Automate Basics

Crisp vs LiveChat

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 7 November 2026.

Compared on
Crisp

Free plan · from $45/mo

LiveChat

Free trial · from $19/user/mo

What it isWebsite chat and shared inbox with a free plan, priced per workspace rather than per agentLive chat software for websites and online stores, priced per user, with AI reply tools
Free plan2 agent seats and 100 customer profiles; website chat widget, shared inbox and mobile appsNo
Cheapest paid plan$45/mo (Mini)Crisp pricing$19/user/mo billed annually (Essential)LiveChat pricing
What it coversPer workspace, monthly billing; includes 4 agent seats and 5,000 customer profiles. Annual prices are not on the page.Annual billing is $228 per user a year; includes 1 AI Agent and 10 AI resolutions a month.
Free trial14-day free trial of all plans, no card required according to the page footer14-day free trial, no credit card needed
PlatformsWebWeb
Integrations (vendor's figure)Not statedmore than 200 tools
Open sourceNoNo
Good for
  • Small teams that want live chat on a website for free
  • Teams that prefer a flat workspace price over per-agent pricing
  • Online stores and SaaS sites that sell or support through chat
  • Small teams that need a chat tool with a short learning curve
Watch out for
  • Free plan limited to 2 seats and 100 customer profiles
  • Extra agents cost $10 a month, but the page does not say which plans this covers
  • What happens after included AI credit runs out is not stated
  • Every person answering chats needs a paid seat
  • AI resolutions are capped per month (10 on Essential, 200 on Growth); extra packs cost $49.50 per 50
  • No free plan
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Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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