HelpCrunch vs. LiveAgent

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
HelpCrunch
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
All-in-one software for better customer communication HelpCrunch toolset includes: Live chat Email marketing automation Simple Helpdesk It's a perfect solution for customer support, sales & marketing teams at SaaS, E-commerce, and any other online businesses. Acquire, convert more leads, and support your customers better.
$12
per month
LiveAgent
Score 9.7 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,…
$0
per month
Pricing
HelpCrunchLiveAgent
Editions & Modules
Basic - Live chat
$12.00
per month
Premium - Live chat
$21.00
per month
Basic - Live chat+Emails
$25.00
per month
Premium - Live chat+Emails
$43.00
per month
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
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
HelpCrunchLiveAgent
Free Trial
YesYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional DetailsUnlike most competitors, HelpCrunch's pricing is agent-based (not contacts-based) which gives you a full transparency of your chosen pricing plan and straightforward billing. Free 14-day trial is available to take the solution for a test drive. We're pretty flexible in terms of pricing. If you need a custom pricing plan - just message us via our website chat and we'll come up with a suitable pricing for your needs.
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Community Pulse
HelpCrunchLiveAgent
Considered Both Products
HelpCrunch
Chose HelpCrunch
It is much better than most alternatives available. After doing an initial evaluation with competing solutions, this ended up checking most boxes covering [the] majority of used cases.
Chose HelpCrunch
I like to call HelpCrunch as the best live chat software ever used since it provides all the features with the best price. It keeps the agent motivated and help achieve better customer experience leading to higher sales. The other products will usually miss one or the other. …
Chose HelpCrunch
We used Small Chat in the past. This is a really light-weight live chat solution which didn't have all the features that HelpCrunch has. So it's possibly not a fair example.

I also looked at the market leader - Intercom - who certainly provide a similar service however the …
Chose HelpCrunch
HelpCrunch is more affordable than other alternatives on the market and offers better customer support.
LiveAgent
Chose LiveAgent
I did a demo with Zendesk which was fine, but the customer service and system for LiveAgent was a better choice for me. The demo with LiveAgent was wonderful and very informational, any concerns were answered immediately, extremely accommodating with the free trial, better …
Chose LiveAgent
Bold360 worked for our basic purposes but it was pretty bare bones. It didn't give us the option to get sales or to translate from Spanish to English and it made things a bit more difficult. LiveAgent has the features that we needed and it has many of the similar options that …
Chose LiveAgent
Night and Day, Zendesk is very very basic, We also faced multiple technical and connection issues when using zendesk which resulted in loss of customers due to the chat randomly disconnecting now this is a thing of the past thanks to LiveAgent, the connection is always stable …
Chose LiveAgent
I haven’t used any other software
Chose LiveAgent
LiveAgent was way easier to configure and setup initially and was more customizable (branding, signatures, directory, notifications, etc.).

Chose LiveAgent
We have 5 brands and had to have different solutions for these. But with LiveAgent we could use 1 software to operate all brands!
Chose LiveAgent
We use 3PL as well as LiveAgent to complete our daily work. Using them together seems to be a good combination for what we need the programs to do.
Chose LiveAgent
We have used some other systems for a very brief period of time but they did not offer us the specific functions we needed.
Chose LiveAgent
I hated Zendesk we used them for 2 years and found them very unreliable and [unprofessional]. The system was laggy, bugged and beyond basic. It is nowhere near as good as LiveAgent and I am over the moon that we found them and decided to make the switch.
Chose LiveAgent
After testing a few web-based CRM I found LiveAgent to be the overall best. Manage email, chat and calls plus respond to social media posts and messages.
Chose LiveAgent
The price that LiveAgent has is just outstanding even with the features and helps us save money rather than spending loads of cash on other systems. It has also helped us better support our customers.
Chose LiveAgent
LiveAgent is much easier and it's well designed to keep great work organization. Separate boxes provide a great view so one is aware of what every single member of the team is working on.
Chose LiveAgent
LiveAgent is clearer and offers all forms of communication in one app.
Chose LiveAgent
Ability to call chat and email from the same spot.
Chose LiveAgent
LiveAgent is much more complete and all the channels are available at the same place. The way customers get an answer is friendlier than Zendesk.
Overall, LiveAgent is much more user friendly and simple to understand. It has knowledge base section.
Chose LiveAgent

