Support automation suite with AI agents, ticket triage, agent assist and knowledge gap discovery, sold in three quote-only tiers with usage-based fees.
Support teams already standardised on Zendesk, Salesforce, Freshworks or a similar helpdesk who want deflection, intelligent triage, agent assist and knowledge-gap discovery from one vendor instead of stitching three together. The tier structure is unusually transparent about capability boundaries, with published rubric and brand limits, so you can see what you get before negotiating. Multi-brand operations are a specific fit, since the Multibrand add-on covers up to 20 brands with more on request.
Engineering-led teams should think hard, because the Solve API and Analytics API are Enterprise-tier only, so anyone on Team or Professional cannot build a custom front end or pull conversation-level data programmatically. Teams needing email, voice or Slack agents are also pushed up a tier, as the Team plan covers chat and mobile only. There is no free trial of any kind, only a Proof of Value run with your own data, and no prices are published at any tier, so a short evaluation is not possible. Government buyers needing FedRAMP should skip it: Forethought states it is not FedRAMP certified and relies on AWS infrastructure holding FedRAMP Moderate authorisation.
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Forethought publishes no prices. All three tiers, Team, Professional and Enterprise, show 'Get a Quote'. The pricing FAQ describes the model as a blend of platform access fees and an outcome-based pricing cost, and says additional usage charges may apply if you exceed plan limits and purchase volume. No contract length, minimum spend or seat minimum is published.
API access is Enterprise-only. The Solve API and the Analytics API, which exposes conversation-level data and performance insights, are both listed under the Enterprise tier, with Analytics API also available as a paid add-on. Team and Professional plans do not include them, so teams planning a custom front end or programmatic reporting need the top tier.
No. Forethought states it does not offer a traditional free trial. Instead it runs a Proof of Value, a structured pilot using your own data and tickets. That means no self-serve evaluation and no card-swipe signup, so expect a sales-led process and allow time for the POV before you can judge resolution performance on your own ticket mix.
Forethought states it is SOC 2 certified with annual Type II audits and ISO 27001 compliant, and its SOC 2 report maps controls to ISO 27001, NIST 800-53 Moderate and GDPR security requirements. It is explicitly not FedRAMP certified; it says its AWS infrastructure holds FedRAMP Moderate authorisation and believes it sits outside the authorisation boundary, recommending confirmation with a 3PAO.
Facts sourced from the vendor’s own site, last verified 2026-10-27.
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