eGain Chat vs. Podium

eGain Chat™ enables you to offer real-time chat assistance to website visitors. Agents can exchange text messages, files, web pages, and knowledge base articles with visitors to answer their queries, proactively as well as reactively. Rated #1 by analysts, it has been enabling businesses to transform chat customer support experiences for its customers for more than a decade. The live chat software is an integral part of eGain’s customer engagement software suite. It integrates seamlessly with the other social experience, web experience, and contact center applications in the suite.

Podium builds the AI Employees that power local businesses. Trusted by 60,000+ businesses across Automotive, Home Services, Aesthetics, and Retail, Podium's AI Employees increase lead conversion by 45% and generate 30% more revenue, without adding headcount. Podium is purpose-built for the industries we serve: Automotive: Podium turns every lead into a test drive or service appointment and searches for more opportunities in your database.