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Customer support is an important part of any successful business. And, you can truly do wonders with the right software. Would you like a different solution to your help desk?

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Intercom vs LiveAgent at a glance

Feature	LiveAgent	Intercom
Ticketing	✅Yes	✅Yes
Live Chat	✅Yes	✅Yes
Call Center	✅Yes	✅Yes
Self-Service	✅Yes	✅Yes
Facebook	✅Yes	✅Yes
Twitter	✅Yes	❌No
Instagram	✅Yes	✅Yes
Viber	✅Yes	❌No
WhatsApp	✅Yes	✅Yes
Knowledge Base	✅Yes	✅Yes
Customer Forum	✅Yes	✅Yes
Automation and Rules	✅Yes	✅Yes
API	✅Yes	✅Yes
Interactive Voice Response (IVR)	✅Yes	✅Yes
Video Calls	✅Yes	✅Yes
Unlimited History	✅Yes	✅Yes
Unlimited Websites	✅Yes	✅Yes
Unlimited Chat Buttons	✅Yes	❌No
Unlimited Tickets/Mails	✅Yes	✅Yes
Unlimited Call Recording	✅Yes	❌No
Unlimited 24/7 Support	✅Yes	✅Yes

Leading Intercom ticketing alternative

Getting the best value for your money is crucial when you’re looking for a great help desk software. Intercom offers three different core packages and additional add-on features. LiveAgent offers 4 competitively priced core packages as well as add-on features such as social media integrations. If you’re looking for a fully-featured Intercom alternative, consider LiveAgent. We’ve got a hybrid ticket stream, unified omni-channel inbox, reporting and analysis features, automation, gamification and much more!

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Live chat is one of the best and most useful tools an agent can utilize to communicate with their customers. It’s all about instant communication, so it needs to be fast.

LiveAgent has the fastest live chat on the market, with chat displayed speeds at 2.5 seconds. Furthermore, you can see what the customers are typing before they hit send. Now you can truly provide a fast support and stay on top of any situation.

Breaking down language barriers

Our customer service software is multilingual. LiveAgent is available in 43 different language translations (some partial) and supports language adaptable widgets. Don’t let foreign languages create a barrier between you and your customers. We’ve got you covered.

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3 reasons why companies switch to LiveAgent

Improved satisfaction

LiveAgent increases customer satisfaction & improves conversion rates.

Increased productivity

Decrease the work time of your agents and solve more customer queries thanks to our universal inbox.

Rich on features

Over 175 + features to make your work flow easier and more enjoyable.

Intuitive and affordable

Great CRM customer service software doesn’t have to come with an expensive price tag. Get the tools you need for a fair price instead.

LiveAgent has three reasonably priced plans that are packed with tools, features and integrations to make your workflow smooth and easy. All you need to do is pick the one that suits your business the most. See our paid plans and learn more.

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LiveAgent is the most reviewed and #1 rated help desk software for small and medium-sized businesses in 2025. Stay closer to your customers and help them instantly with LiveAgent.

Use the potential of 175+ available help desk features, including a powerful ticketing system with automation, live chat, social networks, call centre and customer portal.

LiveAgent vs Intercom Comparison

Check out how we compare to Intercom based on customer reviews on Capterra

See how LiveAgent has boosted the productivity of our clients

It’s a pleasure to have a great portal that improves our customer service.
Roman Bosch , Partly
LiveAgent empowers our agents to provide better, faster, and more accurate support.
Christine Preusler , HostingAdvice
LiveAgent helped us to achieve 2 important goals: increase customer satisfaction and sales.
Karl Dieterich , Covomo
We have been using LiveAgent since August and we are really satisfied with it.
Hendrik Henze , HEWO Internetmarketing
Since we are using LiveAgent our response time improved by 60%.
Razvan Sava , Webmaster Deals
Our paid customer conversion rate went up 325% the first month we've set up and actively started using LiveAgent.
Taras Baca , XperienceHR
I have to say, I have never experienced such a professional customer approach.
Andrej Ftomin , TAZAR Group
We find LiveAgent to be the best live chat solution by far.
Matt Janaway , The Workplace Depot
We use LiveAgent on all of our ecommerce websites. The tool is easy to use and improves our productivity.
Viviane Carter , CSI Products
With LiveAgent we’re able to give our customers support wherever they are.
Christian Lange , Lucky-Bike
I can recommend LiveAgent to anyone interested in making their customer service better and more effective.
Jens Malmqvist , Projure
I'm sure we would spend 90% of our day sorting through emails if we didn't have LiveAgent.
Catana Alexandru , Websignal
With LiveAgent we are able to keep our players happy by offering more efficient support resulting in higher return rates.
Jan Wienk , All British Casino
LiveAgent is reliable, reasonably priced, and simply a great choice for any fast-paced online business!
Allan Bjerkan , Norske Automaten
We like it because it is easy to use and offers great functionality, such as useful reporting features.
Sissy Böttcher , Study Portals
We love LiveAgent - it makes supporting our customers easy.
Peter Koning , TypoAssassin
We like to offer our customers the best support experience. That’s why we chose LiveAgent.
Aranzazu F , Factorchic
From setup to ongoing support and everything else in between, the team at LiveAgent continues to impress.
Rick Nuske , MyFutureBusiness
LiveAgent saves us hundreds of precious minutes every day by making customer service clear and in order.
Vojtech Kelecsenyi , 123-Nakup
Unlimited agents, email, social media, and phone integration. All that for less than we were paying with our previous provider.
Rafael Kobalyan , Betconstruct
We’ve been using LiveAgent since 2013. We can't imagine working without it.
Martin Drugaj , Atomer
It's a cost-effective solution that can help you with a large amount of support requests via different channels.
Ivan Golubović , AVMarket
Answering emails from Outlook was so hard to manage. With LiveAgent we're sure every email is answered in time.
Rustem Gimaev , Antalya Consulting Language Center
LiveAgent is so awesome. With very little time and effort I had it up and running smoothly in a few...
Randy Bryan , tekRESCUE
I highly recommend the LiveAgent product, not only as a Kayako alternative but a much better solution with added value.
Timothy G. Keys , Marietta Corporation
The support team always responded promptly with quick to implement solutions.
Mihaela Teodorescu , eFortuna
It helps us categorize the nature of the tickets and statistically track what our clients need most.
Hilda Andrejkovičová , TrustPay
We see LiveAgent as a great tool for communicating with customers.
Alexandra Danišová , Nay
LiveAgent sped up our communication with our customers and gave us an option to chat with them as well.
Samuel Smahel , m:zone
Simply put - LiveAgent beats everything out there at this, or even higher, price-points.
David Chandler , Volterman

See why our Customers Chose LiveAgent over Intercom

Platform	Capterra rating	Number of Reviews	Integrations	Free version	Free trial	Price range
LiveAgent	4.7/5	1,500+	220+	✅Yes	✅Yes	$15 agent/m
LiveChat	4.7/5	1,300+	200+	❌No	✅Yes	$20/agent/m
Pure Chat	4.5/5	900+	1000+	❌No	✅Yes	$39/agent/m
Userlike	4.6/5	200+	30+	✅Yes	✅Yes	€90/agent/m
Intercom	4.5/5	1,200+	100+	❌No	✅Yes	$29/agent/m

Feel free to check out what other customers are saying about LiveAgent. LiveAgent has collected more than 2800 reviews on various software marketplaces like Capterra, Trustpilot, GetApp, G2, Software Advice.