--- title: "Best Free AI Chatbots for Website Support in 2026 (Compared)" description: "Seven free chatbot plans ranked by how much real AI support you get for $0: WhisperChat, Botpress, tawk.to, Tidio, HubSpot, Crisp and Chatbase. Free-plan limits checked 22 October 2026." canonical: "https://www.whisperchat.ai/pricing/free-ai-chatbots-for-websites" last-updated: "2026-11-10" source: "https://www.whisperchat.ai/pricing/free-ai-chatbots-for-websites" --- # Best Free AI Chatbots for Website Support in 2026 (Compared) > Seven free chatbot plans ranked by how much real AI support you get for $0: WhisperChat, Botpress, tawk.to, Tidio, HubSpot, Crisp and Chatbase. Free-plan limits checked 22 October 2026. 1. [Home](https://www.whisperchat.ai/) 2. \>[Pricing](https://www.whisperchat.ai/pricing) 3. \>Free AI Chatbots # Best Free AI Chatbots for Website Support in 2026 Seven free plans, ranked by how much real AI support you get for $0, then by how easy it is to grow out of the free plan. [Start Free](https://www.whisperchat.ai/auth/signup)[See Live Demo](https://www.whisperchat.ai/demo) All vendor pricing read first-party in 22 October 2026. ## What’s the best free AI chatbot for your website? For a small site that wants AI answers from its own pages, WhisperChat’s free plan gives the most room: 150 questions a month, every month, on one website. Botpress (100 conversations a month) comes next, if you’re happy to build the bot yourself. tawk.to’s free AI tier gives 100 message credits a month, which is about 33 replies. Tidio and Crisp are great free live chat tools, but their free plans include little or no AI. Every free plan here shows the vendor’s branding. Last reviewed 22 October 2026 · vendor pricing checked 22 October 2026 ## How do the free plans compare? We ranked these by how much real AI support you get for $0, then by how easy it is to grow out of the free plan. Tool AI answers on the free plan Branding on free Lead capture on free Card needed? Best for 1\. WhisperChat 150 questions/month, 1 chatbot, 1 website. After that, 5 replies/day “Powered by WhisperChat” stays No (from $49 Standard) No A small site that wants AI answers from its own pages with no setup work 2\. Botpress 100 conversations/month, up to 3 AI agents Yes. Removing it starts on Plus No built-in form. You can build one into your bot No Teams happy to build and tweak a bot themselves 3\. tawk.to 100 AI message credits/month on the free tier. Its default AI model uses 3 credits per reply, so that’s about 33 replies “Powered by tawk.to” stays (removal $29/mo) Yes. Pre-chat form for name and email Not stated Free human live chat with a little AI on top 4\. Tidio 50 Lyro AI conversations, one time only (not monthly) Tidio branding stays (removal $16.67/mo add-on) Yes. Pre-chat survey and Flows (100 visitors reached a month) No Live chat first, with a short AI test drive 5\. HubSpot Free chatbot builder with templates and if/then branches. HubSpot doesn’t say it answers from a knowledge base HubSpot branding on free live chat Yes, chats sync to the free CRM No Businesses already using HubSpot CRM 6\. Crisp None. Free plan has no AI credits Yes. Removing “We run on Crisp” starts on Plus Yes, contact form included Not stated Free shared inbox and chat widget for 2 people 7\. Chatbase No free plan on its pricing page as of 22 October 2026, only a 7-day trial. Its blog and review sites still mention 50 message credits a month Removal is a paid add-on ($1,188/year) Not stated Not stated Trying out an AI agent before paying $40/month A quick word on units. A “question” on WhisperChat is one AI reply. A “message credit” can be less than that: tawk.to’s default model uses 3 credits per reply, and Chatbase uses 1 to 5 depending on the model. A “conversation” can hold several replies. So Botpress’s 100 conversations may cover more back-and-forth than the others. ## Integrations side by side WhisperChat connects to 10 places. Here’s how that lines up with the next four tools in our ranking, on their free plans where the vendor says. Integration WhisperChat tawk.to Botpress Tidio HubSpot Any website Yes. Paste one snippet before . Every plan, including Free Yes. Free widget code Yes. Paste the embed code in your site’s head Yes. Free widget Yes. Free live chat code WordPress Yes. Install the plugin and enter your Bot ID. Every plan, including Free Yes. Free official plugin No plugin. Paste the embed code with a snippet plugin like WPCode Yes. Official plugin, free plan Yes. Official plugin, all plans Shopify Yes. Syncs your product catalogue so the bot answers about prices, stock and descriptions. Paid plan Yes. App in the Shopify