Freshchat vs. Provide Support Live Chat

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Freshchat
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
A solution to engage customers with smarter conversations on any channel, designed so support, marketing, sales, and even bots to have conversations at scale with customers.
$0
per month free for up to 10 agents
Provide Support Live Chat
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
Provide Support has been a live chat and website monitoring software provider since 2003. The vendor says more than 30000 customers use their live help software globally. The vendor also says they are serving businesses and organizations from a variety of industries such as E-Commerce, Travel, Tourism & Hospitality, Auto Sales, Car Rental, Consulting, Insurance, Financial, Government, Real Estate, Web Design and Development, Web Hosting, Education, and Pharmacy.
$24
per month
Pricing
FreshchatProvide Support Live Chat
Editions & Modules
Growth
$19
per month (billed annually) per agent
Pro
$49
per month (billed annually) per agent
Enterprise
$79
per month (billed annually) per agent
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
FreshchatProvide Support Live Chat
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
YesNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional DetailsProvide Support Live Chat is offered as a SaaS. The price depends on the number of required operator profiles and chosen billing period. The more profiles and the longer billing period, the less price per 1 operator profile per month. Small Business package (1 operator) - $13/month if billed annually or $24 if billed monthly. Corporate Plan (3 operators) - $25.80/month if billed annually or $53 if billed monthly. Enterprise Plan (10 operators) - $59.40/month if billed annually or $108 if billed monthly.
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
FreshchatProvide Support Live Chat
Features
FreshchatProvide Support Live Chat
Chat Analytics and Reports
Comparison of Chat Analytics and Reports features of Product A and Product B
Freshchat
7.3
18 Ratings
17% below category average
Provide Support Live Chat
-
Ratings
Chat history and transcripts7.818 Ratings00 Ratings
Chat reporting7.118 Ratings00 Ratings
Chat and web analytics7.015 Ratings00 Ratings
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FreshchatProvide Support Live Chat
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User Ratings
FreshchatProvide Support Live Chat
Likelihood to Recommend
8.5
(42 ratings)
9.7
(3 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
8.2
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.2
(18 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Availability
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Performance
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.0
(3 ratings)
9.7
(3 ratings)
Implementation Rating
7.3
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Configurability
4.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
4.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Ease of integration
7.3
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Product Scalability
4.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Professional Services
4.5
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor post-sale
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Vendor pre-sale
8.2
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
FreshchatProvide Support Live Chat
Likelihood to Recommend
Freshworks Inc
It is best suited for having 24-hour support, where customers can interact easily, even using their phones, to raise concerns or inquire about information. This makes it easier than going through the documents portal as a source of knowledge or sending emails for worries. However, it can be less appropriate for scenarios when you need more formal communication, like emails, and when proper documentation is necessary.
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Provide Support Live Chat
Provide Support Live Chat is a very user friendly tool. It allows my Customer Service Team to perform their daily duties and easily access live chats when needed. It's really great because we can ask for contact information so we can research questions if needed and then reply back in a timely manner. Our customers and potential customers can always have access to a live person.
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Pros
Freshworks Inc
  • Real time customer support. During busy times all our available agents can jump on and handle large volume of customer interactions.
  • Automations and canned response features. With automation we can greet our customers the moment a chat gets assigned to an agent letting customers know they are being attended to similarly canned response helps us use templates for generic and commonly asked questions.
  • Dashboards and analytics. Freshchat's ability to build customized dashboards and analyze performance in a granular level helps us monitor workload and manage performance effectively.
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Provide Support Live Chat
  • Incoming chat notifications
  • Easy to add additional operators to the room
  • Easy to see information of the person you are chatting with
  • Chat transcripts are automatically emailed
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Cons
Freshworks Inc
  • Freshchat is one of the best platforms, but still there are certain areas that require further improvement in order for the platform to become flawless.
  • I feel that the automated system in Freshchat is comparatively slow and due to this, it does not respond well according to all the requirements.
  • There are certain features in Freshchat which are not available for everyone and they can only be accessed by those who are paying the highest pricing tier.
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Provide Support Live Chat
  • Does not allow us to flag a particular 'consumer' as a scammer.
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Likelihood to Renew
Freshworks Inc
Freshchat has met all our expectations and more. It has allowed our team to be more efficient with their time, field questions quickly, and escalate issues up the chain. We highly recommend freshchat as the perfect addition to anyone already using freshdesk or simply looking for a good solution for in app messaging.
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Provide Support Live Chat
No answers on this topic
Usability
Freshworks Inc
I give it an 8 due to its usability. Yes, I had a few issues to begin with and needed some assistance from Freshchat agents, but considering this is something that is completely new to me, to set up what feels like a professional chat handling system complete with autobot within a day is really saying something I feel.
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Provide Support Live Chat
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Reliability and Availability
Freshworks Inc
Freshchat has always been available when I needed to use it.
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Provide Support Live Chat
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Performance
Freshworks Inc
Freshchat always loads quickly and communication is quickly sent and received.
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Provide Support Live Chat
No answers on this topic
Support Rating
Freshworks Inc
The experience we had in past for lets say 4-5 months with the support team and our TAM was really helpful. The changes in the bot flow has helped our bot to ensure we connect with customer easily.
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Provide Support Live Chat
They are there when I need them.
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Implementation Rating
Freshworks Inc
I hope to show new users data because this can save a lot of time
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Provide Support Live Chat
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Alternatives Considered
Freshworks Inc
Messaging across mediums - Freshchat integrates with majority of mainstream instant messaging apps. Like Facebook messenger, Telegram and WhatsApp . This makes it convenient for us to have a presence on the above-mentioned platforms and respond to messages from these platforms from a single Freshchat dashboard.its good app Freshdesk Messaging help me to contact the customer and contact the customer to inform my problem to solve it and is a good app and help full app and its easy to use uncomplicated and Freshdesk Helps me provide good quality to the customer and make customer feedback good for a company
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Provide Support Live Chat
We elected to continue with Provide Support Live Chat because it was more economical compared to Salesforce's option. While Salesforce contained more integration options, we did not see the need to dramatically increase our costs just to have direct integration with Salesforce records and accounts. We haven't evaluated other options since we are happy with Provide Support Live Chat.
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Contract Terms and Pricing Model
Freshworks Inc
Did not help with the purchase
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Provide Support Live Chat
No answers on this topic
Scalability
Freshworks Inc
We only implemented the product in 1 way so I cant speak to this.
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Provide Support Live Chat
No answers on this topic
Professional Services
Freshworks Inc
Did not use
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Provide Support Live Chat
No answers on this topic
Return on Investment
Freshworks Inc
  • From the positive effect of working on it, it helps employees to speed up their thinking and writing.
  • One of the positive effects of our clients is that their problems are solved easily and quickly.
  • Each employee knows how many of his chats have been resolved.
  • There is no negative effect in general.
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Provide Support Live Chat
  • I was not a part of the business decision to start using Provide Support Live Chat. I have been with the company for 6 years and I can say it is well worth it.
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ScreenShots

Freshchat Screenshots

Screenshot of Channel Freedom: The interface to engage customers on the channel of their choiceScreenshot of Unified Agent Workspace: Equips agents to deliver personalization at scaleScreenshot of Admin and Analytics: These drive informed decisions to help business scale

Provide Support Live Chat Screenshots

Screenshot of Native chat agent appsScreenshot of Customizable chat windowScreenshot of Provide Support chat on a websiteScreenshot of Wide set of chat window localizationsScreenshot of Chat statistics app