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What is LiveChat?

LiveChat is an easy-to-use platform that enables businesses to provide seamless customer service while reducing response times and increasing customer satisfaction. By integrating with other services, such as CRM systems and payment gateways, and providing powerful analytics capabilities, LiveChat helps businesses deliver a great customer experience while boosting sales. Thanks to the full customization of its widget, with just a few clicks, LiveChat becomes an integral part of any brand.

Who Uses LiveChat?

LiveChat is used worldwide by over 37,000 happy customers from every industry. Thanks to varied pricing plans, and feature customization options, LiveChat serves businesses of all sizes.

Where can LiveChat be deployed?

Cloud-based
On-premise

About the vendor

  • Text
  • Located in Boston, US
  • Founded in 2002

LiveChat support

  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat

Countries available

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra and 218 others

Languages

Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch and 21 others

LiveChat pricing

Starting Price:

US$24.00/month
  • Yes, has free trial
  • No free version

LiveChat does not have a free version but does offer a free trial. LiveChat paid version starts at US$24.00/month.

Pricing plans get a free trial

About the vendor

  • Text
  • Located in Boston, US
  • Founded in 2002

LiveChat support

  • Phone Support
  • 24/7 (Live rep)
  • Chat

Countries available

Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra and 218 others

Languages

Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch and 21 others

LiveChat videos and images

LiveChat Software - Chat Widget and Agent App
LiveChat Software - Customer Details in the LiveChat app
LiveChat Software - Traffic section
LiveChat Software - Reports
LiveChat Software - Messaging channels
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LiveChat video
LiveChat Software - Chat Widget and Agent App
LiveChat Software - Customer Details in the LiveChat app
LiveChat Software - Traffic section
LiveChat Software - Reports
LiveChat Software - Messaging channels

Features of LiveChat

  • Activity Dashboard
  • Alerts/Escalation
  • Automated Routing
  • Autoresponders
  • CRM
  • Call Centre Management
  • Chat/Messaging
  • Collaboration Tools
  • Communication Management
  • Customer Database
  • Customer History
  • Customisable Branding
  • Email Management
  • Feedback Management
  • Geotargeting
  • Knowledge Base Management
  • Live Chat
  • Macros/Templated Responses
  • Mobile Access
  • Multi-Channel Communication
  • Multi-Language
  • Offline Form
  • Proactive Chat
  • Queue Management
  • Real-time Consumer-facing Chat
  • Reporting & Statistics
  • Reporting/Analytics
  • Self Service Portal
  • Surveys & Feedback
  • Third-Party Integrations
  • Transcripts/Chat History
  • Transfers/Routing
  • Visual Analytics

Alternatives to LiveChat

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Your all-in-one helpdesk platform to scale customers' relationship
TeamSupport's ticketing and live chat solutions simplify workflows, improve customer satisfaction, and make agents' lives easier.
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Intercom is the complete AI-first customer service platform, improving experiences for customers, support agents, and managers
Freshchat is a modern messaging software built for customer engagement teams to talk to customers across channels. Learn more about Freshchat
Freshdesk is an easy-to-use helpdesk software that helps over 60,000 businesses worldwide create stellar customer experiences. Learn more about Freshdesk
Cloud-based solution that helps businesses add live chat to websites, use canned responses, share files, and more.

Reviews of LiveChat

Average score

Overall
4.6
Ease of Use
4.6
Customer Service
4.6
Features
4.5
Value for Money
4.5

Reviews by company size (employees)

  • <50
  • 51-200
  • 201-1,000
  • >1,001
Greg
Greg
Owner in US
Verified LinkedIn User
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

LiveChat Connects Me to My Candidates Fast!

5.0 7 years ago

Comments: I get instant connection to my customers with tons of features, customizations, and robust reporting.

