Live chat software for SaaS companies — AI Recommendation History

What AI assistants recommended for live chat software for saas companies, date by date. Every ranking we publish is frozen the day it publishes, so this is a record of what was said — not a re-computation of what today's data would say about the past.

Record: 26 dated snapshots · Aug 14, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026

What changed

Computed by comparing each dated snapshot with the one before it. Share moves smaller than 1pp are treated as noise and left out — the same threshold that suppresses trend arrows on the ranking.

Sep 8, 2026vs Sep 7, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 7, 2026vs Sep 6, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 6, 2026vs Sep 5, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 5, 2026vs Sep 4, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 4, 2026vs Sep 3, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Sep 3, 2026vs Sep 2, 2026
  • ▲ INDrift entered the top 10 (#14 → #9)
  • ▼ OUTHelp Scout left the top 10 (#10 → #12)
  • ▲Drift moved #14 → #9
  • ▼Help Scout moved #10 → #12
  • ▼LiveChat moved #9 → #10
  • ▲Drift +4.2pp (12.5% → 16.7%)
  • ▲Intercom +3.8pp (53.1% → 56.9%)
  • ▲HubSpot CRM +1.9pp (20.3% → 22.2%)
  • ▼Slack -1.6pp (26.6% → 25%)
  • ▼Gleap -1.6pp (26.6% → 25%)
  • ▲tawk.to +1.2pp (26.6% → 27.8%)
Sep 2, 2026vs Sep 1, 2026
  • ▲ INHelp Scout entered the top 10 (#13 → #10)
  • ▼ OUTChatwoot left the top 10 (#8 → #11)
  • ▲Slack moved #9 → #5
  • ▲HubSpot CRM moved #10 → #7
  • ▼LiveChat moved #6 → #9
  • ▲Help Scout moved #13 → #10
  • ▼Chatwoot moved #8 → #11
  • ▼Gleap moved #5 → #6
  • ▼Tidio AI moved #7 → #8
  • ▲Slack +14.1pp (12.5% → 26.6%)
  • ▲Intercom +9.3pp (43.8% → 53.1%)
  • ▲HubSpot CRM +7.8pp (12.5% → 20.3%)
  • ▲Help Scout +6.2pp (9.4% → 15.6%)
  • ▲Gleap +4.7pp (21.9% → 26.6%)
  • ▲Zendesk +3.2pp (40.6% → 43.8%)
  • ▲Tidio AI +3.2pp (15.6% → 18.8%)
  • ▲Chatwoot +3.1pp (12.5% → 15.6%)
  • ▲tawk.to +1.6pp (25% → 26.6%)
  • ▲LiveChat +1.6pp (15.6% → 17.2%)
Sep 1, 2026vs Aug 31, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 31, 2026vs Aug 30, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 30, 2026vs Aug 29, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 29, 2026vs Aug 28, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 28, 2026vs Aug 27, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 27, 2026vs Aug 26, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4-7 → 7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

