Alternatives · Customer support agents · Prices checked October 21, 2026 to October 31, 2026
Manychat alternatives (2026): 19 compared by price
Manychat starts at Free; Essential $14/mo billed annually (checked October 30, 2026). Here are 19 alternatives for the same job, each with its pricing as the vendor publishes it, the source and the date we checked it: 14 publish prices, 5 quote only, 5 have a free plan. Ordered by our data, never by payment.
Short answer: cheaper and free Manychat alternatives
Manychat starts at Free; Essential $14/mo billed annually (checked October 30, 2026). The lowest listed monthly plan among its 19 alternatives is Gorgias AI Agent ($10/mo), and 1 of 19 list a lower monthly plan than Manychat's lowest listed monthly plan ($14/mo). 5 alternatives have a free plan: Tidio Lyro, tawk.to, Crisp AI Agent, Botpress and 1 more. Plans are compared as listed (per seat where the vendor prices per seat); prices checked October 21, 2026 to October 31, 2026.
Quick answer
- Manychat starts at: Free; Essential $14/mo billed annually (checked October 30, 2026, full listing).
- First in our order: Gorgias AI Agent ($10/mo + AI Agent), Tidio Lyro (Free; paid from $32.50/mo), Intercom Fin ($0.99 per resolution).
- Lowest listed monthly plan: Gorgias AI Agent at $10/mo (1 of 19 list a lower monthly plan than Manychat).
- Free plan: Tidio Lyro, tawk.to, Crisp AI Agent, Botpress, Landbot.
- No public price: Ada, Aisera, Decagon, Kustomer, Sierra.
- Open source: 5 projects in the Hub for the same job.
Manychat pricing, for reference
- Free: $0
- Essential: $14/mo
- Pro: $29/mo
- Business: $69/mo
- Advanced: $139/mo
Priced by monthly Active Contacts (each person you message in a month counts once), with an overage fee per extra contact. Essential and Pro are shown at annual billing. Prices exclude tax and depend on billing country. 14-day free trial of Essential or Pro.
Source: vendor pricing page, checked October 30, 2026. Manychat: full listing.
All 19 Manychat alternatives, in our order
Customer support agents →-
Support
Gorgias AI Agent
A helpdesk for Shopify stores with an AI agent that answers email and chat using order data, macros and your policies.
Subscription · 3 use cases$10/mo + AI Agent
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SupportFree tier
Tidio Lyro
Tidio's AI agent for small online stores. It answers from your knowledge base in chat, email and social, and hands off to staff.
Subscription · 3 use casesFree; paid from $32.50/mo
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Support
Intercom Fin
An AI support agent that answers from your help center and connected data, in chat, email and other channels; works with Intercom or another helpdesk.
Pay per use · 3 use cases$0.99 per resolution
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Support
Zendesk AI agents
AI agents inside Zendesk's helpdesk suite that answer and resolve requests across messaging and email.
Per seat · 2 use cases$55/agent/mo (Suite Team)
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Support
HubSpot Customer Agent
HubSpot's AI agent for chat, email, forms and calling, trained on your content and connected to the HubSpot CRM.
Pay per use · 2 use casesFrom $90/seat/mo (Service Pro) + credits
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Email
Missive
Shared team inbox for email, SMS and chat with assignments, internal comments and an AI assistant for drafting and summarizing.
Per seat$14/user/mo (billed yearly)
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Marketing
Chatfuel
AI agent for Instagram, Facebook, TikTok and WhatsApp that replies to comments and DMs, answers customer questions, qualifies leads from ads and sends WhatsApp campaigns.
SubscriptionBusiness S $18/mo billed annually
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Support
LiveChat (Text)
Live chat and omnichannel inbox for sales and support, now sold as Text. Every plan includes an AI Agent that answers chats, with your team stepping in.
Per seat$19/user/mo billed annually
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SupportFree tier
tawk.to
Free live chat, ticketing and knowledge base for websites. Its AI Assist add-on runs AI agents that answer from your knowledge base and hand off to your team.
