Smith.ai vs. SnapEngage

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Smith.ai
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Smith.ai is a call answering platform for businesses of all sizes. The AI Receptionist from Smith.ai handles call scenarios, such as qualifying leads, answering questions, and scheduling appointments 24/7. Smith.ai Virtual Receptionists aim to maximize meaningful interactions, with the goal of moving a business forward with a professional human touch. With its integration ecosystem of over 7,000 platforms — like HouseCall Pro, ServiceTitan, MyCase, and HubSpot— call data flows directly into a…
$95
per month
SnapEngage
Score 7.5 out of 10
N/A
SnapEngage can be installed on any website and is designed for companies of any size. Sales and Support teams can chat with company website visitors while they browse and offer assistance in real time. This solution includes a "Call Me" feature to incorporate voice and text communication in one bundle. SnapEngage's real-time integration with CRM platforms and Help Desk automatically creates new leads or support cases when visitors request help from the company website. Chat transcripts are…
$60
includes 4 agents licenses
Pricing
Smith.aiSnapEngage
Editions & Modules
Starter
$95
per month
Basic
$270
per month
Pro
$800
per month
Enterprise
Custom
Business
60/month
includes 4 agents licenses
Plus
140/month
includes 8 agent licenses, premium integrations
Premier
420/month
includes 16 agent licenses, premium integrations, advanced features
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Smith.aiSnapEngage
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsAll plans include: - Lead screening - Lead qualification - Appointment booking - Intake - Call transfers & routing - Live agents on standby 24/7 - Instant call summaries - Bilingual English/Spanish call handling - Comprehensive dashboard with rich business insights - Dedicated phone number - Phone and e-mail support Additional features available: - Integration with CRM software - including ServiceTitan, HubSpot, and Clio), Zapier, Slack and othersEnterprise plans are also available and are custom tailored to the business' specific needs.
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User Ratings
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Likelihood to Recommend
9.1
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7.5
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Likelihood to Renew
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9.0
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Usability
8.6
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Support Rating
9.0
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5.0
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User Testimonials
Smith.aiSnapEngage
Likelihood to Recommend
Their chat monitoring is useful to anyone who wants to provide fast communication to prospects. I see so many companies with horrible response times for their chats. They are very professional and helped me create scripts that help them convert more leads. It is basically a virtual sales team. Their phone service saves companies time on wasted calls and fills in when they can't answer the phone. They say that over 50% of leads are never followed up because of a poor phone strategy. Smith.ai Live Website Chat fixes this
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It helps business grow, if your business is more reliable on marketing or if your business is in starting stage implementing SnapEngage to your website will give a kick start to your business because it helps to get close with the customers which are in need with those quick questions and responses we are getting from customers using chat agent.
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Pros
  • Smith.ai Live Website Chat agents are immediately available to address questions and collect information from new clients.
  • The agents are warm and personable.
  • In addition to collecting a new lead's contact information and case details, the chat agents also collect referral sources.
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  • Allows team members to see type in real-time before it is submitted. This enables us to gather information for responses in a more timely manner.
  • We can see which of our team members are available, busy, or not-available.
  • Ability to see some biographical information of chatters and to sync information with Salesforce.
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Cons
  • I have not seen any area for improvement. These people have a great service backed by an even better level of support.
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  • The admin dashboard is the hardest to navigate of any tool I've ever used! THere are 7 tabs in the left-hand panel. Just within the one tab that reads "Settings" (there is a separate tab for "My Account", also Permissions?) there are 9 tabs at the top (which include names like "Agent Settings", "Integrations", "Design Studio", "Options", "Hub"), then at least another 8 tabs WITHIN those 9 tabs, giving you a total of 14 different pages of settings to search through, again, JUST in the Settings tab. What the heck?!
  • Something as simple as notification settings are spread throughout the 14 different settings pages mentioned above. Rather than having one area where you can enter email addresses for notifications, I've had to search through the 14 pages and use Ctrl+F on multiple occasions to fully remove a user from all the notifications they received. This should be much simpler!
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Likelihood to Renew
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I give SnapEngage a 9 due to how successful our company has been while using it. Unless prices were raised by an insane amount, I don't see us using a competing service.
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Usability
Smith.ai Live Website Chat allows you to provide a script for when they answer prospective clients. The script is customizable as your needs change. However, the script only goes so far, as they do not know your business personally. Once they do go through that script, they send you an email with the caller's contact information so you can reach out personally if they seem interested. They do so with efficiency.
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Support Rating
Smith.ai pays for itself if we can help one site visitor move down our lead funnel to being a client. We have averaged over 50+ new leads each month since implementing the chat and with a close rate for becoming new clients that is double what our advertising PPC new client closing rate has been.
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I have never needed to contact them for support.
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Alternatives Considered
I have priced services with Ngage and Apex Chat. Smith.ai is more cost-efficient than these competitors. Most services charge a very high per qualified lead basis. Sometimes $35 or higher per lead. Considering that not all qualified leads convert, client acquisition costs can still be very high. Smith.ai only charges approximately $8 live chat sessions with low monthly flat rates. A completely automated chatbot is even less per month, and in some instances free.
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We actually demo'ed LiveChat and LivePerson and besides SnapEngage having a better UI and ease of use, the support from their team was worlds and away above the rest. They let us run an extended demo, gave us constant support, and made sure we felt comfortable before we went live with the system.
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Return on Investment
  • Positive - Smith.ai has easily saved me $25k+ in receptionist costs. They probably helped me land another $50k in new business I would otherwise not have brought in the door because they immediately grabbed the client on our website so they didn't get away or have to wait 2 days for a call back. Great ROI (100 to 1 ROI is probably not an exaggeration for my law firm).
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  • It has allowed us to provide more service with a much smaller team than our phone team.
  • It provides us with data helpful to not only ourselves, but our marketing team as well.
  • It's customizable so it allows us to create and update our platforms immediately when needed.
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ScreenShots

Smith.ai Screenshots

Screenshot of the Smith.ai dashboard, which provides real-time insights that illustrate the bigger picture of a firm's inbound calls.Screenshot of where each Smith.ai call generates an instant call summary, displaying caller contact information, call duration, actions taken during the call, and call recording & transcription.

SnapEngage Screenshots

Screenshot of SnapEngage is easy to install on any website and helps convert website visitors into engaged customers.