App Store Yes. Official product sync into the knowledge base. Plan not stated Yes. Shopify app has a free plan. Native Shopify actions need Growth or up Yes. Syncs contacts, products and orders, all plans Odoo Yes. Sends captured leads into your Odoo CRM. Odoo Online, Odoo.sh and on-premise. Paid plan Not listed Not listed Not listed Not listed Slack Yes. Mention the bot in a channel or DM it. Paid plan Only through third-party connectors Yes. Official integration. Plan not stated Not listed Yes. Chat alerts and replies in Slack, all plans Discord Yes. A slash command in any server it’s invited to, and in DMs. Paid plan Only through third-party connectors Yes. Official integration. Plan not stated Not listed Not listed Telegram Yes. Create a bot with @BotFather and paste the token. Paid plan Yes. Connect a Telegram bot to the inbox (pricing page still calls it beta) Yes. Official integration. Plan not stated Not listed Not listed Zapier Yes. Send leads to your CRM, a spreadsheet or Slack, or ask the bot from any Zap. Paid plan Yes. Triggers for new chats, transcripts and tickets Yes, in beta Yes. Tidio says all plans, including Free Yes, all plans MCP server Yes. Connect Claude, ChatGPT or any MCP client to manage your chatbots. Paid plan Not listed Only through third-party connectors Only through third-party connectors Yes. Official MCP server. Free access not stated REST API Yes. Ask a chatbot, manage knowledge sources, read conversations. From $49 Not listed. Has a JavaScript widget API and webhooks Yes. Chat API. Plan not stated Paid only. OpenAPI on Plus and Premium Yes. Free accounts get API access Email, phone, WhatsApp, SMS, Instagram, Facebook No Email, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and SMS (via Twilio). Calls in beta. Instagram not listed WhatsApp on Plus. Messenger, Instagram, email and Twilio in its integration hub Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp and email on Free. No phone or SMS listed Free: Facebook Messenger and 1-to-1 email. WhatsApp and calling are paid Helpdesks like Zendesk Only through Zapier Not listed. Has its own free ticketing Yes. Zendesk integration in its hub Imports Zendesk articles on all plans. AI agent inside Zendesk is a paid Lyro feature HubSpot is its own helpdesk (Service Hub) Every WhisperChat channel answers from the same knowledge and shows up in the same dashboard, so you train it once and it works everywhere you’ve connected it. WordPress and the website embed work on every plan, including Free. The other integrations need a paid plan. The honest difference: if you need email, WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger in one inbox, tawk.to, Tidio and HubSpot cover that and WhisperChat doesn’t. ## What do you actually get with each free plan? ### 1\. WhisperChat: 150 AI questions a month, no expiry WhisperChat’s free plan isn’t a trial. You get 150 customer questions a month, one chatbot and one website. You train it on your site’s pages, and it answers visitors from that content. When it isn’t sure, it shows a confidence indicator so you can see what it’s guessing at. What you don’t get on free: lead capture, escalation routing, the analytics dashboard and API access. Those start on Standard at $49 a month. Branding stays on the free widget, and no card is needed to start. If you go past 150 questions, the bot drops to a limited mode of 5 replies a day until the month resets. This isn’t for you if you need live human chat. WhisperChat doesn’t have a shared inbox or a way for your team to take over a chat in real time. ### 2\. Botpress: the most powerful free plan, if you’ll build Botpress gives you 100 conversations a month, 3 seats and 3 AI agents for free. Since May 2026, AI usage is bundled into plans rather than billed on the side. That’s real power for $0. The trade-off is effort. Botpress is a builder. You design flows, connect a knowledge base and test it yourself. If you’ve never built a bot, expect to spend an afternoon or more. The next step up, Plus, is $150 a month billed yearly, which is a big jump. ### 3\. tawk.to: free live chat plus a small AI allowance tawk.to’s live chat is free, and so are its help center and ticketing. The catch is the “Powered by tawk.to” badge, which costs $29 a month to remove. Its AI add-on, AI Assist, has a forever-free tier with 100 message credits a month. But its default AI model uses 3 credits per reply, so that’s about 33 AI replies. Paid AI starts at $29 a month for 1,000 credits, or about 333 replies. If you mostly want people answering chats, with a bit of AI help, tawk.to is hard to beat on price. ### 4\. Tidio: great live chat, very little