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FreshChat vs LiveChat comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

FreshChat
Ranking in Live Chat
5th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
4
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
LiveChat
Ranking in Live Chat
2nd
Average Rating
9.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (31st), IT Service Management (ITSM) (36th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2026, in the Live Chat category, the mindshare of FreshChat is 3.3%, up from 1.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of LiveChat is 14.9%, down from 17.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Live Chat Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
LiveChat14.9%
FreshChat3.3%
Other81.8%
Live Chat
 

Featured Reviews

Miriam Wairegi - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Software Engineer at HCL Technologies
Chat automation has reduced response time and directs customers to the right department
We have two departments that use Freshchat and have different requirements. We use chatbots to identify what the customer needs and direct that customer to the correct department. This ensures that all the repetitive questions an agent would need to ask are done prior to connection. This saves the…
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CEO at a logistics company with 1-10 employees
Allows us to save automated answers to the most popular customer queries
In the past, we used help desk programs which did not do much to increase our sales funnel. All that changed with LiveChat. We are able to create a knowledge base, create tickets, and allow agents to collaborate on creating tickets, thereby improving the correspondence time and the quality of feedback that we provide to customers.

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."
"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."
"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."
"The great support and the great documentation made the process smooth."
"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."
"It truly does what I need it to do and anything else I would say, I would be making it up."
"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."
"We can attribute most of our high ticket sales to this software."
 

Cons

"However, some integration documentation is a bit confusing, which is why I have rated it an eight rather than ten."
"WhatsApp deliverability is not 100%. Should be improved."
"The initial set up isn't so clear especially the Not Freddy Ai setup and linear."
"There have been times where Live Chat's servers have had DDOS attacks and have made communication difficult."
"The service needs to be more popular than it currently is."
"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

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Construction Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Performing Arts
8%
Media Company
8%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise1
Large Enterprise10
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise1
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for FreshChat?
My experience with FreshChat's pricing, setup cost, and licensing is that the price is fair, neither too low nor too high. The benefit I receive is much greater than the price they are charging, an...
What needs improvement with FreshChat?
A few times, the bot becomes buggy and gives wrong information to patients, which is something that can be improved. There need to be some customization options available in FreshChat so I can use ...
What is your primary use case for FreshChat?
I use FreshChat mainly to reply to patient inquiries, for patient appointments, and regarding patient inquiries about pricing and treatments at my clinic. Patients come to the chatbot and ask when ...
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