  • ▲ INChatwoot entered the top 10 (#11 → #8)
  • ▲ INHubSpot CRM entered the top 10 (#15 → #10)
  • ▼ OUTFreshchat left the top 10 (#9 → #15)
  • ▼ OUTCrescendo.ai left the top 10 (#10 → #12)
  • ▼Freshchat moved #9 → #15
  • ▲HubSpot CRM moved #15 → #10
  • ▲Chatwoot moved #11 → #8
  • ▼Slack moved #7 → #9
  • ▼Crescendo.ai moved #10 → #12
  • ▲Crisp moved #2 → #1
  • ▼Intercom moved #1 → #2
  • ▲Gleap moved #6 → #5
  • ▼LiveChat moved #5 → #6
  • ▲Tidio AI moved #8 → #7
  • ▲Crisp +22.1pp (40.4% → 62.5%)
  • ▼Slack -10.6pp (23.1% → 12.5%)
  • ▼LiveChat -9.4pp (25% → 15.6%)
  • ▼tawk.to -3.8pp (28.8% → 25%)
  • ▼Tidio AI -3.6pp (19.2% → 15.6%)
  • ▲HubSpot CRM +2.9pp (9.6% → 12.5%)
  • ▼Crescendo.ai -2.1pp (11.5% → 9.4%)
  • ▼Freshchat -2.1pp (11.5% → 9.4%)
  • ▼Gleap -1.2pp (23.1% → 21.9%)
  • ▲Chatwoot +1pp (11.5% → 12.5%)
Aug 26, 2026vs Aug 25, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 25, 2026vs Aug 24, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 24, 2026vs Aug 23, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 23, 2026vs Aug 22, 2026
  • ▲ INFreshchat entered the top 10 (#11 → #9)
  • ▲ INCrescendo.ai entered the top 10 (#12 → #10)
  • ▼ OUTZoho left the top 10 (#9 → #12)
  • ▼ OUTHubSpot CRM left the top 10 (#10 → #15)
  • ▼HubSpot CRM moved #10 → #15
  • ▼Zoho moved #9 → #12
  • ▼Zendesk moved #1 → #3
  • ▼Tidio AI moved #6 → #8
  • ▲Freshchat moved #11 → #9
  • ▲Crescendo.ai moved #12 → #10
  • ▲Intercom moved #2 → #1
  • ▲Crisp moved #3 → #2
  • ▲Gleap moved #7 → #6
  • ▲Slack moved #8 → #7
  • ▲Crisp +8pp (32.4% → 40.4%)
  • ▲Intercom +7.4pp (36.8% → 44.2%)
  • ▼Tidio AI -5.8pp (25% → 19.2%)
  • ▼Zoho -4.7pp (16.2% → 11.5%)
  • ▼LiveChat -4.4pp (29.4% → 25%)
  • ▼HubSpot CRM -3.6pp (13.2% → 9.6%)
  • ▼tawk.to -2.1pp (30.9% → 28.8%)
  • ▼Gleap -1.9pp (25% → 23.1%)
  • ▼Freshchat -1.7pp (13.2% → 11.5%)
  • ▼Crescendo.ai -1.7pp (13.2% → 11.5%)
Aug 22, 2026vs Aug 21, 2026
  • ▲Crisp moved #4 → #3
  • ▼tawk.to moved #3 → #4
  • ▲Zoho moved #10 → #9
  • ▼HubSpot CRM moved #9 → #10
  • ▲Intercom +3.9pp (32.9% → 36.8%)
  • ▲Crisp +3.5pp (28.9% → 32.4%)
  • ▼HubSpot CRM -2.6pp (15.8% → 13.2%)
  • ▼Tidio AI -1.3pp (26.3% → 25%)
Aug 21, 2026vs Aug 20, 2026
  • ▼LiveChat moved #3 → #5
  • ▼Slack moved #6 → #8
  • ▲tawk.to moved #4 → #3
  • ▲Crisp moved #5 → #4
  • ▲Tidio AI moved #7 → #6
  • ▲Gleap moved #8 → #7
  • ▼Slack -3.7pp (27.4% → 23.7%)
  • ▼HubSpot CRM -3.2pp (19% → 15.8%)
  • ▲tawk.to +1.7pp (28.6% → 30.3%)
  • ▲Crisp +1.5pp (27.4% → 28.9%)
  • ▼Gleap -1.2pp (26.2% → 25%)
  • ▼Tidio AI -1.1pp (27.4% → 26.3%)
Aug 20, 2026vs Aug 19, 2026
  • ▲Crisp moved #8 → #5
  • ▼Slack moved #5 → #6
  • ▼Tidio AI moved #6 → #7
  • ▼Gleap moved #7 → #8
  • ▲Crisp +3.7pp (23.7% → 27.4%)
  • ▼LiveChat -3.1pp (32.9% → 29.8%)
  • ▼Zoho -1.7pp (18.4% → 16.7%)
  • ▼Slack -1.5pp (28.9% → 27.4%)
  • ▼Gleap -1.4pp (27.6% → 26.2%)
Aug 19, 2026vs Aug 18, 2026

Methodology change: extraction rules 4 → 4-7 between these dates. Differences below may reflect the rule change rather than a change in what AI recommends — see the methodology changelog.