My initial experience with LiveAgent was when the company I work for, Bus2alps, was reviewing an assortment of chatting platforms to use. My responsibility was to compare and contrast various features of them all and select the one which we would implement on our website to …

Features
HelpCrunchLiveAgent
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
HelpCrunch
-
Ratings
LiveAgent
7.7
Ratings
4% below category average
Organize and prioritize service tickets00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Expert directory00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation00 Ratings6.80 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Ticket response00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
HelpCrunch
-
Ratings
LiveAgent
10.0
Ratings
24% above category average
External knowledge base00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Internal knowledge base00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
HelpCrunch
-
Ratings
LiveAgent
8.5
Ratings
9% above category average
Customer portal00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
IVR00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Social integration00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
Email support00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration00 Ratings10.00 Ratings
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User Ratings
HelpCrunchLiveAgent
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
-
(0 ratings)
9.3
(0 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
10.0
(0 ratings)
9.3
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
-
(0 ratings)
9.1
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
HelpCrunchLiveAgent
Likelihood to Recommend
HelpCrunch is well suited when you need to provide support to your customers, generate leads and answer questions to drive sales. I cannot think of a situation where it may not be suitable but it is definitely more suitable for the B2C segment.
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I think [LiveAgent] is great from a customer service perspective, though I don't know that I would recommend it for B2B purposes. It has so many features that are fantastic as far as creating a great customer experience goes, I just think it is far more geared toward B2C than B2B.
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Pros
  • Affordable pricing
  • Great customer support
  • Useful features
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  • It's a complete OMNI channel. You can configure all communication medium for your customer with LiveAgent i.e. Ticketing, Social Media, Phone, and Chat.
  • Low on pricing.
  • You can easily setup LiveAgent for your organization. You don't need to be a technical expert to implement this.
  • The user-friendly application.
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Cons
  • It needs additional training resources.
  • End user support is not the greatest.
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  • Occasionally when "resolving" a ticket, the page will not load the full list of remaining tickets. However, the moment you scroll, the tickets appear so it's not too big of a deal, but I'd like to see that cleaned up. It does not always happen.
  • When dialing a phone number, the format needs to be specific, i.e. +15125555555. We often receive phone numbers in the more traditional format, i.e. (512) 555-5555. The outgoing call will not work when pasted this way. I think it will get fixed. These little things seem to get sorted out after enough people complain about it.
  • The mobile version has a few bugs, but when on the run, it at least allows you to read and respond to email. Examples of bugs include not being able to transfer the ticket to another department (on iOS the drop down menu functions like a text field for some reason so clicking into it selects the text as if you are going to copy and paste it). Also, the ability to add an admin note would be nice on the mobile version.
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Likelihood to Renew
No answers on this topic
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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Usability
No answers on this topic
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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Support Rating
Always available, very knowledgeable, faster resolution.
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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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Implementation Rating
No answers on this topic
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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Alternatives Considered
It is much better than most alternatives available. After doing an initial evaluation with competing solutions, this ended up checking most boxes covering [the] majority of used cases.
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bold360 worked for our basic purposes but it was pretty bare bones. It didn't give us the option to get sales or to translate from Spanish to English and it made things a bit more difficult. LiveAgent has the features that we needed and it has many of the similar options that we also still use.
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Return on Investment
  • Only been using it for a few weeks so I can't give an exact amount relating to ROI, however, I have noticed a 20% increase in interactions with website visitors
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  • We are generating more sales by having sales representatives online chatting with customers.
  • The customer service team is able to avoid answering the same guest on a number of platforms (ie. when a guest emails in, fills out a "contact form," and chats with a representative in live time in the span of ten minutes) because LiveAgent enables us to have all of our communication in one platform.
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ScreenShots

HelpCrunch Screenshots

Screenshot of HelpCrunch - Main chat dashboardScreenshot of HelpCrunch - auto messagesScreenshot of HelpCrunch - setting up trigger rules for new auto message

LiveAgent Screenshots

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