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    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

    LivePerson Conversational Cloud

    Score8.7 out of 10
    N/AThe LivePerson Conversational Cloud is a contact center solution used to create personalized, connected customer experiences across voice and messaging. The solution balances human agents, intelligent automations, and Conversational AI, across voice and messaging.N/A
    Pricing
    ChatBeaconLivePerson Conversational Cloud
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ChatBeaconLivePerson Conversational Cloud
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    ChatBeaconLivePerson Conversational Cloud
    Contact Center Software
    Comparison of Contact Center Software features of ChatBeacon and LivePerson Conversational Cloud
    Feature
    ChatBeacon
    -
    Ratings
    LivePerson Conversational Cloud
    6.9
    1 Ratings
    20% below category average
    Agent dashboard00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Validate callers00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Outbound response00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Warm transfer00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Call scripts00 Ratings6.01 Ratings
    Call tracking00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Multichannel integration00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    CRM software integration00 Ratings5.01 Ratings
    Workforce Optimization (WFO)
    Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of ChatBeacon and LivePerson Conversational Cloud
    Feature
    ChatBeacon
    -
    Ratings
    LivePerson Conversational Cloud
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    4% below category average
    Quality management00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Call analytics00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Historical reporting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Live reporting00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Customer surveys00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    ChatBeaconLivePerson Conversational Cloud
    Likelihood to Recommend
    6.0
    (1 ratings)
    9.0
    (78 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    -
    (0 ratings)
    10.0
    (10 ratings)
    Support Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ChatBeaconLivePerson Conversational Cloud
    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
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    LivePerson
    Liveperson LiveEngage is good for larger deployments with lots of agents, and where the rollout plan is broad with respect to the visitors who you will be targeting. It allows you to manipulate more of the data for reporting than many other platforms. The premium cost and some drawbacks with configuring smaller groups might make it lose some appeal for smaller companies or deployments.
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    Pros
    SmartMax Software
    • Easy to install and configure.
    • Easy for customers to use.
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    LivePerson
    • Integrates very well with Salesforce, our CRM software. As we disposition calls, the notes automatically generate on my customer's accounts, saving me valuable steps in documentation.
    • Call metrics gathered in Tenfold are used for measuring productivity across all of the sales team. Reporting is done through Salesforce, once again speaking volumes of the integration capabilities.
    • The clarity and consistency of quality of calls are outstanding! Very little delay, static or feedback.
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    Cons
    SmartMax Software
    • ChatBeacon is just SightMax with a fresh coat of paint.
    • The entire agent UI is remarkably worse than SightMax.
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    LivePerson
    • There is no ability to customize the popup. It is stuck in one place (bottom right) and can't be moved. Just adding something as simple as being able to move it up and down would make a world of a difference. I don't know how many times the popup got in the way of other information I was trying to look at.
    • It would, of course, be a much better product if the popup were it's own app that could be docked anywhere on the screen. Tying the popup to Chrome really keeps this software from being the best it could be.
    • There are no skins, color options, customize options, or anything like that for the popup window. There is nothing you can do to affect how it looks, what information is on it, and where it is docked. Solve those three issues, and you have an amazing tool that is flexible and personable.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    SmartMax Software
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    LivePerson
    LivePerson has been a great tool for our company and everything is customized. We can customize everything from the canned responses, operator surveys, and customer surveys. We receive a lot of positive information from our customers; and to be able to provide technical support of the website as well as status information for already placed orders is awesome
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    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!
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    LivePerson
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    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.
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    LivePerson
    I find the ease of use of Tenfold to be advantageous to all other platforms. It also appears that as future needs change, Tenfold will allow me to continue to structure my workday around Tenfold but use it in different ways that would scale to any changes in my process.
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    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.
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    LivePerson
    • This has definitely helped me monitor my own call volumes and helped me learn the best times to connect.
    • Tenfold has also saved me significant time using the 'click-to-dial' feature.
    • I still remain frustrated that some of the integration with Salesforce isn't as seamless as it could (or imi should) be; however overall it's still a valuable addition to my business tools.
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