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7 tools that solve a similar problem. Compare what each costs and what it covers.
A support bot trained on pages you point it at
Chatling is the same product shape, a support bot trained on pages you point it at, with a free tier and paid from $40 against Chatbase's $32.
Live chat that is free, with paid extras
tawk.to answers the same site visitors with free live chat and humans typing, the zero-cost alternative to training an AI agent.
Chatbots you build by dragging blocks
Landbot builds chatbots by dragging blocks rather than training on documents, free tier included and paid from $45, better for scripted flows than open questions.
Works with Facebook, WhatsApp
Conversational forms, open source
Typebot is the open source route to a chat widget, framed as conversational forms, with a free tier and paid from $39.
Works with WhatsApp
One inbox for email, chat and social
Re:amaze at $29 puts email, chat and social in one inbox for a person to answer, where Chatbase answers from your own pages automatically.
Live chat with the price printed both ways
LiveChat covers the same site conversations with people rather than a trained bot, priced plainly from $19 with no free tier.
Build an agent, pay by the conversation
Botpress builds the same kind of AI agent with more control, free to start and paid from $150 by the conversation, for teams that outgrow a trained widget.
Works with Instagram, Discord, WhatsApp