What Front is good at
- Autopilot is billed per conversation at the level it reaches: $0.05 to triage, $0.39 to hand off a draft, $0.89 to fully resolve.
- Autopilot works across email, SMS, WhatsApp, Slack and a portal inside shared inboxes.
- You are not charged when Autopilot fails because of a technical problem on Front's side, and each conversation is charged only once.
Where Front breaks
- Autopilot only works with shared inboxes and is only optimized for English.
- Seat caps push growing teams up a tier: Starter allows up to 10 seats and Professional up to 50.
- Capterra reviewers call per-user pricing expensive for large teams and report the Outlook integration is no longer a true two-way sync.
When a custom build beats Front
When you only need cheap classification and routing of inbound email into your own tools, a small custom triage script can replace the inbox seats.
Setup
No-code. Someone comfortable with spreadsheets can set it up. No code needed.
Sources
Price checked 9 Oct 2026. If something here is out of date, email indra@kratuva.com and we will fix it.
