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Cheapest AI customer support chatbots (2026): 20 sorted by real price

20 AI customer support chatbots sorted by price, cheapest first, using only the prices each vendor publishes, with the plan name, the source and the date we checked it. 6 have a free plan. Sorted by price only, never by payment.

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Quick answer

Cheapest: Gorgias AI Agent, whose lowest listed monthly plan is Starter: $10/mo (monthly only; 50 tickets; AI Agent $30/mo for 30 interactions).
Next cheapest: Manychat (Essential: $14/mo (billed annually ($168/yr); up to 2 channels; extra Active Contacts $0.10 each monthly ($0.082 annual))), Missive (Starter: $14/user/mo (billed yearly; team spaces and inboxes, SOC 2 Type II)).
Free plan: Manychat, Tidio Lyro, tawk.to, Crisp AI Agent, Botpress, Landbot.
Per user: Intercom Fin, Zendesk AI agents, HubSpot Customer Agent, Missive and LiveChat price per user or seat on at least one plan.
Per AI conversation: about $0.21 (Crisp AI Agent) to $0.99 (Intercom Fin); cheapest at 500 a month: Crisp AI Agent $295. Cost per conversation and at 500 or 2,000.
Prices checked: October 21, 2026 to October 31, 2026, on each vendor's own pricing page.

AI customer support chatbots by price

Cheapest AI customer support chatbots (2026): sorted by price, with the date each price was checked
#	Product	Lowest listed monthly plan	Free plan	All plans	Checked	Source
1	Gorgias AI Agent	Starter: $10/mo (monthly only; 50 tickets; AI Agent $30/mo for 30 interactions)	No	Starter: $10/mo Basic: $60/mo Pro: $360/mo Advanced: $900/mo	October 29, 2026	Source
2	Manychat	Essential: $14/mo (billed annually ($168/yr); up to 2 channels; extra Active Contacts $0.10 each monthly ($0.082 annual))	Free: $0	Free: $0 Essential: $14/mo Pro: $29/mo Business: $69/mo Advanced: $139/mo	October 30, 2026	Source
3	Missive	Starter: $14/user/mo (billed yearly; team spaces and inboxes, SOC 2 Type II)	No	Starter: $14/user/mo Productive: $24/user/mo Business: $36/user/mo	October 25, 2026	Source
4	Chatfuel	Business S: $18/mo (billed yearly ($216/yr); 1 business; includes $20 of AI credits a month)	No	Business S: $18/mo Business M: $40.50/mo Business L: $81/mo Agency S: $90/mo Agency M: $202.50/mo	October 31, 2026	Source
5	LiveChat	Essential: $19/user/mo (billed annually ($25 monthly); 1 AI Agent, 10 AI resolutions; 60-day chat history)	No	Essential: $19/user/mo Growth: $79/user/mo Enterprise: Custom	October 31, 2026	Source
6	Zendesk AI agents	Support Team: $19/agent/mo (billed yearly ($25 monthly); no AI agents)	No	Support Team: $19/agent/mo Suite Team: $55/agent/mo Suite Professional: $115/agent/mo Copilot add-on: $50/agent/mo	October 29, 2026	Source
7	Tidio Lyro	Starter: $24.17/mo (100 billable conversations; help desk only, no monthly Lyro AI conversations)	Free: $0	Free: $0 Lyro AI Agent: from $32.50/mo Starter: $24.17/mo Growth: from $49.17/mo Plus: from $300/mo	October 30, 2026	Source
8	tawk.to	AI Assist: $29/mo (optional add-on: AI agents and AI workflows trained on your knowledge base, with human hand-off)	Free: $0	Free: $0 AI Assist: $29/mo Whitelabel add-on: $29/mo Voice Agents add-on: from $49/mo	October 31, 2026	Source
9	Chatbase	Hobby: $40/mo ($32/mo billed yearly; 2 members, basic integrations)	No	Hobby: $40/mo Standard: $150/mo Pro: $500/mo Custom: Custom pricing	October 23, 2026	Source
10	Crisp AI Agent	Mini: $45/mo (per workspace; 4 seats; $5 AI credits (around 90 automated conversations))	Free: $0	Free: $0 Mini: $45/mo Essentials: $95/mo Plus: $295/mo	October 23, 2026	Source
11	HubSpot Customer Agent	Service Hub Professional: $90/seat/mo (billed yearly ($100 monthly with annual commitment); 3,000 HubSpot Credits; $1,500 one-time onboarding)	No	Service Hub Professional: $90/seat/mo Service Hub Enterprise: $150/seat/mo	October 29, 2026	Source
12	Botpress	Plus: $150/mo (billed annually; 250 conversations/mo, extra packs of 100 for $65; $25 AI usage included; unlimited AI agents, whitelabel webchat)	Free: $0	Free: $0 Plus: $150/mo Team: $750/mo Custom: Custom pricing	October 23, 2026	Source
13	Siena AI	Platform fee: $750/mo	No	Platform fee: $750/mo Automation pack: $0.90/ticket	October 21, 2026	Source
14	Intercom Fin	no monthly price listed	No	Fin AI Agent: $0.99 per outcome Intercom helpdesk: from $19/seat/mo Copilot add-on: $35/user/mo Fin Voice: Custom pricing	October 29, 2026	Source
15	Landbot	Starter: €32/mo (in euros, not ranked against $ prices)	Yes	Free: €0 Starter: €32/mo Professional: €80/mo Professional WA: €160/mo Business: from €400/mo	October 31, 2026	Source
16	Ada	no monthly price listed	No	not published	October 21, 2026	Source
17	Aisera	no monthly price listed	No	not published	October 21, 2026	Source
18	Decagon	no monthly price listed	No	not published	October 21, 2026	Source
19	Kustomer	no monthly price listed	No	not published	October 21, 2026	Source
20	Sierra	no monthly price listed	No	not published	October 21, 2026	Source

