LivePerson Conversation Cloud (LiveEngage) vs. Pure Chat by Ruby

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
LivePerson Conversation Cloud (LiveEngage)
Score 8.5 out of 10
N/A
LivePerson headquartered in New York offers solutions for AI-guided live chat and conversational messaging, with the Conversation Cloud (formerly LiveEngage), supporting sales and service teams with answering questions across all popular messaging channels.N/A
Pure Chat by Ruby
Score 8.6 out of 10
N/A
Pure Chat is a live chat tool with a free version for limited usage or paid versions with unlimited chat, developed by the company of the same name in Scottsdale, Arizona, and acquired late in 2020 by Ruby. Pure Chat is now a Ruby brand.
$10
per month
Pricing
LivePerson Conversation Cloud (LiveEngage)Pure Chat by Ruby
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
Additional Users - Pro
$10
per month
Additional Users - Growth
$15
per month
Growth
$49
per month
Pro
$99
per month
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LivePerson Conversation Cloud (LiveEngage)Pure Chat by Ruby
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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LivePerson Conversation Cloud (LiveEngage)Pure Chat by Ruby
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User Ratings
LivePerson Conversation Cloud (LiveEngage)Pure Chat by Ruby
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(14 ratings)
8.6
(2 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
10.0
(10 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
LivePerson Conversation Cloud (LiveEngage)Pure Chat by Ruby
Likelihood to Recommend
LivePerson
Liveperson LiveEngage is good for larger deployments with lots of agents, and where the rollout plan is broad with respect to the visitors who you will be targeting. It allows you to manipulate more of the data for reporting than many other platforms. The premium cost and some drawbacks with configuring smaller groups might make it lose some appeal for smaller companies or deployments.
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Ruby Receptionists, Inc
Chat is nothing new but the ease of use and functionality is key, that being said Pure Chat nails it across the board. We use the chat across our website and ad pages. Don't see a situation where this effective tool would be less appropriate, consumers want instant information and instant connection, chat provides both without being tied up on the phone
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Pros
LivePerson
  • The login and interface are near flawless (for what I need). Each of our chat reps has learned how to use it within minutes. Procedure on how to answer certain questions etc., are the only trouble we have, but LiveEngage actually helps with that by storing easily accessible pre-made responses to help guide you or just to paste in directly.
  • Visibility into the context of a customer's question is very helpful. Before I open a chat window, I know exactly what a customer has been browsing prior to asking, and I can usually gather a context from the pre-chat question window. Functionally, it does everything I need it to. Though I don't spend much time in the platform.
  • There haven't been glitches that I remember or have heard of from other reps. The chats usually continue uninterrupted for the duration. Also, you can copy and paste the log pretty easily if necessary.
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Ruby Receptionists, Inc
  • Online chat
  • Multiple websites, multiple users
  • Supervisor feature
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Cons
LivePerson
  • Is my understanding that they have their majority of support between US and Israel, which is great however the timeframe to get a response depending on the issue may take longer than expected.
  • Their dev support can take some getting used to, some issues that are not supported by their regular tech support is within Dev and you will be redirected to their website.
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Ruby Receptionists, Inc
  • Transcripts that could generate in a PDF or Word doc rather than .txt file, option would be nice
  • Chat is straight forward so not much room for improvement, we're happy with the service, functionality, and ease of use.
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Likelihood to Renew
LivePerson
LivePerson has been a great tool for our company and everything is customized. We can customize everything from the canned responses, operator surveys, and customer surveys. We receive a lot of positive information from our customers; and to be able to provide technical support of the website as well as status information for already placed orders is awesome
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Ruby Receptionists, Inc
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
LivePerson
Desk.com allows us to bring all of our support tools together into one management system. It does not have all the features that LivePerson has for support but it has all the features we need. It also gives us an easier path to self-service and gives our user more direct access to all the channels they need
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Ruby Receptionists, Inc
Didn't see much pros and cons comparing Pure Chat and Olark. They all do the job. However, Pure Chat is free to use on basic functions.
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Return on Investment
LivePerson
  • Without giving away numbers, I know it has been a huge tool for our customer solutions department. Conversion isn't as high as compared to phones, but in terms of providing customers with quick information (shipping prices/times, trade restrictions, order status, etc.) it's huge.
  • Increased employee efficiency is a huge one. The capability of taking 3 chats at a time allows each Rep to be way more efficient than on phones alone.
  • Giving the customer the choice to call in, chat or email is huge. LP combines chat and email into one intuitive program so, again, it increases efficiencies for our team and allows them to provide better customer service.
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Ruby Receptionists, Inc
  • Instant connection with our clients and prospects
  • Expanded our ability to increase client contact efficiency
  • Allows us to stay up to date with the ever changing demand of consumers
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