Smith.ai Live Chat vs. AnswerConnect

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Smith.ai: The best alternative to AnswerConnect

COSTS
Money-back guarantee
14 days
No
Price structure
Per chat w/ new leads or current clients
Per minute
Base pricing
$5-10 per relevant chat
$149/100 minutes
Starting price
$0/month
$149/month
Setup fee
No
$49.99
Overage costs
Priced per chat at current plan
Terms of service
Month-to-month
Month-to-month
Real-time Spanish translation
Free
No
FAQ
Free
Necessary site volume
Any
Industries
Any
Recommended site visitors
None
Data usage fee
n/a
Contract
Month-to-month
24/7 live agents
Free
Setup timing
1-3 business days
Concurrent chats
Unlimited
Average setup time
1 business day
Needs existing chat platform
Never
Hours
24/7
CAPABILITIES
Staffed by live agents 24/7
Lead qualification
Current Client Q&A
Custom Q&A
Simple FAQ
New client intake
AI-driven technology

Free
Concurrent sites
Unlimited
Appointment scheduling
Client callbacks
Canned responses & business FAQ
Needs additional technology
Lead generation
Custom branding

Free
CRM integration
Real-time language translation
Bilingual agents & language translation
Accept payments
Proactive engagement
Mobile-optimized
Text Answering
Client portal
Takes appointments
Number of FAQ
Unlimited
Takes payments
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Smith.ai’s Live Chat has predictable pricing and a low starting cost. With AnswerConnect, monthly charges easily add up.

Customers increasingly want to engage with live chat rather than making a phone call, but for smaller businesses with low website volume, starting an outsourced chat plan needs to be immediately affordable. That’s why Smith.ai Live Chat starts at the low price of $0/month with simple per-chat pricing and no setup fees. And we use sophisticated AI technology to assist chat agents in providing excellent service to your web visitors and 100% focus on problem solving, lead qualification, and scheduling new new leads on your calendar.

AnswerConnect charges you a setup fee ($49.99) and their per-minute pricing can be confusing and unnecessarily expensive. Imagine you have a lead that’s fairly distracted on multiple browser tabs: They might take 30 seconds or a minute just to respond to one message. One or two lagging conversations a week could eat up your whole monthly minutes quota.

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 AnswerConnect.

THE BASICS!

Live chat agents on duty 24/7
Real-time lead qualification & intake with CRM integration for complete workflows
Appointment & call-back scheduling with calendar integration
AI technology powers automatic responses, real-time English-Spanish translation, and more.
Payment collection with online billing and invoice links
Instant chat transcripts via email. Contacts and chat conversations logged in your CRM.

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What our customers are saying

“Great customer care and functionality. I love using Smith.ai. They do such a great job in following instructions on how I'd like my cases handled. I especially love the fact that I get email transcripts of all chats. I have never had incorrect information obtained (contact info) from any potential clients by Smith.ai. They are very detail oriented!”
"Smith allows us to converse with website visitors and turn them into potential clients. They've made it easier for us to be there at all times, even when we're not. We've worked with other vendors in the past and have found Smith.ai among the easiest to use. They're very responsive, they communicate well, and serve as our front lines for client communications."
Scott Peterson
“Simple way to start a great client experience. There are a lot of Chat options available, but this was a no brainer for us because of our great experience with Smith.ai as a company. Everything they do is focused on simplicity. Stuff just works. They make everything easy and have focused on hiring great people, which is evident by the way they treat us as a customer and the people that they chat with on our behalf.”
Brian Waller
“Love Smith.ai Chat! There is no way that I could staff a feature like that in house with my small business. Smith.ai makes the chat feature available around the clock. I am a lawyer and this feature is great for clients who are nervous or shy about making that initial phone call, or who are up thinking about the problem that they need help with outside of business hours. The Smith.ai Website Chat also integrates perfectly with my CRM/case management software. It has really been a boost to my business. I have tried other companies. Smith.ai is the best!”
Nicole G.

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À LA CARTE

$0
Per Month
0
Live Chats
PAy only $10/chat

Starter

$140
Per Month
20
Live Chats
$7/Chat after 20

Basic

$300
Per Month
50
Live Chats
$6/Chat after 50

Pro

$600
Per Month
120
Live Chats
$5/Chat after 120

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