  • ▲ INCrisp entered the top 10 (#16 → #8)
  • ▼ OUTFreshchat left the top 10 (#10 → #11)
  • ▲Crisp moved #16 → #8
  • ▲Intercom moved #8 → #2
  • ▼Tidio AI moved #2 → #6
  • ▲tawk.to moved #6 → #4
  • ▼Gleap moved #5 → #7
  • ▼HubSpot CRM moved #7 → #9
  • ▼Slack moved #4 → #5
  • ▼Zoho moved #9 → #10
  • ▼Freshchat moved #10 → #11
  • ▲Crisp +13.2pp (10.5% → 23.7%)
  • ▼Tidio AI -9.2pp (36.8% → 27.6%)
  • ▲Intercom +7.9pp (25% → 32.9%)
  • ▼Slack -6.6pp (35.5% → 28.9%)
  • ▼HubSpot CRM -6.6pp (26.3% → 19.7%)
  • ▼Gleap -5.3pp (32.9% → 27.6%)
  • ▼Freshchat -3.9pp (19.7% → 15.8%)
  • ▼Zoho -2.7pp (21.1% → 18.4%)
  • ▼LiveChat -2.6pp (35.5% → 32.9%)
  • ▼tawk.to -1.4pp (30.3% → 28.9%)
  • ▼Zendesk -1.3pp (43.4% → 42.1%)
Aug 18, 2026vs Aug 17, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 17, 2026vs Aug 16, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 16, 2026vs Aug 15, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

Aug 15, 2026vs Aug 14, 2026

No change above the noise floor.

The ranking, date by date

Top 10 on each archived date, exactly as published. Cite a date and it stays true: snapshots are append-only, and a correction appends a new revision rather than overwriting the original.

