10 Best 3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 22, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging sits at #2 in the WordPress.org Live Chat Plugins ranking. 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 3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging
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Buttonizer
Closest matchButtonizer – 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 …
#7 in the WordPress.org Live Chat Plugins ranking. About half 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
#4 in the WordPress.org Live Chat Plugins ranking. About a third of the installs, rated 5.0 against 4.6, last updated 8 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.
#3 in the WordPress.org Live Chat Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, rated 4.8 against 4.6, last updated September 1, 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.
#9 in the WordPress.org Live Chat Plugins ranking. About a quarter of the installs, last updated today.
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Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button – Chaty
5.0 (1,243) 300,000+ active installsWhatsApp chat, Facebook Messenger, Telegram, TikTok, Instagram, Email, Line, WeChat Phone call, SMS, 20+ live chat icons & WhatsApp chat pop up 💬
#1 in the WordPress.org Live Chat Plugins ranking. About 3 times the installs, rated 5.0 against 4.6, last updated 14 days ago.
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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! 🚀
#8 in the WordPress.org Live Chat Plugins ranking. 10,000+ installs against 100,000+, last updated May 25, 2026.
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HubSpot All-In-One Marketing – Forms, Popups, Live Chat
4.3 (207) 200,000+ active installsThe CRM, Sales, and Marketing WordPress plugin to grow your business better. Capture and engage web visitors with free live chat, forms, CRM, email ma …
#5 in the WordPress.org Live Chat Plugins ranking. About 2 times the installs, rated 4.3 against 4.6, last updated September 16, 2026.
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WPZOOM Connect: AI Chat, Click to Chat, Social Icons & Share Buttons
4.9 (144) 90,000+ active installsAI chat that answers visitors from your own pages, Click to Chat for WhatsApp & Telegram, social icons & share buttons — one floating button.
#10 in the WordPress.org Live Chat Plugins ranking. A similar number of installs, rated 4.9 against 4.6, last updated 27 days ago.
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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.
#6 in the WordPress.org Live Chat Plugins ranking. About a quarter of the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.6, last updated 17 days ago.
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LiveAgent – Omnichannel Help Desk & Live Chat Software
4.2 (32) 400+ active installsLiveAgent is a multichannel help desk software that offers over 180 help desk and live chat features. Discover the power of the universal inbox, a hyb …
Shares the live chat, live support, wordpress live chat tags on WordPress.org. 400+ installs against 100,000+, last updated 16 days ago.
3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging 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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3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging vs Buttonizer100,000+ vs 50,000+ installs · 4.6 vs 5.0
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3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging vs Chatway Live Chat100,000+ vs 30,000+ installs · 4.6 vs 5.0
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3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging vs Tidio100,000+ vs 70,000+ installs · 4.6 vs 4.8
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3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging vs Crisp100,000+ vs 20,000+ installs · 4.6 vs 4.6
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3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging vs Chaty100,000+ vs 300,000+ installs · 4.6 vs 5.0
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3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging vs LiveChat100,000+ vs 10,000+ installs · 4.6 vs 4.6
Switching from 3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging: common questions
What is the best alternative to 3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging?
Buttonizer is the closest match: it shares the Live Chat Plugins top 10 with 3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging and has 50,000+ active installs with a 5.0 out of 5 rating.
Which 3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging alternative has the most users?
Chaty, with 300,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which 3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging alternative is rated highest?
Chaty, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 1,243 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these 3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging 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 3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging 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 3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging 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
Buttonizer is the closest match to 3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging by the data we track, and Chaty has the widest reach with 300,000+ 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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