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LiveAgent
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Likelihood to Recommend
3CX
The 3CX system is a well-thought out phone system with many features and options. The plan pricing is very affordable and flexible depending on your business needs. However, the key to having a solid, well-performing system with 3CX is the quality of your Internet connection. You may want to discuss your Internet connection type and speeds with a 3CX reseller before deciding on a 3CX system.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Arts and Crafts Company, 11-50 employeesLiveAgent
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.
Customer Experience Director
Flights From HomeLeisure, Travel & Tourism, 11-50 employees
Feature Rating Comparison
Incident and problem management
3CX
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LiveAgent
8.9
Organize and prioritize service tickets
3CX
—
LiveAgent
9.3
Expert directory
3CX
—
LiveAgent
8.0
Subscription-based notifications
3CX
—
LiveAgent
9.0
ITSM collaboration and documentation
3CX
—
LiveAgent
8.0
Ticket creation and submission
3CX
—
LiveAgent
9.5
Ticket response
3CX
—
LiveAgent
9.4
Self Help Community
3CX
—
LiveAgent
9.1
External knowledge base
3CX
—
LiveAgent
8.9
Internal knowledge base
3CX
—
LiveAgent
9.4
Multi-Channel Help
3CX
—
LiveAgent
8.7
Customer portal
3CX
—
LiveAgent
9.3
IVR
3CX
—
LiveAgent
8.4
Social integration
3CX
—
LiveAgent
8.4
Email support
3CX
—
LiveAgent
9.4
Help Desk CRM integration
3CX
—
LiveAgent
7.8
Pros
3CX
- Simplicity: Using a single 3CX interface we can manage every phone and extension used throughout our company.
- Flexibility: There are a wide variety of options to configure each extension and phone. Changing anything after the hardware is deployed is very easy.
- Portability: Phones with 3CX can be easily moved or repurposed within an office or at remote locations, including users' homes. The mobile app allows users to use their office extension anywhere without exposing their cell number.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Restaurants Company, 501-1000 employeesLiveAgent
- 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.
Internal Operations Manager; Customer Service Manager
Bus2alpsRecreational Facilities & Services, 11-50 employees
Cons
3CX
- It can include outgoing fax functionality
- Voice quality appears to suffer greatly with weak Internet signal
- Setting up conference calls could be made simpler
- Can include texting capability

Verified User
Engineer in Engineering
Civil Engineering Company, 11-50 employeesLiveAgent
- 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.
MIS Specialist
ePlanet Communications IncOutsourcing/Offshoring, 501-1000 employees
Likelihood to Renew
3CX
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
LiveAgent
LiveAgent 9.2
Based on 4 answers
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.
Internet, 51-200 employees
Usability
3CX
3CX 8.0
Based on 1 answer
It's been doing really good job for us. Are there better PBX systems out there? For sure there are, with more features and better support. But those are way more expensive and harder to implement and maintain. This system is almost no brainier, next -> next -> next -> finish and you have installed it. With a few more configs to hook it up to your SIP or PRI lines, you are up and running! Everything is GUI based so it's easy to navigate. It have everything you need to run serious call centre so I would recommend it for anyone unless you are Fortune 500 company with billions of budget for IT, then spend the big money and go with Cisco PBX.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Automotive Company, 201-500 employeesLiveAgent
LiveAgent 8.0
Based on 4 answers
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.
Online marketing
TribuglandRetail, 1-10 employees
Support Rating
3CX
3CX 5.7
Based on 5 answers
The 3CX Phone System is only a five because while they provide set-up/how-to/Q and A documents to help your district or company get started, they do not offer support for free. The documents provided, though, are good enough for you to get you up and running. We also found a good source of help through a sip trunk provider, which was a 3CX reseller provider.
HS Teacher/District Tech Integration Specialist
Plato R-V School DistrictEducation Management, 51-200 employees
LiveAgent
LiveAgent 9.3
Based on 28 answers
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.

Verified User
Manager in Customer Service
Information Technology & Services Company, 1-10 employeesImplementation Rating
3CX
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
LiveAgent
LiveAgent 9.1
Based on 4 answers
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.
Online marketing
TribuglandRetail, 1-10 employees
Alternatives Considered
3CX
We didn't want Cisco Call Manager anymore. We used a very old version previously, but nonetheless it didn't have a very good name in the company. PureCloud was too call center focused so in the end, we like 3CX best. A small pilot was configured very fast, and after we went full production, there were no big issues.

Verified User
Professional in Information Technology
Fund-Raising Company, 1001-5000 employeesLiveAgent
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!
Co - Founder & CCO
MeVueloLeisure, Travel & Tourism, 11-50 employees
Return on Investment
3CX
- 3CX has a lot to offer for a very low cost as its business model is based on simultaneous calls and not per device. It's very cost effective and very affordable.
- As the 3CX server does not require a high-performance server to run, with the Public Cloud option, it might allow even further savings.
Information Technology Manager
Corporation of the Township of EsquimaltGovernment Administration, 51-200 employees
LiveAgent
- 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.
Director of Operations
Exito TravelLeisure, Travel & Tourism, 11-50 employees
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Pricing Details
3CX
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
Yes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Yes
Entry-level set up fee?
Optional
3CX Editions & Modules
Edition
Standard | Free |
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Pro | 1.082 |
Enterprise | 1.312 |
- per user/per month
Additional Pricing Details
Price displayed is based on 25 users. 3CX pricing is based on the number of simultaneous calls your business requires or in other words, how many calls your system needs to support at once. Unlike other PBX vendors there is no per extension cost.LiveAgent
General
Free Trial
Yes
Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
LiveAgent Editions & Modules
On-premise Edition
Downloadable licence | $11,9501 |
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- 20 agents
SaaS Edition
Ticket | $91 |
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Ticket+Chat | $291 |
All-inclusive | $391 |
- per agent