CloudTalk is cloud-based call center software for sales and support teams of all sizes, looking to improve customer experiences through more personalized, data-driven customer interactions. The vendor aims to help teams communicate clearly and efficiently. With CloudTalk users can get local, mobile or toll-free numbers from more than 140+ countries across the world. The vendor says they offer integration with important tools (such a CRM, Helpdesk, or…
$27
per month per user
LiveAgent
Score 9.7 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
LiveAgent is a help desk software designed to help users bring personalization to customer interactions. LiveAgent presents an omnichannel universal inbox, real-time live chat, built-in call center, and a customer service portal. It offers customer segmentation, automation, built-in CRM, and an analytics package, as well as gamification features, ultimately containing are over 180+ help desk features, and 200+ integrations. The solution boasts users among companies like BMW, Yamaha,…
$0
per month
Pricing
CloudTalk
LiveAgent
Editions & Modules
CloudTalk Lite
$27
per month per user
CloudTalk Essential
$39
per month per user
CloudTalk Expert
$69
per month per user
CloudTalk Custom
Custom Pricing
per user or company/month (invoiced annually)
Free
$0
per month
Small
$15
per month per seat
Medium
$29
per month per seat
Large
$49
per month per seat
Enterprise
$69
per month per seat
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
CloudTalk
LiveAgent
Free Trial
Yes
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
No
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
No
No
Entry-level Setup Fee
No setup fee
No setup fee
Additional Details
A discount is offered for annual billing.
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CloudTalk
LiveAgent
Features
CloudTalk
LiveAgent
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
CloudTalk
9.8
Ratings
17% above category average
LiveAgent
-
Ratings
Agent dashboard
10.00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Validate callers
9.80 Ratings
00 Ratings
Outbound response
10.00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Call forwarding
9.90 Ratings
00 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)
9.80 Ratings
00 Ratings
Warm transfer
9.60 Ratings
00 Ratings
Predictive dialing
10.00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Interactive voice response
9.90 Ratings
00 Ratings
REST APIs
9.60 Ratings
00 Ratings
Call scripts
9.10 Ratings
00 Ratings
Call tracking
9.40 Ratings
00 Ratings
Multichannel integration
9.90 Ratings
00 Ratings
CRM software integration
9.90 Ratings
00 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
CloudTalk
9.9
Ratings
19% above category average
LiveAgent
-
Ratings
Inbound call routing
10.00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing
9.90 Ratings
00 Ratings
Recording
9.90 Ratings
00 Ratings
Quality management
9.90 Ratings
00 Ratings
Call analytics
10.00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Historical reporting
9.90 Ratings
00 Ratings
Live reporting
9.90 Ratings
00 Ratings
Customer surveys
9.90 Ratings
00 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics
9.90 Ratings
00 Ratings
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
CloudTalk
-
Ratings
LiveAgent
7.7
Ratings
4% below category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets
00 Ratings
7.90 Ratings
Expert directory
00 Ratings
7.90 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications
00 Ratings
7.00 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation
00 Ratings
6.80 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission
00 Ratings
8.40 Ratings
Ticket response
00 Ratings
8.40 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
CloudTalk
-
Ratings
LiveAgent
10.0
Ratings
24% above category average
External knowledge base
00 Ratings
10.00 Ratings
Internal knowledge base
00 Ratings
10.00 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
Cloudtalk is by far the best value-for-price software out there for call center solutions. Packed with features, very accessible, kind and accessible customer support, and cheap, especially when compared with their competitors for the same range of features. Easy entry-level software, especially if you're a startup that doesn't want to make big initial commitments but needs a solution that scales with the business.
I think [LiveAgent] is great from a customer service perspective, though I don't know that I would recommend it for B2B purposes. It has so many features that are fantastic as far as creating a great customer experience goes, I just think it is far more geared toward B2C than B2B.
It's a complete OMNI channel. You can configure all communication medium for your customer with LiveAgent i.e. Ticketing, Social Media, Phone, and Chat.
Low on pricing.
You can easily setup LiveAgent for your organization. You don't need to be a technical expert to implement this.
Occasionally when "resolving" a ticket, the page will not load the full list of remaining tickets. However, the moment you scroll, the tickets appear so it's not too big of a deal, but I'd like to see that cleaned up. It does not always happen.
When dialing a phone number, the format needs to be specific, i.e. +15125555555. We often receive phone numbers in the more traditional format, i.e. (512) 555-5555. The outgoing call will not work when pasted this way. I think it will get fixed. These little things seem to get sorted out after enough people complain about it.
The mobile version has a few bugs, but when on the run, it at least allows you to read and respond to email. Examples of bugs include not being able to transfer the ticket to another department (on iOS the drop down menu functions like a text field for some reason so clicking into it selects the text as if you are going to copy and paste it). Also, the ability to add an admin note would be nice on the mobile version.
I am giving this rating as Live Agent is a very good software that is essential to any small or big business that provides customer support services. It gives you the possibility to manage any of your clients issues, answer questions and keep a good relationship with them by providing quick solutions.
CloudTalk is super easy to use and has a great quality. It helps to communicate with the clients easily and we can feel that the sound quality is high, while speaking to the client and while listening to the recordings. This is for our department essential in our day to day work.
The initial setup, onboarding and training is easy. The system provides 2 graphic version of interfaces in black or white default colors. I would appreciate, if there were more. Some of the setup forms are not correctly resized. Overall, I'm always able to find what I am looking for in LiveAgent.
They are skilled, experienced, and anytime I need something and contact the support time, I get the right person who understands my needs and reacts to them accordingly. So far I was only pleasantly surprised by the level of support these guys provide and coming from a customer service oriented background myself, I can only say keep it up guys, you are doing a fantastic job!
The one time that I contacted the customer support at LiveAgent, they were very quick to help me out and the customer support representative walked me through every thing that I needed to know to set up what I needed. Over all, the support staff at LiveAgent were perfect.
Implementation was quick and when not counting a bug on our website, it took a couple hours. It was mostly done on our end or with the assistance of LiveAgent's live chat support team. We recommend to check out LiveAgent's tutorial videos on their youtube channel or browsing their knowledge base - we've almost always found answers to our queries there.
It was a gamble if I'm being honest, plus this is a very nuanced and intricate topic. We didn't necessarily substitute one for the other, it was a much needed state of affairs where we needed the call monitoring and agent tracking pros of CloudTalk more so than ever before.
bold360 worked for our basic purposes but it was pretty bare bones. It didn't give us the option to get sales or to translate from Spanish to English and it made things a bit more difficult. LiveAgent has the features that we needed and it has many of the similar options that we also still use.
We are generating more sales by having sales representatives online chatting with customers.
The customer service team is able to avoid answering the same guest on a number of platforms (ie. when a guest emails in, fills out a "contact form," and chats with a representative in live time in the span of ten minutes) because LiveAgent enables us to have all of our communication in one platform.