⚡ Live Chat Software in Kenya

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

Kenya is an East African country with a population of over 55 million people.

According to our data, live chat software is used on 10.7% of websites from Kenya.

Statistics based on 2K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Tawk.to, which dominates the market with an overwhelming 55.2% share.
It is followed by Chaty with 9.2% and Tidio with 4.4%.

Tawk.to 55.2%
Chaty 9.2%
Tidio 4.4%
Crisp 3.2%
Zendesk Chat 3.2%
GetButton 3.2%
Zoho SalesIQ 3.2%
Freshchat 2.4%
Chatwoot 2%
Shopify Inbox 2%
My Live Chat 2%
LiveChat 2%
Pure Chat 1.6%
JivoChat 1.2%
Other 5.2%

🚀 Highlights

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

2. Chaty ^(-7)
3. Tidio ^(-2)
4. Crisp ^(-6)
6. GetButton ^(-7)
7. Zoho SalesIQ ^(-5)
8. Freshchat ^(-8)
9. Chatwoot ^(-26)
11. My Live Chat ^(-19)
13. Pure Chat ^(-11)
15. Chatway ^(-35)

✨ Best Live Chat Software

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 32 live chat software solutions used on sites from Kenya, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Tawk.to Las Vegas, Nevada, United States A free live chat software for websites. Free	55.2%
2	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	9.2%
3	Tidio San Francisco, California, United States A customer service platform that provides live chat, chatbots and a helpdesk system. Free$29+/month	4.4%
4	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	3.2%
5	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	3.2%
6	GetButton Helsinki, Finland A website chat widget that provides a floating contact button redirecting visitors to messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Messenger, Telegram, and Instagram to start conversations directly. $4.99+/month	3.2%
7	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	3.2%
8	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	2.4%
9	Chatwoot San Francisco, California, United States An open-source customer support platform that unifies live chat, email, social messaging and other channels into a shared omnichannel support desk for managing customer conversations. FreeOpen source$19+/agent/month	2%
10	Shopify Inbox Ottawa, Ontario, Canada A free customer messaging and live chat application for Shopify stores that enables direct conversations with shoppers. Free	2%
11	My Live Chat North York, Ontario, Canada A cloud-based live chat solution that enables website owners to communicate with visitors in real time and monitor incoming traffic. Free$15+/month	2%
12	LiveChat Wrocław, Poland A cloud-based customer service platform that combines live chat, ticketing, AI chatbots, and web analytics. $19+/user/month	2%
13	Pure Chat Scottsdale, Arizona, United States A live chat platform designed to help businesses engage website visitors through a customizable chat widget. $49+/month	1.6%
14	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	1.2%
15	Chatway Tel Aviv, Israel A live chat and AI chatbot platform that enables websites to communicate with visitors in real time through a customizable chat widget and automated messaging. Free$29+/month	1.2%
16	Collect.chat Newark, Delaware, United States An interactive chatbot platform that allows website owners to create automated conversational forms without coding. Free$24+/month	1.2%
17	Rocket.Chat Wilmington, Delaware, United States An open-source communication platform designed for organizations with high security, privacy, and data sovereignty requirements that supports real-time chat, voice, and video across web, desktop, and mobile clients. FreeOpen source$$$	0.8%
18	Intercom San Francisco, California, United States An AI-powered customer service platform that unifies chatbots, help desk workflows, and proactive outbound messaging. $39+/month	0.8%
19	Lime Connect Cologne, Germany An AI-powered, GDPR-compliant live chat and customer messaging platform developed and hosted in Germany. Free$130+/month	0.8%
20	Drift Atlanta, Gerogia, United States A conversational marketing platform that combines AI-powered chatbots, live chat, and interactive landing pages. $75+/user/month	0.8%
21	Salesforce Enhanced Chat San Francisco, California, United States A modern live chat and messaging solution from Salesforce that replaces the legacy Salesforce Chat and supports real-time and asynchronous conversations across web and mobile channels. $75+/user/month	0.8%
22	Azure AI Bot Service Redmond, Washington, United States A coding-based platform that enables developers to build and deploy intelligent, fully customizable, enterprise-grade conversational AI bots. Free$$$	0.8%
23	Chatra Paris, France A cloud-based live chat platform designed for small businesses and e-commerce retailers. Free€25+/agent/month	0.4%
24	ElevenLabs New York, United States An AI audio platform specializing in natural-sounding speech synthesis, text-to-speech, speech-to-text, voice generation, conversational AI, and automated dubbing. Free$5+/month	0.4%
25	Chatbase Toronto, Ontario, Canada A platform that enables businesses to build their own AI agents to handle customer support, resolve issues, and take meaningful actions through AI-driven conversations. Free$40+/month	0.4%

👉 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 2,331 websites from Kenya.
We currently track the presence of 110 live chat software solutions across the web.
Of these, 32 were detected on websites from Kenya.
Statistics were last calculated on June 20, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.