Sep 8, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-08-11 – 2026-09-08 · rules v7
  • #1Crisp62.5%
  • #2Intercom56.9%
  • #3Zendesk44.4%
  • #4tawk.to27.8%
  • #5Slack25%
  • #6Gleap25%
  • #7HubSpot CRM22.2%
  • #8Tidio AI18.1%
  • #9Drift16.7%
  • #10LiveChat16.7%
Sep 7, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-08-10 – 2026-09-07 · rules v7
  • #1Crisp62.5%
  • #2Intercom56.9%
  • #3Zendesk44.4%
  • #4tawk.to27.8%
  • #5Slack25%
  • #6Gleap25%
  • #7HubSpot CRM22.2%
  • #8Tidio AI18.1%
  • #9Drift16.7%
  • #10LiveChat16.7%
Sep 6, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-08-09 – 2026-09-06 · rules v7
  • #1Crisp62.5%
  • #2Intercom56.9%
  • #3Zendesk44.4%
  • #4tawk.to27.8%
  • #5Slack25%
  • #6Gleap25%
  • #7HubSpot CRM22.2%
  • #8Tidio AI18.1%
  • #9Drift16.7%
  • #10LiveChat16.7%
Sep 5, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-08-08 – 2026-09-05 · rules v7
  • #1Crisp62.5%
  • #2Intercom56.9%
  • #3Zendesk44.4%
  • #4tawk.to27.8%
  • #5Slack25%
  • #6Gleap25%
  • #7HubSpot CRM22.2%
  • #8Tidio AI18.1%
  • #9Drift16.7%
  • #10LiveChat16.7%
Sep 4, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-08-07 – 2026-09-04 · rules v7
  • #1Crisp62.5%
  • #2Intercom56.9%
  • #3Zendesk44.4%
  • #4tawk.to27.8%
  • #5Slack25%
  • #6Gleap25%
  • #7HubSpot CRM22.2%
  • #8Tidio AI18.1%
  • #9Drift16.7%
  • #10LiveChat16.7%
Sep 3, 202672 sampled answers · window 2026-08-06 – 2026-09-03 · rules v7
  • #1Crisp62.5%
  • #2Intercom56.9%
  • #3Zendesk44.4%
  • #4tawk.to27.8%
  • #5Slack25%
  • #6Gleap25%
  • #7HubSpot CRM22.2%
  • #8Tidio AI18.1%
  • #9Drift16.7%
  • #10LiveChat16.7%
Sep 2, 202664 sampled answers · window 2026-08-05 – 2026-09-02 · rules v7
  • #1Crisp62.5%
  • #2Intercom53.1%
  • #3Zendesk43.8%
  • #4tawk.to26.6%
  • #5Slack26.6%
  • #6Gleap26.6%
  • #7HubSpot CRM20.3%
  • #8Tidio AI18.8%
  • #9LiveChat17.2%
  • #10Help Scout15.6%
Sep 1, 202632 sampled answers · window 2026-08-04 – 2026-09-01 · rules v7
  • #1Crisp62.5%
  • #2Intercom43.8%
  • #3Zendesk40.6%
  • #4tawk.to25%
  • #5Gleap21.9%
  • #6LiveChat15.6%
  • #7Tidio AI15.6%
  • #8Chatwoot12.5%
  • #9Slack12.5%
  • #10HubSpot CRM12.5%
Aug 31, 202632 sampled answers · window 2026-08-03 – 2026-08-31 · rules v7
  • #1Crisp62.5%
  • #2Intercom43.8%
  • #3Zendesk40.6%
  • #4tawk.to25%
  • #5Gleap21.9%
  • #6LiveChat15.6%
  • #7Tidio AI15.6%
  • #8Chatwoot12.5%
  • #9Slack12.5%
  • #10HubSpot CRM12.5%
Aug 30, 202632 sampled answers · window 2026-08-02 – 2026-08-30 · rules v7
  • #1Crisp62.5%
  • #2Intercom43.8%
  • #3Zendesk40.6%
  • #4tawk.to25%
  • #5Gleap21.9%
  • #6LiveChat15.6%
  • #7Tidio AI15.6%
  • #8Chatwoot12.5%
  • #9Slack12.5%
  • #10HubSpot CRM12.5%
Aug 29, 202632 sampled answers · window 2026-08-01 – 2026-08-29 · rules v7
  • #1Crisp62.5%
  • #2Intercom43.8%
  • #3Zendesk40.6%
  • #4tawk.to25%
  • #5Gleap21.9%
  • #6LiveChat15.6%
  • #7Tidio AI15.6%
  • #8Chatwoot12.5%
  • #9Slack12.5%
  • #10HubSpot CRM12.5%
Aug 28, 202632 sampled answers · window 2026-07-31 – 2026-08-28 · rules v7
  • #1Crisp62.5%
  • #2Intercom43.8%
  • #3Zendesk40.6%
  • #4tawk.to25%
  • #5Gleap21.9%
  • #6LiveChat15.6%
  • #7Tidio AI15.6%
  • #8Chatwoot12.5%
  • #9Slack12.5%
  • #10HubSpot CRM12.5%
Aug 27, 202632 sampled answers · window 2026-07-30 – 2026-08-27 · rules v7
  • #1Crisp62.5%
  • #2Intercom43.8%
  • #3Zendesk40.6%
  • #4tawk.to25%
  • #5Gleap21.9%
  • #6LiveChat15.6%
  • #7Tidio AI15.6%
  • #8Chatwoot12.5%
  • #9Slack12.5%
  • #10HubSpot CRM12.5%
Aug 26, 202652 sampled answers · window 2026-07-29 – 2026-08-26 · rules v4-7
  • #1Intercom44.2%
  • #2Crisp40.4%
  • #3Zendesk40.4%
  • #4tawk.to28.8%
  • #5LiveChat25%
  • #6Gleap23.1%
  • #7Slack23.1%