Pros:

What I like most about LiveChat is it's reliability. When I began researching chat applications to recommend to a client for use in their recruiting efforts, I found a lot of options. I also found a lot of issues. Many of the applications I looked at were complicated and glitchy. Then I found LiveChat. LiveChat just worked. It was solid application whether online or on my desktop and it handled chat conversations reliable while offering all the features I was looking for in a manned chat application. When I spoke with a representative from the company, I found out why. LiveChat set out from the beginning to be a manned chat solution and to be the best in the business. I was kind of disappointed with this at the beginning, because I was hoping for a solution to handle both manned and bot style chats. LiveChat didn't have bots, but they were so far above every other manned chat platform, that I had to choose them. Incidentally, they have developed a bot situation since I first signed up with them and it is just as robust. It's called botengine.ai and I highly recommend it. BotEngine integrates seamlessly with LiveChat and both applications work reliably with Facebook Messenger, Web Pages, Landing Pages, and more. LiveChat offers tons of customization, professional looking interfaces, and robust reporting. I can easily use it on my desktop computer, my notebook, my tablet, or my phone. And just like I said before, it just works.

Cons:

If there was anything to dislike about LiveChat, it would be that it is resource-intensive on my iMac. This is a casualty of my business, though. I have to use a lot of memory-hog applications every day, so a lot of times I will enable LiveChat just on my mobile device or my notebook while I'm working at my desk. That way I can still respond to chats without slowing down my main machine.

Sagar
Senior technical associate in India
Computer & Network Security, 1,001–5,000 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Chat live instantly with high feature.

4.0 3 years ago

Comments: Amazing chat platform
Client support make professional with live chat

Pros:

Easy chat Easy ticket management Knowledge base management Easy to search Soft client supports

Cons:

Application sometimes taking load to run except nothing can less as compare to cost

Alternatives Considered: TeamSupport

Reasons for Choosing LiveChat: For the best and segregate platform for Client support

Switched From: TeamSupport

Reasons for Switching to LiveChat: For best client management's Communication of client Providing best ticket support Well ticket management

Nina
Customer service manager in US
Consumer Goods, 2–10 Employees
Used the Software for: 2+ years
Reviewer Source

Only gotten worse over time..

3.0 5 years ago

Comments: Great for connecting with customers... When it actually works.

Pros:

Okay, I really loved this software at first. But then they started to change and add things, and every time they have something technical going on or update their software, the app stops working on my phone. With zero resolution from their 'technical team'. In general, the software idea is great, but the execution and functionality aren't so great.

Cons:

I have had technical issues with this software too many times now. The first time when they updated their app and software, the app stopped working on my phone. I contacted the tech team and they had to restore me to the older version in order for it to work. Later on, just recently, same thing - app stops working, I contact technical team and they can't do anything and tell me it is my phone.. Even though nothing had changed with my phone. I grew up around professional technicians my whole life, and am well aware of how these softwares work, and the technical team honestly does not know what they are doing there. This, this created an issue where I cannot provide the adequate customer service I need to for my business. I am switching to another chat provider next week, have had enough of the issues with this one. Not worth the money when there are better chat softwares out there.

Lirim
Instrumentation and Automation PLSC in US
Food Production, 201–500 Employees
Used the Software for: 6-12 months
Reviewer Source

With LiveChat my customers are always happy with our service

5.0 4 months ago

Pros:

LiveChat is so easily integrated into any software we use for my side business hustle. We can track and get insight reports on how customers feel about our services. Thanks to the LiveChat option we are getting 5-star reviews for our customer service.

Cons:

Everything is great about this app. No concerns. Love using it.

Verified Reviewer
Verified LinkedIn User
Computer Software, 11–50 Employees
Used the Software for: 1+ year
Reviewer Source

LiveChat Review

4.0 2 years ago

Comments: LiveChat is a reliable and effective tool for connecting with customers in real-time, improving customer satisfaction, and driving business growth.

Pros:

LiveChat is a powerful software that enables us to connect with our customers in real-time. With a user-friendly interface, more than 40 languages supported in this software and more features that I do like such as chat transcripts, chat ratings...etc

Cons:

1/ The software can be expensive, for smaller businesses.2/ Mobile app needs to be more user-friendly as the desktop version.

Alternatives Considered: Drift, Intercom and Zendesk Suite

Reasons for Switching to LiveChat: User-friendly interface, extensive features, competetive pricing for the features it provides ( the pricing is transparent, with no hidden fees or charges).