LiveChat vs. SMARTe Data Platform

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LiveChat
Score 6.9 out of 10
Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees)
LiveChat serves as a customer service platform with live chat support, help desk and web analytics functionalities, with the goal of allowing users to provide 24/7 support to customers. The core feature of the software is its chat tool, where both service and sales team can answer customers' questions in real time. Online businesses can interact with customers on their website, to be more accessible. With LiveChat, users can identify people on the website and engage…
$25
per month
SMARTe Data Platform
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
A provider of sales and marketing data, SMARTe offers a data platform for revenue teams and professionals, boasting more than 300 companies around the world have boosted revenue growth and improved marketing ROI using the platform's capabilities and data, that include: -270+ research analysts -300+ customers -153 industries -200+ countries -91+ million job titles - 15+ years of global experienceN/A
Pricing
LiveChatSMARTe Data Platform
Editions & Modules
Starter
$25
per month
Team
$59
per month per person
Business
$89
per month per person
Enterprise
Contact Sales
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LiveChatSMARTe Data Platform
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsDiscount available for annual billing.
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Community Pulse
LiveChatSMARTe Data Platform
Considered Both Products
LiveChat
Chose LiveChat
We had to move away from Intercom as it changed it pricing model and the pricing that it came to us with was out of our budget.

LiveChat gave us a better product at a lesser price.
Chose LiveChat
There are many other options available on the market and of course they are all competing against each other, however, LiveChat really shines more than the others due its simple user interface and the real-time typing that your user is doing on his side, we can easily see the …
Chose LiveChat
Live chat provides customers with quicker replies than WhatsApp and ensures queries are either answered or passed on efficiently and effectively.
Chose LiveChat
I have not used other program similar to LiveChat, so it would be hard for me to answer this question.
Chose LiveChat
Overall very similar in design, but LiveChat had a better interface, better reporting and analytic tools, better mobile support, and just an easier overall feel. The two products are very much alike in the vast majority of ways, but I ended up preferring this product overall. …
Chose LiveChat
Ease of setup and use is very light and delightful on LiveChat. Quality of support provided by them is amazing. Admins can easily work on newly added features and functionality. Gives almost everything I need. Pleasurable in terms of doing business with them. This software is …
Chose LiveChat
I haven't use ZenDesk in a few years so I can't remember any pros or cons there, they were both pretty easy to use from what I recall, but we just so happen to use LiveChat now because of the user interface and instant reports. Maybe, set-up for ZenDesk was easier.
Chose LiveChat
We have also used WhatsApp Business, however this proved not to be as user friendly and we experienced several glitches and lost chats. However, WhatsApp Business does allow clients to contact us directly from a mobile app they are already likely to have and allows clients to …
Chose LiveChat
This is the only job I have used a LiveChat type of program for customer service. The other employers I have worked for used phones or face to face contact in order to assist customers in the daily workplace. I believe the company chose to use LiveChat because of its efficiency …
Chose LiveChat
Transfer chats from one agent to another. It also supports agent groups, where users can easily select the department they want to talk to. Shows basic information, such as country, IP address and visited pages.
Chose LiveChat
These products don't load on the user's own web site and aren't as easy to use as LiveChat. We've been happy with Livechat and really haven't explored other options that much because it just works well. I wish there was a free open source product that worked well that we could …
Chose LiveChat
It is the first time that we've used a program of this type. Actually the result has been positive. It is very difficult to identify a problem, when the experience has been positive. We believe that this type of chat platform has the strength of contact with customers. That …
Chose LiveChat
The software allowed us to leverage additional Sales Team activity from our web traffic - letting us increase engagement with customers and drive additional sales. The chat routing functions allowed me to segment traffic on particular pages to relevant parts of the sales team. …
Chose LiveChat
They all serve different purposes but LiveChat is the only platform that's actually just for chatting rather than for communication amongst remote employees. All systems work together though and for that, our teams run smoothly and communication is amazing!
Chose LiveChat
We only compare the utility for the business that is to say better for us at this time to address the concerns of our customer. According to this, the management will decide to brainstorm with the staff in charge of implementing or managing the chat. The personal responded and …
Chose LiveChat
The other ones are good too, but ultimately it was the app and ease of use that lead us to LiveChat.
Chose LiveChat
LiveChat is specifically a help desk tool and it does a good job around this niche market. Intercom tries to be a sales, help desk and marketing tool and isn't top-notch in any of these markets. LiveChat provides more support agent styled features than Intercom.
Chose LiveChat
While userlike is now free, (it wasn't free when we used it), we had issues with navigating around this program as it's user interface wasn't self explanatory, and they didn't provide as much support resources like videos and article which Livechat provides.
Chose LiveChat
Livechat had an easy to understand user interface; unlike User like whose user interface takes a while to get around.Livechat provides better analytics too.
Chose LiveChat
LiveChat has an attractive user console. Userlike's User console put us off.It was simply unattractive and took us a while to even get around.
SMARTe Data Platform
Chose SMARTe Data Platform
We use them to compliment each other, there are areas that Clearbit provides matches that SMARTe does not and visa versa. This applies at both a contact and an account level.

