Front Chat | ||
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costs | ||
Money-back guarantee | 14 days | No |
Per chat price | $5-10 per relevant chat | $14/user/month |
Starting price | $140/month | |
Setup fee | No | Info Unavailable |
Custom programming done for you | ✔ | |
Seats for your staff | No seats needed | |
Terms of service | Month-to-month | |
Overage costs | Priced per chat at current plan | |
capabilities | ||
Staffed by live agents 24/7 | ✔ | ✘ |
Text Answering | ✔ | ✔ |
New client intake | ✔ | ✘ |
AI-driven technology | ✔ Free | ✘ |
Captures email with every conversation | ✔ | |
Captures phone number if desired | ✔ | |
Appointment scheduling | ✔ | ✘ |
Client callbacks | ✔ | |
Custom branding | ✔ Free | |
Mobile-optimized | ✔ | |
Reporting & analytics | ✔ | |
Canned responses & business FAQ | ✔ | ✔ |
Pre-chat disclaimer | ✔ | |
Client portal | ✔ | |
View transcript for every chat | ✔ | |
White-glove setup | ✔ | |
INTEGRATIONS | ||
CRM integration | ✔ | ✔ |
Zapier integration | ✔ | |
Google Analytics integration | ✔ | |
Open API | ✔ | |
AI-DRIVEN TECHNOLOGY | ||
Uses conversational AI | ✔ | |
No code builder | ✔ | |
Train chat with your data | ✔ | |
Automated lead qualification | ✔ | |
Understands user intent | ✔ | |
Smart Q&A database | ✔ |
Smith.ai's Outsourced Chat | Live chat software | |
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Answers messages w/o extra staff | Yes | No, your team has to do the work |
Quick one-time setup | Yes | No, do it youself |
Responds immediately 24/7 | Yes | Depends on your staffing |
Automates lead qualification & intake | Yes | Sometimes |
Can handle multiple chats with ease | Yes | Depends on your staffing |
Screens spam & sales | Yes | No |
Smith.ai's Outsourced Chat | Chatbot Software | |
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Staffed by live agents | Yes | No |
Can provide empathy or emotional intelligence | Yes | No |
Can handle complex issues right away | Yes | No |
Responds immediately 24/7 | Yes | Yes |
Can provide a personalized experience | Yes | Yes, with extensive programming |
Quick one-time setup | Yes | Depends on goals and software |
Outsourced live chat agents represent your business with every interaction, so it’s important to know how they’re hired, trained, and provided your business info. Smith.ai’s chat agents are obsessed with customer service, thoroughly trained, screened for grammar/punctuation quality, and backed by sophisticated AI technology.
Front Chat is advertised as a website chat option, but keep in mind, you will have the staff the chat yourself. For as much as $14/user/month, you won't be getting anything other than a basic chat software for your website.
Furthermore, Front Chat is a customer communication hub. Their specialty is in helping clients manage their email inbox. Smith.ai has years of experience hiring and training professional receptionists to help you communicate with new and existing clients. Our chat agents bring the same high-quality, friendly conversations to your web visitors as they do your phone calls and texts. This is how we truly capture and qualify leads — and then we book new consultations on your calendar! If you'd rather not have live agents handling your chats, you can always opt to use our free AI chatbot, which automatically captures, screens, and converts leads visiting your website.
For growth-minded business owners who care about price transparency, seamless integrations, and robust customizations that deliver the experience of in-house customer engagement and sales development, Smith.ai is the superior choice for your 24/7 Live Chat partner, over Front Chat.