Likelihood to Recommend It is well suited for communication with existing customers and prospects. It is less appropriate for people just looking to visit our website to get up to date with the latest team news or those who aren't at a computer.
Read full review Chat is nothing new but the ease of use and functionality is key, that being said Pure Chat nails it across the board. We use the chat across our website and ad pages. Don't see a situation where this effective tool would be less appropriate, consumers want instant information and instant connection, chat provides both without being tied up on the phone
Read full review Pros Mobile compatibility - AliveChat has a dynamic user interface which makes its popup chat widget display and work perfectly on all devices - mobile and desktop. Thus web visitors get a complete experience no matter the device from which they use in accessing our website. Analytic - AliveChat provides us with a dynamic set of website analytics that helps us in analyzing our progress or decline in a timely manner. With the analytics provided by AliveChat, we are able to monitor the number of visitors on the website at a particular time, the duration of which they have been on the website, the number of times they have been on the website in time past etc. Feature packed - AliveChat is packed with features which makes the job of the customer care agents easier. For instance, with AliveChat it is very easy for an agent to transfer a web visitors chat to another agent that has better answers to the agent's query. We are also able to introduce short survey questions to web visitors, which they respond to before they begin chatting with a customer care rep. Read full review Online chat Multiple websites, multiple users Supervisor feature Read full review Cons There seems to always be required upgrades where you need to spend more money to get a better product. The look and feel continues to change, not necessarily for the bad. Price point has gone up a decent amount recently. Read full review Transcripts that could generate in a PDF or Word doc rather than .txt file, option would be nice Chat is straight forward so not much room for improvement, we're happy with the service, functionality, and ease of use. Read full review Alternatives Considered AliveChat really serves a different purpose than other products. Very few products offer the ability to chat through our website, so it compliments our phone, text, and email options very well.
Read full review Didn't see much pros and cons comparing Pure Chat and
Olark . They all do the job. However, Pure Chat is free to use on basic functions.
Read full review Return on Investment AliveChat has made it easy for us to track the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. As the real-time number of visitors on the website gives us insights into the performance of ongoing campaigns. AliveChat also makes it possible for us to have an idea of where our web visitors are coming from i.e. via the pre-chat survey form for instance. We are able to generate important data like how a web visitor got to know about us, their expectations when visiting our website etc. AliveChat makes it easy for web visitors to get a real-time response to their questions, with a delay of probably a few seconds. Read full review Instant connection with our clients and prospects Expanded our ability to increase client contact efficiency Allows us to stay up to date with the ever changing demand of consumers Read full review ScreenShots