⚡ Live Chat Software in France

Live chat software allows businesses to communicate with website visitors and customers in real time through text-based messaging.

France is a Western European country with a population of around 69 million people.

According to our data, live chat software is used on 3.5% of websites from France.

Statistics based on 132K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top live chat software in France in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Crisp with a share of 16.3%, followed by Zendesk Chat with 11.7% and Tawk.to with 11%.

Crisp 16.3%
Zendesk Chat 11.7%
Tawk.to 11%
Tidio 6.6%
Smartsupp 5.7%
Shopify Inbox 5.2%
Gorgias 5.1%
Intercom 4.7%
iAdvize 4.6%
HubSpot Chat 3.7%
LiveChat 2.7%
Zoho SalesIQ 2.6%
Chatbase 2.4%
Brevo Conversations 2.1%
Other 15.4%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top solutions that is more popular in France than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

1. Crisp ^(-9)
5. Smartsupp ^(-6)
6. Shopify Inbox ^(-1)
7. Gorgias ^(-1)
9. iAdvize ^(-51)
10. HubSpot Chat ^(-4)
13. Chatbase ^(-6)
14. Brevo Conversations ^(-40)
15. Freshchat ^(-2)
17. Olark ^(-6)

✨ Best Live Chat Software

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 92 live chat software solutions used on sites from France, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Crisp Nantes, France A French all-in-one business messaging platform that consolidates live chat, email, social and app messaging, a shared inbox, chatbot builder, and a knowledge base. Free€45+/month	16.3%
2	Zendesk Chat San Francisco, California, United States A live chat solution included in Zendesk Suite that businesses can embed on their websites or help centers to talk with customers in real time. $19+/agent/month	11.7%
3	Tawk.to Las Vegas, Nevada, United States A free live chat software for websites. Free$$$	11%
4	Tidio San Francisco, California, United States A customer service platform that provides live chat, chatbots and a helpdesk system. Free$29+/month	6.6%
5	Smartsupp Brno, Czech Republic A cloud-based customer service platform that provides live chat, chatbot automation, and multichannel messaging to help businesses communicate with website visitors and manage support from one dashboard. Free$14+/month	5.7%
6	Shopify Inbox Ottawa, Ontario, Canada A free customer messaging and live chat application for Shopify stores that enables direct conversations with shoppers. Free	5.2%
7	Gorgias San Francisco, California, United States A customer service platform for e-commerce businesses that combines support ticketing, order management, and automation tools in a unified workspace. $10+/month	5.1%
8	Intercom San Francisco, California, United States An AI-powered customer service platform that unifies chatbots, help desk workflows, and proactive outbound messaging. $39+/month	4.7%
9	iAdvize Nantes, France A conversational conversion platform that provides AI-powered shopping assistants for e-commerce. $290+/month	4.6%
10	HubSpot Chat Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States Live chat software with built-in chatbots and automation integrated into the HubSpot CRM to support sales, marketing, and customer service interactions. Free$10+/seat/month	3.7%
11	LiveChat Wrocław, Poland A cloud-based customer service platform that combines live chat, ticketing, AI chatbots, and web analytics. $19+/user/month	2.7%
12	Zoho SalesIQ Chennai, India A customer messaging and engagement platform that helps businesses track website visitors in real time, connect with them through live chat, and convert them into leads or support contacts. Free$10+/user/month	2.6%
13	Chatbase Toronto, Ontario, Canada A platform that enables businesses to build AI agents to handle customer support, resolve issues, and take actions through conversations across chat, email, and voice. Free$40+/month	2.4%
14	Brevo Conversations Paris, France Brevo Conversations Platform includes live chat, chatbot, WhatsApp integration and AI capabilities. Free$15/user/month	2.1%
15	Freshchat San Mateo, California, United States A cloud-based business messaging and conversational support platform that combines live chat, in-app messaging and AI-powered chatbots. Free$19+/agent/month	1.9%
16	Salesforce Chat San Francisco, California, United States A legacy live chat solution from Salesforce that was retired in February 2026. Legacy	1.8%
17	Olark San Jose, California, United States A live chat application for websites that provides customer communication, analytics, and AI chatbot tools. $29+/month	1.4%
18	Chaty Tel Aviv, Israel A website communication widget that lets site owners add chat buttons so visitors can contact support through their preferred messaging apps. Free$15+/month	1.3%
19	Help Scout Boston, Massachusetts, United States A complete customer communications platform with shared inbox, live chat and help desk. Free$25+/user/month	1.3%
20	Call Now Button Amsterdam, Netherlands A WordPress plugin that adds a floating click-to-call button to a website, allowing mobile visitors to initiate phone calls with one tap. FreeOpen source$49.90/year	1.2%
21	Salesforce Enhanced Chat San Francisco, California, United States A modern live chat and messaging solution from Salesforce that replaces the legacy Salesforce Chat and supports real-time and asynchronous conversations across web and mobile channels. $75+/user/month	1.2%
22	Lime Connect Cologne, Germany An AI-powered, GDPR-compliant live chat and customer messaging platform developed and hosted in Germany. Free$130+/month	0.9%
23	WP Social Ninja Newark, Delaware, United States A WordPress social proof plugin that allows users to embed social media feeds, business reviews, and chat widgets into a website. Free$62/year	0.8%
24	JivoChat Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil A freemium live chat platform for websites that unifies chat, social messengers, email, and phone communication channels. Free$28+/month	0.6%
25	Drift Atlanta, Gerogia, United States A conversational marketing platform that combines AI-powered chatbots, live chat, and interactive landing pages. $75+/user/month	0.6%

👉 See Also

🌎 Live Chats in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 132,068 websites from France.
We currently track the presence of 131 live chat software solutions across the web.
Of these, 92 were detected on websites from France.
Statistics were last calculated on November 3, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.