LiveAgent vs. Webex 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
Webex Contact Center
Score 9.0 out of 10
N/A
Cisco Webex Contact Center is a cloud-based omni-channel (e.g. voice, email, and chat) contact center solution providing customer / agent matching, customer service self-service agent, and built-in chat and voice for collaboration between agents.N/A
Pricing
LiveAgentWebex 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
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LiveAgentWebex Contact Center
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
LiveAgentWebex 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 …

Webex Contact Center
Chose Webex Contact Center
Webex Contact Center works great in conjunction with the above product to produce a better system from businesses and more options to reach the maximum number of clients to make the business thrive. It makes it easier to reach all generations and remove any limitation or …
Chose Webex Contact Center
We use Webex Calling, but we chose to add Cisco Webex Contact Center to help direct calls to their intended destinations, depending on the time of day or night. So, not a direct competitor, but rather a helper. I would consider looking at Webex Contact Center if you need more …
Chose Webex Contact Center
In my opinion, Webex Contact Center can compete with Five9 Contact Center for small, less complex CX environments. Issue is when you are looking for a more complex, cloud base cx application, Five9 is more a better fit becuase of its maturity in the industry and how it can …
Chose Webex Contact Center
I think in general, they're all great products, I can't really say one is better than the other. I think building flows is somewhat easier in Webex Contact Center compared to the other two. Webex Contact Center was lacking some advanced features mainly in the AI and agent …
Chose Webex Contact Center
Due to the Cisco Ecosystem Integration we have migration step to transitioning from legacy Cisco contact center solutions (UCCX and this process was more easier to make with the Webex Contact Center. It is a Scalable Cloud Solution that help with the features that it have to …
Chose Webex Contact Center
The Webex Contact Center is somewhat on par with the feature set provided by Genesis Cloud. These are enterprise grade business solutions and provides rich end to end features. The Cisco solution works very in well within native Cisco environments and with the Cisco ecosystem. …
Chose Webex Contact Center
We trialed a fair few starting from anywhere, Microsoft 365 Call Center, the Genesys, 8x8 Contact Center. Some of the on-premise stuff. I think when it comes to the licensing model and just the flexibility of things, WebEx Center was a standout.
Chose Webex Contact Center
Still need some improvements with integration.
Chose Webex Contact Center
I'll say Webex suite is a complete All-in one collaboration solution, that helps our company to succeed in what we do.
Chose Webex Contact Center
It's an application where you can perform calls and chat as well. Additionally, support availability and admin control for the support staff.
Chose Webex Contact Center
I do really like Team Viewer for the remote assistance but Webex Contact Center is a pretty close second.
Chose Webex Contact Center
Webex Contact Center feels the most modern of the solutions we evaluated. It is an all in one package which required no capital expenditure up front. Webex Contact Center was able to integrate with the AI packages which our IT team investigating for future use. Webex Contact …
Chose Webex Contact Center
Calabrio and Webex Contact Center are both valuable for me working in tandem. They both provide their own information and processes that have become essential in delivering an efficient and effective working environment. They have allowed us to automate processes that were …
Chose Webex Contact Center
Webex Connect is a powerful tool to add digital channels and enrich the user experience.
Chose Webex Contact Center
Have not performed any Five9 deployments so I am not 100% sure how they differ but the Webex Contact Center solution is very robust and well thawed out.
Chose Webex Contact Center
Customers will benefit a great deal from webRTC, out-of-the-box VoiceBot integration, easy management of all services using a single web-based portal, and better-expected stability using newer cloud server strategies compared to former redundant servers using the A and B sides.
Chose Webex Contact Center
Webex Contact Center is a more stable company and more equipped with what we need in terms of the contact center.
Chose Webex Contact Center
They all have the niche, but I feel Webex is the most well rounded complete suite. It provides exactly what a business would need, from an onboarding, training, security, updates, road mapping all the way to great user experience and beyond.
Chose Webex Contact Center
Cisco is a core networking solutions provider that's why we have trust on Cisco
Chose Webex Contact Center
WxCC accelerates contact center solution deployment.
Chose Webex Contact Center
Webex Contact Center has good customer support and the operators are happy. The operators initially had difficulties using the platform but the Webex team has guided multiple times to help the operators get used to the platform. Lead time to reply to students is also less on …
Chose Webex Contact Center
Genesys Cloud CX (formerly Genesys Cloud), Amazon Connect and NICE CXone (formerly NICE inContact)
Chose Webex Contact Center
Amazon Connect appears to be a very complete system. But we still prefer to stick with Webex, as it is more accessible and cheaper in many ways. In our region, it is difficult to acquire Amazon Connect as well, and that is why we stayed with Webex. But since we're already …
Features
LiveAgentWebex 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
Webex 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
Webex 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
Webex 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
Webex Contact Center
8.0
Ratings
4% below category average
Agent dashboard00 Ratings9.20 Ratings
Validate callers00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Outbound response00 Ratings6.10 Ratings
