Freshchat vs Smartsupp
Freshchat
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| Figure | Freshchat | Smartsupp |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $19/mo | $16/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 4 | 6 |
| Spec score · Live chat software | 9.4 (#1) | 9.2 (#7) |
| Spec score · Conversational Support Software | 9.1 (#3) | 8.5 (#10) |
| Admin controls | Administration includes role-based access control, business hours, audit logs, and domain or IP allowlisting on Enterprise. | Plans include limited agent access to settings such as billing or chat box design. |
| Included agent seats | 10 | 1 |
| Website chatbot | Yes | Yes |
| Chat channels | omnichannel | omnichannel |
| Founded | 2010 | 2013 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | San Mateo, California, United States | Brno, Czechia |
| Integrations | Freshchat lists Shopify, Salesforce, Slack, Jira, and Five9 as featured integrations and says the Freshworks Marketplace has 1,000+ ready-to-install integrations. | 80 |
| Live agent chat | Yes | Yes |
| Paid from | 19 | 17 |
| Visitor tracking | Yes | The platform provides visitor histories, journeys, browsing history, and real-time visitor monitoring. |
Plans
Smartsupp
- FreeFree
- Solo$17 a month
- Plus$25 a month
- Expert$83 a month
- Ultimate$280 a month
- Mira AI Agent$16 a month
In their own words
Freshchat
Freshchat helps organizations handle customer conversations across websites, mobile apps, and messaging channels. Its shared inbox lets agents assign, respond to, and resolve conversations, including messages from web and mobile chat, email, social messengers, SMS, WhatsApp, LINE, and Google Business Messages. Businesses can deploy no-code Freddy AI chatbots to answer common questions. The free plan includes a web and mobile chat widget, shared inbox, email connection, and roles and permissions for up to 10 agents. Freshchat also has Android and iOS apps for responding, assigning conversations, adding private notes, resolving chats, and receiving notifications. The 14-day trial provides Enterprise access and requires no credit card. Paid plans start at $19 a month, billed annually. Listed higher-tier options include multilingual conversations, custom dashboards, intelligent routing, and audit logs. Connectors and APIs support integrations and workflow automation. Freshchat says its standalone data stores are encrypted in transit and at rest.
Smartsupp
Smartsupp combines live-agent chat, a website chatbot, and visitor tracking for customer conversations. Its listed channels include live chat, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and connected email. The service runs on web, iOS, and Android; it also offers a mobile SDK and a business mobile app. Teams can group agents, assign roles, and track performance from one dashboard, while administrators can limit agent access to settings such as billing or chat-box design. Smartsupp lists more than 80 platform integrations. AI features include agents, reply assistance, MCP connections, and automation workflows. Mira can recommend products, answer common questions, and hand conversations to human agents. The free plan includes one operator, 25 conversations per month, one website, and 14-day history. Paid plans start at $17 a month billed annually. Paid customer service plans include a 14-day trial without a credit card; annual billing is offered with savings of up to 30%. Prices exclude VAT, calculated by billing country. Smartsupp is headquartered in Brno, Czechia, and says it serves more than 100,000 customers.