Google has launched a cloud based contact center software which uses artificial intelligence (AI) to improve the customer experience and provide real-time insights for agents. Announced in July 2018, this product adds three core AI functionalities to the contact center software tool belt with its Dialogflow feature: virtual agents, AI assistance for human agents, and contact center analytics. Google’s product streamlines inbound and outbound communications by…
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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,…
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Google Cloud Contact Center AI
LiveAgent
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Free
$0
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Small
$15
per month per seat
Medium
$29
per month per seat
Large
$49
per month per seat
Enterprise
$69
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Google Cloud Contact Center AI
LiveAgent
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Google Cloud Contact Center AI
LiveAgent
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
Google Cloud Contact Center AI
8.4
Ratings
1% above category average
LiveAgent
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Agent dashboard
8.50 Ratings
00 Ratings
Validate callers
7.90 Ratings
00 Ratings
Outbound response
8.20 Ratings
00 Ratings
Call forwarding
8.60 Ratings
00 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)
8.90 Ratings
00 Ratings
Warm transfer
8.80 Ratings
00 Ratings
Predictive dialing
8.30 Ratings
00 Ratings
Interactive voice response
8.40 Ratings
00 Ratings
REST APIs
7.20 Ratings
00 Ratings
Call scripts
8.10 Ratings
00 Ratings
Call tracking
8.40 Ratings
00 Ratings
Multichannel integration
8.70 Ratings
00 Ratings
CRM software integration
8.70 Ratings
00 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
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Google Cloud Contact Center AI
8.5
Ratings
3% above category average
LiveAgent
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Ratings
Inbound call routing
8.30 Ratings
00 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing
8.10 Ratings
00 Ratings
Recording
8.80 Ratings
00 Ratings
Quality management
8.90 Ratings
00 Ratings
Call analytics
9.00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Historical reporting
9.00 Ratings
00 Ratings
Live reporting
8.40 Ratings
00 Ratings
Customer surveys
8.10 Ratings
00 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics
8.40 Ratings
00 Ratings
Incident and problem management
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Google Cloud Contact Center AI
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LiveAgent
7.7
Ratings
4% below category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets
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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
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Google Cloud Contact Center AI
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Ratings
LiveAgent
10.0
Ratings
24% above category average
External knowledge base
00 Ratings
10.00 Ratings
Internal knowledge base
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10.00 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
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In a specific scenario in which I would not recommend it, it would be in a hospital, since the level of margin of error must be minimal, human lives are at risk and can cost dearly if Google cloud contact center AI fails, in the scenario in which I would recommend it, it would be in that of a legal company
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.
Google Cloud Contact Center AI is based on the same foundation infrastructure and services as Google Assistant, therefore, it is robust and flexible. The APIs are very well built and documented as well. Any newbie can start using the service with a very little learning curve.
Seamless integrations are also a great add-on. Google makes sure that Contact Center AI service integrates well with leading customer service platforms which helps any user to use only the required functionalities from Contact Center AI and meanwhile use any other primary platform.
Robust documentation which is always alive and is updated within no time is of great help! Google makes sure its end customers know what to do where and when in clear plain text and any issues/ bugs are also documented.
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.
We are happy with the implementation and functionality of the software and associated systems. In general, unless something better can replace this system we intend on continuing. We think the ease of systems implementation and integration adds value and substantiates the use and excellent functionality of the product and associated services.
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.
Generally intuitive and easy to learn. I would like more guides but the learning curve is rather quick and makes the software rather an easy study for the average user. Generally, the support and functionality of the software make for a generally good outcome and easy implementation of the software and user experience.
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.
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.
Google is a known product that many have used and we didn't see any other competitors having the edge that they do in their products. This is seen in their customer service when it comes to learning how to use the product and they have the resources to self-learn it.
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.