SubscriptionFree; AI Assist $29/mo
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Support
Chatbase
Build an AI support agent trained on your own docs and website, then add it to your site as a chat widget or connect it to other channels.
Subscription$40/mo
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SupportFree tier
Crisp AI Agent
Website chat widget and shared inbox with a built-in AI agent that answers from your knowledge base across chat, email, WhatsApp and other channels.
Subscription$45/mo
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SupportFree tier
Botpress
Platform for building AI agents for customer conversations, with a visual studio, a webchat widget, a help center and team routing.
SubscriptionFree
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Ecommerce
Siena AI
An AI customer-experience agent for ecommerce brands that resolves support tickets across channels.
Subscription$750/mo platform fee + $0.90/ticket
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SupportFree tier
Landbot
No-code builder for website and WhatsApp chatbots and AI agents that capture leads, qualify them and answer customers.
SubscriptionFree; Starter €32/mo billed annually
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Support
Ada
An AI customer service agent platform that resolves inquiries across chat, email and voice.
Quote onlyContact sales
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IT helpdesk
Aisera
Agentic AI for enterprise IT, HR and customer service that resolves requests automatically.
Quote onlyContact sales
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Support
Decagon
AI customer-service agents for large companies across chat, email and voice.
Quote onlyContact sales
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Support
Kustomer
A customer service CRM with AI agents for chat, email and voice support.
Quote onlyContact sales
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Support
Sierra
AI agents for customer experience from Bret Taylor's company, priced on outcomes.
SubscriptionOutcome-based (quote)
How we ordered this list: whether the vendor publishes its prices, then the number of verified public use cases we've found, then the lowest listed monthly plan. Only full listings (verified starting price with its source) in the same job category are included. We haven't tested these hands-on. How we rank.
Pricing compared
| Alternative | Starts at | Model | Free plan | Lowest monthly plan vs Manychat ($14/mo) | Checked | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Gorgias AI Agent | $10/mo + AI Agent | Subscription | No | $10/mo (lower) | October 29, 2026 | Source |
 Tidio Lyro | Free; paid from $32.50/mo | Subscription | Yes | $24.17/mo (higher) | October 30, 2026 | Source |
 Intercom Fin | $0.99 per resolution | Pay per use | No | no monthly plan listed | October 29, 2026 | Source |
 Zendesk AI agents | $55/agent/mo (Suite Team) | Per seat | No | $19/mo (higher) | October 29, 2026 | Source |
 HubSpot Customer Agent | From $90/seat/mo (Service Pro) + credits | Pay per use | No | $90/mo (higher) | October 29, 2026 | Source |
| Missive | $14/user/mo (billed yearly) | Per seat | No | $14/mo (same) | October 25, 2026 | Source |
| Chatfuel | Business S $18/mo billed annually | Subscription | No | $18/mo (higher) | October 31, 2026 | Source |
| LiveChat | $19/user/mo billed annually | Per seat | No | $19/mo (higher) | October 31, 2026 | Source |
| tawk.to | Free; AI Assist $29/mo | Subscription | Yes | $29/mo (higher) | October 31, 2026 | Source |
| Chatbase | $40/mo | Subscription | No | $40/mo (higher) | October 23, 2026 | Source |
| Crisp AI Agent | $45/mo | Subscription | Yes | $45/mo (higher) | October 23, 2026 | Source |
| Botpress | Free | Subscription | Yes | $150/mo (higher) | October 23, 2026 | Source |
 Siena AI | $750/mo platform fee + $0.90/ticket | Subscription | No | $750/mo (higher) | October 21, 2026 | Source |
| Landbot | Free; Starter €32/mo billed annually | Subscription | Yes | Starter: €32/mo (in euros, not compared) | October 31, 2026 | Source |
| Ada | Contact sales | Quote only | No | no monthly plan listed | October 21, 2026 | Source |
 Aisera | Contact sales | Quote only | No | no monthly plan listed | October 21, 2026 | Source |
 Decagon | Contact sales | Quote only | No | no monthly plan listed | October 21, 2026 | Source |
 Kustomer | Contact sales | Quote only | No | no monthly plan listed | October 21, 2026 | Source |
 Sierra | Outcome-based (quote) | Subscription | No | no monthly plan listed | October 21, 2026 | Source |
Prices are copied from each vendor's public pricing page on the date shown. "not published" or "Contact sales" means the vendor doesn't publish a price; we don't guess. Monthly plans are compared as listed (per seat where the vendor prices per seat); usage-priced plans have no monthly figure. Prices change; confirm with the vendor.