  • #8Tidio AI19.2%
  • #9Freshchat11.5%
  • #10Crescendo.ai11.5%
Aug 25, 202652 sampled answers · window 2026-07-28 – 2026-08-25 · rules v4-7
  • #1Intercom44.2%
  • #2Crisp40.4%
  • #3Zendesk40.4%
  • #4tawk.to28.8%
  • #5LiveChat25%
  • #6Gleap23.1%
  • #7Slack23.1%
  • #8Tidio AI19.2%
  • #9Freshchat11.5%
  • #10Crescendo.ai11.5%
Aug 24, 202652 sampled answers · window 2026-07-27 – 2026-08-24 · rules v4-7
  • #1Intercom44.2%
  • #2Crisp40.4%
  • #3Zendesk40.4%
  • #4tawk.to28.8%
  • #5LiveChat25%
  • #6Gleap23.1%
  • #7Slack23.1%
  • #8Tidio AI19.2%
  • #9Freshchat11.5%
  • #10Crescendo.ai11.5%
Aug 23, 202652 sampled answers · window 2026-07-26 – 2026-08-23 · rules v4-7
  • #1Intercom44.2%
  • #2Crisp40.4%
  • #3Zendesk40.4%
  • #4tawk.to28.8%
  • #5LiveChat25%
  • #6Gleap23.1%
  • #7Slack23.1%
  • #8Tidio AI19.2%
  • #9Freshchat11.5%
  • #10Crescendo.ai11.5%
Aug 22, 202668 sampled answers · window 2026-07-25 – 2026-08-22 · rules v4-7
  • #1Zendesk41.2%
  • #2Intercom36.8%
  • #3Crisp32.4%
  • #4tawk.to30.9%
  • #5LiveChat29.4%
  • #6Tidio AI25%
  • #7Gleap25%
  • #8Slack23.5%
  • #9Zoho16.2%
  • #10HubSpot CRM13.2%
Aug 21, 202676 sampled answers · window 2026-07-24 – 2026-08-21 · rules v4-7
  • #1Zendesk40.8%
  • #2Intercom32.9%
  • #3tawk.to30.3%
  • #4Crisp28.9%
  • #5LiveChat28.9%
  • #6Tidio AI26.3%
  • #7Gleap25%
  • #8Slack23.7%
  • #9HubSpot CRM15.8%
  • #10Zoho15.8%
Aug 20, 202684 sampled answers · window 2026-07-23 – 2026-08-20 · rules v4-7
  • #1Zendesk41.7%
  • #2Intercom32.1%
  • #3LiveChat29.8%
  • #4tawk.to28.6%
  • #5Crisp27.4%
  • #6Slack27.4%
  • #7Tidio AI27.4%
  • #8Gleap26.2%
  • #9HubSpot CRM19%
  • #10Zoho16.7%
Aug 19, 202676 sampled answers · window 2026-07-22 – 2026-08-19 · rules v4-7
  • #1Zendesk42.1%
  • #2Intercom32.9%
  • #3LiveChat32.9%
  • #4tawk.to28.9%
  • #5Slack28.9%
  • #6Tidio AI27.6%
  • #7Gleap27.6%
  • #8Crisp23.7%
  • #9HubSpot CRM19.7%
  • #10Zoho18.4%
Aug 18, 202676 sampled answers · window 2026-07-21 – 2026-08-18 · rules v4
  • #1Zendesk43.4%
  • #2Tidio AI36.8%
  • #3LiveChat35.5%
  • #4Slack35.5%
  • #5Gleap32.9%
  • #6tawk.to30.3%
  • #7HubSpot CRM26.3%
  • #8Intercom25%
  • #9Zoho21.1%
  • #10Freshchat19.7%
Aug 17, 202676 sampled answers · window 2026-07-20 – 2026-08-17 · rules v4
  • #1Zendesk43.4%
  • #2Tidio AI36.8%
  • #3LiveChat35.5%
  • #4Slack35.5%
  • #5Gleap32.9%
  • #6tawk.to30.3%
  • #7HubSpot CRM26.3%
  • #8Intercom25%
  • #9Zoho21.1%
  • #10Freshchat19.7%
Aug 16, 202676 sampled answers · window 2026-07-19 – 2026-08-16 · rules v4
  • #1Zendesk43.4%
  • #2Tidio AI36.8%
  • #3LiveChat35.5%
  • #4Slack35.5%
  • #5Gleap32.9%
  • #6tawk.to30.3%
  • #7HubSpot CRM26.3%
  • #8Intercom25%
  • #9Zoho21.1%
  • #10Freshchat19.7%
Aug 15, 202676 sampled answers · window 2026-07-18 – 2026-08-15 · rules v4
  • #1Zendesk43.4%
  • #2Tidio AI36.8%
  • #3LiveChat35.5%
  • #4Slack35.5%
  • #5Gleap32.9%
  • #6tawk.to30.3%
  • #7HubSpot CRM26.3%
  • #8Intercom25%
  • #9Zoho21.1%
  • #10Freshchat19.7%
Aug 14, 202676 sampled answers · window 2026-07-17 – 2026-08-14 · rules v4
  • #1Zendesk43.4%
  • #2Tidio AI36.8%
  • #3LiveChat35.5%
  • #4Slack35.5%
  • #5Gleap32.9%
  • #6tawk.to30.3%
  • #7HubSpot CRM26.3%
  • #8Intercom25%
  • #9Zoho21.1%
  • #10Freshchat19.7%

Read any date directly

Every archived date is machine-readable at /api/index/live-chat-for-saas/as-of/<YYYY-MM-DD>, which returns the ranking as it stood, with the extraction version and revision it was published under. Dates before the record begins return no_record rather than a recomputation — we do not reconstruct history on demand and present it as what we said. See what the engines actually said.

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