Top 11 Live Chat startups

Updated: Mar 24, 2026
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These startups develop live chat software and multimedia customer support platforms.
1
Intercom
Country: USA | Funding: $490M
Conversational Relationship Platform helping businesses build customer relationships through personalized, messenger-based experiences.
2
Glia
Country: USA | Funding: $152M
Glia creates digital-first moments for companies to connect with their customers using messaging, video, co-browsing, and AI.
3
Tidio
Country: Poland | Funding: $26.8M
Tidio is a live chat application.
4
Jivo
Country: Russia
Russian company that develops all-in-one business messenger app: сhats, FB messages, calls & emails.
5
Olark
Country: USA
Olark is a live chat platform that enables businesses to talk to customers browsing their website.
6
tawk.to
Country: USA | Funding: $2M
Tawk.to is a free messaging app to monitor and chat with the visitors on your website, mobile app or from a free customizable page
7
HelpCrunch
Country: Ukraine | Funding: $490K
All-in-one customer communication platform for support, marketing, and sales.
8
Crisp
Country: France
Crisp is the best way to chat with your website visitors.
9
Chaport
Country: USA
Chaport is a service that provides free live chat for websites.
10
Chatra.io
Country: USA
Chatra is a live chat messenger app for businesses that is designed to increase online sales. Acquired by Brevo
11
Replain
Country: Russia
Russian live-chat service for a website that allows to respond 16 times faster.
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Fernando Lopez is a senior editor for SaaStartups. He joined the company after having previously spent over three years at ReadWriteWeb. Prior to his work as a reporter, Fernando worked in I.T. across a number of industries, including banking, retail and software. Fernando graduated from the University of Buenos Aires (Computer Science). He is more-than-averagely interested in photography and can often be found with a camera slung over his shoulder. He wrote a book about pitching startups to investors. You can contact Fernando at fernandolopez(at)saastartups(dot)com