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About Olark Live Chat is a web-based live chat application that helps businesses interact with customers through their website. The solution delivers the easiest way to engage customers who are browsing the website through customer relationship management (CRM), eCommerce, and Help Desk platforms that provide you with powerful customer insights. Key features include team management, automated messages, searchable transcripts, real-time reporting, and more. Olark Live Chat also offers chat monitoring, targeted chat, and analytics within a suite.	About Rake replaces LiveChat and similar website chat applications. Rake replaces Slack and similar work messaging applications. Rake is a connected, infinitely searchable chat and messaging platform. Rake is omnichannel first to help you connect everywhere with everyone. Studies show that live chat on your website improves lead conversion by up to 4x. Rake's customizable chat widgets for your websites and landing pages require a minimal javascript implementation and do not slow down web page-load or performance. Plugins are available for popular CMS and eCommerce platforms. View live visitors on your website, including visitor geo-location, duration of the current session, previous visits, pages viewed, current page viewing, and other useful statistics. Then, when the moment is just right, craft a custom invitation to chat.
Platforms Supported Windows Not Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported	Platforms Supported Windows Not Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Supported iPad Supported Android Supported Chromebook Not Supported
Audience Olark Live Chat is perfectly suitable for small and mid-sized businesses in different verticals such as eCommerce, retail, SaaS, education, and more.	Audience Chat and Collaboration platform for companies
Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported	Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Not Supported Online Supported
API Offers API Not Supported	API Offers API Supported
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Pricing $17.00/month/user Plan start at $17 per user per month. For the annual billed plan, the price is $15 per user. Free Version Supported Free Trial Supported	Pricing $4/month/user 3 plans - Starter (free up to 4 Users) Team & Professional. Prices range from $4 to $7 per month per User. Free Version Supported Free Trial Supported
Reviews/Ratings Overall 4.5 / 5 ease 5.0 / 5 features 5.0 / 5 design 4.5 / 5 support 4.5 / 5 Read all reviews	Reviews/Ratings Overall 0.0 / 5 ease 0.0 / 5 features 0.0 / 5 design 0.0 / 5 support 0.0 / 5 This software hasn't been reviewed yet. Be the first to provide a review: Review this Software
Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros Olark helps in boosting our productivity. It provides live chat platform which helps in building strong relationships with our customers. Using live chat we can instantly response to our customers issue which ultimately converts into profit. Allows real time chat process. Very easy to use and customisable software. Stylish chat box. Good interface for sorting and searching anything. #1- It provides no delay live chat customer support to establish. #2- Chat waiting room tells the exact number of Que. #3- Help to keep customer data records of supports and doubts. Cons Very easy to setup. Customer support are very responsive. Good software. No cons. #1- We had an overall great experience with it. Nothing I disliked about it.
Training Documentation Supported Webinars Supported Live Online Supported In Person Not Supported	Training Documentation Supported Webinars Not Supported Live Online Supported In Person Not Supported
Company Information Olark Founded: 2009 United States www.olark.com	Company Information Rake United States www.rake.ai/
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Categories Conversational Commerce Supported Live Chat Supported	Categories Collaboration Supported Conversational Support Supported Customer Communications Management Supported Internal Communications Supported Knowledge Management Supported Live Chat Supported Task Management Supported Team Chat Supported
Live Chat Features Canned Responses Supported Customizable Branding Supported Geo Targeting Supported Offline Form Supported Proactive Chat Supported Screen Sharing Supported Third Party Integration Supported Transfers / Routing Supported Website Visitor Tracking Supported	Live Chat Features Canned Responses Supported Customizable Branding Supported Geo Targeting Supported Offline Form Not Supported Proactive Chat Supported Screen Sharing Not Supported Third Party Integration Supported Transfers / Routing Supported Website Visitor Tracking Supported Show More Features Collaboration Features Brainstorming Not Supported Calendar Management Not Supported Chat / Messaging Supported Contact Management Supported Content Management Not Supported Document Management Not Supported Project Management Not Supported Real Time Editing Not Supported Task Management Supported Version Control Not Supported Video Conferencing Not Supported Customer Communications Management Features Batch Communications Not Supported Chat / Messaging Supported Content Management Not Supported Email Distribution Not Supported Interactive Content Not Supported Multi-Channel Communications Supported On-Demand Communications Not Supported Personalization Not Supported Print Management Not Supported Template Management Not Supported Video Content Not Supported Internal Communications Features App Integration Not Supported Blogs Not Supported Chat/Messaging Supported Email Management Not Supported Employee Directory Not Supported Event Calendar Not Supported Newsletter Management Not Supported Photo Gallery Not Supported Social Sharing Not Supported Survey Management Not Supported Telephony Not Supported Video Chat Not Supported Voice Chat Not Supported Knowledge Management Features Artificial Intelligence (AI) Not Supported Cataloging / Categorization Not Supported Collaboration Supported Content Management Supported Decision Tree Not Supported Discussion Boards Not Supported Full Text Search Supported Knowledge Base Management Supported Self Service Portal Supported Task Management Features Collaboration Supported Create Subtasks Not Supported Gamification Not Supported Gantt Charts Not Supported Mobile Access Supported Percent-Complete Tracking Not Supported Progress Tracking Supported Recurring Tasks Not Supported Reporting/Analytics Supported Spreadsheet View Not Supported Task Board View Supported Task Planning Supported Task Scheduling Supported Task Tracking Supported Time Tracking Not Supported To-Do List View Not Supported Team Chat Features End-to-End Encryption (E2EE) Supported File Sharing Supported Groups / Channels Supported Payments Not Supported Search / Filter Supported Self-Destructing Messages Not Supported Stickers / GIFs Supported Threaded Discussion Not Supported Video Conferencing Not Supported Voice Calling Not Supported
Integrations Stackreaction Supported Zapier Supported ActiveCampaign Supported BigCommerce Supported Chatdesk Supported Easyflow Supported FunnelMaker Supported Google Analytics Supported LearnWorlds Supported Maropost Marketing Cloud Supported Morphic Supported OnPrintShop Supported PrestaShop Supported PrintCommerce Supported ProProfs Knowledge Base Supported Qwilr Supported Talkdesk Supported Vtiger CRM Supported Show More Integrations View All 101 Integrations	Integrations Stackreaction Supported Zapier Supported ActiveCampaign Not Supported BigCommerce Not Supported Chatdesk Not Supported Easyflow Not Supported FunnelMaker Not Supported Google Analytics Not Supported LearnWorlds Not Supported Maropost Marketing Cloud Not Supported Morphic Not Supported OnPrintShop Not Supported PrestaShop Not Supported PrintCommerce Not Supported ProProfs Knowledge Base Not Supported Qwilr Not Supported Talkdesk Not Supported Vtiger CRM Not Supported Show More Integrations View All 6 Integrations
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