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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    LiveChat

    Score9.4 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    LiveChat serves as a customer service platform with live chat support, help desk and web analytics functionalities, with the goal of allowing users to provide 24/7 support to customers. The core feature of the software is its chat tool, where both service and sales team can answer customers' questions in real time. Online businesses can interact with customers on their website, to be more accessible. With LiveChat, users can identify people on the website and engage them…

    $20

    per month per user

    Pricing
    LiveChat
    Editions & Modules
    Starter
    $20
    per month, billed annually per user
    Team
    $41
    per month, billed annually per user
    Busniess
    $59
    per month, billed annually per user
    Enterprise
    Request Quote from Sales
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LiveChat
    Free Trial
    Yes
    Free/Freemium Version
    No
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    No
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup fee
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    LiveChat
    Considered Both Products
    LiveChat
    Chose LiveChat
    We had to move away from Intercom as it changed it pricing model and the pricing that it came to us with was out of our budget.

    LiveChat gave us a better product at a lesser price.
    Incentivized
    Chose LiveChat
    There are many other options available on the market and of course they are all competing against each other, however, LiveChat really shines more than the others due its simple user interface and the real-time typing that your user is doing on his side, we can easily see the …
    Incentivized
    Chose LiveChat
    Live chat provides customers with quicker replies than WhatsApp and ensures queries are either answered or passed on efficiently and effectively.
    Incentivized
    Chose LiveChat
    I have not used other program similar to LiveChat, so it would be hard for me to answer this question.
    Incentivized
    Chose LiveChat
    Overall very similar in design, but LiveChat had a better interface, better reporting and analytic tools, better mobile support, and just an easier overall feel. The two products are very much alike in the vast majority of ways, but I ended up preferring this product overall. …
    Incentivized
    Chose LiveChat
    Ease of setup and use is very light and delightful on LiveChat. Quality of support provided by them is amazing. Admins can easily work on newly added features and functionality. Gives almost everything I need. Pleasurable in terms of doing business with them. This software is …
    Incentivized
    Chose LiveChat
    I haven't use ZenDesk in a few years so I can't remember any pros or cons there, they were both pretty easy to use from what I recall, but we just so happen to use LiveChat now because of the user interface and instant reports. Maybe, set-up for ZenDesk was easier.
    Incentivized
    Chose LiveChat
    LiveChat is very similar to LiveAgent
    Incentivized
    Chose LiveChat
    We have also used WhatsApp Business, however this proved not to be as user friendly and we experienced several glitches and lost chats. However, WhatsApp Business does allow clients to contact us directly from a mobile app they are already likely to have and allows clients to …
    Incentivized
    Chose LiveChat
    This is the only job I have used a LiveChat type of program for customer service. The other employers I have worked for used phones or face to face contact in order to assist customers in the daily workplace. I believe the company chose to use LiveChat because of its efficiency …
    Incentivized
    Chose LiveChat
    Transfer chats from one agent to another. It also supports agent groups, where users can easily select the department they want to talk to. Shows basic information, such as country, IP address and visited pages.
    Incentivized
    Chose LiveChat
    These products don't load on the user's own web site and aren't as easy to use as LiveChat. We've been happy with Livechat and really haven't explored other options that much because it just works well. I wish there was a free open source product that worked well that we could …
    Incentivized
    Chose LiveChat
    We haven't used a similar product.
    Incentivized
    Chose LiveChat
    It is the first time that we've used a program of this type. Actually the result has been positive. It is very difficult to identify a problem, when the experience has been positive. We believe that this type of chat platform has the strength of contact with customers. That …
    Incentivized
    Chose LiveChat
    The software allowed us to leverage additional Sales Team activity from our web traffic - letting us increase engagement with customers and drive additional sales. The chat routing functions allowed me to segment traffic on particular pages to relevant parts of the sales team. …
    Incentivized
    Chose LiveChat
    We only compare the utility for the business that is to say better for us at this time to address the concerns of our customer. According to this, the management will decide to brainstorm with the staff in charge of implementing or managing the chat. The personal responded and …
    Incentivized
    Chose LiveChat
    The other ones are good too, but ultimately it was the app and ease of use that lead us to LiveChat.
    Incentivized
    Chose LiveChat
    LiveChat is specifically a help desk tool and it does a good job around this niche market. Intercom tries to be a sales, help desk and marketing tool and isn't top-notch in any of these markets. LiveChat provides more support agent styled features than Intercom.
    Incentivized
    Chose LiveChat
    While Userlike is now free, (it wasn't free when we used it), we had issues with navigating around this program as it's user interface wasn't self explanatory, and they didn't provide as much support resources like videos and article which Livechat provides.
    Incentivized
    Chose LiveChat
    Livechat had an easy to understand user interface; unlike User like whose user interface takes a while to get around.Livechat provides better analytics too.
    Incentivized
    Chose LiveChat
    LiveChat has an attractive user console. Userlike's User console put us off.It was simply unattractive and took us a while to even get around.
    Incentivized
    Chose LiveChat
    I have used two other products that are similar but neither felt as straightforward as LiveChat, and some costs were prohibitive in themselves.
    Incentivized
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    12 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    9 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    12 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    90%
    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
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    User Ratings
    LiveChat
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (43 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LiveChat
    Likelihood to Recommend
    LiveChat
    We needed a mechanism in place to make contact with visitors to our website easier. What we discovered is that it's an excellent tool for creating reports and dashboards that show how soon issues are handled. Our website can now be updated in real-time, and all of our internal teams are really excited to use this fantastic technology. I really recommend [LiveChat] to many friends and past colleagues.
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    Pros
    LiveChat
    • The most important factor of Livechat is their own chat support, I had many requirement from the Sales Head, Support Head to implement features that I was unsure if the product could do. However, as I did the implementation one by one I constantly used the chat support which helped me step by step all the way.
    • The UX of the product is pretty simple and intuitive to use. There are quite a few features that we could easily plug and play. We tried going to the market to find a solution that could help us but they did not have as many out of the box features and simple to use
    • Their integration between LiveChat and Chatbot is pretty seamless and since both of them are from the same company, it's works pretty well.
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    Cons
    LiveChat
    • It has a limited amount of agents, so when you have many customer care employees during one shift it is hard to manage the quantity of active agents.
    • When system is overloaded and many customers are waiting in a queue it starts to works slowly (sometimes the program even lags) and you need to refresh the system to write a message.
    • Occasionally when you open a new tab, you might lose your current conversation.
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    Support Rating
    LiveChat
    The only issues I have had with LiveChat are the technical glitches within the program. These are not common as in everyday occurrences but when the glitches do happen they tend to have very negative repercussions. This is due to chats with customers being dropped, this may be an internal server issue though and may not happen for everyone.
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    Alternatives Considered
    LiveChat
    Overall very similar in design, but LiveChat had a better interface, better reporting and analytic tools, better mobile support, and just an easier overall feel. The two products are very much alike in the vast majority of ways, but I ended up preferring this product overall. Price points were similar as well, as well as the allowed number of users.
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    Return on Investment
    LiveChat
    • We have a small team so the overall impact is that it is easy for one or two employees to handle a large number of tickets without hiring more people. Plus, you can use this software remotely, save a ton on traveling to and from and office.
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    ScreenShots

    LiveChat Screenshots

    Screenshot of Chat Widget and Agent AppScreenshot of Customer detailsScreenshot of Traffic sectionScreenshot of ReportsScreenshot of Team managementScreenshot of Chat Widget customization