Freshchat vs. Smartsupp

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Freshchat
Score 8.9 out of 10
N/A
A solution to engage customers with smarter conversations on any channel, designed so support, marketing, sales, and even bots to have conversations at scale with customers.
$19
per month (billed annually) per agent
Smartsupp
Score 9.3 out of 10
N/A
Czech company Smartsupp offers a live chat tool with a free version. The paid versions include visitor tracking and recording, and agent performance statistics.
$20
per month 100 to 200 live chat conversations per month
Pricing
FreshchatSmartsupp
Editions & Modules
Growth
$19
per month (billed annually) per agent
Pro
$49
per month (billed annually) per agent
Enterprise
$79
per month (billed annually) per agent
Ultimate
$239
per month
Standard
starting at $20
per month 100 to 200 live chat conversations per month
Pro
starting at $30
per month 100 to 800 live chat conversations per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FreshchatSmartsupp
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual pricing.
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Features
FreshchatSmartsupp
Chat Analytics and Reports
Comparison of Chat Analytics and Reports features of Product A and Product B
Freshchat
6.5
Ratings
28% below category average
Smartsupp
8.2
Ratings
5% below category average
Chat history and transcripts7.00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Chat reporting6.20 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Chat and web analytics6.20 Ratings7.90 Ratings
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Enterprises
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User Ratings
FreshchatSmartsupp
Likelihood to Recommend
8.1
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7.9
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.2
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
7.1
(0 ratings)
8.1
(0 ratings)
Availability
7.3
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
7.3
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.2
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.3
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
4.5
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.3
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
4.5
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.2
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.2
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
FreshchatSmartsupp
Likelihood to Recommend
its good app Freshdesk Messaging help me to contact the customer and contact the customer to inform my problem to solve it and is a good app and help full app and its easy to use uncomplicated and Freshdesk Helps me provide good quality to the customer and make customer feedback good for a company
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Services that require immediacy will be a good match.Also, since it is easy to use with smartphones, it will work well for young people who are used to chat-based communication.The ability to get an immediate response may replace phone-based customer support.I thought it would work well with customer support because it keeps a good history, etc.
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Pros
  • Freshchat has been offering best-in-class chatbots that primarily focus on intent and engagement.
  • It is quite proactive and has rich media campaigns to segment and target audiences.
  • Freshchat is also one of my favorite software because it offers seamless integration with apps.
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  • Live chat function
  • Ability to see where traffic from our website is from
  • Ability to see browsing history on youtr website
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Cons
  • Bot communications used to take time to appear, but this was fixed recently and we are now more than satisfied to use it.
  • The initial process of setting up a Freshchat account is a long one.
  • The billing is per member/month which can get expensive fast.
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  • customer support doesn't answer chat requests or messages
  • implementation of the trial option works but not clear wether extra features work in trial
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Likelihood to Renew
Freshchat has been a reliable and user friendly platform for the past 5 plus years for engaging with customers in real time. It has helped us streamline support, reduce response time and improve customer satisfaction. The advanced automation feature and chatbot functionality have also saved our teams a lot of manual effort and increased efficiency. I didn't rate 10 because there is still room for improvement in reporting and deeper integration.
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Usability
I give it an 8 due to its usability. Yes, I had a few issues to begin with and needed some assistance from Freshchat agents, but considering this is something that is completely new to me, to set up what feels like a professional chat handling system complete with autobot within a day is really saying something I feel.
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Smartsupp fulfills all forms of customer integration that I expect from an application. I have used other solutions before, but they were usually not complete in one product or some of the options were very truncated, probably at an additional cost, which did not necessarily have an attractive effect on the overall offering.
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Reliability and Availability
Freshchat has always been available when I needed to use it.
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Performance
Freshchat always loads quickly and communication is quickly sent and received.
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Support Rating
The experience we had in past for lets say 4-5 months with the support team and our TAM was really helpful. The changes in the bot flow has helped our bot to ensure we connect with customer easily.
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Implementation Rating
I hope to show new users data because this can save a lot of time
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Alternatives Considered
We have used a self-developed solution for the same purpose with full in-house development however the features vs the value that freshchat provided were worth the selection, freshchat achieved overall better performance and received gemerally more praise, some key advantages were related to user experience and performance of the system
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Smartsupp is easier to use than Tidio live chat, it has a lot of integrations, mobile application on which you can conversate everywhere. Mobile app is easy to use. Chatbot is doing its job.
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Scalability
We only implemented the product in 1 way so I cant speak to this.
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Return on Investment
  • From the positive effect of working on it, it helps employees to speed up their thinking and writing.
  • One of the positive effects of our clients is that their problems are solved easily and quickly.
  • Each employee knows how many of his chats have been resolved.
  • There is no negative effect in general.
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  • Visitor status needs to show whether they came from "paid" ads. This helps us gage our spending and investment
  • Missed chats due to phone apps error: either not showing up at all, not notifying, or heavy delay
  • People are comfortable with the Chat program and don't mind keeping it open. Makes it easy for us to stay connected with customer
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ScreenShots

Freshchat Screenshots

Screenshot of Channel Freedom: The interface to engage customers on the channel of their choiceScreenshot of Unified Agent Workspace: Equips agents to deliver personalization at scaleScreenshot of Admin and Analytics: These drive informed decisions to help business scale