free AI Tidio’s free plan covers 50 billable conversations a month and up to 10 seats. That’s a solid free live chat. But the AI part, Lyro, only gives you 50 conversations once, for the lifetime of your account. After that, Lyro is a paid add-on from $39 a month ($32.50 a month billed yearly) for 50 conversations. So think of free Tidio as live chat with an AI test drive. It’s a fine pick if your team wants to answer chats by hand and maybe add AI later. ### 5\. HubSpot: free bot that feeds a free CRM HubSpot’s free tools include live chat and a chatbot builder with no card needed. The big plus: anything the bot collects lands in HubSpot’s free CRM. That makes it strong for lead capture. The free bot is built from templates and if/then branches, so it follows a script rather than reading your site and answering in its own words. HubSpot’s AI customer agent isn’t listed on the free tier. Free live chat also shows HubSpot branding. ### 6\. Crisp: free inbox, no AI Crisp’s free plan is honest about what it is. You get a chat widget, 2 seats, a shared inbox, mobile apps and a contact form. It has no AI credits at all. AI starts on the Mini plan at $45 a month, which includes $5 of AI credits (around 90 automated conversations, says Crisp). Pick Crisp free if you want a clean, two-person chat inbox and you’re fine answering every chat yourself. ### 7\. Chatbase: check before you count on it Chatbase’s own blog, and review sites, still list a free plan with 50 message credits a month, 1 member and 1 MB of training content. But on 22 October 2026, its pricing page only showed paid plans, starting with Hobby at $40 a month ($32 billed yearly) with a 7-day trial. We’ve ranked it last because 50 credits is only enough to test, and the free plan may be going away. ## When is free enough, and when should you pay? Here’s the honest version. Free plans are built to get you hooked, not to run your support forever. That’s fine. Just know where the line is. ### Free is usually enough if… - You get fewer than about 5 support questions a day. 150 questions a month works out to roughly 5 a day. A local shop, a new SaaS or a portfolio site often sits under that. - You’re testing whether AI answers help at all. Run a free plan for a month. Read the chats. See what people ask. - You don’t need to collect emails from the chat. Most free AI plans (WhisperChat included) leave lead capture out. - You don’t mind the vendor’s badge. Every free plan in our table shows some branding. ### It’s time to pay when… - You keep hitting the limit before the month ends. On WhisperChat free, that means visitors get just 5 replies a day after you pass 150. That’s a bad look on a busy day. - You need leads, not just answers. If the chat is part of how you sell, lead capture pays for itself fast. On WhisperChat it starts at $49 a month. HubSpot is the exception, with free CRM capture. - You want to know what people are asking. Analytics, recurring-question reports and “confusing page” alerts are paid on WhisperChat. These often teach you more than the bot itself. - The branding hurts trust. A “Powered by” badge is fine for a side project. For a brand that sells premium products, it can feel cheap. - You need humans to step in. If chats must hand off to a person in real time, look at tawk.to, Tidio, Crisp or HubSpot. WhisperChat captures contact details or sends people to a booking link instead. ## What does the first paid step cost? Tool Cheapest paid step with more AI What you get WhisperChat $49/month (Standard) ~5,000 questions, 10 chatbots, lead capture, analytics tawk.to $29/month (AI Assist Growth) 1,000 message credits (about 333 replies on the default model), 3 AI agents Tidio From $39/month, or $32.50/month billed yearly (Lyro add-on) 50 Lyro conversations a month Crisp $45/month (Mini) 4 seats, $5 AI credits (~90 automated conversations) Chatbase $40/month, or $32 billed yearly (Hobby) 700 message credits, 1 agent Botpress $150/month billed yearly (Plus) 250 conversations, $25 AI usage, white-label webchat One more thing on WhisperChat: yearly billing saves about 45% (Standard is $319 a year), and extra credits cost $7 per 1,000 if you only go over now and then. ## Which one should you pick? Start with one question: do you want a bot that answers, or a chat box your team answers? - You want AI to answer from your site, with no building: WhisperChat. Paste one script, point it at your pages, and you’re live in minutes. - You want free human live chat and a little AI: tawk.to. Its free live chat is generous, and the AI tier gives you a taste. - You like building things and want the most control: Botpress. It does more