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Formbricks vs LiveAgent
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Formbricks and LiveAgent — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Shared themes:stabilization
Formbricks vs LiveAgent: at a glance
What is Formbricks?
Formbricks stabilizes its 5.0 release with backports and access-control fixes
Formbricks is in release-candidate mode across the 5.0 line, now branching into 5.1.0-rc.1. The recent entries are almost entirely fixes and backports — billing-role access, SSO restoration, audit cleanup — rather than new capability.
What is LiveAgent?
After a mid-May AI-agent and MCP push, LiveAgent has dropped into hardening mode.
LiveAgent's last two weeks are almost entirely defensive: bug fixes across chat handoff, email rendering, API custom fields, and a ticket-history query that degenerated at scale. The substantive feature work — an AI Agent Work Distributor, add_note and search MCP tools, and OAuth 2.1 on the MCP server for a claude.ai custom connector — landed on May 18 and now sits behind a wall of stabilization releases.
Formbricks vs LiveAgent: editorial side-by-side
Formbricks
5.0SUPPORT
Formbricks stabilizes its 5.0 release with backports and access-control fixes
◆ Current state
Formbricks is in release-candidate mode across the 5.0 line, now branching into 5.1.0-rc.1. The recent entries are almost entirely fixes and backports — billing-role access, SSO restoration, audit cleanup — rather than new capability.
◆ Where it's heading
The work signals a major-version transition being hardened in place: roles and billing-only access, SSO reliability, and security-audit resolution. New survey features (CSAT/CES filters) are trickling in but the dominant motion is stabilization.
◆ Prediction
Expect a clean 5.0.x/5.1.0 GA once the backport queue drains, with role-based access and SSO fixes as the substance of the release.
LiveAgent
6.3SUPPORT
After a mid-May AI-agent and MCP push, LiveAgent has dropped into hardening mode.
◆ Current state
LiveAgent's last two weeks are almost entirely defensive: bug fixes across chat handoff, email rendering, API custom fields, and a ticket-history query that degenerated at scale. The substantive feature work — an AI Agent Work Distributor, add_note and search MCP tools, and OAuth 2.1 on the MCP server for a claude.ai custom connector — landed on May 18 and now sits behind a wall of stabilization releases.
◆ Where it's heading
The pattern is a product consolidating a large agent/MCP feature drop rather than extending it. Release tags split across two trains (5.63.x and 5.64.x) shipping near-daily, all carrying fixes, which reads as cleanup after the integration push rather than new direction.
◆ Prediction
Expect the fix cadence to taper, then a return to MCP/AI-agent feature work once the 5.64.x line stabilizes. The entries don't show what that next feature is.
Alternatives to Formbricks and LiveAgent
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 Formbricks or LiveAgent.
Supportbench
Supportbench's daily feed is how-to content marketing, not product releases
erxes
Erxes ties POS into deals with a small but pointed release
Desk365
Desk365 ships its June bi-monthly release amid a blog-heavy feed: notifications, search, i18n
Canny
Canny is betting on Ideas and Autopilot — AI-triaged feedback wired to revenue.
Hatz AI
Hatz is building the governed multi-tenant control plane for MSPs running AI.
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Recent activity from Formbricks and LiveAgent
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 11h agoFormbricks5.1.0-rc.1
- 4d agoLiveAgentFix: slow email-template loading on reply
- 4d agoLiveAgentChat handoff, UTF-8, and email-quoting fixes
- 5d agoLiveAgentFixes: API custom-fields 403 and ticket-history timeout at scale
- 8d agoLiveAgentBrowser-timezone login plus MCP and email fixes
- 11d agoFormbricks5.0.2-rc.1
- 13d agoFormbricks5.0.1-rc.1
- 15d agoFormbricks5.0.0-rc.3
- 18d agoFormbricks5.0.0-rc.2
- 18d agoLiveAgentQuieter logging in the ticket-field plugin
- 18d agoLiveAgentChat, call-routing, and WhatsApp ticket fixes
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Formbricks and LiveAgent?
Both compete on the same themes — stabilization — within Support. LiveAgent is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Formbricks better than LiveAgent?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. LiveAgent is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 6.3 vs 5.0), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Support products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Formbricks?
Top Formbricks alternatives in Support are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Formbricks alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/formbricks for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to LiveAgent?
Top LiveAgent alternatives in Support are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "LiveAgent alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/liveagent for the full list with editorial commentary on each.