Live Agent versus POWR

LiveAgent offers an all-in-one support helpdesk. What started out as a simple software development company from Slovakia, turned into a hyper-focused customer service company. It all started when they couldn’t find any software with the functionality they believe is essential for customer support.

Since LiveAgents’s start in 2006, they have been improving their products and functionality to offer a staggering 175+ features and more than 220 integrations, plugins, and apps.

A unique feature of LiveAgent is gamification to increase your agents’ engagement and promote healthy competition. You can award badges and rewards based on the evaluation of an agent’s performance.

POWR offers a complete suite of no-code eCommerce solutions with more than 60 apps and plugins, mostly aimed at platforms like WordPress, Squarespace, and Shopify.

Their live chat plugin connects through Facebook Messenger. Meaning, POWR may not be a good choice for businesses that have concerns about Facebook’s policies and reputation.

The customization tool for the chat widget is easy to use but constrained, even with their more expensive plans.

POWR’s commercial approach is different from their competitors’. They have a dual pricing system for their products that may seem simple at first but can get complicated and costly quickly.

Firstly, they offer complete suites that are billed by a maximum amount of traffic on your website. The plugins will stop working if this amount is exceeded. A free suite with a restricted number of apps is available for sites with traffic up to 250 views per month.

Secondly, they offer subscriptions per app or plugin for a set price. This applies to their live chat plugin as well. A free plan with limited features is available. Their paid plans starts at $5.49 per month. There are no free trials available.

Customers of POWR are mostly small businesses. A few of them share their success stories on the POWR.io website.