HubSpot Service Hub vs. LiveChat

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HubSpot Service Hub
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
HubSpot Service Hub aims to bring customer service data and channels together in one place, and helps scale support through automation and self-service. According to the vendor, Service Hub provides more time for proactive service that delights, retains, and grows your customer base.
$50
per month
LiveChat
Score 8.3 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 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 them…
$20
per month per user
Pricing
HubSpot Service HubLiveChat
Editions & Modules
Starter
$50 ($45)
monthly (annually)
Professional
$400 ($360)
monthly (annually)
Enterprise
Starting at $1,200
per month
Starter
$20
per month, billed annually per user
Team
$41
per month, billed annually per user
Busniess
$59
per month, billed annually per user
Enterprise
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HubSpot Service HubLiveChat
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
HubSpot Service HubLiveChat
Considered Both Products
HubSpot Service Hub
Chose HubSpot Service Hub
Hubspot Live chat is not the most feature backed but its core service is solid and gets the job. Other live chat software like Live Chat or Zendesk has more features but most of those features are not needed for the everyday biz user.
LiveChat

No answer on this topic

Top Pros
Top Cons
Features
HubSpot Service HubLiveChat
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot Service Hub
8.5
11 Ratings
7% above category average
LiveChat
-
Ratings
Organize and prioritize service tickets9.111 Ratings00 Ratings
Expert directory7.94 Ratings00 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications8.26 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation7.65 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission8.711 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket response9.511 Ratings00 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot Service Hub
9.3
10 Ratings
18% above category average
LiveChat
-
Ratings
External knowledge base9.310 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledge base9.310 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
HubSpot Service Hub
8.1
6 Ratings
5% above category average
LiveChat
-
Ratings
Customer portal9.14 Ratings00 Ratings
IVR7.13 Ratings00 Ratings
Social integration7.34 Ratings00 Ratings
Email support7.86 Ratings00 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration9.26 Ratings00 Ratings
Best Alternatives
HubSpot Service HubLiveChat
Small Businesses
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Score 9.0 out of 10
Gist
Gist
Score 9.6 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Genesys DX (discontinued)
Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Salesforce Service Cloud
Salesforce Service Cloud
Score 8.7 out of 10
Genesys DX (discontinued)
Genesys DX (discontinued)
Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
HubSpot Service HubLiveChat
Likelihood to Recommend
8.6
(12 ratings)
8.1
(43 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
10.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
-
(0 ratings)
7.3
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
HubSpot Service HubLiveChat
Likelihood to Recommend
HubSpot
It all depends on what business you're operating. You should also consider your needs, goals, and pain points when looking at [HubSpot] Service Hub. If you’re in need of a tool that will help you manage everything from start to finish, then yes HubSpot might be something to consider. It’s truly an all-in-one platform for everything and anything marketing, sales, and customer support, all in one place.
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LiveChat
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
HubSpot
  • It makes it easier for us to keep track of customer awareness and review in one spot.
  • The great thing about how easy it is to use all of its fantastic tools.
  • The ability to check customer retention.
  • It's easy to track and measure the success of our organization's sales team.
  • This is a fantastic all-in-one customer success suite that includes ticketing.
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LiveChat
  • 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
HubSpot
  • Need to be able to customize and prioritize tiles when in deal view
  • Should have web forms and telescripts built into the program (templates)
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LiveChat
  • 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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Support Rating
HubSpot
No answers on this topic
LiveChat
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
HubSpot
Hubspot Live chat is not the most feature backed but its core service is solid and gets the job. Other live chat software like Live Chat or Zendesk has more features but most of those features are not needed for the everyday biz user
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LiveChat
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
HubSpot
  • Lead management has become more streamlined
  • Sales targets are visible; any changes made can be easily tracked and accounted for
  • Overall lead lifecycle management has improved and the way data moves to other apps makes life easier for the other business functions to keep track on the new and old deals
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LiveChat
  • 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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ScreenShots

HubSpot Service Hub Screenshots

Screenshot of Service Hub helps to quickly address service tickets

LiveChat Screenshots

Screenshot of Chat Widget and Agent AppScreenshot of Customer detailsScreenshot of Traffic sectionScreenshot of ReportsScreenshot of Team managementScreenshot of Chat Widget customization