In-Depth Comparison

Smith.ai vs. Client Chat Live

Compare features and see how businesses like yours can better capture leads and serve clients with Smith.ai Web Chat.

Smith.ai Web Chat:
The best alternative to Client Chat Live

Client Chat Live

costs

Money-back guarantee
14 days
No
Per chat price
$5-10 per relevant chat
Per lead ($9.99-19.90)
Starting price
$140/month
$398/month
Setup fee
No
$199
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
✔

Outsourced Chat vs. Live Chat Software

Smith.ai's Outsourced Chat

Live chat software

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

Outsourced Chat vs. Chatbot Software

Smith.ai's Outsourced Chat

Chatbot Software

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

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Affordable plans for every budget.
Smith.ai’s Live Chat agents better qualify and book new leads. Client Chat Live leaves you with generic leads and tons of follow-up work.

Smith.ai’s Live Chat agents will do real work for your business capturing, qualifying, and booking new leads straight from your website. We have years of experience answering calls for professionals, and our agents expertly qualify new leads, screening them for the right fit with your business. Client Chat Live qualifies leads based on geographic and practice areas only, missing pricing conversations and other potential nuances.
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Furthermore, Client Chat Live charges per lead ($9.99 – $19.90), so they’re not incentivized to thoroughly filter out bad leads who are tire-kickers or don’t intend to ever hire you. You will spend time personally screening and following-up with these leads. And Client Chat Live’s service isn’t set up to help non-leads — you wouldn’t want current clients, referral sources, industry people, or bad leads interrupting you with a call because your “web chat” couldn’t help them.
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On your Smith.ai Live Chat plan, you can add Text Answering to capture, qualify, and book even more leads for your business — all via text message. Client Chat Live can answer text messages to your business too (they call this feature Text to Chat), but with high prices, the cost of this service will add up and yield the same lower-value service and lead qualification.
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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 Client Chat Live.

Predictable and affordable pricing

We have prices for small to large organizations and everything in between.

Plans starting at

$140
Per month
20
Chats per month
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Simple per-chat pricing, not per-hour or per-agent
Easy and predictable month-to-month pricing
No charge for spam or unwanted sales chats
No annual contracts or setup fees
Our agents and AI harmoniously work to meet the rigorous demands of your business.

Trusted by 3,000+ businesses

5.0 stars
4.9 stars
5.0 stars
4.6 stars
Generate more leads with chat
Initially, I was skeptical. But in that first week alone, we got 20 new leads, 3 bought products, and I paid for my entire year of service in that one week.
Jorge Morales
Specialized ECU Repair

END-TO-END INTEGRATIONS

We play well with your software

Calls, chats & appointments are automatically logged in your systems. Real-time syncing with over 5,000 integrations.
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Take the faster path to growth.
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Affordable plans for every budget.