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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

    ZoomSphere

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AZoomSphere is a social media scheduling and management solution designed for teams to plan, schedule, auto-publish, and analyze their social media content across multiple platforms. ZoomSphere is primarily used by social media managers, marketing teams, and agencies to streamline content workflows, improve collaboration, and track performance across various social media platforms, including Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, and X. The software helps users automate…

    $29

    per month

    Pricing
    LiveAgentZoomSphere
    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
    Leads Manager
    $29
    per month
    ZoomSphere
    $199
    per month
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    LiveAgentZoomSphere
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional Details—Two month discount available for annual billing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    LiveAgentZoomSphere
    Considered Both Products
    QualityUnit, LLC
    No answer on this topic
    ZoomSphere
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    100%
    Would buy again
    36 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Delivers good value for the price
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    33 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    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
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation went as expected
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    31 Answers
    No answers on this topic
    Features
    LiveAgentZoomSphere
    Incident and problem management
    Comparison of Incident and problem management features of LiveAgent and ZoomSphere
    Feature
    LiveAgent
    7.7
    59 Ratings
    6% below category average
    ZoomSphere
    -
    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 LiveAgent and ZoomSphere
    Feature
    LiveAgent
    10.0
    52 Ratings
    22% above category average
    ZoomSphere
    -
    Ratings
    External knowledge base10.049 Ratings00 Ratings
    Internal knowledge base10.047 Ratings00 Ratings
    Multi-Channel Help
    Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of LiveAgent and ZoomSphere
    Feature
    LiveAgent
    8.5
    58 Ratings
    6% above category average
    ZoomSphere
    -
    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
    Publishing
    Comparison of Publishing features of LiveAgent and ZoomSphere
    Feature
    LiveAgent
    -
    Ratings
    ZoomSphere
    8.0
    1 Ratings
    2% below category average
    Content planning and scheduling00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Audience targeting00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Workflow management00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Marketing
    Comparison of Marketing features of LiveAgent and ZoomSphere
    Feature
    LiveAgent
    -
    Ratings
    ZoomSphere
    9.0
    1 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Content marketing00 Ratings9.01 Ratings
    Channel coverage/integration
    Comparison of Channel coverage/integration features of LiveAgent and ZoomSphere
    Feature
    LiveAgent
    -
    Ratings
    ZoomSphere
    8.4
    1 Ratings
    1% above category average
    Twitter00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Facebook00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    LinkedIn00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Instagram00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    YouTube00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Reporting/analytics
    Comparison of Reporting/analytics features of LiveAgent and ZoomSphere
    Feature
    LiveAgent
    -
    Ratings
    ZoomSphere
    8.3
    1 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Campaign success analytics00 Ratings8.01 Ratings
    Real-time tracking00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
    Competitor analysis00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Account management
    Comparison of Account management features of LiveAgent and ZoomSphere
    Feature
    LiveAgent
    -
    Ratings
    ZoomSphere
    8.5
    1 Ratings
    7% above category average
    Role-based user permissions & privileges00 Ratings10.01 Ratings
    Mobile access00 Ratings7.01 Ratings
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    LiveAgentZoomSphere
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    Help Scout
    Score9.3 out of 10
    Sendible
    Score7.2 out of 10
    Medium-sized Companies
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    Score9.3 out of 10
    Emplifi
    Score8.9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Front
    Score9.2 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    LiveAgentZoomSphere
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (117 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.3
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    9.3
    (24 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    LiveAgentZoomSphere
    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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    ZoomSphere
    ZoomSphere is suited for all companies - from small to big, for one brand or more brands within company. With ZoomSphere you can leverage your social media presence - but you need to use lot of apps ZoomSphere has. I think that ZoomSphere is not suited for company that want to use ZoomSphere for only one purpose, for example content creation and publishing. There are plenty of ways how to use ZoomSphere more complex.
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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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    ZoomSphere
    • Content Creation and Publishing
    • Analytics and Reporting
    • Workflow management
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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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    ZoomSphere
    • Community Management
    • Viewable backlog or product roadmap
    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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    ZoomSphere
    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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    ZoomSphere
    There is always a space for improvement, but overall I see ZoomSphere as a valuable partner and tool for our business on social media. Maybe in a future rest of the apps in tool (community management, social media listening,...) will be on a same level as competitors and we will use only one tool for whole social media management. But if not, ZoomSphere is still awesome for the most of it
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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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    ZoomSphere
    Whenever I contacted customer service, I had a great response within minutes. Sometimes was not easy to solve, but somehow we figured it out. I would like to reccommend more proactive communication with clients regarding product roadmap, for example "In 1Q we will launch XY,..." Client should know that before implementation - client can prepare for news, client can test something,...
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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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    ZoomSphere
    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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    ZoomSphere
    We see ZoomSphere as a better option than Kontentino. They are almost the same in way you can use the tool, but ZoomSphere has better UI and UX and also customer service. We also know that pricing levels are better with ZoomSphere than Kontentino. But both tools are quite awesome for social media management. Just book a demo, have a trial and you will see by yourself.
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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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    ZoomSphere
    • Possitive effect into measure all awareness effects on social channels
    • Time effectiveness
    • Faster workflow management and realtime communication
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    ScreenShots

    LiveAgent Screenshots

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

    ZoomSphere Screenshots

    Screenshot of ZoomSphere Workspaces, which lets the user keep clients and projects organized. A separate workspace can be set up for each client with only needed apps—no extra clutter. Each workspace comes with a built-in Chat for easy communication and a Files section to store everything from images and videos to presentations and reports, keeping work in one place.Screenshot of ZoomSphere Scheduler, which simplifies social media planning and publishing across platforms like Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, LinkedIn, YouTube, and X. Users can manage formats like stories, carousels, and short videos, or set up a custom approval flow for fast approval from a manager or client, and enjoy features like Instagram grid preview, post performance panel, and bulk actions.Screenshot of a Kanban-style interface to streamline task management. Here, users can create tasks, set deadlines, attach files, and discuss each task card with a team to keep everything on track. With clear task organization, ZoomSphere Workflow Manager helps teams stay on top of their projects and ensures smooth collaboration from start to finish.Screenshot of ZoomSphere Notes, which makes organizing ideas and plans easy.Screenshot of ZoomSphere Analytics, which offers in-depth insights into social media performance. Content performance can be analyzed with over 100 available metrics, and reports can be generated for any time period.Screenshot of the tool to send multiple posts for approval to client at once. Bulk Actions lets users send entire batches of posts via email or built-in chat, as well as duplicate, update statuses, or delete multiple posts.