Comparing Automation Anywhere and LivePerson? Both are AI Agents & Chatbots and Enterprise tools in the directory, which is why buyers put them on the same shortlist. Below is a side-by-side look at how they price, what they integrate with, and when each is the better fit, so you can pick on the facts rather than either vendor's own sales page.
| Attribute | Automation Anywhere | LivePerson |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Paid · Custom | Paid · Custom |
| Founded | 2003 | 1995 |
| Categories | AI Agents & Chatbots Enterprise | AI Agents & Chatbots Contact Center & CCaaS Enterprise |
| Integrations | Salesforce ServiceNow Zendesk | Salesforce Zendesk Microsoft Dynamics ServiceNow Shopify WhatsApp Apple Messages for Business Avaya |
Automation Anywhere is an agentic process automation platform, and its customer service solution points that machinery at support work: AI agents that triage, categorize, and route tickets, verify identity, check and modify orders, process returns and RMAs, handle password resets and account changes, and keep messages in sync across channels. The pitch is "talk and act": conversational AI on the front end, with agents that execute in the systems behind it, CRM, ITSM, and ERP alike. Native integrations cover Salesforce, ServiceNow, and Zendesk, Automation Co-Pilot assists human agents inside the tools they already use, and the platform generates knowledge articles and tracks CSAT and NPS along the way.
The company was founded in 2003 in San Jose by Mihir Shukla and Ankur Kothari and grew into one of the biggest names in RPA; Gartner has named it a Magic Quadrant Leader for eight consecutive years, and it reports over 400 million automations a year across 1,500+ live agentic deployments. The reason it appears in this directory is the November 2025 acquisition of Aisera, whose conversational self-service agents for IT, HR, and customer service (including AiseraGPT, formerly listed here on its own) folded into the platform, with more than 100 Aisera AI engineers joining to build the combined agentic stack. Aisera's customer service pages now redirect to this one. Customers on the support side include SoftBank, the City of Seattle, and Ricoh, which credits the platform with 500 days of work saved per month.
Nothing is published on price for the customer service solution: expect a sales cycle and a custom quote, and the vendor itself cites implementations running from $50k to over $250k for enterprise builds.
Choose Automation Anywhere when support automation is one front of a broader enterprise automation program and you want ticket resolution wired into the same platform that runs finance and IT workflows. If you want a helpdesk-native AI agent your support team can switch on in a week, the purpose-built tools in this directory will get there with far less machinery.
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LivePerson Conversational Cloud is an enterprise platform for handling customer conversations at scale across web messaging, in-app chat, SMS, WhatsApp, Apple Messages for Business, and social channels. AI agents built on the platform resolve routine questions using an intent engine and a bring-your-own-LLM approach, while human agents work in a messaging-first workspace with a generative AI Copilot that drafts replies, summarizes conversations, and translates messages in real time. Voice AI ties phone calls into the same routing and analytics, and Conversational Intelligence reporting shows what customers are actually asking about.
The company is one of the original names in this space. Robert LoCascio founded LivePerson in New York in 1995, back when web chat was a novelty, and took it public on Nasdaq (ticker LPSN) in 2000. It bought VoiceBase and Tenfold in 2021 to add voice analytics and CRM integrations, partnered with Avaya in 2024 to bolt its digital capabilities onto Avaya contact centers, and today claims 18,000 plus brands, with HSBC, Burberry, PNC, and Zurich among its named customers. LoCascio later stepped down, and John Sabino has been CEO since January 2024. In April 2026, voice AI company SoundHound AI agreed to acquire LivePerson.
Pricing is quote-based. LivePerson publishes Bronze, Silver, and Gold tiers describing what each unlocks, from the agent workspace up to advanced analytics and generative AI, but no dollar figures. Messaging channels like SMS and WhatsApp pass through provider rates plus a 15 percent handling fee, and generative AI entitlements are negotiated with sales. Budget for an enterprise contract, not a credit-card signup.
Choose LivePerson if you are a large brand that lives on asynchronous messaging and wants proven scale, deep channel coverage, and agent-assist AI with enterprise controls. Look elsewhere if you are a small team that wants transparent pricing and self-service setup, or if the pending SoundHound acquisition and several years of revenue decline make you nervous about vendor stability.
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