Tawk.to versus Freshchat

Tawk.To is different. It offers the full app for free. Yes, there is no bullsh*t, a free chat widget.

Tawk.to is the centipede among the chatwidget providers. They offer many features and add-ons. Their Agent software runs on mobile phones as well ask native desktop applications.

The level of supoort on Tawk.to’s website is excellent, especially considering the app is free. For most questions the Help Center will cover you and you can find extensive documentation and code snippets for developers who want to leverage Tawk.to’s JavaScript API and Webhooks.

Free comes often at the price of performance, although this is not necessarily noticeable when top-notch developers integrate the widget.

The few paid add-ons are Video + Voice Chat for $29 per month and to remove the “Powered by tawk.to” branding. The white label will set you back $19 per month.

Tawk.to also has Chat Agents for hire to man your chat for $1 per hour. You can try this service for 7 days for free.

Freshchat by Freshworks is a best-in-class live chat software built to delight customers across support, sales, and marketing with smarter conversational engagement.

Freshworks makes it fast and easy for businesses to delight their customers and employees. They do this by taking a fresh approach to building and delivering software-as-a-service that’s affordable, quick to implement, and designed for the end user.

Unlike legacy software, Freshworks builds tech that works for everyone, making it easy for IT, customer service, sales, marketers, and HR to do their job and delight their customers.

More than 60,000 companies use Freshworks’ SaaS to enable a better customer experience (CX, CRM) and employee experience (ITSM, HRSM).

Freshchat fuels businesses to have:

Intelligent conversations, anywhere

1. Unify messaging channels and personalize self-service on your website, in-app, and across digital messaging channels (WhatsApp, SMS, and more!)
2. Simplify customer experience with no-code, easy-to-build chatbots
3. Bring insights to action with native AI to power next-generation messaging

Simplified and contextual agent experiences

1. Give agents real-time context to perform faster and with ease
2. Respond to conversations from a single screen, wherever your customers message you
3. Give your agents complete customer context to boost CSAT with every conversation

Modern, cost-effective support

1. Fuel growth, while reducing your costs to serve 
2. Enable high rates of zero contact resolution and scale effortlessly
3. Drive value faster with pre-built templates for chatbots and journeys