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COMPARISON BETWEEN BOLDCHAT V4 AND V2

  Boldchat v4   Boldchat v2
Free Account Basic Edition Pro Edition   Free Plan Pro Plan
Operator Clients
Web Operator Client
Enables answering chats, viewing visitors, etc. from a web browser.
        Yes Yes
Software Operator Client
Enables answering chats, viewing visitors, etc from software installed on your PC.
Yes Yes Yes   Yes Yes
Zero Text Ads
No text ads shown to visitors or operators.
Yes Yes Yes     Yes
Chat Buttons
Standard Chat Button
Enables adding chat buttons and text links to your website that visitors can click to launch a chat.
Yes Yes Yes   Yes Yes
Multiple Website Support
Enables implementing chat buttons on multiple websites and enables your operators to see where each chat originates.
Yes Yes Yes   Yes Yes
Chat Buttons on Secure Pages
Supports placing your chat buttons and text links on secure pages (https) on your website without generating security warnings.
Yes Yes Yes   Yes Yes
Chat Buttons in Email Signatures
Enables adding a chat button to your email signatures.
Yes Yes Yes   Yes Yes
Customizable Chat Buttons
Enables replacing the standard images in your chat buttons with your own custom images.
  Yes Yes   Yes Yes
Auto-Switch Chat Buttons
Enables your chat buttons to automatically switch between an available and unavailable image and your chat text links to automatically switch between an available text link and unavailable text link depending on your status.
  Yes Yes     Yes
Sign-In as Away
Provides an option to login to monitor chats, review prior chats, etc. without making yourself available to answer chats.
  Yes Yes      
Chat Window
Loads Instantly
Visitors do not need to install any software. Chat window loads instantly with no activex nor java applets used.
Yes Yes Yes   Yes Yes
Typing Indicator
Shows if the visitor or operator is currently typing.
Yes Yes Yes   Yes Yes
Resizable
Content of the chat window resizes dynamically as the chat window is resized. Customize the initial size of the chat window.
Yes Yes Yes      
Auto-Link URLs
Operator typed URLs are automatically hyperlinked.
Yes Yes Yes      
Advanced HTML Support for Chat Messages
Supports changing the font, indenting text, adding bullets, adding links, adding images, etc.
Yes Yes Yes      
Unicode Support
Full support for sending unicode characters in chats.
Yes Yes Yes   Yes Yes
Push Web Pages
Push a web page to the chat visitor's web browser directly. This opens the pushed web page URL in a browser session on the chat visitor's computer.
  Yes Yes   Yes Yes
Customizable Logo, Colors, and Fonts
Enables customizing the logo, colors, and fonts displayed in the chat window.
  Yes Yes     Yes
Multiple Language Support
Customize any text displayed in the chat window allowing you to localize the chat window to any language.
  Yes Yes     Yes
Email Chats to Visitors
Enables showing a page in the chat window after the chat has ended allowing visitors to email the chat transcript to themselves.
  Yes Yes     Yes
Email Chats to Operators
Enables operators to receive an email copy of a chat transcript after the chat has ended.
  Yes Yes     Yes
Unavailable Email Form
Enables showing a page in the chat window, if no operators are available, allowing visitors to send you an email.
  Yes Yes   Yes Yes
Spell Checker
Checks your spelling as you type. Misspelled words are displayed with red wavy lines. Right click any misspelled word for suggestions.
  Yes Yes      
Secure Chats
Enables encrypting chats with 128 bit encryption appropriate for transmitting credit card information safely during chats.
    Yes      
Answer Chats
Chat Queue
All operators can see all unanswered chats and operators can see immediately when a chat has been answered by another operator.
Yes Yes Yes   Yes Yes
Join Chat Action
Allows additional operators to join an existing chat to provide assistance, provide additional expertise, etc.
Yes Yes Yes      
Answer Chats to Take Ownership
Answer a new Chat to take ownership responsibility for the chat. This enables you to receive alerts associated with changes in status of that Chat.
Yes Yes Yes   Yes Yes
Assign Chats to Transfer Ownership
Transfer ownership of a Chat to another Operator or assume ownership of a Chat from another Operator. When transferring, the other Operator can receive alerts when a Chat has been transferred to them.
Yes Yes Yes      
Auto-Browser
View the actual web page the visitor is on when a chat is started automatically.
Yes Yes Yes      
Flag Chats
Flag Chats for later follow-up or to retreive an important chat quickly.
  Yes Yes      
Receive Alerts on New Chat Requests
Operators can receive a variety of audio and visual alerts when a visitor requests a chat.
Yes Yes Yes   Yes Yes
Customizable Alerts
Enables Alerts to be customized (configure audio alerts, popup alerts, flashing icon alerts, etc).