Where SMARTe really stands out (for me) is the ability to classify any provided Job Title. This really …
Chose SMARTe Data Platform
Very similar, probably Lusha has a bigger database atm. But for the same contacts SMARTe has more details.
So for a deep unlock I tend to prefer SMARTe over Lusha.
Experience with Lusha was very short, especially because SMARTe deals better with GDPR obligations, so easier to use …
Features
LiveChatSMARTe Data Platform
Prospecting
Comparison of Prospecting features of Product A and Product B
LiveChat
-
Ratings
SMARTe Data Platform
7.6
Ratings
2% below category average
Advanced search00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Identification of new leads00 Ratings7.20 Ratings
List quality00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
List upload/download00 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Ideal customer targeting00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Load time/data access00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Sales Intelligence Data Standards
Comparison of Sales Intelligence Data Standards features of Product A and Product B
LiveChat
-
Ratings
SMARTe Data Platform
7.8
Ratings
0% above category average
Contact information00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Company information00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Industry information00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification
Comparison of Data Augmentation & Lead Qualification features of Product A and Product B
LiveChat
-
Ratings
SMARTe Data Platform
7.5
Ratings
1% above category average
Salesforce integration00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Company/business profiles00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Data hygiene00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Automatic data refresh00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Filters and segmentation00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
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User Ratings
LiveChatSMARTe Data Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(0 ratings)
7.9
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
7.3
(0 ratings)
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(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
LiveChatSMARTe Data Platform
Likelihood to Recommend
We needed a mechanism in place to make contact with visitors to our website easier. What we discovered is that it's an excellent tool for creating reports and dashboards that show how soon issues are handled. Our website can now be updated in real-time, and all of our internal teams are really excited to use this fantastic technology. I really recommend [LiveChat] to many friends and past colleagues.
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SMARTe offers multiple ways to support the prospecting activity, I tend to use the Chrome Extension to unlock contact details from LinkedIn Sales Nav. Given the difficulty in finding this information working in Europe, I have to admit that the tool does his job perfectly. Only thing that could be developed is ability to find details from smaller companies. Sometimes they are (and I understand why) difficult to find.
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Pros
  • LiveChat has an easy to navigate UI. Most of the tabs you need are on the left and self explanatory.
  • If the team itself has any issues with the software, there is a small help tab on the bottom right for immediate tech support. Not sure if it is 24/7 but quick response.
  • There is also a "Reports" tab that makes it easy for the management department to keep track of tickets answered and task to assign.
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  • Enrichment
  • Job title classification
  • New contact identification
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Cons
  • Price point is a little on the high side, making it difficult for some small businesses to justify.
  • When monitoring chats from a manager standpoint, there seems to be an inherent delay; it does not appear to be instantaneous.
  • Very minor, but the chat widget sound options can be annoying, and wish there were more available options in order to allow employees to differentiate their own sessions if their desks are near one another.
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  • Efficiency of Chrome Extension. Sometimes page is not loading
  • Duration of log in, usually with a day of not use logs out automatically
  • List of contact unlocked better sorted out and available
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Support Rating
The only issues I have had with LiveChat are the technical glitches within the program. These are not common as in everyday occurrences but when the glitches do happen they tend to have very negative repercussions. This is due to chats with customers being dropped, this may be an internal server issue though and may not happen for everyone.
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Alternatives Considered
We had to move away from Intercom as it changed it pricing model and the pricing that it came to us with was out of our budget. LiveChat gave us a better product at a lesser price. Intercom did not provide us with chat support for the plan we were on - at times we had to wait 24 hours for a reply to a query on their chat. Livechat literally has chat support at all times. This really helped me with my Implemetation.
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We use them to compliment each other, there are areas that Clearbit provides matches that SMARTe does not and visa versa. This applies at both a contact and an account level. Where SMARTe really stands out (for me) is the ability to classify any provided Job Title. This really has dramatic impact to our processes. Clearbit does have a native integration that offers data refresh.
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Return on Investment
  • As I mentioned before, LiveChat can be used to evaluate the quality of the service provided by your employees.
  • LiveChat can ease the work done by your Customer Care team. In addition, it is very easy and fast to learn how to work with LiveChat, so you would need less time to train your new customer care specialists.
  • You can have much better customer care service and your clients will be much more satisfied.
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  • This platform has helped us balance out the entire budget we have for contact discovery. The money we lost in other platform got covered post purchasing this platform, helping us gain a positive ROI cumulatively.
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ScreenShots

LiveChat Screenshots

Screenshot of Chat Widget and Agent AppScreenshot of Customer detailsScreenshot of Traffic sectionScreenshot of ReportsScreenshot of Team managementScreenshot of Chat Widget customization

SMARTe Data Platform Screenshots

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