Open-source Manychat alternatives from the Hub
Free, open-source agents, skills, MCP servers and recipes for the same job, from the AITeamGuide Hub. You run them yourself.
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Agent
Dify
A workspace for building AI apps, agent workflows and document Q&A, self-hosted with Docker or on their cloud.
Ops & IT · Customer support★ 160k
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Agent
Chatwoot (with Captain)
An open-source help desk for chat, email and social messages, with a built-in AI agent called Captain that answers common questions.
Customer support★ 39k
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Skill
Knowledge Work Plugins
Anthropic's plugins (skills plus connectors) for sales, customer support, marketing, legal, finance, productivity and more.
Sales · Customer support★ 34k
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Playbook
Claude Quickstarts
Anthropic's starter projects, such as a customer support agent, a financial data analyst and a computer-use demo.
Customer support · Finance & accounting★ 19k
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PlaybookBy AITeamGuide
Triage a support inbox and draft answers from your help docs
Answer the common questions automatically, draft replies for the rest from your own docs, and escalate anything about money or safety to a person.
Customer support4 steps
FAQ
What are the best Manychat alternatives in 2026?
We list 19 alternatives to Manychat for the same job (answer customer questions in chat and email), each with pricing checked on the vendor's own site. Ordered by our data (whether the vendor publishes its prices, then the number of verified public use cases we've found, then the lowest listed monthly plan), the first three are Gorgias AI Agent ($10/mo + AI Agent), Tidio Lyro (Free; paid from $32.50/mo) and Intercom Fin ($0.99 per resolution). We haven't tested them hands-on, and no vendor can pay to change this order.
Is there a cheaper alternative to Manychat?
Manychat's lowest listed monthly plan is $14/mo (checked October 30, 2026). 1 alternative lists a lower monthly plan: Gorgias AI Agent ($10/mo). Plans are compared as the vendors list them (per seat where they price per seat), so check what each plan includes.
Is there a free Manychat alternative for Instagram comment-to-DM?
Yes. LinkDM (free plan at $0, 1 Instagram account, up to 1,000 DMs a month); CreatorFlow (free plan at $0, 1 Instagram account, 500 automated DMs a month, comment-to-DM and story replies included); Inrō (free plan at €0, 100 active contacts a month, 3 active automations, 50 AI agent credits). Prices from each vendor's pricing page, checked October 31, 2026. Manychat also has a free plan.
Is there a free alternative to Manychat?
Tidio Lyro, tawk.to, Crisp AI Agent, Botpress and Landbot have a free plan or free tier, according to their public pricing pages (checked October 21, 2026 to October 31, 2026).
Is there an open-source alternative to Manychat?
The AITeamGuide Hub lists 5 open-source projects for the same job that you run yourself, for example Dify, Chatwoot (with Captain) and Knowledge Work Plugins. They need setup and hosting, unlike Manychat.
Can a vendor pay to rank higher here?
No. The order comes from our data only. Paid placements are always labelled "Sponsored" or "Featured", sit outside the list and never change the order.
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Only need Instagram comment-to-DM? Free Manychat alternatives
Most people use Manychat to send an automatic Instagram DM when someone comments a keyword. The list further down compares chat and support agents, which overlap with Manychat but aren't built for that. These 3 tools do comment-to-DM on Instagram and each has a free plan, according to its own pricing page (checked October 31, 2026). Manychat itself also has a free plan.
Side by side: Manychat vs LinkDM · Manychat vs CreatorFlow. Inrō isn't listed in our directory yet. Not tested by us; copied from each vendor's pricing page on the date shown, with no paid placement. Prices change; confirm with the vendor.