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FreshChat vs LiveChat comparison

 

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Review summaries and opinions

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

FreshChat
Ranking in Live Chat
3rd
Average Rating
8.2
Number of Reviews
7
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
LiveChat
Ranking in Live Chat
1st
Average Rating
9.2
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (23rd), IT Service Management (ITSM) (21st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the Live Chat category, the mindshare of FreshChat is 3.5%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of LiveChat is 15.1%, down from 18.2% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Live Chat Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
LiveChat15.1%
FreshChat3.5%
Other81.4%
Live Chat
 

Featured Reviews

Chris-Edwards - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Manager at Total organization
Unified conversations have strengthened client relationships and improved response times
FreshChat can be improved in several areas, specifically regarding the learning curve. Some users who are not well-versed in technology may find it complex to use and feel intimidated by the automation. Training and orientation could help alleviate the fear of adopting new technology.Another area for improvement is that over-reliance on the chatbot sometimes makes clients feel out of touch with the company. We have observed that some customers request not to engage with the chatbot. If there could be a way to integrate the chatbot and human intervention, it would help clients feel more connected, as some require a human touch and feel that the chatbot's responses lack depth.
Vikas Kejriwal - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineering Manager at a comms service provider with 11-50 employees
Clean chat interface has supported basic AI handoffs but now needs omnichannel and a free plan
LiveChat did not support omnichannel messaging or multi-channel inbox, and it was not offering any free plan. These limitations made me switch to another solution. I believe LiveChat should support at least a basic free plan so that potential customers can try out their features before paying for the full suite.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Live chat and messaging are the best features FreshChat offers based on my exploration so far."
"FreshChat's best features include its AI chatbot, which is excellent, and it provides quite good scaling capability and modularity that we can customize for our particular use case."
"The scalability of FreshChat is excellent, making it an enterprise-grade platform that grows seamlessly with rising interaction volumes and expanding support teams, as it is built natively on cloud-first infrastructure to handle traffic spikes from promo launches, flash sales, and service outages without experiencing UI lag, connection drops, or crashes."
"After we integrated FreshChat we managed to reduce agents first response time by 43%, so it is a great tool that enables the creation of chat and voice conversations between agents and customers."
"With the introduction of FreshChat, we have seen a reduction in overall time for our work, and our entire workflow has become much more efficient because it is a centralized platform that enables us to serve customers across different channels via FreshChat itself."
"FreshChat is a reliable platform that is secure and affordable, streamlining the entire customer service delivery process."
"FreshChat will definitely reduce my implementation part, and I have a ready-to-use chat feature where I can have live chat and the chatbot to give quick support for my application."
"In my experience, the best features LiveChat offers include a clean interface, robust analytics, and the ability to provide human-to-human website chat."
"Through the capabilities of LiveChat we are able to fully customise each live chat implementation to suit the goals of our clients."
"Customer Service: Top notch! The support team is available all the time and have been able to solve all our questions instantly."
"I majorly love the ticket and knowledge base features, which allow us to save automated answers to the most popular customer queries."
"Since we started to use LC we managed to increase our customer satisfaction level, increase sales and most important thing to speed up our interaction with our customers because it's all in real time."
"We can attribute most of our high ticket sales to this software."
"The best feature of LiveChat in my evaluation is the AI chatbot module that I prefer most."
"It truly does what I need it to do and anything else I would say, I would be making it up."
 

Cons

"FreshChat could have a more robust documentation system that would help our developers better integrate the platform."
"Some users who are not well-versed in technology may find it complex to use and feel intimidated by the automation."
"The initial set up isn't so clear especially the Not Freddy Ai setup and linear."
"However, some integration documentation is a bit confusing, which is why I have rated it an eight rather than ten."
"FreshChat's mobile application is not very good and needs some work."
"There have been times where Live Chat's servers have had DDOS attacks and have made communication difficult."
"LiveChat did not support omnichannel messaging or multi-channel inbox, and it was not offering any free plan."
"The service needs to be more popular than it currently is."
"The biggest friction point I have experienced with LiveChat so far is the lack of a free plan."
"I'd like to be able to create teams and filter the reports by team, in addition to the ability to currently filter by group, date, agent, tag etc."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Comms Service Provider
55%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Wholesaler/Distributor
8%
Construction Company
5%
Comms Service Provider
17%
Construction Company
17%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Financial Services Firm
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business9
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise12
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise2
 

Questions from the Community

What needs improvement with FreshChat?
FreshChat's mobile application is not very good and needs some work. Apart from that, there are no issues with FreshChat, as everything else is great, including the customer support and the UI. Not...
What is your primary use case for FreshChat?
FreshChat serves as our communication software for engaging with end-users and customers as a conversation engagement solution across multiple channels including web chat, email, phone, and social ...
What needs improvement with LiveChat?
LiveChat did not support omnichannel messaging or multi-channel inbox, and it was not offering any free plan. These limitations made me switch to another solution. I believe LiveChat should support...
What is your primary use case for LiveChat?
I started using LiveChat six months ago when we explored it. My main use case for LiveChat was to implement it as an AI chatbot module in our application for customer support. I implemented a custo...
What advice do you have for others considering LiveChat?
We conducted a demo with LiveChat during our evaluation period. When I opened LiveChat during my evaluation, I checked what LiveChat could do and attempted to integrate the SDK into our application...
 

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Find out what your peers are saying about FreshChat vs. LiveChat and other solutions. Updated: June 2026.
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