LiveAgent
LiveAgent's 5.70 branch adds Mistral and Gemini, live call transcription and message translation.
A side-by-side editorial comparison of DoneDone and ProProfs Chat — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
DoneDone smooths daily work: paste-in checklists and replies that keep their formatting.
DoneDone's latest release is two quality-of-life changes. New checklists open a popup where items can be typed or pasted in bulk, and replies now keep bold, italics and lists. They follow a busy late summer: workflow automations, custom fields, email-to-task, allow/block filters, and one email connection feeding several Mailboxes.
ProProfs Chat's feed is an AI-support content mill with no product news in it.
Every entry is a first-person explainer or roundup on AI in customer support: how chatbots reduce ticket volume, how to train an AI agent, whether to choose an AI agent or live chat, fifteen use cases for AI agents, and two software listicles covering multi-site and white-label live chat. Cadence is roughly weekly. No entry describes a change to ProProfs Chat itself.
DoneDone's latest release is two quality-of-life changes. New checklists open a popup where items can be typed or pasted in bulk, and replies now keep bold, italics and lists. They follow a busy late summer: workflow automations, custom fields, email-to-task, allow/block filters, and one email connection feeding several Mailboxes.
After two substantive launches (automations and custom fields), DoneDone has shifted to tightening the email-driven support workflow and cutting friction in everyday task handling. The cadence is roughly one or two updates a month, each narrow in scope.
Expect more email-pipeline and checklist refinements; automations may gain new triggers, given checklist templates already hook into status changes.
Every entry is a first-person explainer or roundup on AI in customer support: how chatbots reduce ticket volume, how to train an AI agent, whether to choose an AI agent or live chat, fifteen use cases for AI agents, and two software listicles covering multi-site and white-label live chat. Cadence is roughly weekly. No entry describes a change to ProProfs Chat itself.
The whole feed is aimed at buyers deciding between hiring a support agent and deploying a bot, which is the decision that determines whether ProProfs gets bought at all. The white-label and multi-website posts point at agencies and resellers as a target segment. This is search acquisition, and it tells you nothing about the product's direction.
More AI-support explainers and vendor listicles on the same weekly rhythm. Product changes stay invisible from this source.
Other Support products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either DoneDone or ProProfs Chat.
LiveAgent's 5.70 branch adds Mistral and Gemini, live call transcription and message translation.
Service Fusion's feed stays on buyer guides, now an HVAC technician tool list.
tawk.to's widget 4.4.0 turns to keyboard and screen-reader fixes after a run of form work.
Libredesk moves to v2.9.1 candidates with AI reply handling and security audit fixes.
Live Helper Chat 4.97 lets bots read file captions and OCR text and react to uploads.
Twilio follows Cohorts with three GA control APIs for webhooks, recording and caller trust.
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Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. DoneDone and ProProfs Chat are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. DoneDone and ProProfs Chat are shipping at a similar cadence (velocity 5.0 vs 5.0, both within Sparkpulse's "active" band). For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Support products to evaluate alongside.
Top DoneDone alternatives in Support are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "DoneDone alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/donedone for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
Top ProProfs Chat alternatives in Support are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "ProProfs Chat alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/proprofs-chat for the full list with editorial commentary on each.