Leads by Chat | ||
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costs | ||
Money-back guarantee | 14 days | |
Per chat price | $5-10 per relevant chat | $99-$999 per month |
Starting price | $140/month | |
Setup fee | No | No |
Custom programming done for you | ✔ | |
Seats for your staff | No seats needed | |
Terms of service | Month-to-month | Varies |
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 |
Live website chat that you outsource should capture more quality leads, provide excellent customer service, and reduce interrupting calls. Smith.ai has years of experience converting callers to quality, booked leads, and our expert live chat agents are no different. We masterfully address customer issues, screen leads, capture basic intake info, and even book consults on your calendar.
Leads by Chat promises engagement and lead generation, but at the end of the day, you will still have a lists of leads to follow-up on. Also, rather than feeling like in-house staff, Leads by Chat is likely to sound outsourced and dry. And since they focus on lead generation, current clients with basic questions may feel ignored, potentially leading them to interrupt you with a call anyway (wondering why your “web chat” isn’t willing to help).
Furthermore, Leads by Chat offers, at most, 16 hours a day of live chat services on weekdays only, with no after-hours coverage. Smith.ai Chat is staffed with live agents 24/7 hours a day. Every lead is captured and qualified, whether they are on your website during the day, night, weekend, whenever!
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 Leads by Chat.