LiveAgent vs. Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LiveAgent
Score 8.5 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,…
$9
per month
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
Score 8.1 out of 10
N/A
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service is designed to create positive experiences through any channel and on any device to exceed customer expectations.
$50
per month per user
Pricing
LiveAgentMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
Editions & Modules
Free
$0
per month
Small
$9
per month per seat
Medium
$29
per month per seat
Large
$49
per month per seat
Enterprise
$69
per month per seat
Downloadable licence
11,950
20 agents
Dynamics 365 Customer Service Professional
$50
per month per user
Add-In - Chat
$60
per month per user
Add-In - Voice Channel
$75
per month per user
Add-In - Digital Messaging
$75
per month per user
Add-In - Digital Messaging and Voice
$90
per month per user
Dynamics 365 Customer Service Enterprise
$95
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LiveAgentMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
LiveAgentMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
Top Pros
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Features
LiveAgentMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
LiveAgent
7.8
59 Ratings
1% below category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
9.3
1 Ratings
16% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets8.056 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Expert directory7.947 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications6.942 Ratings10.01 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation6.838 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission8.558 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Ticket response8.559 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
LiveAgent
9.7
52 Ratings
22% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
10.0
1 Ratings
25% above category average
External knowledge base9.749 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Internal knowledge base9.847 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
LiveAgent
8.3
58 Ratings
8% above category average
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
9.8
1 Ratings
24% above category average
Customer portal9.753 Ratings10.01 Ratings
IVR6.828 Ratings9.01 Ratings
Social integration8.150 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Email support7.754 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration9.646 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Best Alternatives
LiveAgentMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
Small Businesses
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Score 9.0 out of 10
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Score 9.0 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Score 9.0 out of 10
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Agiloft Flexible Service Desk Suite
Score 9.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Salesforce Service Cloud
Salesforce Service Cloud
Score 8.7 out of 10
SAP Service Cloud
SAP Service Cloud
Score 8.7 out of 10
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User Ratings
LiveAgentMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(117 ratings)
10.0
(1 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
LiveAgentMicrosoft Dynamics 365 Customer Service
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.
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Microsoft
The deployment of this software was a lot of pleasure for us as we were able to bring all our customers to one spot. The customer's requirements are considerably easier to satisfy in this way. As Microsoft Dynamic 365 for customer service, we are able to keep our customers in our firm in a long-term position. I highly suggest you use this service in all sorts of organizations as it is a very complete system with everything necessary for a high-grade customer care experience. The software gives several pricing packages that are appropriate for varied usage demands.
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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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Microsoft
  • Dynamic CS allows you to access a wider customer base and gain artificial intelligence-powered insights into numerous client interaction activities.
  • It assists in gaining deep insights into numerous data analyses performed on various customer interaction activities, as well as data visualization and customer satisfaction enhancement.
  • This product has been extremely beneficial to my firm since it allows us to communicate with customers via a variety of channels, including e-mail and social media.
  • Extensible, and Microsoft responds rapidly to market demand with new features. In terms of service, both Microsoft customer success and technical teams collaborate closely to ensure appropriate delivery.
  • A better way to track client interactions is SaaS-based cloud services. This software may also be linked to outlook.
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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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Microsoft
  • It occasionally crashes or slow down, but it usually works great.
  • Costly.
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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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Microsoft
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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Microsoft
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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Microsoft
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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Microsoft
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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Microsoft
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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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Microsoft
  • Creativity way.
  • Foster increase in revenue.
  • Improving decision-making.
  • Culture of good relationship/service.
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