Chat & messaging impact

Performance impact by chat provider.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites Q1 2026 edition · All devices field outcomes
Metric LCP INP CLS
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At a glance the headline numbers for Chat & messaging impact

Performance impact by chat provider.

10
Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
2,586
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
1.8s
Best LCP (p75)
Re:amaze
The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · all devices field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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The ranking sorted by LCP at p75, fastest first

# Provider LCP p75 Passing Sites
1 Re:amaze 1.8s 91.5%
73
2 Gorgias 2.0s 87.6%
115
3 Zendesk Chat 2.2s 80.5%
372
4 Smartsupp 2.2s 83.8%
137
5 LiveChat 2.3s 79.2%
170
6 HubSpot Chat 2.3s 80.6%
742
7 Tawk.to 2.5s 74.2%
528
8 Tidio 2.6s 73.6%
218
9 Crisp 2.6s 72.8%
128
10 Intercom 2.7s 72.0%
103
The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · all devices field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing LCP per provider which group passes the LCP most often

ProviderSitesPassing LCPp75
Drift 0% 5 100% 1.8s
Help Scout Beacon 0% 28 93% 2.0s
Re:amaze 0.1% 73 92% 1.8s
LiveAgent 0% 17 88% 2.0s
Gorgias 0.1% 115 88% 2.0s
Freshchat 0% 46 85% 2.1s
Smartsupp 0.1% 137 84% 2.2s
Olark 0% 24 83% 2.0s
HubSpot Chat 0.8% 742 81% 2.3s
Zendesk Chat 0.4% 372 81% 2.2s
LiveChat 0.2% 170 79% 2.3s
Chatwoot 0% 27 78% 2.3s
tawk.to 0.6% 528 74% 2.5s
Tidio 0.2% 218 74% 2.6s
Crisp 0.1% 128 73% 2.6s
Intercom 0.1% 103 72% 2.7s
Good Needs Improvement Poor Sorted best-passing first · median colored by its own rating · pass = good LCP (2.5s at p75) · one value per site

88% of Gorgias sites pass LCP. Intercom trails 16 points behind, leaving 28% of its sites failing. computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · all devices field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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All five vitals at once the whole category without toggling - cell is the pass rate, small number the p75

LCP
INP
CLS
FCP
TTFB
HubSpot Chat 0.8%
812.3s
95119ms
820.07
731.9s
501.3s
tawk.to 0.6%
742.5s
94136ms
770.09
672.1s
461.5s
Zendesk Chat 0.4%
812.2s
94127ms
820.07
771.7s
611.0s
Tidio 0.2%
742.6s
98120ms
860.07
692.1s
571.5s
LiveChat 0.2%
792.3s
92135ms
690.15
731.9s
561.2s
Smartsupp 0.1%
842.2s
97128ms
820.08
741.8s
421.4s
Crisp 0.1%
732.6s
92131ms
860.06
682.1s
521.4s
Gorgias 0.1%
882.0s
88164ms
900.05
941.4s
90613ms
Intercom 0.1%
722.7s
85177ms
820.08
731.8s
571.1s
Re:amaze 0.1%
921.8s
95128ms
860.06
901.2s
86633ms
Freshchat 0%
852.1s
89131ms
720.13
761.7s
76782ms
Help Scout Beacon 0%
932.0s
96128ms
860.06
931.4s
78665ms
Chatwoot 0%
782.3s
96162ms
820.08
821.6s
72854ms
Olark 0%
832.0s
90114ms
920.03
831.6s
52944ms
LiveAgent 0%
882.0s
100116ms
880.07
881.4s
59962ms
Drift 0%
1001.8s
100129ms
1000.03
801.3s
33991ms
60%95%+ passing Cell: pass rate, small number = p75 · faded rows: under 100 sites

One row per provider, one column per vital - the cell is the share of sites passing, the small number the p75. No toggling needed to see where the category actually differs.

Gorgias leads on LCP: 88% of its sites pass. Intercom trails at 72%. computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · all devices field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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