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Gist Reviews & Product Details

Gist Overview
What is Gist?

Gist is an all-in-one, feature-rich email marketing platform that empowers site owners to bridge the communication gap between them and their audience. The platform offers an email builder that lets users create and broadcast automated emails, upsell and cross-sell emails, consolidate multiple communication channels and provide access to live chat and chatbot widgets. The advanced cross-channel messaging features boost audience engagement and interaction and Gist’s free plan is quite comprehensive.

Company Gist
Year founded 2016
Company size 11-50 employees
Headquarters Tampa, Florida, United States
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Gist Product Details
Capabilities
AI
API
Segment
Small Business
Mid Market
Enterprise
Deployment Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Mobile Android, Mobile iPad, Mobile iPhone
Support 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support
Training Documentation
Languages English
Gist Pros and Cons
Pros
  • Free plan is quite comprehensive
  • Supports advanced cross-channel messaging
  • Offers buildable forms and popups
Cons
  • Clunky chat history functionality
  • Limited integrations
Gist Features
Agent Collaboration
Agent Performance Analytics
Audio and Video Chat
Automated Responses
CRM Integration
Canned Responses
Chat Encryption
Chat History
Chat Routing
Chat Tags
Chat Transcripts
Chat Transfer
Chatbot Integration
Co-Browsing
Custom Branding
Customizable Chat Widgets
Email Integration
Feedback Collection
File Sharing
Mobile Compatibility
Multi-language Support
Offline Messaging
Proactive Chat Invitations
Queue Management
Real-Time Chat
Social Media Integration
Typing Indicators
Visitor Analytics
Visitor Information Dashboard
Visitor Tracking
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Last updated: September 17, 2025
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215 Gist Reviews
4.6 out of 5
Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Jan 10, 2024
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
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Alex S.
Founder
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"Great alternative for intercom and HelpScout"
What do you like best about Gist?

All-in-one functionality for ticketing, live chat, help desk, AI assistant for internal team and customers. Onboarding was simple and intuitive. Customer support especially Ruchi is responsive and helpful.

What do you dislike about Gist?

some limits in usage, but have not affected as a medium size business. Missing AI option on mobile device

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

It combines all in one solution for our team for email ticketing/support, live chat, emails and help desk

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 30, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Gist - a powerhouse app for chat and customer relationships "
What do you like best about Gist?

I really love how easy it is to add chat to my site and other sites. The knowledge base is a major plus. They just launched drip campaigns. My customers are now engaging constantly with me and getting the info they need. I can immediately get a notification in my phone and chat with customers on a mobile app. Now with automations, merge tags, filters, etc I can always see where my customers lie. It’s fantastic!

What do you dislike about Gist?

The mobile app needs serious attention. It's pretty poor. When you get notified about a chat, you can click on the notification to open the app. Then you type your response to the customer/client … click enter to send … and it says it sends and then clears your entire response. So, you have to force quit the app, open it up and find the message you want to reply to … to be able to chat with the customer / client. That's it. There's only the option to chat or close the conversation. So, if you need to use a mobile app for chat, Gist is not your app. Beyond that, there aren’t too many downsides to this application. I wouldn’t say that developers are fairly quick at implementing new teachers and I really enjoy the use of this app. I do wish deliverability % was slightly higher, but that’s just a matter of time.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Currently have issues where customer interest drops off because there was no live chat.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Oct 10, 2023
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
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Mark B.
Digital Marketing Specialist
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"Value for money marketing system in a box"
What do you like best about Gist?

Gist brings together all the pieces to create a marketing automation funnel, customer support and CRM for businesses that sell their products or services.

What do you dislike about Gist?

Not much to dislike here. My minor gripe would be the UI of the calendar for scheduling meetings. But that is probably just personal preference.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Gist allows business owners to access features for a fraction of the price charged by competitors like Salesforce & Hubspot.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 29, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
RP
Ramesh P.
Founder
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"Feature Packed Email Marketing Software"
What do you like best about Gist?

