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Ben OkonkwoOct 28, 4:25 PM

We have customers on our Pro plan who matter way more to us than others, and we want tighter SLAs for them. Can we set SLAs per customer tier? Our top 20 accounts get 1 hour, everyone else gets 4?

Support AgentOct 28, 4:26 PM

Hi Ben. Per-customer SLA overrides aren’t available today: SLA policies attach to plans, so every account on a plan gets that plan’s SLA. There’s a workaround that gets you most of the way. Want me to walk through it?

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Ben OkonkwoOct 28, 4:27 PM

Yes please

Support AgentOct 28, 4:27 PM

It uses conversation types:

  1. Create a conversation type called “Priority Account.”
  2. Add a routing rule: if the company is tagged as a top account, set the type to Priority Account.
  3. Attach a 1 hour SLA to that type. Type SLAs take precedence over plan SLAs.

All 20 share one SLA, so three tiers would need three types and three rules.

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Ben OkonkwoOct 28, 4:30 PM

That works for now. Let’s use a tag called “tier-1”. I’ll add it to the companies myself today.

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StripeHalcyon Media · Pro plan, renews Jan 14
HubSpotOwner: Tom · 20 accounts tagged “top account”
MCP · Product roadmapPer-customer SLA overrides: not planned

Hey Tom, I found a few things you might want to look at.

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Ben wanted per-customer SLA targets, which don’t exist. The Support Agent said so plainly, built the conversation-type workaround once he picked a tag, and logged the request.

  • Tagging a company tier-1 now gives it a 1 hour response target
  • All tier-1 accounts share one policy, not a target each
  • The 7th request in 90 days, across 5 accounts and $214k ARR

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  • Halcyon Media Per-customer SLA overrides. The 7th request across 5 accounts in 90 days, $214k of combined ARR.
  • Matched to 6 existing requests
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  • Halcyon Media is on Pro and asking for per-account SLA targets, an Enterprise capability.
  • They’ve already named their top 20 accounts, so the requirement is scoped.
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  • No help article covers tighter SLAs for specific customers.
  • The same workaround was typed out by hand in 7 tickets across 5 accounts.
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That’s live now, Ben. Tag a company “tier-1” and anything from them picks up the 1 hour response target.

One limitation worth repeating: all tier-1 accounts share the same policy. Three different targets would mean three conversation types and three rules.

Your request is on file with six others asking for the same thing. I’ll come back to you if it moves.

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