LiveAgent vs Textline

Two customer support tools side by side. Prices are the starting plan a small business would pick, in USD.

Compare	LiveAgentQuality Unit	TextlineTextline
In one line	Help desk with email, chat, and calls from $15 an agent	Shared inbox for business texting, priced by quote
Starting price	From $15/person	Price by quote
Six-person team	$90/mo	Price by quote
Plans	Per agent, billed yearly: Small business $15 ($19 monthly); Medium $29 ($35, adds calls and IVR); Large $49 ($59, adds social and WhatsApp); Enterprise $69 ($85); 30-day trial, no card	No prices published; quoted by plan, agents and message credits. Essentials: 3 agents, at least 600 message credits/mo. Pro: 5 agents, at least 2,000 credits, Salesforce integration, priority support, customer success manager. Enterprise: custom. Add-on credits 3¢ each, bought ahead once per billing cycle; backup credits 4¢ each, auto-bought in blocks of at least 250; an MMS uses 3 credits. Local 10DLC numbers add a $15/mo campaign fee; toll-free numbers have none. Monthly or annual billing. Free account to start, no card
Pricing model	Free trial	Paid
Free trial	30 days	—
Users	Per agent	3 agents on Essentials; 5 on Pro
Integrations	Shopify, WooCommerce, Slack, Zapier, Mailchimp	Zendesk, Salesforce, HubSpot, Help Scout, Freshdesk, Gorgias, Aircall, Slack, Zapier
Team size	2–10 people · 11–50 people	2–10 people · 11–50 people · 51–200 people
Available in	US · UK · CA · AU	US · CA
Phone support	None listed	Plans not stated
Live chat	Plans not stated	None listed
Support hours	Not published	Not published
Incidents posted	Quality Unit has a public status page. Status page	2 incidents posted on Textline's status page in the 90 days to Oct 27, 2026; 0 marked major or critical by Textline. Status page
Capterra score	4.7 / 5 from 1,789 reviews	Not listed
Trustpilot score	4.6 / 5 from 620 reviews	Not listed
Fit: Retail shop	55	55
Fit: Restaurant or café	40	40
Fit: Service business	72	80
Fit: Agency or studio	70	50
Fit: Trades or contractor	45	75
Fit: Online store	80	65
Why people pick it	Low price per agent Calls on mid-tier plans	Several agents texting customers from one number HIPAA-compatible on every plan
Where it falls short	Dated interface Social channels cost extra on some plans	No published prices Message credits and number fees on top
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Six-person prices are what a team of six would pay on the published plans; "Not listed" means those plans don't cover six. How we calculate prices

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