Chat & messaging impact

Performance impact by chat provider.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites Q1 2026 edition · Phone 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
0.04
Best CLS (p75)
Crisp
The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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The ranking sorted by CLS at p75, fastest first

# Provider CLS p75 Passing Sites
1 Crisp 0.04 85.1%
128
2 Re:amaze 0.04 88.1%
73
3 Smartsupp 0.04 87.6%
137
4 Tidio 0.04 87.8%
218
5 Zendesk Chat 0.05 86.8%
372
6 HubSpot Chat 0.05 83.3%
742
7 Gorgias 0.06 89.0%
115
8 Tawk.to 0.08 80.8%
528
9 Intercom 0.09 81.1%
103
10 LiveChat 0.16 70.3%
170
The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · phone field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing CLS per provider which group passes the CLS most often

ProviderSitesPassing CLSp75
Drift 0% 5 100% 0.06
Olark 0% 24 92% 0.01
Gorgias 0.1% 115 89% 0.06
Re:amaze 0.1% 73 88% 0.04
Tidio 0.2% 218 88% 0.04
Smartsupp 0.1% 137 88% 0.04
Zendesk Chat 0.4% 372 87% 0.05
Crisp 0.1% 128 85% 0.04
Help Scout Beacon 0% 28 84% 0.03
HubSpot Chat 0.8% 742 83% 0.05
LiveAgent 0% 17 81% 0.03
Intercom 0.1% 103 81% 0.09
tawk.to 0.6% 528 81% 0.08
Chatwoot 0% 27 80% 0.09
Freshchat 0% 46 80% 0.07
LiveChat 0.2% 170 70% 0.16
Good Needs Improvement Poor Sorted best-passing first · median colored by its own rating · pass = good CLS (0.1 at p75) · one value per site

89% of Gorgias sites pass CLS. LiveChat trails 19 points behind, leaving 30% of its sites failing. computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q1 2026 · 94,910 sites · phone 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%
742.5s
90153ms
830.05
652.1s
471.4s
tawk.to 0.6%
722.7s
91147ms
810.08
652.1s
451.5s
Zendesk Chat 0.4%
802.2s
89151ms
870.05
781.8s
581.1s
Tidio 0.2%
722.7s
91144ms
880.04
642.1s
621.4s
LiveChat 0.2%
752.5s
86149ms
700.16
692.0s
531.2s
Smartsupp 0.1%
842.2s
90153ms
880.04
731.8s
461.3s
Crisp 0.1%
752.5s
87156ms
850.04
662.2s
571.1s
Gorgias 0.1%
872.1s
85175ms
890.06
911.4s
90611ms
Intercom 0.1%
692.9s
74211ms
810.09
642.1s
511.4s
Re:amaze 0.1%
911.8s
85158ms
880.04
911.3s
93594ms
Freshchat 0%
852.2s
87160ms
800.07
771.7s
77761ms
Help Scout Beacon 0%
832.2s
88153ms
840.03
841.5s
79730ms
Chatwoot 0%
702.6s
95163ms
800.09
801.7s
68964ms
Olark 0%
852.0s
92126ms
920.01
851.7s
62901ms
LiveAgent 0%
882.1s
100123ms
810.03
881.5s
631.0s
Drift 0%
1002.0s
50176ms
1000.06
751.5s
33995ms
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 CLS: 89% of its sites pass. LiveChat trails at 70%. computed

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