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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HubSpot Service Hub

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/AHubSpot Service Hub aims to bring customer service data and channels together in one place, and helps scale support through automation and self-service. According to the vendor, Service Hub provides more time for proactive service that delights, retains, and grows your customer base.

    $15

    per month per seat

    LiveAgent

    Score9.7 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,…

    $15

    per month per seat

    Pricing
    HubSpot Service HubLiveAgent
    Editions & Modules
    Service Hub Starter
    $15
    per month per seat
    Professional
    $100
    per month per seat
    Enterprise
    $150
    per month per seat
    Enterprise
    Starting at $1,200
    per month
    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
    HubSpot Service HubLiveAgent
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsA discount is offered for annual billing.
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    Community Pulse
    HubSpot Service HubLiveAgent
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    HubSpot
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    QualityUnit, LLC
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    18 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    36 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    94%
    Delivers good value for the price
    17 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    33 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    18 Answers
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    35 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    16 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    30 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    93%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    31 Answers
    Features
    HubSpot Service HubLiveAgent
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of HubSpot Service Hub and LiveAgent
    Feature
    HubSpot Service Hub
    7.9
    15 Ratings
    2% below category average
    LiveAgent
    7.7
    59 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets7.515 Ratings7.956 Ratings
    Expert directory7.94 Ratings7.947 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications8.26 Ratings7.042 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation7.65 Ratings6.838 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission8.515 Ratings8.458 Ratings
    Ticket response7.815 Ratings8.459 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of HubSpot Service Hub and LiveAgent
    Feature
    HubSpot Service Hub
    8.5
    14 Ratings
    8% above category average
    LiveAgent
    10.0
    52 Ratings
    24% above category average
    External knowledge base8.714 Ratings10.049 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base8.214 Ratings10.047 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of HubSpot Service Hub and LiveAgent
    Feature
    HubSpot Service Hub
    8.1
    6 Ratings
    4% above category average
    LiveAgent
    8.5
    58 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Customer portal9.14 Ratings10.053 Ratings
    IVR7.13 Ratings7.028 Ratings
    Social integration7.34 Ratings8.150 Ratings
    Email support7.86 Ratings7.454 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration9.26 Ratings10.046 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    HubSpot Service HubLiveAgent
    Small Businesses
    Help Scout
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Help Scout
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    LiveAgent
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Help Scout
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score7.1 out of 10
    Front
    Score7.1 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HubSpot Service HubLiveAgent
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.5
    (16 ratings)
    8.0
    (117 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.3
    (4 ratings)
    Usability
    8.7
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.3
    (24 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HubSpot Service HubLiveAgent
    Likelihood to Recommend
    HubSpot
    I'd recommend HubSpot Service Hub for sure. When switching from a different platform to HubSpot Service Hub orgs and admins can count with a vast number of trainings in HubSpot Academy and most of them are free. This means users will find the resources they need without needing to reach for their superiors for training sessions or guidance.
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    QualityUnit, LLC
    LiveAgent is great for companies that want to help customers with their issues. It is also great for getting sales for our company. During our chats, if a customer is interested, we like to ask for the sale. It is too easy for the customers to say no. So it is nice that with LiveAgent, they have an automatic process where the customer can enter their item and address information and it is easy for our agents to get the sale.
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    HubSpot
    • It makes it easier for us to keep track of customer awareness and review in one spot.
    • The great thing about how easy it is to use all of its fantastic tools.
    • The ability to check customer retention.
    • It's easy to track and measure the success of our organization's sales team.
    • This is a fantastic all-in-one customer success suite that includes ticketing.
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    QualityUnit, LLC
    • Having the ability to transfer tickets or chats has proven useful when we are working with a customer who has a specific type of inquiry - perhaps a sales question or an employment request. We’ve found it helpful to have the ability to transfer the chat to the online agent best equipped to answer the inquiry so we are able to serve our customers to the highest standard and with an immediate response.
    • We find being able to add notes and labels to previous chats and tickets incredibly helpful in data collection and also in our ability to work as a dynamic team. By being able to sort our chats and tickets into an organized system that our company created, we can work cohesively to review old conversations for continuity, opportunities for growth, and with transparency between departments.
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    Cons
    HubSpot
    • We've had some issues setting up the Client Portal functionality because we merged with another company and are still operating under two domains; Setting up the Client Portal could be easier or they could provide better support to help us work through it
    • We've been able to do everything we need to do with HubSpot Service Hub
    Incentivized
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    QualityUnit, LLC
    • LA doesn't provide you SMS integration.
    • You cannot divert your phone call from your local carrier to LA agent directly. You need to get a third party number which is way much costly. Also, if you get a third party number to divert your calls from a local carrier to LA, then the callers have to wait more than the usual time in order to get them connected with the Customer Support Team.
    • WhatsApp Integration also unavailable.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    HubSpot
    No answers on this topic
    QualityUnit, LLC
    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.
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    Usability
    HubSpot
    I'd give it a 9 or 10 for the survey functionality because that is what we use regularly. I left it at an eight because we don't yet have experience with some of the other functionalities within the ServiceHub. Based on our demos, the ticketing system and the ChatBot are great, and we look forward to adding them soon.
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    QualityUnit, LLC
    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.
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    Support Rating
    HubSpot
    No answers on this topic
    QualityUnit, LLC
    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.
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    Implementation Rating
    HubSpot
    No answers on this topic
    QualityUnit, LLC
    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.
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    Alternatives Considered
    HubSpot
    HubSpot [Service Hub] had many integrations we needed to connect to our CRM, and the cost was just right from them VS the others. We had to look at all the features, and HubSpot CRM just had way more than the others and more bang for your buck. So the Service Hub was just a bonus with their CRM tools.
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    QualityUnit, LLC
    Before making the decision, we evaluated many tools, but none of them met all of our needs or the costs we could bear for them, until we found LiveAgent. The implementation process was super simple and supported by the LiveAgent support team, who are excellent!
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    Return on Investment
    HubSpot
    • Easy to keep track of leads and track their journey into becoming a customer. For example, we can tell which leads open what emails and target people differently to help increase sales.
    • Even though HubSpot Service Hub is very expensive, I do think it is worth the price because we can keep track of all leads/ customers very easy, track the customer journey, rework emails with AI, etc.
    • HubSpot Service Hub also has reporting so you can track everything which helps to improve our sales
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    QualityUnit, LLC
    • Less expensive than having multiple individual email accounts.
    • LiveAgent has helped decrease our errors since it's more straightforward than sharing a traditional inbox with multiple team members.
    • Sometimes the emails sent from LiveAgent end up in our customer's spam/junk folder because the auto-generated alpha-numeric ticket looks suspicious.
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    ScreenShots

    HubSpot Service Hub Screenshots

    Screenshot of where Service Hub helps to quickly address service tickets

    LiveAgent Screenshots

    Screenshot of Inside of TicketsScreenshot of Chat - Support ViewScreenshot of Chat - Customer ViewScreenshot of Chat - Fully Customizable