How we sorted: the lowest monthly price printed on each vendor's pricing page, cheapest first; products that only publish usage, yearly or quote pricing come last. Prices are copied from each vendor's public pricing page on the date shown; plan names and billing notes (per seat, billed yearly) are kept as the vendor writes them. "not published" or "Contact sales" means the vendor doesn't publish a price; we don't guess. Prices change; confirm with the vendor.

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AI customer support chatbot pricing: cost per conversation and at 500 or 2,000 a month

Short answer: what an AI support chatbot costs. Per AI conversation, the published prices work out to about $0.21 (Crisp AI Agent, Essentials) to $0.99 (Intercom Fin, per resolution). At 500 AI conversations a month: Crisp AI Agent $295, Botpress $345, Intercom Fin $495 and Siena AI $1,200. At 2,000: Botpress $1,000, Intercom Fin $1,980 and Siena AI $2,550. Botpress has a free plan with 100 conversations a month. 5 of the 20 only quote prices through sales. Prices checked October 21, 2026, October 23, 2026, October 25, 2026, October 29, 2026, October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026.

Vendors charge for AI support in different ways: per resolution, per included conversation, per ticket on top of a platform fee, or per help desk seat. The table puts the ones that publish a usage price on the same footing: cost per AI conversation on the cheapest plan for it, then the monthly bill at 500 and 2,000 AI conversations, with the math. Where the price above a plan's included volume isn't published in our data, we say so instead of guessing.

