Tidio is an AI-powered customer service platform founded in 2013 in Poland, trusted by 300k+ businesses. The Lyro AI agent automatically solves up to 67% of common questions, and the free plan includes 50 billable conversations per month with 10 seats, making it a top ecommerce support choice for Shopify and WordPress.
Zendesk is a leading global customer service software, founded in 2007 with headquarters in San Francisco, taken private for USD 10.2 billion in 2022, serving 100,000+ enterprise customers with omnichannel ticketing, AI support, and knowledge base solutions.
Freshdesk is Freshworks' flagship omnichannel help desk platform unifying email, chat, phone, and social media, with a Freddy AI bot that deflects up to 86% of requests, serving 74,000+ businesses.
Drift, founded in 2015, is a pioneer in conversational marketing and sales, helping businesses convert website visitors into customers through live chat, AI automation, and intelligent routing, acquired by Salesforce in 2023.
EngageBay is a US all-in-one platform combining CRM, marketing automation, helpdesk, and live chat, known for high-value integrated plans, with a free tier supporting 1,000 contacts, ideal for budget-conscious SMBs.
TeamSupport is a B2B customer support platform founded in 2008 in Dallas, United States, offering multi-channel ticketing, SLA and contract management, customer health scoring, and product lifecycle tracking to thousands of B2B companies worldwide.
Re:Amaze is a multi-channel support platform founded in the United States in 2014, with a unified inbox covering 6+ channels including email, chat, and social, built-in knowledge base and automation, deep Shopify integration, and Starter plans from $49/month.
Provide Support is a long-established US customer support platform offering live chat and remote desktop support since 1998. From $8.25/operator/month with visitor monitoring and proactive chat, it is a cost-effective choice for website support.
Olark is a lightweight live-chat customer service tool from San Francisco, live since 2009 and serving 10,000+ SMBs, embedding via one JavaScript snippet with visitor monitoring and CRM integrations for low-friction support.
LiveAgent is an all-in-one help desk built by the Slovakian team QualityUnit since 2004 and now owned by Polish SalesManago. It unifies email, live chat, phone, and social requests in one workbench, with 180+ integrations and 50+ report templates, plus a free plan.
Freshchat is Freshworks' omnichannel customer messaging platform aggregating web, mobile, social, and WhatsApp channels, with a Freddy AI bot that deflects up to 86% of requests, serving 74,000+ businesses.
FreeCamp is a 100% free, open source and self-hosted online customer service chat platform, providing live chat and basic ticketing via a website plugin. Ideal for budget-limited startups seeking private deployment.
EazyDesk is an India-based help desk and customer support software founded in 2009, offering multi-channel ticketing, live chat, and a knowledge base, with more than 5,000 global customers as of 2020.
eAssistance Pro is a US-based lightweight website live chat software founded in 2004, supporting 20+ languages with a deployable free plan, visitor tracking, and proactive invitations for fast customer support rollout.
Dixa is a messaging-first customer service platform founded in 2015 in Copenhagen, Denmark, unifying 5 channels into a single inbox and serving 500+ enterprise customers.
Comm100 is a Vancouver-based customer messaging platform unifying live chat, help desk, knowledge base, and AI chatbot with FedRAMP-level security, starting at about $49/agent/month.
Chatwoot is an open-source customer communication platform founded in 2017 in Mumbai, India; the MIT-licensed community edition is free to self-host, with a 6+ channel unified inbox and cloud plans from $15/agent/month as an open-source Intercom alternative.
Chatra is a lightweight live chat and online customer service tool for small ecommerce businesses. The free plan includes 1 seat with unlimited messages, plus proactive chat, visitor tracking, and mobile responses, with integrations for 15+ platforms including Shopify and WordPress.
Chaport is a live chat and AI chatbot platform founded in 2015; the free plan includes 1 agent with unlimited chats, a 6+ channel unified inbox, and an AI bot for 24/7 responses, offering high value for SMBs.
tawk.to is a free live chat and customer support platform founded in 2012 in Nevada, United States, with a permanently free plan supporting unlimited agents and live chat, knowledge base, ticketing, and AI assistance, serving 2,000,000+ users.
LiveChat is real-time customer service software founded in Wroclaw, Poland in 2002, listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (LVC) and now part of the Text.com family, serving over 36,000 businesses. It provides live chat, AI chatbots, ticketing, and analytics with 200+ integrations for e-commerce and SaaS support.
Kayako is a help desk platform founded in 2001 in London, UK, unifying email, live chat, phone, and social media into a shared inbox with a built-in knowledge base and CSAT surveys for customer-journey-focused support teams.
Front is a customer communication operations platform founded in San Francisco in 2013, aggregating 7+ channels in a shared inbox, adopted by 9,300+ businesses with an average ROI of 428%.
Crisp is an all-in-one customer communication platform founded in 2015 in Paris, France, with a free plan for 2 agents and a shared inbox, live chat, knowledge base, and AI chatbot serving 30,000+ companies.