TrustRadius: an HG Insights company

ChatBeacon vs. Google Cloud Customer Experience Agent Studio (CX Agent Studio)

Save this comparison

Save this comparison

Add Product

Recommended Comparisons

    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ChatBeacon

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AChatBeacon (formerly SightMax) is a live chat tool from SmartMax Software headquartered in Tulsa, Oklahoma.N/A

    Google Cloud CX Agent Studio

    Score7.7 out of 10
    N/ACustomer Experience Agent Studio (CX Agent Studio) provides a platform powered by Gemini to rapidly build, evaluate, and deploy personalized conversational agents. It replaces the former Dialogflow (formerly Api.ai) chatbot building tool, designed to give users ways to interact with digital products by building engaging voice and text-based conversational interfaces powered by AI. Dialogflow was acquired by Google in 2019.N/A
    Pricing
    ChatBeaconGoogle Cloud CX Agent Studio
    Editions & Modules
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ChatBeaconGoogle Cloud CX Agent Studio
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details——
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    ChatBeaconGoogle Cloud CX Agent Studio
    Considered Both Products
    SmartMax Software
    No answer on this topic
    Google
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Would buy again
    6 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Delivers good value for the price
    5 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    No answers on this topic
    83%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    No answers on this topic
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    6 Answers
    Best Alternatives
    ChatBeaconGoogle Cloud CX Agent Studio
    Small Businesses
    ZoomInfo Chat
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Fin
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    SAP Conversational AI (discontinued)
    Score6.8 out of 10
    Fin
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AWS Chatbot
    Score8.4 out of 10
    Sprinklr Service
    Score7.9 out of 10
    All AlternativesView all alternativesView all alternatives
    User Ratings
    ChatBeaconGoogle Cloud CX Agent Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (6 ratings)
    Usability
    -
    (0 ratings)
    8.0
    (6 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.3
    (5 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ChatBeaconGoogle Cloud CX Agent Studio
    Likelihood to Recommend
    SmartMax Software
    ChatBeacon is a decent choice for on-premises chat support, but the clunky agent UI sparks no joy. If your organization can use a cloud-based solution, there are plenty of other fish in the sea
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Google
    Indicated for those who have good knowledge of programming and coding in HTML and JSON, that is, it is not suitable for beginners or users without much technical knowledge. It is suitable for those who want to integrate with various platforms, such as Telegram, Webhat, Facebook Messenger, among others. I also recommend it to anyone who needs to create a chatbot in several languages (it is not automatic translation). Recommended to create new projects in CX environment and not in ES.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Pros
    SmartMax Software
    • Easy to install and configure.
    • Easy for customers to use.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Google
    • Great at back-and-forth dialogue with the caller
    • Integration with existing contact center plattforms
    • Using the same flow for voice and chat seamlessly
    • Very customizable
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Cons
    SmartMax Software
    • ChatBeacon is just SightMax with a fresh coat of paint.
    • The entire agent UI is remarkably worse than SightMax.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Google
    • Some of the features are still in beta phase.
    • The languages available are still limited.
    • The advanced features may not be accessible to new users.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Usability
    SmartMax Software
    No answers on this topic
    Google
    Users benefit from Dialogflow's best User Interface and seamless User Experience. It's very scalable, and there are a lot of customization options to make it even more so. Dialogflow makes it simple to deploy, manage, and maintain chatbots. Artificial Intelligence algorithms make chatbots interactive, making it easier for users and chatbots to communicate and understand each other. Overall, it's a good option for those with little programming experience who want to learn Natural Language Processing.
    Read full review
    Support Rating
    SmartMax Software
    Support is a strong point for ChatBeacon - their support team is small, but you definitely get white-glove service. Zero complaints about ChatBeacon support!
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Google
    Dialogflow is a wonderful tool that is helping to design customized chatbots. I personally recommend if you wanna know how it's works give it a try with a free APIs call, you'll love this tool
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Alternatives Considered
    SmartMax Software
    Before using SightMax (now ChatBeacon), we used AliveChat, which was an OK SaaS product, but the team operating the service would frequently restart the servers after maintenance and forget to start our instance back up. ChatBeacon(SightMax) as on-prem software eliminated this concern. We've been evaluating ChatBeacon vs. other products lately, and we really like how DeskPro stacks up vs. ChatBeacon - ChatBeacon is purely a chat product, and DeskPro does web chat/phone/email ticketing.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Google
    There is always use cases for both. We still use the other plattforms but each has its own strengths and weaknesses. We, as a contact center implementation partner always use multiple solutions both for ourselves but also for our customers to meet their needs. In the cases we choose Google Cloud Dialogflow is when we need to be able to handle specific follow-up questions from the customer. And for more complicated issues we also use a combination of this and other 3rd party plattforms. We always meet the need of our customers and as specialist and consultants we give expert advice on how to use all these different solutions in the best way possible.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Return on Investment
    SmartMax Software
    • Using website chat (often with an agent:customer ratio of up to 1:3 or more ) vs. phone support (with an agent ratio of 1:1) has greatly reduced support costs in every business unit.
    • Providing realtime feedback and links (vs. phone calls) has greatly improved the turnaround on the sales and customer inquiry processes.
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    Google
    • As a partner to multiple contact center plattforms we have always been able to offer Google Cloud Dialogflow along with them because it integrates well with all.
    • Many businesses want to implement smart ways to have call deflection. Bots that can handle full dialogues with the customer is very intriguing to them because it can fulfill customers requests without using up as many resources
    Incentivized
    Read full review
    ScreenShots