Chatra versus LiveChat

Chatra, a live chat solution targeted mostly at small and medium-sized businesses, bought by Sendinblue in 2021. It’s been announced that Chatra will merge into Sendinblue’s complete digital marketing and e-commerce suite.

The company profiles itself with their personal approach to customers, although they report having over 45,000 customers. Chatra hosts a self published book and guides section on the website to help you improve your customer relation game.

Integrations with popular platforms like Wordpress and Shopify are free, Others, like Facebook, Instagram, Slack, Help Scout, and email integration are only included in the paid plans.

Chatra offers a free plan for a single seat. The features are limited but that is to be expected for a free plan. Their paid plans start at $21 per seat per month. Free 10 day trials are available for the paid plans, which is useful to test all features before purchasing.

LiveChat, originally from Poland, has been in the online customer service software business since 2002, being one the first companies to provide a live chat function to websites.

As one of the largest providers they offer a large number of app integrations and customization possibilties, ranging from CRM to e-commerce and help-desk software.

Their cheapest plan starts at $16 per month for one agent. A lot of features, analytics, and plugins are paid options or only available in their more expensive plans. They don’t offer a free plan. However, a 14 days free trial is available.

LiveChat has a substantial customer base consisting of over 35,000 companies worldwide. Among their customers are titans of industry like Adobe, Atlassian, PayPal, and Unilever.