Live Agent versus Tawk.to

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.

Tawk.To is different. It offers the full app for free. Yes, there is no bullsh*t, a free chat widget.

Tawk.to is the centipede among the chatwidget providers. They offer many features and add-ons. Their Agent software runs on mobile phones as well ask native desktop applications.

The level of supoort on Tawk.to’s website is excellent, especially considering the app is free. For most questions the Help Center will cover you and you can find extensive documentation and code snippets for developers who want to leverage Tawk.to’s JavaScript API and Webhooks.

Free comes often at the price of performance, although this is not necessarily noticeable when top-notch developers integrate the widget.

The few paid add-ons are Video + Voice Chat for $29 per month and to remove the “Powered by tawk.to” branding. The white label will set you back $19 per month.

Tawk.to also has Chat Agents for hire to man your chat for $1 per hour. You can try this service for 7 days for free.