10 Best Live Chat by Formilla Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 22, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Live Chat by Formilla has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Live Chat by Formilla
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MyLiveChat
Closest matchMyLiveChat – Free Live Chat & AI Chatbot
4.4 (27) 900+ active installsFree live chat and AI chatbot for WordPress. Answer visitors in real time, see who is browsing, and start free with one agent.
Shares the chat, chatbot, live chat tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 29 days ago.
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Tidio – Live Chat & AI Chatbots
4.8 (395) 70,000+ active installsAdd Tidio Live Chat to your WordPress for free to answer customers’ questions, engage website visitors, generate leads, and increase sales.
Shares the chat, chatbot, live chat tags on WordPress.org. About 35 times the installs, last updated September 1, 2026.
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LiveChat – Live Chat Plugin for WP Websites
4.6 (98) 10,000+ active installsBest live chat and help desk plugin for WordPress websites. Add the LiveChat widget to engage visitors and provide real‑time customer support! 🚀
Shares the chatbot, live chat, livechat tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.8, last updated May 25, 2026.
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Crisp – Live Chat and AI Chatbot
4.6 (73) 20,000+ active installsA free, one-click-to-install Live Chat and AI Chatbot plugin. No coding skills required. Used by more than 30 000 customers on WordPress.
Shares the chatbot, live chat, livechat tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.8, last updated today.
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4.0 (26) 500+ active installsFree Live Support Chat for your WordPress website.
Shares the chat, live chat, livechat tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated August 25, 2026.
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Smartsupp – live chat, AI shopping assistant and chatbots
4.7 (131) 20,000+ active installsBoost your sales and turn visitors into customers with live chat, AI tools and chatbots. Smartsupp is trusted by 100,000+ online stores.
Shares the chatbot, livechat tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.8, last updated 17 days ago.
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Buttonizer – Live Chat, AI Chatbot, Call, Chat, Contact Button
5.0 (23) 50,000+ active installsPowerful platform with Live Chat, AI Chatbots, and Real-Time Visitor Monitoring! Also, create Call, Email, SMS, & Contact buttons to increase conv …
Shares the chat, chatbot, live chat tags on WordPress.org. About 25 times the installs, last updated September 21, 2026.
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Chatway Live Chat – AI Chatbot, Customer Support, FAQ & Helpdesk Customer Service & Chat Buttons
5.0 (770) 30,000+ active installsAI chatbot agent, MCP & human live chat for customer support, FAQ, chat buttons include WhatsApp with Chatway live chat. iOS & Android apps available
Shares the chat, chatbot, live chat tags on WordPress.org. About 15 times the installs, rated 5.0 against 4.8, last updated 8 days ago.
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WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, WordPress Automation, AI Services
4.7 (124) 5,000+ active installsAI ChatBot & Automation for WordPress WPBot. 24/7 Live Chat Customer Support. NATIVE, AI Actions, Forms, Leads, Gemini, ChatGPT, Claude, OpenRouter ✨
Shares the chatbot, live chat tags on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.8, last updated 3 days ago.
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Boei – AI Chatbot, Live Chat & 50+ Channels
5.0 (30) 900+ active installsEuropean AI chatbot for WordPress. 95+ languages, captures leads, hands off to your team. GDPR-safe, shared inbox. Free 7-day trial, no card.
Shares the chatbot, live chat tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated August 10, 2026.
Live Chat by Formilla against each of them
Head to head on installs, ratings, reviews and updates. Each measure names its own leader; there is no overall winner.
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Live Chat by Formilla vs Tidio2,000+ vs 70,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.8
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Live Chat by Formilla vs LiveChat2,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.6
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Live Chat by Formilla vs Smartsupp2,000+ vs 20,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 4.7
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Live Chat by Formilla vs Buttonizer2,000+ vs 50,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 5.0
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Live Chat by Formilla vs Chatway Live Chat2,000+ vs 30,000+ installs · 4.8 vs 5.0
Switching from Live Chat by Formilla: common questions
What is the best alternative to Live Chat by Formilla?
MyLiveChat is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 900+ active installs with a 4.4 out of 5 rating.
Which Live Chat by Formilla alternative has the most users?
Tidio, with 70,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Live Chat by Formilla alternative is rated highest?
Chatway Live Chat, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 770 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Live Chat by Formilla alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Live Chat by Formilla score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Live Chat by Formilla on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
MyLiveChat is the closest match to Live Chat by Formilla by the data we track, and Tidio has the widest reach with 70,000+ active installs. Crisp shipped the most recent release, on October 21, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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