Call forwarding00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Warm transfer00 Ratings8.90 Ratings
Predictive dialing00 Ratings5.60 Ratings
Interactive voice response00 Ratings8.10 Ratings
REST APIs00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Call scripts00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Call tracking00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Multichannel integration00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
CRM software integration00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
LiveAgent
-
Ratings
Webex Contact Center
7.9
Ratings
4% below category average
Inbound call routing00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Recording00 Ratings9.00 Ratings
Quality management00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Call analytics00 Ratings7.60 Ratings
Historical reporting00 Ratings8.80 Ratings
Live reporting00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Customer surveys00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings6.50 Ratings
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Small Businesses
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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CloudTalk
Score 7.2 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Agiloft Service Desk (discontinued)
Score 9.0 out of 10
CloudTalk
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Score 7.2 out of 10
Enterprises
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SysAid
Score 9.1 out of 10
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Google Cloud Contact Center AI
Score 7.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
LiveAgentWebex Contact Center
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
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8.8
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Likelihood to Renew
9.3
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8.2
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Usability
8.0
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8.6
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.3
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Implementation Rating
9.1
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User Testimonials
LiveAgentWebex 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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It depends on your needs. If you only need simple call flows, consider using Cisco Webex Calling Auto-Attendant. If you require more complex call flows and time-of-day routing, you can utilize Cisco Webex Contact Center. You only have to purchase 1 Agent to use the Call Flow Designer.
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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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  • Things that it does particularly well include a really good UX or UI so that our agents as well as our administrators, can easily provide remote access from agents, new agents, and old agents, manage interactions with customers, and have a good call experience from start to finish.
  • The uptime is a big selling point of Cisco.
  • I feel supposed by Cisco in terms of new features/functionality coming down the line.
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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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  • Better integration with Webex Calling.
  • More on premise features integrated into the cloud solution.
  • Better documentation for pebble templates.
  • Better information for changes and when new features are available. Instead of having to look on the what’s coming webpage alerts or a pop-up inside Webex control hub would be nice.
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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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We are happy with the product, with Cisco as a partner and the roadmap looks mightily impressive. Webex Contact Center is one of our growth areas so we're keen to get more agents on the platform, we want to get more customers on it and we want to make use of all the features and functionalities it offers, so that we can help our customers do what they do best.
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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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It is great to use Webex Contact Center as it delivers the call routing and workflow for agent and call routing. In addition to this the noise reduction helps to focus attention on the call and with the client. The notes feature and the ability for the transcription really helps with translation and language barriers.
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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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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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Webex Contact Center works great in conjunction with the above product to produce a better system from businesses and more options to reach the maximum number of clients to make the business thrive. It makes it easier to reach all generations and remove any limitation or obstetrical and makes the business have a better chance of success.
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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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  • No Capex required for this solution (which makes our CFO very happy)
  • Digital channels are builtin and therefore very easy to deploy
  • The built in CRM integration was missing features so we had to install a thirdparty connector which we had to pay for (and wasn't in our budget) in order to get the features which our business demanded
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ScreenShots

LiveAgent Screenshots

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

Webex Contact Center Screenshots

Screenshot of Agent desktop viewScreenshot of View of Analyzer - Dark ModeScreenshot of Contact Center in Control Hub viewScreenshot of Supervisor desktop view