PriceTrail

LiveChat vs Zendesk

Cheapest paid: $25 vs $19

Zendesk starts 1.3× cheaper on its entry plan.

How they differ

Zendesk is the cheaper way in, by about 32% on the entry plan.

Named on LiveChat's pricing page but not Zendesk's: custom branding, hipaa, single sign-on, sla policies.

Named on Zendesk's pricing page but not LiveChat's: advanced workflows, ai agent, audit log, automations and triggers, custom reporting, customer context.

Since recording began LiveChat has moved its pricing 1 time and Zendesk has not moved at all.

LiveChat Zendesk
Cheapest paid plan$25$19
Dearest published plan$89$115
Free planNoNo
ChargedPer personPer person
Free trial14 days
Plans published44
Top plan is price-on-requestYesYes
Price changes recorded10

LiveChat

Plan MonthlyAnnual
Starter$25$19
Team$59$49
Business$89$79
EnterpriseContact sales

Zendesk

Plan MonthlyAnnual
Contact Center$83
Copilot$50
Suite Enterprise + CopilotContact sales
Suite Professional$115
Suite Team$55
Support Team$19
Workforce Engagement Bundle$50

Both figures read from each vendor's public pricing page. Feature sets differ, so compare the plans, not only the numbers.