LiveAgent vs. Zoom 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
Zoom Contact Center
Score 8.2 out of 10
N/A
Zoom Contact Center helps businesses deliver prompt, accurate, and highly personalized customer experiences that drive loyalty. It includes intelligent self-service and routing, a unified communications and contact center, and video optimized high-touch engagements.
$69
per month per user
Pricing
LiveAgentZoom 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
Essentials
$69
per month per user
Premium
$99
per month per user
Elite
$149
per month per user
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
LiveAgentZoom Contact Center
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
YesNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
More Pricing Information
Community Pulse
LiveAgentZoom 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 …

Zoom Contact Center
Chose Zoom Contact Center
At my company we have worked with other Contact Center solutions, both for internal use and for distribution, and we have chosen Zoom Contact Center as the best of all for its ease of use, implementation time, and easy adoption.

It offers a better experience for both our …
Chose Zoom Contact Center
Microsoft Teams was very difficult. Many third-party providers didn't understand the integration and capabilities of the systems. The Teams app is very clunky, and you can get very different capabilities and compatibility when using it between Mac and PC environments. Zoom had …
Chose Zoom Contact Center
Without being too negative, I would say that Zoom shines in every area that Mitel left us lacking. The application itself is far and beyond more optimized for our systems. As the Contact Center Administrator, uptime and stability and call quality are my main priorities, and …
Chose Zoom Contact Center
Works for smaller customer service but if you want to see metrics and so on Zoom Workplace is the way.
Chose Zoom Contact Center
Zoom Workplace is a lot easier to use than Talkdesk and is a lot less buggy.
Chose Zoom Contact Center
Intercom's call features are not yet available. Dialpad does currently seem superior, but we are locked in with Zoom Workplace at the moment.
Chose Zoom Contact Center
As the person in IT dealing with the day-to-day issues that come up, Zoom Contact Center is far superior to 8x8 Contact center. When we had 8x8 we probably saw 10+ tickets (we were a company of about 115 employees) every day. Most of those times we would have to uninstall and …
Chose Zoom Contact Center
We liked RC but support in our virtual environment was not available.
Chose Zoom Contact Center
Zoom Workplace's solution is much more streamlined, easier to use, easier to administrate, and easier to integrate than any of its competitors.
Chose Zoom Contact Center
Zoom has all the features Jive lack at the moment, example:
Routing skills, better analytics and logs, being able to add conditions to the routing flows.
Chose Zoom Contact Center
Ease of administration, use, and UI. Very dynamic platform designed by people who wanted to make something that made sense, unlike every other phone system out there that is a nightmare.
Chose Zoom Contact Center
Ease of use and willingness to partner with us in gaining the most efficiency.
Chose Zoom Contact Center
It is a good product that fits our needs, we considered using the Contact Center despite the fact of still lacking important capabilities (we think it is till s in its "toddler" age) because we see how rapidly Zoom builds their products and add functionality to it, and because …
Chose Zoom Contact Center
Very briefly, Zoom Contact Center is light years ahead of all of the other telephony systems we've tried with a comparable price.
Chose Zoom Contact Center
Talkdesk was an all-around lower-quality product. The app wasn't great, the customer service was lackluster, and the call quality was very often poor. Its reporting and live team dashboard were better than ZCC's
Chose Zoom Contact Center
There are options and ways to get to specific feature sets that are similar to what Zoom can offer.

