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LiveChat HelpDesk

Composite Score

8.7 /10

CX Score

8.6 /10

46 Reviews Write a Review

What is LiveChat HelpDesk?

HelpDesk is a solution designed to simplify how your team handles customer communication. Personalized and precise messages will upgrade your customer experience. HelpDesk gives you the tools you need to manage your communication in one app.

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Awards & Recognition

LiveChat HelpDesk won the following awards in the Customer Service - Midmarket category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

9 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Service Experience
Product Impact

2023

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

8 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

2023

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022

Service Experience
Product Impact

2022

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022

7 Top Rated Capabilities

8 Top Rated Features

2022

LiveChat HelpDesk Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

96 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love LiveChat HelpDesk?

2% Negative

0% Neutral

98% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service

Feature Ratings

Average 90

Agent Scripting

Multi Channel Support

Analytics and Reporting

Mobile Customer Care

Agent Collaboration

Customer Community Management

Intelligent Search

Customer Service Workflow Management

Customer Self Service Capabilities

Customer Service Knowledge Management

Contact Center Integration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 93

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

LiveChat HelpDesk Reviews

Cole W.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Utilities
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2022

LiveChat an Easy to Use Chat Program.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates LiveChat HelpDesk from other similar products?

Ease of Use. IT Support.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Ease of use. LiveChat is an easy-to-use LiveChat software that can easily be integrated and used by people of all backgrounds.

What do you dislike most about this product?

More advanced features are done via third parties integrations, which LiveChat could use more training and documentation on.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Give it a shot. LiveChat's a great tool for anyone, but you won't know until you actually use it. It's not very robust, but if you are looking for an easy to use Chat software it does the job.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Efficient Service

Cons

Vendor's Interest First
Less Transparent
Charges for Enhancements

Bianca G.

Role: Student Academic
Industry: Retail
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2022

This was a great experience. Super simple and easy

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates LiveChat HelpDesk from other similar products?

It’s very easy to use

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

That it’s simple

What do you dislike most about this product?

N/a.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Weigh out all your options to see if this is best for you and your needs

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Ankur G.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Education
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2021

A good lead generation and management software

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates LiveChat HelpDesk from other similar products?

The main advantage is that it does not keep the blocks of chat as historical data

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Advanced widget customization and notifications

What do you dislike most about this product?

Nothing to dislike as such the software is good for use

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Go for it, a trustworthy product

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Unique Features
Effective Service

How We Deliver

LiveChat HelpDesk

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

LiveChat HelpDesk Ratings

96 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

95 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+94 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love LiveChat HelpDesk?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Agent Scripting Recommend resolution steps to agents based on machine learning or AI.

Multi Channel Support Integration with email, telephone, and live chat, and with self-service and social media.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Mobile Customer Care Can create custom-branded service applications for customers on a mobile device (preferably native application rather than a responsive design site).

Agent Collaboration Supports live collaboration between agent and customers, among customers (e.g. forums), and among service professionals (e.g. team-based customer service).

Customer Community Management Creation and management of branded and focussed user communities.

Intelligent Search Knowledgebase search with content indexing, and search of external content repositories. Proactive search and auto-suggestions. Natural language processing.

Customer Service Workflow Management Ticketing and case management capabilities. Automated assignment and escalation, decision trees, guided resolution wizards (ideally GUI drag-and-drop).

Customer Self Service Capabilities Customer-facing resolution wizards and guidance, community forums or integrations through 3rd part integrations.

Customer Service Knowledge Management Customer and/or agent-facing knowledgebase and search capabilities offered or through 3rd party integrations.

Contact Center Integration Agent desktop, CTI integration. Call scripting, call queuing, prioritization by different support channels.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

LiveChat HelpDesk Reviews

Cole W.

LiveChat an Easy to Use Chat Program.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Bianca G.

This was a great experience. Super simple and easy

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Ankur G.

A good lead generation and management software

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Agent Scripting

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Mobile Customer Care

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Customer Community Management

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Customer Service Workflow Management

Customer Self Service Capabilities

Customer Service Knowledge Management

Contact Center Integration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

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Availability and Quality of Training

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