LiveAgent vs. Nextiva Contact Center

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
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
Nextiva Contact Center
Score 9.6 out of 10
N/A
Nextiva’s cloud contact center solution features voice, digital, AI-driven journey orchestration, customer engagement, workforce management, and analytics. The solution helps boost customer loyalty, enhance employee productivity, and reduce costs.
$129
per month per seat
Pricing
LiveAgentNextiva Contact Center
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
Essential
$129
per month per seat
Professional
$159
per month per seat
Premium
$199
per month per seat
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LiveAgentNextiva Contact Center
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
LiveAgentNextiva Contact Center
Considered Both Products
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 …

Nextiva Contact Center
Chose Nextiva Contact Center
Because of their prices and the multiple call center options they offer.
Chose Nextiva Contact Center
We had a lot of connectivity issues and call drops that occurred daily towards the end of our contract with them. When we switched to Nextiva Contact Center, the call quality was a lot better and reporting and call monitoring was a lot easier to manage. Overall the switch over …
Chose Nextiva Contact Center
Nextiva Contact Center is much cheaper and has a bigger following online. I rarely hear any complaints and so they are the best in the business. They stack up by being number one. Everyone else is trying to compete and be like them but they won't even come close. It's …
Chose Nextiva Contact Center
Nextiva Contact Center was cheaper and more reliable. They are highly rated in fortune 500 companies. Their price and reliability is the reason why. They make it affordable for small businesses because they actually care. Never have I dealt with an organization that had …
Chose Nextiva Contact Center
Nextiva Contact Center had all of the features we needed at a very affordable price. Dialpad had the needed features, but they were locked on a super expensive tier.
Chose Nextiva Contact Center
It isn't just about clear calls- which they have in spades. The features on this platform are like little productivity cheerleaders. We can track calls, analyze performance, and even set up call routing so the right seller gets the right lead
Chose Nextiva Contact Center
We switched to Nextiva because they offered more flexible options than our previous system. Nextiva also offered a lower cost for what we were looking to do. Nextiva also allowed us to expand our contact center as we grew. The contact center allowed us to set up each phone …
Chose Nextiva Contact Center
The overall ease of setup for persons not familar with the technology was there even on weekends. Quick to respond to our needs
Chose Nextiva Contact Center
Nextiva Contact Center's solutions is more robust and have more intuitive features that RCC didn't seem to have or demonstrate.
Chose Nextiva Contact Center
Nextiva Contact Center looks great and feels good compared to some of the other providers I've used. I don't feel as much customization but that could be limited to the level of use we use the system.
Chose Nextiva Contact Center
Nextiva Contact Center has additional features that were useful for this particular business especially in gauging activity and flow to better arrange employees for peak hours.
Chose Nextiva Contact Center
Nextiva provided these contact center features out of the box compared to the other providers we compared with that required either an integration with another third party provider or at a higher cost.
Chose Nextiva Contact Center
We had a lot of trouble with previous provider, we were loosing calls and eventually loosing business and business opportunities. Our customers and prospects always had a complaint that our numbers are either silent or are not being answered. On the other hand, we had almost …
Chose Nextiva Contact Center
more features for less money, overall better service and customer service. Nextiva VoIP Call Center is an all in one software. I am able to manage contacts, fax, SMS, all on one platform instead of needing to pay multiple subscriptions and access multiple platforms. Nextiva …
Chose Nextiva Contact Center
This is the first VolP app I use.
Chose Nextiva Contact Center
we used ring central, switched dues to a support and pricing
Chose Nextiva Contact Center
Compared to Mitel, Nextiva VoIP Call Center provides better quality calls. With Mitel we had daily dropped and garbled calls. With Nextiva VoIP Call Center, we have maybe one dropped call every couple of months, and zero garbled calls. Nextiva VoIP Call Center's mobile and …
Chose Nextiva Contact Center
we chose Nextiva VoIP Call Center due to functionality at the time
Chose Nextiva Contact Center
The customer service is the most outstanding point to reference here. I hope Nextiva keeps this way of treating their customers like priority. In that way they guarantee their customers stay with them for a long. In these days knowing the customers´ needs is most important that …
Chose Nextiva Contact Center
Other Voip phone provider will offer you tons of features that in most cases our business does not really need or use at all, forcing you to sign up for a higher tier.