  Yes Yes   Yes Yes
Block Visitor from Chats
Block a visitor to your website from being able to open a chat session.
  Yes Yes     Yes
GeoIP
Enables showing the country, region, and city for any visitor in a chat.
    Yes      
Discuss Chats
Enables Operators to post internal messages to each other to discuss a Chat. Can be used to coordinate answers such as "Jim or John, have you seen this problem before?".
    Yes      
Pro-Active Chats
Initiate Chats
Opens a chat window with any visitor currently on your website.
    Yes     Yes
Invite to Chat
Animates a chat invitation across the visitors browser inviting the visitor to click to chat.
    Yes     Yes
Canned Messages
Creating Canned Messages
Enables creating canned messages that can be easily inserted into chats sent to users. Normally, canned messages are used to insert a greeting, a signature, step-by-step instructions to complete a task, etc.
  Yes Yes     Yes
Plain Text and HTML
Enables using either plain text or HTML formatting within canned messages.
  Yes Yes     Yes
Answer & Greet Action
Enables answering a chat and sending a canned greeting with a single click.
  Yes Yes      
Hot Key Access
Enables inserting a canned message with a single key stroke (like CTRL-SHIFT-S for your signature).
    Yes      
Manage Chats
Search Chats
Search the online chat history by keyword, operator, date range, and website to find any chat.
    Yes      
Reports
Generate PDF reports to summarize chat activity.
    Yes      
Visitor Monitoring
IP and Reverse IP
See the IP address and Reverse IP (host name) of each visitor.
  Yes Yes      
Real-Time Monitoring
Instantly see new visitors entering your website.
  Yes Yes     Yes
Entry URL Tracking
View the Entry URL of every visitor (useful to see which visitors came from ad campaign #1 vs. ad campaign #2).
  Yes Yes     Yes
Current URL Tracking
View the Current URL of every visitor (useful to see exactly where visitors are on your website).
  Yes Yes     Yes
Page View History Tracking
View the page view history of every visitor (useful to see exactly where visitors have been on your website).
  Yes Yes      
Return Visitor Tracking
View the number of visits of every visitor (useful to see exactly which visitors are new visitors vs. return visitors).
  Yes Yes      
Custom Visitor Info
Pass custom information about your visitors from your system to be displayed to your operators (user names, email addresses, names, account status, balances, etc).
  Yes Yes     Yes
Referer URL Tracking
View the Referer URL of every visitor (useful to see which visitors came from www.google.com vs. www.overture.com).
  Yes Yes     Yes
GeoIP
Enables showing the country, region, and city for any visitor on your website.
    Yes      
Manage Visits
Search Visits
Search the online chat history by IP, date range, and visit reference to find any visit.
    Yes      
Reports
Generate PDF reports to summarize visit activity.
    Yes      
Chat and Visit Histories
Chat History
See all chats over a specified time period.
Yes Yes Yes      
Visit History
See all visits over a specified time period.
Yes Yes Yes      
Related Chats
See all chats for the visitor of the current Chat or Visit.
Yes Yes Yes      
Related Visits
See all visits for the visitor of the current Chat or Visit.
Yes Yes Yes      
Auto-Relate Chats and Visits
Auto-relate chats and visits to a contact based on matching the visitor reference to the contact reference.
Yes Yes Yes      
Flexible Grid
Sorting
Enables sorting rows by one or more fields by simply clicking column headings.
Yes Yes Yes      
Filtering
Enables filtering rows by either exact matches or partial matches on one or more fields.
Yes Yes Yes      
Grouping
Enables grouping rows by any field simply by dragging and dropping a column heading into a special Group By Box.
Yes Yes Yes      
Hiding/Showing Columns
Enables hiding/showing rows simply by dragging and dropping column headings between the grid and a Column Chooser.
Yes Yes Yes      
Customize Row Formatting Rules
Enables rows to be formatted based on user defined rules. For example, a rule could be created to format all rows which are assigned to you and flagged in white text on a red background.
  Yes Yes      
Organizing
Side-by-Side Tabs
Drag tabs to show side-by-side views of key information.
Yes Yes Yes      
User Defined Folders
Enables defining new Chat folders. Existing Chats can be moved to a folder by dragging and dropping Chats to the specific folder.
  Yes Yes      
Folder Permissions
Restrict access to folders for individual operators.
    Yes      
User Defined Categories
Enables defining categories and associating Chat with these categories. For example, the following categories might be defined: Tech Support Inquiry, Billing Inquiry, Business Development Inquiry.
    Yes      
User Defined Statuses
Enables defining statuses and associating Chat with these statuses. For example, the following statuses might be defined: Urgent, Important, Not important.
    Yes      
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