AI customer support chatbot cost per conversation and monthly bill at 500 and 2,000 AI conversations
Product	How AI is priced	Cost per AI conversation	500 a month	2,000 a month	Checked
Tidio Lyro	Monthly plan with included AI conversations (Lyro AI Agent from $32.50/mo: 50)	from about $0.65 on Lyro AI Agent	Not in our checked data More than Lyro AI Agent's 50 included; the price above that isn't in our checked data	Not in our checked data More than Lyro AI Agent's 50 included; the price above that isn't in our checked data	October 30, 2026
Crisp AI Agent	Monthly plan with included AI conversations (Mini $45/mo: about 90; Essentials $95/mo: about 450; Plus $295/mo: about 1,350)	about $0.21 on Essentials	$295 Plus (about 1,350 included)	Not in our checked data More than Plus's about 1,350 included; the price above that isn't in our checked data	October 23, 2026
Botpress	Monthly plan with included conversations, then packs (Plus $150/mo: 250, extra 100 for $65; Team $750/mo: 1,500, extra 100 for $50)	about $0.50 on Team	$345 Plus $150 + 3 extra packs × $65, billed annually	$1,000 Team $750 + 5 extra packs × $50, billed annually	October 23, 2026
Siena AI	Platform fee plus per ticket (Platform fee $750/mo; Automation pack $0.90/ticket)	$0.90 per ticket + $750/mo platform fee	$1,200 $750 + 500 × $0.90	$2,550 $750 + 2,000 × $0.90	October 21, 2026
Intercom Fin	Per resolution (Fin AI Agent: $0.99 per outcome, resolutions and handoffs; qualifications $9.99 each; 50 outcomes/month minimum with another helpdesk)	$0.99 per resolution	$495 500 × $0.99, if every conversation is resolved (you pay only for resolutions)	$1,980 2,000 × $0.99, if every conversation is resolved (you pay only for resolutions)	October 29, 2026
Gorgias AI Agent	Plans: Starter $10/mo (monthly only; 50 tickets; AI Agent $30/mo for 30 interactions); Basic $60/mo ($50 billed yearly; 300 tickets; AI Agent from $27/mo); Pro $360/mo ($300 billed yearly; 2,000 tickets; AI Agent from $171/mo)	No per-conversation price in our checked data			October 29, 2026
Manychat	Plans: Free $0 (no credit card; up to 2 eligible channels); Essential $14/mo (billed annually ($168/yr); up to 2 channels; extra Active Contacts $0.10 each monthly ($0.082 annual)); Pro $29/mo (billed annually ($348/yr); up to 3 channels; up to 10k emails; extra Active Contacts $0.05 each monthly ($0.038 annual))	No per-conversation price in our checked data			October 30, 2026
Missive	Plans: Starter $14/user/mo (billed yearly; team spaces and inboxes, SOC 2 Type II); Productive $24/user/mo (billed yearly; rules and automations, API and MCP access); Business $36/user/mo (billed yearly)	No per-conversation price in our checked data			October 25, 2026
Chatfuel	Plans: Business S $18/mo (billed yearly ($216/yr); 1 business; includes $20 of AI credits a month); Business M $40.50/mo (billed yearly; 1 business; includes $50 of AI credits a month); Business L $81/mo (billed yearly; 1 business; includes $100 of AI credits a month (XL $153/mo and XXL $366.67/mo also listed))	No per-conversation price in our checked data			October 31, 2026
LiveChat	Plans: Essential $19/user/mo (billed annually ($25 monthly); 1 AI Agent, 10 AI resolutions; 60-day chat history); Growth $79/user/mo (billed annually ($99 monthly); 10 AI Agents, 200 AI resolutions a month; unlimited history); Enterprise Custom (custom AI agents, SSO, SLAs)	No per-conversation price in our checked data			October 31, 2026
Zendesk AI agents	Plans: Support Team $19/agent/mo (billed yearly ($25 monthly); no AI agents); Suite Team $55/agent/mo (billed yearly ($69 monthly); includes AI agents); Suite Professional $115/agent/mo (billed yearly ($149 monthly))	No per-conversation price in our checked data			October 29, 2026
tawk.to	Plans: Free $0 (live chat, ticketing, knowledge base and CRM; AI Assist has a free tier for limited volume); AI Assist $29/mo (optional add-on: AI agents and AI workflows trained on your knowledge base, with human hand-off); Whitelabel add-on $29/mo (per property; removes the tawk.to badge, custom domains, branded emails)	No per-conversation price in our checked data			October 31, 2026
Chatbase	Plans: Hobby $40/mo ($32/mo billed yearly; 2 members, basic integrations); Standard $150/mo ($120/mo billed yearly; 3 members, helpdesk inbox, voice API); Pro $500/mo ($400/mo billed yearly; 5 members, advanced analytics)	No per-conversation price in our checked data			October 23, 2026
HubSpot Customer Agent	Plans: Service Hub Professional $90/seat/mo (billed yearly ($100 monthly with annual commitment); 3,000 HubSpot Credits; $1,500 one-time onboarding); Service Hub Enterprise $150/seat/mo (5,000 HubSpot Credits; $3,500 one-time onboarding)	No per-conversation price in our checked data			October 29, 2026
Landbot	Plans: Free €0 (100 chats/mo, no AI chats, 1 seat; no card, never expires); Starter €32/mo (billed annually (€40 monthly); 500 chats/mo, 100 AI chats, 2 seats); Professional €80/mo (billed annually (€100 monthly); 2,500 chats/mo, 300 AI chats, 3 seats, no Landbot branding)	No per-conversation price in our checked data			October 31, 2026
Ada	Contact sales	Contact sales			October 21, 2026
Aisera	Contact sales	Contact sales			October 21, 2026
Decagon	Contact sales	Contact sales			October 21, 2026
Kustomer	Contact sales	Contact sales			October 21, 2026
Sierra	Contact sales	Contact sales			October 21, 2026

Copied from each vendor's public pricing page on the date shown (the date links to it). Crisp's included volumes are its own estimate of what the bundled AI credits cover ("around N automated conversations"). Botpress plans are billed annually and include an AI usage credit; heavier model use can cost more. Monthly billing, no add-ons, unless the vendor only lists a yearly price. Prices change; confirm with the vendor.

