10 Best Tawk.To Live Chat Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Tawk.To Live Chat has 100,000+ 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 Tawk.To Live Chat
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3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging
Closest match4.6 (821) 100,000+ active installsChat with your website visitors in real-time for free! Engage with your customers and increase sales.
Shares the free live chat tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated June 29, 2026.
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Tidio – Live Chat & AI Chatbots
4.7 (396) 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 free live chat tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.7 against 4.6, last updated 6 days ago.
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Crisp – Live Chat and Chatbot
4.6 (73) 20,000+ active installsA Free, one-click-to-install, Live Chat and chatbot plugin. No coding skills are required. Used by more than 30 000 customers on WordPress.
Shares the free live chat tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, no update since April 14, 2025.
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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 chat widget tag on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 100,000+, last updated May 25, 2026.
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Sticky Chat Widget – Floating Chat Icons, Contact Form, Call, Click to Chat, Email & Message Buttons
5.0 (39) 10,000+ active installsSocial chat buttons with WhatsApp, Messenger, WeChat, Telegram, Instagram, TikTok, Zalo & more — plus SMS, Call button, Contact form, and 20+ icons.
Shares the chat widget tag on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 100,000+, last updated 7 days ago.
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Chat Widget: Floating Customer Support Button for 30+ Channels, Supporting SMS, Calls, and Chat – Bit Assist
4.9 (111) 10,000+ active installsFloating sticky chat button for WhatsApp Chat, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, Instagram, SMS, Call, Discord chat, TikTok, Line & 30+ channels
Shares the chat widget tag on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 100,000+, rated 4.9 against 4.6, last updated July 29, 2026.
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4.4 (105) 5,000+ active installsAdvanced chat plugin for WordPress with AI ChatGPT bots. Requires no server, supports multiple channels, appearance settings, moderation, bans.
Shares the AI chat tag on WordPress.org. 5,000+ installs against 100,000+, rated 4.4 against 4.6, last updated March 9, 2026.
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4.0 (27) 500+ active installsFree Live Support Chat for your WordPress website.
Shares the free live chat tag on WordPress.org. 500+ installs against 100,000+, last updated 13 days ago.
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Popup Builder & Popup Maker for WordPress – OptinMonster Email Marketing and Lead Generation
4.3 (816) 1 million+ active installs🤩 Make popups & optin forms to get more email newsletter subscribers, leads, and sales - #1 most popular popup builder plugin! 🚀
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.3 against 4.6, last updated 24 days ago.
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Essential Addons for Elementor
Paid version availableEssential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets
4.9 (4,115) 1 million+ active installsElementor addon offering 120+ widgets and templates — Elementor Gallery, Slider, Form, Post Grid, Menu, Accordion, WooCommerce & more.
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.6, last updated 6 days ago.
Switching from Tawk.To Live Chat: common questions
What is the best alternative to Tawk.To Live Chat?
3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 100,000+ active installs with a 4.6 out of 5 rating.
Which Tawk.To Live Chat alternative has the most users?
OptinMonster, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Tawk.To Live Chat alternative is rated highest?
Essential Addons for Elementor, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 4,115 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Tawk.To Live Chat 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 Tawk.To Live Chat 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 Tawk.To Live Chat 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
3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging is the closest match to Tawk.To Live Chat by the data we track, and OptinMonster has the widest reach with 1 million+ active installs. Tidio shipped the most recent release, on September 1, 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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