LiveAgent vs. Nextiva Contact Center

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LiveAgent
Score 8.9 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
Nextiva Contact Center
Score 9.5 out of 10
N/A
Nextiva’s cloud contact center solution features voice, digital, AI-driven journey orchestration, customer engagement, workforce management, and analytics. The solution helps boost customer loyalty, enhance employee productivity, and reduce costs.
$129
per month per user
Pricing
LiveAgentNextiva Contact Center
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
Essential
$129
per month per seat
Professional
$159
per month per seat
Premium
$199
per month per seat
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LiveAgentNextiva Contact Center
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Features
LiveAgentNextiva Contact Center
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
LiveAgent
7.7
59 Ratings
6% below category average
Nextiva Contact Center
-
Ratings
Organize and prioritize service tickets7.956 Ratings00 Ratings
Expert directory7.947 Ratings00 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications7.042 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation6.838 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission8.458 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket response8.459 Ratings00 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
LiveAgent
10.0
52 Ratings
22% above category average
Nextiva Contact Center
-
Ratings
External knowledge base10.049 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledge base10.047 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
LiveAgent
8.5
58 Ratings
6% above category average
Nextiva Contact Center
-
Ratings
Customer portal10.053 Ratings00 Ratings
IVR7.028 Ratings00 Ratings
Social integration8.150 Ratings00 Ratings
Email support7.454 Ratings00 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration10.046 Ratings00 Ratings
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
LiveAgent
-
Ratings
Nextiva Contact Center
9.3
43 Ratings
11% above category average
Agent dashboard00 Ratings9.343 Ratings
Validate callers00 Ratings9.441 Ratings
Outbound response00 Ratings9.641 Ratings
Call forwarding00 Ratings9.542 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings9.035 Ratings
Warm transfer00 Ratings9.440 Ratings
Predictive dialing00 Ratings9.027 Ratings
Interactive voice response00 Ratings8.932 Ratings
REST APIs00 Ratings9.325 Ratings
Call scripts00 Ratings9.524 Ratings
Call tracking00 Ratings9.838 Ratings
Multichannel integration00 Ratings9.328 Ratings
CRM software integration00 Ratings9.430 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
LiveAgent
-
Ratings
Nextiva Contact Center
9.4
43 Ratings
13% above category average
Inbound call routing00 Ratings9.741 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings9.335 Ratings
Recording00 Ratings9.639 Ratings
Quality management00 Ratings9.537 Ratings
Call analytics00 Ratings9.538 Ratings
Historical reporting00 Ratings9.341 Ratings
Live reporting00 Ratings8.936 Ratings
Customer surveys00 Ratings9.722 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings9.328 Ratings
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LiveAgentNextiva Contact Center
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 7.5 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 7.5 out of 10
Enterprises
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SysAid
Score 8.9 out of 10
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Bright Pattern Contact Center
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User Ratings
LiveAgentNextiva Contact Center
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(117 ratings)
9.5
(44 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.3
(4 ratings)
9.7
(3 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(4 ratings)
8.2
(9 ratings)
Support Rating
9.3
(24 ratings)
8.0
(7 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(2 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
LiveAgentNextiva Contact Center
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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Nextiva
We have over 50 locations and an in-house call center, so having a united platform to perform customer service duties is absolutely critical. Nextiva Contact Center is a very effective solution for large teams and multi-location businesses. If you need to regularly report on call volume and agent performance, it is extremely helpful. A very small team may not benefit from it as much as a medium to large scale one.
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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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Nextiva
  • Nextiva allows you to set up the Contact Center to fit your exact needs.
  • The Contact Center has a consistency of quality. Dropped calls or interrupted calls are very rare. The voice quality is always great on both ends.
  • The Contact Center allows us to have a Call Center with 50+ numbers to assist our customers and attendees. At the same time, it allows us to have a main line for our Customer Support, Sales, etc...
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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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Nextiva
  • I'd like to be able block numbers globally through the web portal rather than having it done through tech support.
  • Mobile app sometimes continues to ring even though the call has been picked up via the desktop app or physical phone.
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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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Nextiva
Outside of emails, Nextiva is the only way to contact our customers and their attendees, and the only way that they can contact us. We are a smaller company, but with Nextiva we can operate and manage our contact center easily no matter how much our company grows in the future. Nextiva is a versatile tool that can fit any need
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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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Nextiva
We take advantage of all the options we have with Nextiva to make our customer's experience better and faster than what it used to be; by using the multiple lines, we can talk to more patients and make their time valuable.
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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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Nextiva
Every single experience with the Nextiva Contact Center has been beyond amazing! The support team is always caring and kind, and they get the problem solved as soon as possible if needed. They always follow up to make sure the issue has been resolved. That's one of the reasons why I have been a customer for so long.
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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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Nextiva
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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Nextiva
It isn't just about clear calls- which they have in spades. The features on this platform are like little productivity cheerleaders. We can track calls, analyze performance, and even set up call routing so the right seller gets the right lead
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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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Nextiva
  • With a lot of our employees doing remote work, Nextiva Contact Center phone system supports remote access which has reduced our need for physical office space and associated costs.
  • It has reduced our maintenance and repair costs associated with outdated equipment.
  • The exceptional quality of sound has led to a higher satisfaction during meetings.
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