No-code AI chatbot builder for a small business website
Last verified 2026-10-10Paid placement never changes our picks.
Short answer
As of October 2026, start with Tidio if you want live chat, an AI agent and human takeover in one inbox, Chatbase if you want a bot trained on your own content, and Elfsight if you want a low-cost widget for a small site. The main catch: free tiers are small, and each vendor counts usage differently.
Top picks
Live chat, AI agent and human handoff in one inbox
- Free tier
- 50 billable conversations, 10 seats; Lyro AI first 50 conversations free (lifet…
- Starting price
- See pricing page
- Platforms
- Web, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android
- Last verified
- 2026-10-10
Free covers 50 conversations. Paid prices are shown without saying whether billing is monthly or annual.
Training a support bot on your own content
- Free tier
- 50 message credits/mo, 1 agent, 1 member, 1 MB training; idle agents deleted af…
- Starting price
- From $40
- Platforms
- Web, Slack
- Last verified
- 2026-10-10
Free gives 50 message credits a month; Hobby is $40 a month. Removing Chatbase branding costs $99 a month extra.
Low-cost widget for sites on common website builders
- Free tier
- 1 chatbot, 50 visitor messages and 200 views a month, 10M characters of storage
- Starting price
- See pricing page
- Platforms
- Web
- Last verified
- 2026-10-10
Free allows 50 visitor messages a month; removing branding needs an Enterprise tier.
Testing a bot trained on your site with no card
- Free tier
- 1 agent, 100 messages/mo, 150K characters, website chat only; no card needed
- Starting price
- From $40
- Platforms
- Web
- Last verified
- 2026-10-10
Free: 100 messages a month, web chat only. Starter is $40 a month; data is stored in London.
Botpress - Faster build chatbots with ChatGPT
Custom flows and integrations if you will learn a builder
- Free tier
- $0: 25 conversations, no top-ups or overages; 3 seats, 3 AI agents; community s…
- Starting price
- From $189
- Platforms
- Web
- Last verified
- 2026-09-26
Free plan includes 100 conversations; first paid tier costs far more than peers and the builder takes time to learn.
Support teams with an existing helpdesk and ticket queue
- Free tier
- No free tier
- Starting price
- See pricing page
- Platforms
- Web, Slack
- Last verified
- 2026-10-10
$0.99 per resolved outcome with a 50-outcome monthly minimum; 14-day trial, no free plan. Heavy for a tiny site.
Chat and voice agents across web, WhatsApp, SMS and phone
- Free tier
- See pricing page
- Starting price
- See pricing page
- Platforms
- Web
- Last verified
- 2026-10-10
No public prices; businesses must request a quote. Combines a visual builder with optional code.
Prices come from each tool's fact block. "See pricing page" means we have not confirmed the number on the official pricing page in the last 30 days, so we do not show one.
How to choose
- If a person must be able to take over from the bot → Tidio (live chat, shared help desk and the Lyro AI agent in one inbox; free plan covers 50 conversations).
- If the bot should answer only from your pages and files → Chatbase or Dante AI (both train on your own content and state customer data is not used to train models).
- If budget is tight → Elfsight (free plan and low-cost paid tiers; installs on Wix, Squarespace, WordPress and Shopify) or Dante AI (no-card free plan with 100 messages a month).
- If a client or IT team asks about security → Tidio, Chatbase, Intercom Fin and Voiceflow state SOC 2 on their sites; these are vendor statements, so ask for the report.
- If you already run a helpdesk with a ticket queue → Intercom Fin (works with Zendesk, Salesforce, HubSpot or Freshdesk and charges $0.99 per resolved outcome).
How we checked
- 7 of 7 picks have a Toolsfine fact block.
- 6 of 7 picks had their pricing checked on the official site in the last 30 days.
- 1 of 1 models also suggested Tidio.Panel: Claude (2026-10-10).
- Verified on 2026-10-10.
Listed in other directories
| Tool | theresanaiforthat.com | futurepedia.io | toolify.ai |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tidio | Listed | Not checked | Not checked |
| Chatbase | Listed | Listed | Not checked |
| Elfsight AI Chatbot | Not checked | Not checked | Not checked |
| Dante AI | Listed | Listed | Not checked |
| Botpress | Listed | Not checked | Not checked |
| Intercom Fin | Not checked | Listed | Not checked |
| Voiceflow | Not checked | Not checked | Not checked |
"Not checked" means we could not open that directory's page; it does not mean the tool is missing there.
Where sources disagree
- Usage units are not comparable: Tidio and Botpress count conversations, Chatbase and Dante AI count messages or credits, and Intercom Fin counts resolved outcomes. A like-for-like cost per chat would need assumptions.
- Billing basis: Tidio and Elfsight show paid prices without labelling them monthly or annual, so we publish no number for them. Chatbase's Standard price on today's page differs from earlier research.
- Lindy: Some lists still describe Lindy as an agent builder. Its current product is an AI teammate inside Slack and email, not a website chatbot, so it is not a pick here.
Also mentioned elsewhere
Other sources name these tools for this job. They are not in our picks because we have not checked them yet.
- Crisp · Official siteChat widget and shared inbox; free plan has no AI credits, which start on paid tiers.
- SiteGPT · Official siteChatbot trained on website pages; no free plan, 7-day trial needs a card.
- Denser · Official siteChatbot built from your site content; small free plan of 20 queries a month.
- Wonderchat · Official siteWebsite support chatbot with human handover; paid plans cost more than most peers.
- CustomGPT.ai · Official siteBusiness agent trained on your content; no free plan, trial needs a card.
- Landbot · Official siteButton-flow chatbot builder with AI agents on paid plans; priced in euros.
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Changelog
- 2026-10-10 · Picks, prices and sources re-checked
- 2026-10-10 · Page updated
- 2026-10-10 · First published
Last verified 2026-10-10 · next re-check 2027-01-08. Report an error
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