): never counted as own, never in depth or position.

Taxonomy how this market maps onto apis.io

Derived 2026-10-23 from the 76 providers in this market we could resolve in the catalog. The percentage is the share of those providers carrying each one; it describes the market, not the tag or industry. Tag groups have no page of their own yet, so they are listed unlinked.

TagsCustomer Service 50%, Customer Experience 42%, Contact Center 42%, Conversational AI 30%, Voice 22%
Tag groupsConversational AI 93%, Messaging 33%, MCP 28%
IndustriesCustomer Support & Service 88%, Artificial Intelligence 61%, Telecommunications & Connectivity 55%, Marketing & Advertising 50%
CapabilitiesCustomer Service Management 33%

share of resolved cohort carrying it; tags >=0.20 & >=3 members (max 12, junk dropped), tag_groups >=0.20 (cooccurrence, non-cross-cutting; max 8), industries >=0.20 (max 6), areas >=0.10 (max 6; areas are keyword-matched and sparse), capabilities L1 >=0.20 (max 8); derive-market-taxonomy.py

Leaders by position (provisional)

Provisional: grouped by position, depth compared within a position only. Distribution (cloud marketplaces) and iPaaS bridges are counted beside position, never inside it. Unknown-builder listings are left out of position shares and counted here.

gravity 5 · other companies invest to build on it

ProviderDepthIntegrationsIn / outUnknown builderDistributioniPaaS bridgeMix
Zendesk 59.3 244 196 / 48 0 5 36 partner-built 79%, ipaas-bridge 15%, contract 2%, standard 1%, builds-on-platform 1%, distribution 2%
Genesys 58.9 45 25 / 20 0 2 3 partner-built 56%, ipaas-bridge 7%, contract 4%, standard 13%, covered 2%, builds-on-platform 13%, distribution 4%
Qualtrics 56.7 42 18 / 24 0 4 2 partner-built 43%, ipaas-bridge 5%, contract 5%, standard 14%, covered 7%, builds-on-platform 14%, distribution 10%, atp-outside 2%
Freshworks 53.0 30 17 / 13 0 4 2 partner-built 57%, ipaas-bridge 7%, contract 3%, standard 3%, builds-on-platform 17%, distribution 13%
Talkdesk 53.0 26 11 / 15 0 2 2 partner-built 42%, ipaas-bridge 8%, standard 15%, builds-on-platform 27%, distribution 8%

builds-on 47 · publishes apps on other platforms' stores

ProviderDepthIntegrationsIn / outUnknown builderDistributioniPaaS bridgeMix
Dialpad 55.6 15 0 / 15 0 0 3 ipaas-bridge 20%, contract 7%, standard 27%, builds-on-platform 47%
CloudTalk 54.3 44 0 / 44 0 0 32 ipaas-bridge 73%, standard 7%, builds-on-platform 20%
JustCall 54.3 20 0 / 20 0 0 5 ipaas-bridge 25%, standard 10%, builds-on-platform 65%
Kaizo 53.9 3 0 / 3 0 0 0 standard 33%, builds-on-platform 67%
Sprinklr 53.7 13 0 / 13 0 1 0 contract 8%, standard 31%, builds-on-platform 54%, distribution 8%
SightCall 52.8 6 0 / 6 0 0 0 standard 33%, builds-on-platform 67%
Level AI 51.8 5 0 / 5 0 0 0 standard 20%, builds-on-platform 80%
Narvar 51.8 5 0 / 5 0 0 0 standard 20%, builds-on-platform 80%
Balto 51.7 4 0 / 4 0 0 0 standard 25%, builds-on-platform 75%
Chatwoot 51.7 3 0 / 3 0 0 0 builds-on-platform 100%
Loris 51.7 3 0 / 3 0 0 0 builds-on-platform 100%
Sanas 51.7 4 0 / 4 0 0 0 standard 25%, builds-on-platform 75%
unitQ 51.7 4 0 / 4 0 0 0 builds-on-platform 100%
Maven AGI 50.9 8 0 / 8 0 1 0 standard 38%, builds-on-platform 50%, distribution 12%
Aisera 50.5 8 0 / 8 0 1 0 standard 38%, builds-on-platform 50%, distribution 12%
Centrical 49.0 6 0 / 6 0 1 0 standard 33%, builds-on-platform 50%, distribution 17%
Shelf.io 49.0 6 0 / 6 0 1 0 standard 17%, builds-on-platform 67%, distribution 17%
Fini 47.1 5 0 / 5 0 1 0 builds-on-platform 80%, distribution 20%
Pindrop Security 47.1 5 0 / 5 0 1 0 standard 20%, builds-on-platform 60%, distribution 20%
Forethought 46.3 7 0 / 7 0 0 1 ipaas-bridge 14%, standard 14%, builds-on-platform 71%
Brainfish 44.1 3 0 / 3 0 1 0 builds-on-platform 67%, distribution 33%
Uniphore 44.1 3 0 / 3 0 1 0 builds-on-platform 67%, distribution 33%
Invoca 43.1 7 0 / 7 0 1 1 ipaas-bridge 14%, standard 14%, builds-on-platform 57%, distribution 14%
Synthflow 43.1 7 0 / 7 0 1 1 ipaas-bridge 14%, standard 14%, builds-on-platform 57%, distribution 14%
Planhat 41.8 8 0 / 8 0 0 2 ipaas-bridge 25%, covered 25%, builds-on-platform 50%
Netomi 41.3 6 0 / 6 0 3 0 standard 17%, builds-on-platform 33%, distribution 50%
Syncly 40.7 4 0 / 4 0 0 1 ipaas-bridge 25%, builds-on-platform 75%
Survicate 40.4 11 0 / 11 0 0 4 ipaas-bridge 36%, standard 9%, builds-on-platform 55%
Exotel 39.2 5 0 / 5 0 1 1 ipaas-bridge 20%, builds-on-platform 60%, distribution 20%
CallMiner 38.9 7 0 / 7 0 2 1 ipaas-bridge 14%, standard 14%, builds-on-platform 43%, distribution 29%
Stonly 36.7 6 0 / 6 0 2 1 ipaas-bridge 17%, builds-on-platform 50%, distribution 33%
Fullview 34.5 thin 2 0 / 2 0 0 0 builds-on-platform 100%
Siena 34.5 thin 2 0 / 2 0 0 0 builds-on-platform 100%
Ultimate.ai 34.5 thin 2 0 / 2 0 0 0 builds-on-platform 100%
Wootric 34.0 5 0 / 5 0 0 2 ipaas-bridge 40%, covered 20%, builds-on-platform 40%
Devrev 29.1 5 0 / 5 0 3 1 ipaas-bridge 20%, builds-on-platform 20%, distribution 60%
Nicereply 22.2 3 0 / 3 0 0 2 ipaas-bridge 67%, builds-on-platform 33%
Ringly 19.7 thin 2 0 / 2 0 0 1 ipaas-bridge 50%, builds-on-platform 50%
AirKit 17.2 thin 1 0 / 1 0 0 0 builds-on-platform 100%
ASAPP 17.2 thin 1 0 / 1 0 0 0 builds-on-platform 100%
Eloquent AI 17.2 thin 1 0 / 1 0 0 0 builds-on-platform 100%
Empirix 17.2 thin 1 0 / 1 0 0 0 builds-on-platform 100%
Keatext 17.2 thin 1 0 / 1 0 0 0 builds-on-platform 100%
Lang.ai 17.2 thin 1 0 / 1 0 0 0 builds-on-platform 100%
Yellow.ai 17.2 thin 1 0 / 1 0 0 0 builds-on-platform 100%
Zoho Desk 16.3 5 0 / 5 0 0 4 ipaas-bridge 80%, builds-on-platform 20%
Dixa 10.6 23 0 / 23 0 0 20 ipaas-bridge 95%, builds-on-platform 5%

