Userlike
Userlike is live chat software for web and mobile support. Live chat has become one of the most popular ways for customers to contact support, and Userlike makes it so any website utilize it.
- Integrates seamlessly with popular CMS, marketing, and sales software such as MailChimp, Salesforce, and more
- Multi-customer chat
- Chat forwarding to other members of the team
- Automatic feedback ask at the end of sessions
- Has a fully-featured chatbot to help direct issues
- Built-in analytics system
- SMS functionality
- Customizable appearance
- Extremely easy to set up
- Designed to look like the chat interfaces that people already use daily
- Works on practically all websites
- Has web and mobile interfaces
- Has a free version
- Has no help ticketing system, which is a common feature of help desk software
- On the pricier end of chat software
- Automated chat support could be more powerful
- Some of the integrations, particularly Slack, aren’t as deep as users would like
Userlike is simple, efficient, and charming, which are three of the most important things a chat system should be, especially because the medium is typically so informal. With powerful hidden features like chat forwarding, Userlike puts some horsepower into the ordinarily simple live chat world. If we had to say something bad about Userlike, it’s that it sacrifices some functionality for the sake of its sleek, minimal design. The biggest of these is help ticket functionality, which allows chat agents to pass an issue up the ladder. Without it, Userlike will need another CRM to deliver a full customer experience. In fact, many more powerful CRMs have live chat features, so Userlike feels a little underpowered by comparison. All in all, Userlike can’t be beat if all you want is a chat software. If you’re looking for a full customer management system, however, consider more powerful alternatives.