Futy versus OpenWidget

Futy is a Dutch provider that mostly targets the local market but has options for English or multilingual widgets. Their website is only available in Dutch, though.

With the Futy Leadbot, your website visitors can be converted into Leads in a user-friendly manner, for example via email, WhatsApp, telephone or video call.

You can choose from 15+ templates with different buttons and combine specific functionalities to display on pages of choice, however it suits your needs. The widgets can contain links to multiple channels and contact forms like a call back request, planning a video call with Calendly, or to request a quotation.

Fuy offers a free plan, with basic templates (single channel widgets), which has a maximum of 20 leads (a lead is a visitor of your website who contacts you through the widget) per month. Although a free widget is nice, you will probably exceed that limit in no time at all.

Futy’s flat pricing system is straightforward, you pay per website. The paid plans start from $17.50 per month with access to the basic templates and no limit to the number of leads.

More expensive plans do include more features and integrations. Premium templates as well as live chat integration with Tawk.to is available in the Standard plan starting at $35 per month.

Futy has a free trial of 14 days on all plans.

OpenWidget is a free eCommerce widget launched in November 2022 by LiveChat.inc. It is not a real-time live chat but has 4 important features.

• Contact form (email)
• Product cards to promote deals
• FAQ section
• Widget customization

It is easy to set up but offers limited customization options, as can be expected for such a free tool. There is no option to upload images, they have to be linked to a URL. All changes are applied to the widget on your website in real time without the need to replace the script.

It has plugins for popular eCommerce platforms like:

• BigCommerce
• Google Tag Manager
• OpenCart
• Shopify
• Squarespace
• Woocommerce
• WordPress