Chat & messaging impact

Performance impact by chat provider.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites October 2026 edition · Desktop 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.

13
Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
5,663
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
65ms
Best INP (p75)
Smartsupp
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled sites · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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The ranking sorted by INP at p75, fastest first

# Provider INP p75 Passing Sites
1 Smartsupp 65ms 100.0%
303
2 Tidio 72ms 99.6%
470
3 HubSpot Chat 73ms 98.9%
1,539
4 Zendesk Chat 74ms 98.6%
777
5 Crisp 78ms 98.8%
284
6 Help Scout Beacon 80ms 100.0%
54
7 LiveChat 80ms 98.8%
373
8 Intercom 91ms 97.7%
219
9 Re:amaze 96ms 100.0%
146
10 Gorgias 105ms 98.9%
235
11 Freshchat 107ms 93.1%
89
12 Tawk.to 121ms 96.9%
1,102
13 Chatwoot 158ms 94.9%
72
The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled sites · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing INP per provider which group passes the INP most often

ProviderSitesPassing INPp75
Smartsupp 0.1% 303 100% 65ms
Re:amaze 0.1% 146 100% 96ms
Help Scout Beacon 0% 54 100% 80ms
LiveAgent 0% 30 100% 61ms
Drift 0% 17 100% 48ms
Front Chat 0% 13 100% 90ms
Tidio 0.2% 470 100% 72ms
HubSpot Chat 0.7% 1,539 99% 73ms
Gorgias 0.1% 235 99% 105ms
LiveChat 0.2% 373 99% 80ms
Crisp 0.1% 284 99% 78ms
Zendesk Chat 0.4% 777 99% 74ms
Intercom 0.1% 219 98% 91ms
tawk.to 0.5% 1,102 97% 121ms
Chatwoot 0% 72 95% 158ms
Olark 0% 47 94% 72ms
Freshchat 0% 89 93% 107ms
Good Needs Improvement Poor Sorted best-passing first · median colored by its own rating · pass = good INP (200ms at p75) · one value per site

No provider stands out: pass rates sit between 97% and 100%. computed

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled sites · desktop 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 0.7%
842.1s
9973ms
790.09
801.6s
601.2s
tawk.to 0.5%
812.2s
97121ms
720.11
741.8s
461.4s
Zendesk Chat 0.4%
842.1s
9974ms
760.10
811.6s
631.0s
Tidio 0.2%
782.3s
10072ms
740.11
741.8s
611.4s
LiveChat 0.2%
782.4s
9980ms
610.16
751.8s
541.3s
Smartsupp 0.1%
852.2s
10065ms
740.11
781.7s
461.3s
Crisp 0.1%
812.3s
9978ms
770.10
741.9s
511.3s
Gorgias 0.1%
922.0s
99105ms
780.09
931.3s
90531ms
Intercom 0.1%
782.4s
9891ms
740.11
821.5s
66947ms
Re:amaze 0.1%
891.9s
10096ms
810.09
941.2s
94519ms
Freshchat 0%
802.2s
93107ms
650.13
831.6s
72814ms
Chatwoot 0%
862.1s
95158ms
760.10
861.5s
63906ms
Help Scout Beacon 0%
881.9s
10080ms
740.10
841.5s
69881ms
Olark 0%
752.4s
9472ms
660.16
811.6s
561.0s
LiveAgent 0%
842.1s
10061ms
840.08
761.5s
481.2s
Drift 0%
1001.6s
10048ms
1000.02
1001.3s
38999ms
Front Chat 0%
822.2s
10090ms
730.11
641.9s
82673ms
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.

Tidio leads on INP: 100% of its sites pass. tawk.to trails at 97%. computed

The State of Web Vitals · October 2026 · 210,902 crawled sites · desktop field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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