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LiveChat vs NICE CXone comparison

 

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Mar 1, 2026

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

LiveChat
Ranking in Live Chat
2nd
Average Rating
9.8
Reviews Sentiment
7.6
Number of Reviews
6
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (33rd), IT Service Management (ITSM) (35th)
NICE CXone
Ranking in Live Chat
1st
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
6.5
Number of Reviews
16
Ranking in other categories
Workforce Engagement Management (2nd), IVR Systems (1st), Knowledge Management Software (6th), Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) (4th), AI Customer Experience Personalization (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of May 2026, in the Live Chat category, the mindshare of LiveChat is 14.8%, down from 19.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of NICE CXone is 8.2%, down from 9.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Live Chat Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
NICE CXone8.2%
LiveChat14.8%
Other77.0%
Live Chat
 

Featured Reviews

CM
CEO at a logistics company with 1-10 employees
Allows us to save automated answers to the most popular customer queries
In the past, we used help desk programs which did not do much to increase our sales funnel. All that changed with LiveChat. We are able to create a knowledge base, create tickets, and allow agents to collaborate on creating tickets, thereby improving the correspondence time and the quality of feedback that we provide to customers.
MP
Cx Product Manager at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Omnichannel features have unified journeys and AI now speeds up responses for our agents
NICE CXone is a good feature, but it is expensive and costlier than other products such as Genesis or other alternatives. When it comes to solutioning, there are too many SKUs, which are line items or components that could have been bundled together. For example, CXone agent licenses do not include QM in the basic packages, whereas in the Genesis world it is bundled. The price comparison is higher compared to Genesis or other platforms. I have been using Genesis for three to four years across multiple customers, and now that NICE CXone has become available, I have started comparing all the features and benefits. I find there are some gaps, with more features available but at a higher cost for NICE. Regarding cost-effectiveness and return on investment of NICE CXone, the main challenge is working with the NICE team. The speed of onboarding is lengthy and people-dependent initially. When comparing with other OEMs and CCaaS products, the UI interface and partner portal have multiple access points. I need to log into different portals for NICE CXone, whereas my other competitor platforms offer single sign-on where I can log in once and access all partner-led programs and learning materials in one location. There is room for improvement in this area, though gradually NICE can change this approach.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Through the capabilities of LiveChat we are able to fully customise each live chat implementation to suit the goals of our clients."
"I majorly love the ticket and knowledge base features, which allow us to save automated answers to the most popular customer queries."
"We can attribute most of our high ticket sales to this software."
"Since we started to use LC we managed to increase our customer satisfaction level, increase sales and most important thing to speed up our interaction with our customers because it's all in real time."
"It truly does what I need it to do and anything else I would say, I would be making it up."
"Customer Service: Top notch! The support team is available all the time and have been able to solve all our questions instantly."
"It is very user-friendly with minimal training, easy to look up and playback calls as it categorizes the different types of calls that come through my call center, and the quality of its recorded calls is among the best that I have had experience with."
"Being able to listen in on a call, which is exceptionally good with training."
"MindTouch seemed to deliver the complete package, and we've not looked back."
"The agent list is the most valuable feature because we are able to see what each person is doing."
"I have found the ease of use of the ACD to be most valuable along with the inView dashboard."
"InContact has helped our organization greatly by allowing us to see at a glance which agents are available to receive calls and those who are not, we are able to see why not."
"Customer support is terrific; the team is personable, informed, and responsive."
"The technical support for NICE CXone is outstanding."
 

Cons

"The service needs to be more popular than it currently is."
"I'd like to be able to create teams and filter the reports by team, in addition to the ability to currently filter by group, date, agent, tag etc."
"There have been times where Live Chat's servers have had DDOS attacks and have made communication difficult."
"It could improve the quality of calls."
"I think that there could be improvements in the actual structuring and formatting of content, i.e., when creating topics and guides in MindTouch."
"Your docs go on their servers and getting them out is difficult, especially if you want to switch to another authoring format, e.g., Markdown. There are no converters and an automated extraction of the docs from the CMS is not available."
"InContact should offer a way to send faxes."
"Occasionally, the system runs slow and will kick us out of Max, which then has to be restarted, and can cause issues as our call center deals with time sensitive phone calls."
"Compared to challengers such as Zoom, which seem more cost-effective, NICE CXone's suite of products is very modular, so as they provide new services, you have to add to your existing package and this balloons your costs since there's an additional license needed to use the new tools."
"NICE CXone is a good feature, but it is expensive and costlier than other products such as Genesis or other alternatives."
"I have noticed that occasionally the dashboard will freeze and some things may get stuck for a while."
 

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
15%
Manufacturing Company
14%
Performing Arts
8%
Media Company
8%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Comms Service Provider
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business7
Midsize Enterprise1
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business10
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise4
 

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What needs improvement with NICE CXone?
NICE CXone is a good feature, but it is expensive and costlier than other products such as Genesis or other alternatives. When it comes to solutioning, there are too many SKUs, which are line items...
What is your primary use case for NICE CXone?
We use NICE CXone for inbound and outbound calling and other digital channels for contact center purposes across all verticals. We are a system integrator and telecom provider that bundles this pla...
What advice do you have for others considering NICE CXone?
My recommendation for other organizations considering NICE CXone is that it is a good solution. Currently, I am based in India, and NICE CXone does not have a node in India to meet India's regulato...
 

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Also Known As

chat.io
NICE inContact, NICE CXone Workforce Optimization Pro, NICE CXOne WFO Pro, CXone Workforce Optimization, inContact Workforce Optimization, CallCopy, Discover, VPI Empower, Brand Embassy, goMoxie
 

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Sample Customers

Our product is used by over 29,000 companies in 140 countries worldwide. List of our customers includes brands such as: ASUS, Samsung, ING, Roku, LG Electronics, Better Business Bureau, Kaspersky Lab, Daimler, Air Asia, Tele2, Adobe, Orange, Zalora, HarveyNorman, Bombardier and many more.
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