Chat & messaging impact

Performance impact by chat provider.

Field data PhoneDesktopAll Scope All sites Q2 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.

13
Providers ranked
After min-sites filter
5,104
Sites in sample
Combined across all items
119ms
Best INP (p75)
HubSpot Chat
The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · all devices 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 HubSpot Chat 119ms 96.0%
1,377
2 Tidio 122ms 96.6%
424
3 Zendesk Chat 123ms 94.6%
699
4 Smartsupp 124ms 96.3%
279
5 Re:amaze 124ms 94.3%
132
6 LiveChat 127ms 94.0%
333
7 Crisp 127ms 93.2%
253
8 Help Scout Beacon 128ms 97.9%
50
9 Tawk.to 139ms 93.5%
1,000
10 Chatwoot 144ms 96.2%
63
11 Freshchat 154ms 84.0%
80
12 Intercom 161ms 87.1%
200
13 Gorgias 168ms 85.9%
214
The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · all devices field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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Passing INP per provider which group passes the INP most often

ProviderSitesPassing INPp75
LiveAgent 0% 25 100% 120ms
Drift 0% 14 100% 101ms
Help Scout Beacon 0% 50 98% 128ms
Tidio 0.2% 424 97% 122ms
Smartsupp 0.1% 279 96% 124ms
Chatwoot 0% 63 96% 144ms
HubSpot Chat 0.7% 1,377 96% 119ms
Zendesk Chat 0.4% 699 95% 123ms
Re:amaze 0.1% 132 94% 124ms
LiveChat 0.2% 333 94% 127ms
tawk.to 0.5% 1,000 94% 139ms
Crisp 0.1% 253 93% 127ms
Olark 0% 43 92% 130ms
Front Chat 0% 12 91% 147ms
Intercom 0.1% 200 87% 161ms
Gorgias 0.1% 214 86% 168ms
Freshchat 0% 80 84% 154ms
Good Needs Improvement Poor Sorted best-passing first · median colored by its own rating · pass = good INP (200ms at p75) · one value per site

97% of Tidio sites pass INP. Gorgias trails 11 points behind. computed

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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%
782.4s
96119ms
800.08
711.9s
521.3s
tawk.to 0.5%
762.5s
94139ms
770.09
682.0s
471.5s
Zendesk Chat 0.4%
792.3s
95123ms
830.07
751.8s
571.1s
Tidio 0.2%
702.7s
97122ms
840.07
662.2s
551.6s
LiveChat 0.2%
762.5s
94127ms
660.15
711.9s
491.4s
Smartsupp 0.1%
832.2s
96124ms
840.07
741.8s
411.4s
Crisp 0.1%
722.6s
93127ms
840.06
672.1s
521.4s
Gorgias 0.1%
862.1s
86168ms
880.05
891.4s
89587ms
Intercom 0.1%
722.7s
87161ms
810.08
741.9s
611.1s
Re:amaze 0.1%
941.7s
94124ms
820.07
931.2s
88660ms
Freshchat 0%
792.4s
84154ms
730.12
751.8s
68921ms
Chatwoot 0%
812.3s
96144ms
760.09
811.6s
641.1s
Help Scout Beacon 0%
902.1s
98128ms
880.05
821.6s
75808ms
Olark 0%
842.0s
92130ms
810.07
861.5s
57965ms
LiveAgent 0%
842.1s
100120ms
880.07
841.4s
561.0s
Drift 0%
1001.7s
100101ms
1000.02
931.4s
421.1s
Front Chat 0%
752.4s
91147ms
750.10
582.1s
75831ms
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: 97% of its sites pass. Gorgias trails at 86%. computed

The State of Web Vitals · Q2 2026 · 189,915 sites · all devices field datacorewebvitals.io/state-of-cwv
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