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6 tools that solve a similar problem. Compare what each costs and what it covers.
A support agent trained on your own pages
Chatbase is the same trained-on-your-pages support agent, with a free tier and paid from $32 against Chatling's $40, and it hands off to a person when stuck.
Live chat that is free, with paid extras
tawk.to puts free live chat with real people on the site instead of a trained bot, with paid extras on top.
Chatbots you build by dragging blocks
Landbot swaps training on documents for chatbots you build by dragging blocks, with a free tier and paid from $45, suited to scripted flows.
Works with Facebook, WhatsApp
Conversational forms, open source
Typebot is the open source way to a chat widget, built as conversational forms, with a free tier and paid from $39.
Works with WhatsApp
Build an agent, pay by the conversation
Botpress is the pick when the bot must take actions rather than answer questions, free to start and paid from $150 by the conversation.
Works with Instagram, Discord, WhatsApp
Live chat with the price printed both ways
LiveChat answers the same site visitors with humans rather than a bot, priced plainly from $19 with no free tier.