With Nextiva VoIP Call Center you get what you need for a lesser cost.
Chose Nextiva Contact Center
I will focus my evaluation on their VOIP system, and if I compare it to those providers I've used before. Nextiva is so simple and very helpful and the main reason is actually their pricing. If you are a start up business looking for tools to use in your calling efforts, I …
Chose Nextiva Contact Center
Nextiva is pretty much evenly matched against RingCentral and their phone system; the call quality and voice mail transcription are on par. However, Nextiva's admin portal is more cumbersome to use by comparison and the lack of an SMS feature is a definite drawback considering …
Features
LiveAgentNextiva Contact Center
Incident and problem management
Comparison of Incident and problem management features of Product A and Product B
LiveAgent
7.7
Ratings
4% below category average
Nextiva Contact Center
-
Ratings
Organize and prioritize service tickets7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Expert directory7.90 Ratings00 Ratings
Subscription-based notifications7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
ITSM collaboration and documentation6.80 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket creation and submission8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Ticket response8.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Self Help Community
Comparison of Self Help Community features of Product A and Product B
LiveAgent
10.0
Ratings
24% above category average
Nextiva Contact Center
-
Ratings
External knowledge base10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Internal knowledge base10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Multi-Channel Help
Comparison of Multi-Channel Help features of Product A and Product B
LiveAgent
8.5
Ratings
9% above category average
Nextiva Contact Center
-
Ratings
Customer portal10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
IVR7.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Social integration8.10 Ratings00 Ratings
Email support7.40 Ratings00 Ratings
Help Desk CRM integration10.00 Ratings00 Ratings
Contact Center Software
Comparison of Contact Center Software features of Product A and Product B
LiveAgent
-
Ratings
Nextiva Contact Center
9.4
Ratings
13% above category average
Agent dashboard00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Validate callers00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Outbound response00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Call forwarding00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Warm transfer00 Ratings9.40 Ratings
Predictive dialing00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Interactive voice response00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
REST APIs00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Call scripts00 Ratings9.50 Ratings
Call tracking00 Ratings9.90 Ratings
Multichannel integration00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
CRM software integration00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
LiveAgent
-
Ratings
Nextiva Contact Center
9.4
Ratings
14% above category average
Inbound call routing00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Recording00 Ratings9.70 Ratings
Quality management00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Call analytics00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Historical reporting00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
Live reporting00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Customer surveys00 Ratings9.60 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings9.30 Ratings
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User Ratings
LiveAgentNextiva Contact Center
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(0 ratings)
9.6
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.3
(0 ratings)
9.7
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(0 ratings)
8.6
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.3
(0 ratings)
8.0
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(0 ratings)
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User Testimonials
LiveAgentNextiva Contact Center
Likelihood to Recommend
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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We have over 50 locations and an in-house call center, so having a united platform to perform customer service duties is absolutely critical. Nextiva Contact Center is a very effective solution for large teams and multi-location businesses. If you need to regularly report on call volume and agent performance, it is extremely helpful. A very small team may not benefit from it as much as a medium to large scale one.
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Pros
  • 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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  • Nextiva allows you to set up the Contact Center to fit your exact needs.
  • The Contact Center has a consistency of quality. Dropped calls or interrupted calls are very rare. The voice quality is always great on both ends.
  • The Contact Center allows us to have a Call Center with 50+ numbers to assist our customers and attendees. At the same time, it allows us to have a main line for our Customer Support, Sales, etc...
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Cons
  • 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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  • I'd like to be able block numbers globally through the web portal rather than having it done through tech support.
  • Mobile app sometimes continues to ring even though the call has been picked up via the desktop app or physical phone.
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Likelihood to Renew
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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Outside of emails, Nextiva is the only way to contact our customers and their attendees, and the only way that they can contact us. We are a smaller company, but with Nextiva we can operate and manage our contact center easily no matter how much our company grows in the future. Nextiva is a versatile tool that can fit any need
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Usability
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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We take advantage of all the options we have with Nextiva to make our customer's experience better and faster than what it used to be; by using the multiple lines, we can talk to more patients and make their time valuable.
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Support Rating
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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Every single experience with the Nextiva Contact Center has been beyond amazing! The support team is always caring and kind, and they get the problem solved as soon as possible if needed. They always follow up to make sure the issue has been resolved. That's one of the reasons why I have been a customer for so long.
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Implementation Rating
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
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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It isn't just about clear calls- which they have in spades. The features on this platform are like little productivity cheerleaders. We can track calls, analyze performance, and even set up call routing so the right seller gets the right lead
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Return on Investment
  • 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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  • With a lot of our employees doing remote work, Nextiva Contact Center phone system supports remote access which has reduced our need for physical office space and associated costs.
  • It has reduced our maintenance and repair costs associated with outdated equipment.
  • The exceptional quality of sound has led to a higher satisfaction during meetings.
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