than the others, but you’ll do the setup. - Your team answers chats and might add AI later: Tidio or Crisp. Both have strong free live chat. Tidio gives a one-time AI trial; Crisp gives none. - You already run your business on HubSpot: HubSpot’s free chatbot. Every lead goes straight into your CRM. - You want to try Chatbase before paying: check that its free plan still exists when you sign up, because its pricing page currently shows only a 7-day trial. Not sure? Try two at once. Run each for a week on your site and compare the chats. ## Try WhisperChat free on your website Train it on your pages and files and see how many questions it answers on its own. It’s free for 150 questions a month, no card needed. [Start Free](https://www.whisperchat.ai/auth/signup) ## FAQ ### Is there a truly free AI chatbot for websites? Yes. WhisperChat (150 questions a month), Botpress (100 conversations a month) and tawk.to’s free AI tier (100 message credits a month, about 33 replies) all reset monthly. They’re not time-limited trials. ### Which free AI chatbot has the highest limit? Of the plans we checked, WhisperChat’s 150 questions a month is the highest count of AI replies. Botpress’s 100 conversations may stretch further, since one conversation can hold several replies. ### Can I remove the branding on a free plan? No. Every free plan here keeps the vendor’s badge. Removal costs extra: $16.67 a month on Tidio and $29 a month on tawk.to. On WhisperChat it’s included on the Scale plan, or a $300 add-on on other paid plans. ### Do free AI chatbots collect leads? Most don’t. HubSpot is the standout, since chats feed its free CRM. Crisp’s free plan includes a contact form. On WhisperChat, lead capture starts at $49 a month. ### Does Tidio’s free plan include AI? Only a little. You get 50 Lyro AI conversations once, for life. After that, Lyro starts at $39 a month ($32.50 a month billed yearly) for 50 conversations. ### Do I need a credit card to start? WhisperChat, Tidio, Botpress and HubSpot say no card is needed. tawk.to and Crisp don’t say on their pricing pages, and Chatbase’s pricing page now lists only a 7-day trial, so check at sign-up. ### What happens when I hit the free limit? It depends. WhisperChat drops to 5 replies a day until the month resets. Botpress paid plans add conversation packs automatically, but the free plan simply caps out. Tidio’s Lyro stops after its 50 lifetime conversations. ### Which tools does WhisperChat connect to? Ten: any website, WordPress, Shopify, Odoo, Slack, Discord, Telegram, Zapier, an MCP server and a REST API. You can also share your bot as a public chat link. WordPress and the website embed work on the free plan; the rest need a paid plan. Every channel answers from the same trained content. WhisperChat doesn’t answer on email, phone, WhatsApp, SMS, Instagram or Facebook. ## How we researched this Written by WhisperChat Research Competitor pricing checked 22 October 2026 Published 22 October 2026 Last reviewed 22 October 2026 ### Where the numbers come from Every competitor price, plan limit, and quota on this page was read from that vendor’s own public pricing page or documentation on the date shown above. Where a vendor does not publish a figure, this page says so rather than estimating one. ### What we have not done We have not run a hands-on trial of the competing products, and we do not claim to have. This page compares published capabilities and published pricing. Anything that would require using the product to know answer quality, support responsiveness, reliability is outside what we can honestly assess here. ### How we decide who wins a row A row goes to the product whose published information supports it. Where a competitor is stronger than WhisperChat, the page says so. Where a competitor costs less than WhisperChat at a given volume, the page shows both numbers. ### What we do about stale prices AI chatbot pricing changes often. Each page shows the month its competitor pricing was checked. If that date is more than a few months old, check the vendor’s pricing page before making a decision on it. ### How we put this together We’re WhisperChat, so yes, we’re in this list. To keep it fair, we took every competitor number from that company’s own pricing page, help center or blog on 22 October 2026. Where an official page didn’t give a number, we marked it rather than guess. We didn’t run hands-on tests of each tool for this page. Prices and limits change often, so check the vendor’s page before you sign up. ## Sources Every competitor figure on this page was read from these pages on the dates shown. 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