LiveAgent vs. Web+Center

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
Web+Center
Score 8.0 out of 10
Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
Web+Center is a suite of open source, web-based help desk applications that run onsite or in the cloud and support all browser-based devices, including PCs, Macs, smart phones and tablets. With access to 100% of the source code, organizations can create the ideal customized solution for their unique business needs for applications such as IT help desk, customer support, asset tracking and facilities management. According to the vendor, community colleges, hospitals, small businesses,…
$25
Per User per Month
Pricing
LiveAgentWeb+Center
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
Cloud Hosted
$25
Per User per Month
Small business Edition
$400
3 techs license + 1 yr support
Cloud Hosted - Unlimited Techs
$1,000
Per Month [Unlimited Users]
Enterprise Edition
$1,700
10 Tech Enterprise Edition
$6,000
10 techs license + 1 year support
Unlimited tech licenses
$18,000
Unlimited tech license + 1 yr support
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LiveAgentWeb+Center
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
YesYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Features
LiveAgentWeb+Center
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
Web+Center
8.6
2 Ratings
8% above category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets8.056 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Expert directory7.947 Ratings7.01 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications6.942 Ratings7.01 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation6.838 Ratings7.42 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission8.558 Ratings10.02 Ratings
Ticket response8.559 Ratings10.02 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
Web+Center
8.7
2 Ratings
12% above category average
External knowledge base9.749 Ratings8.42 Ratings
Internal knowledge base9.747 Ratings9.02 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
Web+Center
9.7
2 Ratings
23% above category average
Customer portal9.753 Ratings9.52 Ratings
IVR6.728 Ratings00 Ratings
Social integration8.050 Ratings00 Ratings
Email support7.754 Ratings9.52 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration9.546 Ratings10.01 Ratings
Best Alternatives
LiveAgentWeb+Center
Small Businesses
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
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
SAP Service Cloud
SAP 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
LiveAgentWeb+Center
Likelihood to Recommend
8.2
(117 ratings)
9.0
(2 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
LiveAgentWeb+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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Internet Software Sciences
It works well with any type of help desk/support system. This includes information technology but could be applied to any type of technical support service. It can also be modified quickly to create a totally different type of software package such as an indexing program for libraries and archives or it could be used as a permit management system. The software is very flexible and can be tailored to almost any need.
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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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Internet Software Sciences
  • Web+Center keeps a searchable knowledge base of all past issues. This makes it easy to search for solutions to recurring issues.
  • Web+Center makes it easy to see where techs are spending their time and also to see which techs are your top producers.
  • The automated email and text message alerts are great to alert techs right away to reported problems.
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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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Internet Software Sciences
  • I have read reviews where some people comment that the interface "looks dated". I am a believer in function over form. The interface is just eye candy and if it works well, why would you want to re-code software just to make it look different? I like the interface and can quickly find the functions I need. As for room for improvement? Well, that would depend on your location and what types of data you prefer to have access to. For me, the program is great the way it is.
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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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Internet Software Sciences
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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Internet Software Sciences
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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Internet Software Sciences
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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Internet Software Sciences
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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Internet Software Sciences
We've been using Web+Center so long, that I can't even remember what offerings we evaluated. We haven't felt the need to look at others because Web+Center just works for us.
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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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Internet Software Sciences
  • I looked for years trying to find a great software package that did not require a loan to purchase. Web+Center was the perfect fit. Pricing is very affordable even for very small organizations. It is dependent on the number of technicians, not the number of customers.
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ScreenShots

LiveAgent Screenshots

Screenshot of Inside of TicketsScreenshot of Chat - Support ViewScreenshot of Chat - Customer ViewScreenshot of Chat - Fully Customizable

Web+Center Screenshots

Screenshot of Tech+Mobile Interface - Mobile app for techs