The State of AI in Customer Support · 2026

Where does your support team stand on AI?

We are running an industry study at Customer Success Collective to understand how support teams are actually using AI today.

24 questions · 5 minutes · 100% anonymous

Participants receive the full benchmark report before public release.

What we are trying to learn

Help us map where AI in customer support actually stands.

AI is everywhere in customer support. But there is still very little good data on what teams are actually using, what AI is doing in production, and what results they are seeing.

We want to change that.

This study will benchmark five areas across customer support teams:

  1. 01

    Adoption

    Whether AI is in production and how long teams have been using it.

  2. 02

    What AI actually does

    Drafting, responding, resolving, investigating, and taking action.

  3. 03

    Results

    Volume handled, response time, CSAT, cost, and productivity.

  4. 04

    Barriers and trust

    What is stopping teams from giving AI more responsibility.

  5. 05

    What is next

    Investment, headcount, and how support roles are changing through 2027.

What you get

See how your team compares.

When the study closes, we will turn the results into the State of AI in Customer Support 2026 report.

You will see how your team compares across AI adoption, autonomy, results, investment, and the changing role of support, including benchmarks by company and support team size.

Survey closes
October 24, 2026
Report publishes
November 2026

Everyone who participates gets the full report before public release.

Trust and anonymity

Your answers are anonymous.

We want honest answers about what is actually happening inside support organizations.

Your survey responses will be analyzed in aggregate and will not be attributed to you or your company.

At the end, you can optionally leave your email if you want us to send you the report. Your contact information will not be included with your published responses.

Help benchmark the industry.

24 questions. 5 minutes. Your experience helps show where AI in customer support really stands in 2026.

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