covered 3 · reached mainly through aggregators

ProviderDepthIntegrationsIn / outUnknown builderDistributioniPaaS bridgeMix
Help Scout 36.9 10 0 / 10 0 0 4 ipaas-bridge 40%, standard 10%, covered 30%, builds-on-platform 20%
Gladly 20.8 thin 2 0 / 2 0 0 1 ipaas-bridge 50%, covered 50%
Freshdesk 13.8 7 0 / 7 0 0 6 ipaas-bridge 86%, covered 14%

standard 6 · listed by a voluntary standard's own directory

ProviderDepthIntegrationsIn / outUnknown builderDistributioniPaaS bridgeMix
Bright Pattern 54.9 4 0 / 4 0 0 0 standard 50%, builds-on-platform 50%
Intermedia 53.3 4 0 / 4 0 0 0 standard 50%, builds-on-platform 50%
Tenfold 53.3 4 0 / 4 0 0 0 standard 50%, builds-on-platform 50%
Plain 38.9 7 0 / 7 0 3 1 ipaas-bridge 12%, standard 25%, builds-on-platform 25%, distribution 38%
Cognigy 34.5 4 0 / 4 0 4 0 standard 20%, distribution 80%
Udesk 17.2 thin 1 0 / 1 0 0 0 standard 100%

mixed 4 · no single mode dominates

ProviderDepthIntegrationsIn / outUnknown builderDistributioniPaaS bridgeMix
DigitalGenius 50.5 3 0 / 3 0 1 0 standard 33%, builds-on-platform 33%, distribution 33%
Five9 45.5 11 0 / 11 0 0 3 ipaas-bridge 27%, contract 9%, standard 27%, builds-on-platform 36%
UJET 39.1 3 0 / 3 0 0 1 ipaas-bridge 33%, standard 33%, builds-on-platform 33%
Stella Connect (Medallia Agent Connect) 37.0 3 0 / 3 0 0 1 ipaas-bridge 33%, standard 33%, builds-on-platform 33%

long-tail 1 · reached only through iPaaS bridges

ProviderDepthIntegrationsIn / outUnknown builderDistributioniPaaS bridgeMix
VoiceGenie 2.5 thin 1 0 / 1 0 0 1 ipaas-bridge 100%

distribution 3 · only sells through cloud marketplaces

ProviderDepthIntegrationsIn / outUnknown builderDistributioniPaaS bridgeMix
Syllable 19.2 thin 2 0 / 2 0 2 0 distribution 100%
Erxes 9.6 thin 1 0 / 1 0 1 0 distribution 100%
OutRival 9.6 thin 1 0 / 1 0 1 0 distribution 100%

undeclared 7 · declares nothing we can read: no number

ProviderDepthIntegrationsIn / outUnknown builderDistributioniPaaS bridgeMix
Allo-Media undeclared-----
Amazon Connect undeclared-----
Dashbot undeclared-----
Gridspace undeclared-----
iCallAgent Public API undeclared-----
Replicant undeclared-----
Salesforce Service Cloud APIs undeclared-----

Generated 2026-10-24 from API Evangelist's own files; nothing on this page is a model's judgement. Provisional and unweighted; not part of the Kin Score composite or agent readiness. Read the Market layer methodology. Disagree with an edge? Every edge cites its evidence and can be corrected through the normal correction path.