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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    HelpSpot

    Score2 out of 10
    N/AHelpSpot is an affordable, web-based help desk system. It is available as a SaaS product or can be hosted by the customer behind a firewall. Pricing is by named user.

    $49

    per month

    LiveChat

    Score6.8 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    LiveChat serves as a customer service platform with live chat support, help desk and web analytics functionalities, with the goal of allowing users to provide 24/7 support to customers. The core feature of the software is its chat tool, where both service and sales team can answer customers' questions in real time. Online businesses can interact with customers on their website, to be more accessible. With LiveChat, users can identify people on the website and engage…

    $25

    per month per user

    Pricing
    HelpSpotLiveChat
    Editions & Modules
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    Starter
    $25
    per month
    Team
    $59
    per month per person
    Business
    $89
    per month per person
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    Contact Sales
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    Pricing Offerings
    HelpSpotLiveChat
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Discount available for annual billing.
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    HelpSpotLiveChat
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    Would buy again
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    Would buy again
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
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    Implementation went as expected
    9 Answers
    Features
    HelpSpotLiveChat
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of HelpSpot and LiveChat
    Feature
    HelpSpot
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    9% above category average
    LiveChat
    -
    Ratings
    Organize and prioritize service tickets9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket response9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of HelpSpot and LiveChat
    Feature
    HelpSpot
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    LiveChat
    -
    Ratings
    Internal knowledge base9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of HelpSpot and LiveChat
    Feature
    HelpSpot
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    12% above category average
    LiveChat
    -
    Ratings
    Email support9.01 Ratings00 Ratings
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    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Olark
    Score10 out of 10
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    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Zoho SalesIQ
    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Genesys DX (discontinued)
    Score10 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    HelpSpotLiveChat
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (3 ratings)
    8.0
    (44 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    2.3
    (2 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    -
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    7.3
    (3 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    HelpSpotLiveChat
    Likelihood to Recommend
    UserScape
    HelpSpot is well suited for streamlining support ticketing within the organization. By providing a single point of contact to email for support, we were able to increase response time and case resolution by approximately 30% through the increased efficiency of ticket routing via workflows and the ability for IT support staff to grab tickets from the queue instead of having them pile up in a mailbox that contains other emails as well.
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    We needed a mechanism in place to make contact with visitors to our website easier. What we discovered is that it's an excellent tool for creating reports and dashboards that show how soon issues are handled. Our website can now be updated in real-time, and all of our internal teams are really excited to use this fantastic technology. I really recommend [LiveChat] to many friends and past colleagues.
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    Pros
    UserScape
    • HelpSpot was great for organization. Having different queues allowed each of my team members to organize their conversations with the customer and quickly retrieve the history of the ticket.
    • HelpSpot is a fairly simple tool that has a friendly user interface. With it's more modern look, it made it easier for me personally to navigate and train team members on how to use it successfully.
    • HelpSpot allowed our team to view the responses section, which allowed our team to cut down on the time we spent responding to a ticket.
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    • The most important factor of Livechat is their own chat support, I had many requirement from the Sales Head, Support Head to implement features that I was unsure if the product could do. However, as I did the implementation one by one I constantly used the chat support which helped me step by step all the way.
    • The UX of the product is pretty simple and intuitive to use. There are quite a few features that we could easily plug and play. We tried going to the market to find a solution that could help us but they did not have as many out of the box features and simple to use
    • Their integration between LiveChat and Chatbot is pretty seamless and since both of them are from the same company, it's works pretty well.
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    Cons
    UserScape
    • The UI is a little dated but to be fair, shows most of the pertinent information at a glance on a well designed dashboard.
    • The UI can also be buggy at times with controls appearing in strange places. These glitches are usually corrected within a reasonable amount of time.
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    • It has a limited amount of agents, so when you have many customer care employees during one shift it is hard to manage the quantity of active agents.
    • When system is overloaded and many customers are waiting in a queue it starts to works slowly (sometimes the program even lags) and you need to refresh the system to write a message.
    • Occasionally when you open a new tab, you might lose your current conversation.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    UserScape
    My current job does not use this platform as it is not necessary for my job function.
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    Support Rating
    UserScape
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    Text
    The only issues I have had with LiveChat are the technical glitches within the program. These are not common as in everyday occurrences but when the glitches do happen they tend to have very negative repercussions. This is due to chats with customers being dropped, this may be an internal server issue though and may not happen for everyone.
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    Alternatives Considered
    UserScape
    HelpSpot appears to be more of an old-school product but much of the recent technology is running under the surface. It has much of the compexity and customization available with Jira in tandem with the easy communications interface, not unlike Zendesk ,and some of the potential archival intelligence (in the works) of Fogbugz
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    Overall very similar in design, but LiveChat had a better interface, better reporting and analytic tools, better mobile support, and just an easier overall feel. The two products are very much alike in the vast majority of ways, but I ended up preferring this product overall. Price points were similar as well, as well as the allowed number of users.
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    Return on Investment
    UserScape
    • Improved ticket response time
    • Workload reporting to upper management
    • Ticket category reporting to identify training opportunities
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    Text
    • We have a small team so the overall impact is that it is easy for one or two employees to handle a large number of tickets without hiring more people. Plus, you can use this software remotely, save a ton on traveling to and from and office.
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