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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
MarketingFree tier

Manychat

Chat automation for Instagram, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, TikTok, Telegram, SMS and email. It auto-replies to comments and DMs, captures leads and runs broadcasts.

SubscriptionFree; Essential $14/mo billed annually
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)
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Support

Ada

An AI customer service agent platform that resolves inquiries across chat, email and voice.

Quote onlyContact sales
IT helpdesk

Aisera

Agentic AI for enterprise IT, HR and customer service that resolves requests automatically.

Quote onlyContact sales
Support

Decagon

AI customer-service agents for large companies across chat, email and voice.

Quote onlyContact sales
Support

Kustomer

A customer service CRM with AI agents for chat, email and voice support.

Quote onlyContact sales
Support

Sierra

AI agents for customer experience from Bret Taylor's company, priced on outcomes.

SubscriptionOutcome-based (quote)

FAQ

What is the cheapest AI customer support chatbot in 2026?

Of the 20 AI customer support chatbots we list with verified pricing, the cheapest by listed monthly price is Gorgias AI Agent, whose lowest listed monthly plan is Starter: $10/mo (monthly only; 50 tickets; AI Agent $30/mo for 30 interactions), checked October 29, 2026. With a free plan: Manychat, Tidio Lyro, tawk.to, Crisp AI Agent, Botpress and Landbot. Cheapest isn't always best value: compare what each plan includes.

Is there a free AI customer support chatbot?

Yes. Manychat: yes. Its Free plan is $0 (no credit card; up to 2 eligible channels), checked October 30, 2026. Tidio Lyro: yes. Its Free plan is $0 (50 billable conversations/mo, up to 10 seats; Lyro limited to the first 50 conversations per account (lifetime)), checked October 30, 2026. tawk.to: yes. Its Free plan is $0 (live chat, ticketing, knowledge base and CRM; AI Assist has a free tier for limited volume), checked October 31, 2026. Crisp AI Agent: yes. Its Free plan is $0 (chat widget, 2 seats; no AI credits), checked October 23, 2026. Botpress: yes. Its Free plan is $0 (100 conversations/mo, no top-ups; 3 seats, 3 AI agents), checked October 23, 2026. Landbot: yes. Its pricing page lists a free plan (Free; Starter €32/mo billed annually), checked October 31, 2026.

How much does an AI customer support chatbot cost per month?

The lowest listed monthly plans run from $10/mo (Gorgias AI Agent) to $750/mo (Siena AI) across the 13 that print a monthly price. Intercom Fin, Landbot, Ada, Aisera, Decagon, Kustomer and Sierra don't print a comparable monthly price. Prices checked October 21, 2026 to October 31, 2026.

Are these prices per user?

Some are. Intercom Fin, Zendesk AI agents, HubSpot Customer Agent, Missive and LiveChat price at least one plan per user or seat, so multiply by your team size. The others print a flat monthly price. Several also print a lower price for yearly billing; the table keeps the vendor's wording.

How much does an AI customer support chatbot cost per conversation?

From each vendor's published plans: Tidio Lyro from about $0.65 on Lyro AI Agent, Crisp AI Agent about $0.21 on Essentials, Botpress about $0.50 on Team, Siena AI $0.90 per ticket + $750/mo platform fee and Intercom Fin $0.99 per resolution. The others with published plans (Gorgias AI Agent, Manychat, Missive, Chatfuel, LiveChat, Zendesk AI agents, tawk.to, Chatbase, HubSpot Customer Agent and Landbot) don't publish a per-conversation price in our checked data. Prices checked October 21, 2026, October 23, 2026, October 25, 2026, October 29, 2026, October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026.

How much is Intercom Fin for 500 or 2,000 conversations a month?

Fin charges $0.99 per resolution, so at most $495 a month for 500 conversations and $1,980 for 2,000 if every one is resolved; unresolved conversations aren't charged. If you also use Intercom as your inbox, the help desk is from $19/seat/mo. The cheapest published option at 500 is Crisp AI Agent at $295, and at 2,000 it's Botpress at $1,000. Checked October 29, 2026.

Can a vendor pay to be listed as cheaper?

No. The order is by price only, from each vendor's public pricing page on the date shown. Paid placements on AITeamGuide are always labelled "Sponsored" or "Featured" and never change this order.

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