Few things which I liked about Gist - 1 - Dashboard 2 - Custom Fields for sorting contacts and data acquired through various channels and websites 3 - Live chat support team 4 - Integrations with leading softwares and tools 5 - Easy to use for newbie (first email marketing tool I'm using and I'm loving it)

What do you dislike about Gist?

Lacks email drag and drop design tool, they need to add more widgets to design emails.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Gist is helping us getting leads from various social media channels and websites, which in turn helps us stay connected with the customers and leads

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 15, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
WM
William M.
Production Manager
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"Gist has simplified our interactions with our prospects, customers and our key impact network."
What do you like best about Gist?

Simplicity of use, great tutorials (we learned so much about emails) and top-notch deliverability. Anyone on our team can utilize it without extensive training

What do you dislike about Gist?

i would say it was a lack of sales pipeline, but that has now been added and is in beta, so we have brought that into our system. It now does everything we wanted.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

We have Infusionsoft but we were getting bogged down in basic bulk email communications and prospecting - and the larger CRM is so complicated. GIst makes it easy

Mid Market (51-1000 emp.)
Mar 18, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
JT
James T.
Founder
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"Affordable and very customisable."
What do you like best about Gist?

The chat bot is so easy to use. Also, avaialbe to all on all packages.

What do you dislike about Gist?

GIST menus are a little bit difficult to navigate, especially the bot menus. Sometimes I get a little lost when trying to find the BOT that I created.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Prior to using GIST, customers wouldnt be able to quickly leave their email address with us. Instead, they would have to fill out a form on our contact us page. Now, our potential clients can leave their email address with our chatBot, and then we can organise a meeting at our clients convenience to go over the project.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 17, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
RG
Richard G.
Founder
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"Packed with features and a very responsive support"
What do you like best about Gist?

I have had this tool for several years now and can say that it is now becoming a mature product, its feature rich, works exceedingly well, and the support has always been responsive. They have recently gone above and beyond to investigate an issue with some html code that originated in a different company so a big thanks to the dev team there too I'm very happy with Gist and it's visual workflow feature and as a small business owner i'm more than happy with this product

What do you dislike about Gist?

The only frustration I care to voice has been the learning curve. There's room for improvement on the intuitiveness, but once you are over the learning hurdle it becomes significantly easier to navigate and understand

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

I am a solopreneur so Gist is an important force multiplier for communicating with potential customers and enabling them to communicate with me through live chat

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 09, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Stefan G.
Operations Director
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"Feature-rich customer support tool with a great UX"
What do you like best about Gist?

Gist has a lot of great features and a great user experience for both site visitors and support agents. The onboarding was very intuitive, also thanks to their detailed knowledge base. So far we have only used the live chat and bots, but we are already working on migrating the custom knowledge base of our SaaS to Gist.

What do you dislike about Gist?

We would like to see a few more integrations, especially with Frill, SureCart, SureMembers and BuddyBoss.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Gist provides an easy way for our users and other interested parties to get in touch with us.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 08, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
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Jesus V.
Founder
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"Amazing all in one suite of support and marketing tool"
What do you like best about Gist?

It's all in one, I don't have to subscribe to many services

What do you dislike about Gist?

Nothing so far, it has all I need in one tool

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Help center and live chat for my website

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Feb 28, 2023
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Overall Rating:
5.0
JL
Jared L.
Founder
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"Love the software, already recommended it to a friend who also subscribed to it"
What do you like best about Gist?

Easy setup, extremely professional interface (UI) and UX. Love the live chat customer service they have to solve issues.

What do you dislike about Gist?

The software is amazing, I just wished they offer no branding for the professional plan.

What problems is Gist solving and how is that benefiting you?

Almost no other software makes it easier to convert visitors into leads or even clients than a live chat. And Gist is one of the most reliable ones around. Seamless integration