LiveAgent vs Zendesk vs Jitbit

LiveAgent

LiveAgent is a versatile help desk software designed to streamline customer support across multiple channels, enhancing communication and efficiency. With its robust features, such as Multi-channel support and Live Chat, businesses can easily manage inquiries from various platforms, ensuring that no customer interaction goes unnoticed. The Activity Dashboard provides a real-time overview of team performance and ticket status, allowing support agents to prioritize effectively and address issues promptly.

One of LiveAgent’s strengths lies in its customization options, including Custom Fields and Design Customization, which enable businesses to tailor the software to their specific needs. Canned Responses save time for agents by providing quick replies to frequently asked questions, contributing to improved response times and customer satisfaction. Additionally, the Knowledge Base serves as a centralized resource for customers, empowering them to find answers independently and reducing the volume of incoming tickets. With features like Customer satisfaction surveys and Reports and Analytics, organizations can continuously refine their support strategies, ensuring a responsive and effective customer service experience.

Zendesk

Zendesk is a versatile help desk software designed to enhance customer support experiences across various industries. With its multi-channel support, businesses can efficiently manage inquiries from email, chat, and social media, streamlining communication and ensuring no customer gets left behind. The Activity Dashboard provides real-time insights into support operations, enabling teams to track performance and make informed decisions. This capability, combined with comprehensive Reports and Analytics, helps organizations identify trends and improve their service strategies over time.

One of the standout features of Zendesk is its ability to integrate with existing systems through REST API and third-party integrations, allowing for seamless connectivity with tools already in use. Custom Fields and Canned Responses further enhance efficiency by tailoring responses to specific customer needs and reducing response times. Additionally, the platform's ITIL compliance ensures that best practices in IT service management are followed, promoting a structured approach to support. With features like customer satisfaction surveys and SLA Management, Zendesk not only helps improve support efficiency but also fosters stronger customer relationships through consistent feedback and accountability.

LiveAgent Zendesk Jitbit
Powerful support suite with ticketing and chat The most popular help desk app out there Help Desk Software built for email. Trusted by thousands of companies across 50 + countries.
Pricing:
3 years / 5 agents
$5220
$8820
$3897
Pricing:
3 years / 10 agents
$10440
$17640
$8367
Active Directory AD catalog integration, but no Windows-integrated authentication Active Directory authentication is possible if you install a special script on your server Integration via a script for your server or ADFS and SAML
Activity Dashboard There's a dashboard report, but it's not live-updated You can put data from some reports into your dashboard Live overview dashboard
Asset Management A complete asset management module tightly integrated into the rest of the app
Canned Responses 'Canned answers' are available on the $15/mo/user plan Macros allow you to respond to tickets with a pre-written message. You can also assign canned responses to specific ticket categories if you need to
Community Forums Customer forum is included with all plans Ideas Forum comes out of the box
Custom Fields Multiple custom field types available You can add custom fields and use them with other features such as automation, macros, etc. Many custom field types, including dependant fields. Various privacy options.
Custom Statuses Custom statuses are available, but no permission control Add custom statuses, customize how your customers see them and assign different colors to them
Customer satisfaction survey For chats only Only on Professional plan or higher Optional CSATs in email notifications and a report
Design Customization You can customize customer portal and knowledge base but not the ticketing system You can customize the public-facing pages, but not what your employees see Unlimited customization options. Change colors with a live preview, add custom CSS and JS
Email Notification Templates Editing email templates available on paid plans only You can fully customize most email templates for notifications that your customers get You are able to completely change a template for any notification type
Escalation Escalating manually or via routing rules Possible to escalate tickets with workflow automation features Possible to set up various escalation scenarios via automation
Exchange Integration IMAP only Native EWS support instead of IMAP. oAuth support for Office 365
Import and Export Tickets CSV export, users CSV import Starting with Professional plan you can export your tickets to an XML file. Import only possible via API. Import and Export tickets via CSV files
Internationalization Yes, with the ability to add custom languages UI is not translatable. You can provide content, such as Knowledge Base articles in multiple languages on Professional plan Available in 16 different languages
ITIL Compliance Yes Claims to be designed with ITIL principles in mind Support for most ITIL processes
Knowledge Base Knowledge Base and customer portal Basic version comes with Professional plan. Full version is only available as a separate add-on Customizable Knowledge Base optimized for search engines
Live Chat Live chat button is included A free live chat component in the web widget
Mobile Apps Both iOS and Android Offers apps for iOS and Android iOS and Android
Multi-channel support Email, chat, social networks A lot of support channels are built-in in the app: email, Twitter, Facebook, etc. Possible to add unlimited channels via integrations and API
On-premise Version Downloadable license available A full on-premises version that runs on Windows Server
Reports and Analytics Multiple reports and analytics included Reports are only available on Professional plan or higher 13 reports with an ability to build your own and to export everything to Excel
REST API API covers all the app features Fully featured API on all plans API covers all the app features
Single-Sign-On Custom-built PHP solution Most standard SSO options are available SAML, Google login, Windows-integrated etc.
SLA Management Full SLA management SLA features are natively supported in the app Full SLA automation via actions/triggers
Support Widget Chat widget for websites Web widget and Mobile SDK Two different versions of a web widget
Third-party Integrations API and Integrations on $15/mo/user plan and higher Hundreds of integrations with all popular apps 30 native integrations and 500 more via Zapier
Ticket Collaboration Reply-history, CC Light agents, side conversations and CCs and followers See when other techs are viewing tickets in real-time, assign multiple people to a ticket
Workflow Automation Powerful engine that allows you to automate any business process Automation Rules are very powerful and can go beyond simple if-this-then-that logic

Looking for help desk software? Check out Jitbit. We offer a fully-featured app at a very affordable price. It comes with all the must have features like knowledge base, two-way email integration (including native Exchange and Office 365 support), automation, hundreds of integrations with third-party apps and much more. Available both as a hosted "SaaS" version and an on-premises version you can install on your own server.