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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    LiveAgent

    Score8.8 out of 10
    Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
    LiveAgent is a help desk software designed to help users bring personalization to customer interactions. LiveAgent presents an omnichannel universal inbox, real-time live chat, built-in call center, and a customer service portal. It offers customer segmentation, automation, built-in CRM, and an analytics package, as well as gamification features, ultimately containing are over 180+ help desk features, and 200+ integrations. The solution boasts users among companies like BMW, Yamaha,…

    $15

    per month per seat

    LiveHelpNow

    Score8 out of 10
    N/ALiveHelpNow is a configurable live chat and/or help desk platform featuring ticket management, live chat and email support, call support, a knowledgebase, analytics, and more.

    $21

    per month

    Pricing
    LiveAgentLiveHelpNow
    Editions & Modules
    Free
    $0
    per month
    Small
    $15
    per month per seat
    Medium
    $29
    per month per seat
    Large
    $49
    per month per seat
    Enterprise
    $69
    per month per seat
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LiveAgentLiveHelpNow
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details
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    LiveAgentLiveHelpNow
    Considered Both Products
    QualityUnit, LLC
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    LiveHelpNow
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    36 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    33 Answers
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    Happy with the feature set
    97%
    Happy with the feature set
    35 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    30 Answers
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    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    31 Answers
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    Features
    LiveAgentLiveHelpNow
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of LiveAgent and LiveHelpNow
    Feature
    LiveAgent
    7.7
    59 Ratings
    6% below category average
    LiveHelpNow
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Organize and prioritize service tickets7.956 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Expert directory7.947 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Subscription-based notifications7.042 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    ITSM collaboration and documentation6.838 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Ticket creation and submission8.458 Ratings00 Ratings
    Ticket response8.459 Ratings00 Ratings
    Self Help Community
    Comparison of Self Help Community features of LiveAgent and LiveHelpNow
    Feature
    LiveAgent
    10.0
    52 Ratings
    22% above category average
    LiveHelpNow
    10.0
    1 Ratings
    22% above category average
    External knowledge base10.049 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base10.047 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of LiveAgent and LiveHelpNow
    Feature
    LiveAgent
    8.5
    58 Ratings
    6% above category average
    LiveHelpNow
    8.8
    2 Ratings
    9% above category average
    Customer portal10.053 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    IVR7.028 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Social integration8.150 Ratings8.02 Ratings
    Email support7.454 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Help Desk CRM integration10.046 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    LiveAgentLiveHelpNow
    Small Businesses
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    LiveAgent
    Score8.8 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    LiveAgentLiveHelpNow
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (117 ratings)
    8.0
    (3 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.3
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.3
    (24 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LiveAgentLiveHelpNow
    Likelihood to Recommend
    QualityUnit, LLC
    LiveAgent is great for companies that want to help customers with their issues. It is also great for getting sales for our company. During our chats, if a customer is interested, we like to ask for the sale. It is too easy for the customers to say no. So it is nice that with LiveAgent, they have an automatic process where the customer can enter their item and address information and it is easy for our agents to get the sale.
    Incentivized
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    LiveHelpNow
    LiveHelpNow provides an easy way to provide youtube links, manual links and remote software links to customers in real time. There is no need for the cx to have to go check their email or go outside of LiveHelpNow to see the helpful information. Which is important as we prefer to keep customers engaged on our website!
    Incentivized
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    Pros
    QualityUnit, LLC
    • Having the ability to transfer tickets or chats has proven useful when we are working with a customer who has a specific type of inquiry - perhaps a sales question or an employment request. We’ve found it helpful to have the ability to transfer the chat to the online agent best equipped to answer the inquiry so we are able to serve our customers to the highest standard and with an immediate response.
    • We find being able to add notes and labels to previous chats and tickets incredibly helpful in data collection and also in our ability to work as a dynamic team. By being able to sort our chats and tickets into an organized system that our company created, we can work cohesively to review old conversations for continuity, opportunities for growth, and with transparency between departments.
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    LiveHelpNow
    • Easy for customers to reach out.
    • Best for short quick answers.
    • Easy for staff to use.
    Incentivized
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    Cons
    QualityUnit, LLC
    • LA doesn't provide you SMS integration.
    • You cannot divert your phone call from your local carrier to LA agent directly. You need to get a third party number which is way much costly. Also, if you get a third party number to divert your calls from a local carrier to LA, then the callers have to wait more than the usual time in order to get them connected with the Customer Support Team.
    • WhatsApp Integration also unavailable.
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    LiveHelpNow
    • Needs better integration with Marketo
    Incentivized
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    Likelihood to Renew
    QualityUnit, LLC
    I am giving this rating as Live Agent is a very good software that is essential to any small or big business that provides customer support services. It gives you the possibility to manage any of your clients issues, answer questions and keep a good relationship with them by providing quick solutions.
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    LiveHelpNow
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    QualityUnit, LLC
    The initial setup, onboarding and training is easy. The system provides 2 graphic version of interfaces in black or white default colors. I would appreciate, if there were more. Some of the setup forms are not correctly resized. Overall, I'm always able to find what I am looking for in LiveAgent.
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    LiveHelpNow
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    QualityUnit, LLC
    The one time that I contacted the customer support at LiveAgent, they were very quick to help me out and the customer support representative walked me through every thing that I needed to know to set up what I needed. Over all, the support staff at LiveAgent were perfect.
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    LiveHelpNow
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    QualityUnit, LLC
    Implementation was quick and when not counting a bug on our website, it took a couple hours. It was mostly done on our end or with the assistance of LiveAgent's live chat support team. We recommend to check out LiveAgent's tutorial videos on their youtube channel or browsing their knowledge base - we've almost always found answers to our queries there.
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    LiveHelpNow
    No answers on this topic
    Alternatives Considered
    QualityUnit, LLC
    Before making the decision, we evaluated many tools, but none of them met all of our needs or the costs we could bear for them, until we found LiveAgent. The implementation process was super simple and supported by the LiveAgent support team, who are excellent!
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    LiveHelpNow
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    QualityUnit, LLC
    • Less expensive than having multiple individual email accounts.
    • LiveAgent has helped decrease our errors since it's more straightforward than sharing a traditional inbox with multiple team members.
    • Sometimes the emails sent from LiveAgent end up in our customer's spam/junk folder because the auto-generated alpha-numeric ticket looks suspicious.
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    LiveHelpNow
    • The most notable positive impact that we have experienced were during the pandemic. When the world as we know if shut down LiveHelpNow gave us a much needed way for us to stay in contact with our customers. Our hold times for phone support was at an all time high. Having LiveHelpNow allowed many many customers to receive assistance for minor issues without the frustration of calling in.
    Incentivized
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    LiveAgent Screenshots

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