Many of the Zoom included features are add-ons for the RingCentral offering. So cost goes up and can also be an add-on difficulties/deployment costs as well. When we reviewed the …
Chose Zoom Contact Center
When we did a head to head comparison between the two products we felt that Zoom stacked better in price, performance and ease of use. We did trial both products and determined that the users liked the Zoom interface better.
Chose Zoom Contact Center
Setup and management is much easier compared to other applications. Making changes is all done from one place and not multiple. Changes can also be made and implemented very quickly.
Chose Zoom Contact Center
I looked at multiple options but Zoom stacked up on products. Everything in one place. Cost was also a factor.
Chose Zoom Contact Center
In my opinion, Zoom Phone is far more user friendly and cost effective. I think Zoom Phone has superior user and administrator support. When you have issues, you have a person to talk to quickly. The administrative side of Zoom Phone is by far one of the best that I've every …
Chose Zoom Contact Center
RingCentral Contact Center and 8x8 Contact Center
Chose Zoom Contact Center
Different application than the above but I don't find Zoom Contact Center's offering compelling and their support is poor.
Chose Zoom Contact Center
Zoom Workplace gives us more tools than teams in relation to the education sector. More abilities in the classroom and for meetings in general
Features
LiveAgentZoom 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
Zoom 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
Zoom 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
Zoom 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
Zoom Contact Center
7.5
Ratings
10% below category average
Agent dashboard00 Ratings7.70 Ratings
Validate callers00 Ratings7.10 Ratings
Outbound response00 Ratings7.80 Ratings
Call forwarding00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
Click-to-call (CTC)00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Warm transfer00 Ratings8.40 Ratings
Predictive dialing00 Ratings7.40 Ratings
Interactive voice response00 Ratings8.30 Ratings
REST APIs00 Ratings6.90 Ratings
Call scripts00 Ratings7.20 Ratings
Call tracking00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Multichannel integration00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
CRM software integration00 Ratings6.80 Ratings
Workforce Optimization (WFO)
Comparison of Workforce Optimization (WFO) features of Product A and Product B
LiveAgent
-
Ratings
Zoom Contact Center
7.8
Ratings
5% below category average
Inbound call routing00 Ratings8.50 Ratings
Omnichannel inbound routing00 Ratings7.90 Ratings
Recording00 Ratings8.60 Ratings
Quality management00 Ratings8.00 Ratings
Call analytics00 Ratings7.50 Ratings
Historical reporting00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Live reporting00 Ratings7.30 Ratings
Customer surveys00 Ratings8.20 Ratings
Customer interaction analytics00 Ratings7.00 Ratings
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 7.2 out of 10
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
LiveAgentZoom Contact Center
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
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8.0
(0 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
9.3
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Usability
8.0
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
9.3
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Implementation Rating
9.1
(0 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
LiveAgentZoom 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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Perfect for companies that have agents all over the place, e.g., different offices or WFH. Also good for companies that aren't big enough to have a "phone guy" as this platform allows IT to do the phone work as it doesn't require esoteric knowledge like other phone systems.
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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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  • Customer service - Whether for sales, setup, or technical assistant, their team is always patient, informed, and helpful.
  • Cutting Edge - Every month there are a plethora of new or enhanced features that are well thought, tested, and ready for implementing.
  • Stability - Our uptime is important to our clients. As a 24/7 365 day/year contact center, having confidence that Zoom's systems are up and running means our clients have trust in our abilities to service their calls.
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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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  • The Teams dashboard for monitoring agents needs some customization options.
  • Friendly names, I would like to be able to name a number and when it rings you can see the name of the number.
  • Point flows at flows would be nice, instead of flows to queues only.
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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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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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First and foremost for our results, the omnichannel approach and ease of use on the internal side (agents, supervisors and administrators) have made adoption very simple, we have managed to reduce response times (SLA) and internal communication has become very fluid. We get good feedback from our clients for having implemented ZCC in the company to serve them.
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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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Microsoft Teams was very difficult. Many third-party providers didn't understand the integration and capabilities of the systems. The Teams app is very clunky, and you can get very different capabilities and compatibility when using it between Mac and PC environments. Zoom had a local team that could help with the transition directly, which is very valuable
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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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  • Intuitive, Easier and almost effortless to maintain.
  • Lesser Operational Expenses that the alternative we also have
  • We wish it has a better integration with Zoom Phone, in terms of channels integration (Voice and Chat) to quick identify callers.
  • It is missing "modular" programming to "reuse" Existing Flows and call them from other flows then return to the main flow.
  • It is missing the capability to compartmentalizing different teams/groups related to reporting, admin, and global parameters.
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ScreenShots

LiveAgent Screenshots

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

Zoom Contact Center Screenshots

Screenshot of the video-optimized CCaaSScreenshot of the Zoom Workspace video room experienceScreenshot of the analytics used to optimize contact center performance