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SLA Profile

Help Scout

Communication & Collaboration ·helpscout.com ↗ ·verified 2026-06-23
Official SLA ↗
No public SLA
Publishes no enforceable uptime commitment or credit remedy.
Source: vendor terms ↗ · checked 2026-06-23 · View as JSON
Uptime
Max credit
Claim window
no_credit
Remedy
Standard
Min plan

How to claim

Submission N/A - No SLA credits available · helpscout.com/contact/
Review timeline 30 business days
Credit applied Applied to next invoice
Required evidence: Account ID, Affected services, Incident timestamps, Impact description

Common exclusions

Scheduled maintenance
Force majeure events
Customer misconfigurations
Free tier services
Beta features

Support tiers complementary, not the SLA

Standard SLA-eligible
Included · Business hours
Enterprise SLA-eligible
Custom · 24/7

Per-service SLAs · 4

Most platforms commit to SLAs per service, not one blanket number.
Service
Category
Uptime
SLA
Help Scout Beacon
Embeddable chat widget
Chat
covered
Help Scout Docs
Knowledge base
Knowledge Base
covered
Help Scout Mailbox
Shared mailbox
Help Desk
covered
Help Scout Messages
In-app messaging
In-App Messaging
covered

Notes — Help Scout is a Other SaaS provider. See the official SLA at https://www.helpscout.com/company/legal/terms-of-service/.

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