Best AI chatbots & agents tools
7 AI chatbots & agents tools compared with prices from official pricing pages (each tool shows its own checked date). Best value: Botpress. Free options: Botpress, Zapier Agents.
BEST VALUEBotpress — Free tier with 100 conversations and transparent per-conversation pricing.
FREE PLANS IN THIS CATEGORYBotpress (support chatbot),
Zapier Agents (AI agents) · No free alternative to Botpress that does the same main job (support chatbot) in our list
Price table
Entry paid plan. Monthly = billed monthly; Annual = per-month cost when billed yearly. "—" = not shown/verified on the official page.
| Tool | Monthly | Annual (per mo) | Cost per output | All plans | Free tier | Checked |
|---|
| Botpress | — | $150 | $0.65 per extra conversation (pack of 100 for $65) | Plus $150/mo billed annually (250 conversations); extra $0.65/conversation | Free: $0, 100 conversations | 2026-10-19 |
| Chatbase | — | $32 | — | Hobby $32/mo; Standard $120/mo; Pro $400/mo (billed yearly) | No free plan; 7-day trial | 2026-10-19 |
| Lindy | $29.99 | — | — | Credit tiers from $29.99/mo | Start with $50 in free credits, no card | 2026-10-19 |
| Zapier Agents | $19.99 | — | — | Professional from $19.99/mo; Team from $69/mo | Free forever: 100 tasks/mo | 2026-10-19 |
| Relevance AI | — | — | — | Enterprise only (custom pricing) | No free plan shown | 2026-10-19 |
| Voiceflow | — | — | — | Usage-based; businesses request pricing | Free trial, no credit card | 2026-10-19 |
| n8n | — | $20 | — | Starter $20/mo; Pro $50/mo; Business $800/mo (billed annually, USD) | Free self-hosted Community Edition; cloud trial, no card | 2026-10-19 |
All tools
Build and deploy AI chatbots and agents.
Plus $150/mo billed annually (250 conversations); extra $0.65/conversation
Free: $0, 100 conversations
Official site · Pricing page · checked 2026-10-19
Price checked 2026-10-19We earn $0Not paid placement
Why trust this pick?
- How we picked
- Picked from the tool's official pricing page and stated features, compared with other tools that do the same main job. Not hands-on tested by ToolPick.
- Price on 2026-10-19
- Plus $150/mo billed annually (250 conversations); extra $0.65/conversation (from the official pricing page)
- Price history
- Same listed price in every check since 2026-10-14 (14 checks).
- Money
- We earn nothing from this pick: no affiliate link, no sponsorship, no payment from the vendor.
- One real limitation
- The price we checked is billed yearly; we could not confirm a monthly price, so expect to pay a year upfront.
How we pick
Train a support chatbot on your own content.
Hobby $32/mo; Standard $120/mo; Pro $400/mo (billed yearly)
No free plan; 7-day trial
Official site · Pricing page · checked 2026-10-19
Price checked 2026-10-19We earn $0Not paid placement
Why trust this pick?
- How we picked
- Picked from the tool's official pricing page and stated features, compared with other tools that do the same main job. Not hands-on tested by ToolPick.
- Price on 2026-10-19
- Hobby $32/mo; Standard $120/mo; Pro $400/mo (billed yearly) (from the official pricing page)
- Price history
- Same listed price in every check since 2026-10-14 (14 checks).
- Money
- We earn nothing from this pick: no affiliate link, no sponsorship, no payment from the vendor.
- One real limitation
- No free plan on the pricing page we checked (7-day trial).
How we pick
No-code AI agents for email, meetings and ops.
Credit tiers from $29.99/mo
Start with $50 in free credits, no card
Official site · Pricing page · checked 2026-10-19
Price checked 2026-10-19We earn $0Not paid placement
Why trust this pick?
- How we picked
- Picked from the tool's official pricing page and stated features, compared with other tools that do the same main job. Not hands-on tested by ToolPick.
- Price on 2026-10-19
- Credit tiers from $29.99/mo (from the official pricing page)
- Price history
- Same listed price in every check since 2026-10-14 (14 checks).
- Money
- We earn nothing from this pick: no affiliate link, no sponsorship, no payment from the vendor.
- One real limitation
- The free option is one-time credits, not an ongoing free plan (Start with $50 in free credits, no card).
How we pick
Automations and AI agents connected to 7,000+ apps.
Professional from $19.99/mo; Team from $69/mo
Free forever: 100 tasks/mo
Official site · Pricing page · checked 2026-10-19
Price checked 2026-10-19We earn $0Not paid placement
Why trust this pick?
- How we picked
- Picked from the tool's official pricing page and stated features, compared with other tools that do the same main job. Not hands-on tested by ToolPick.
- Price on 2026-10-19
- Professional from $19.99/mo; Team from $69/mo (from the official pricing page)
- Price history
- Same listed price in every check since 2026-10-14 (14 checks).
- Money
- We earn nothing from this pick: no affiliate link, no sponsorship, no payment from the vendor.
- One real limitation
- The free plan has limits: Free forever: 100 tasks/mo.
How we pick
Build an AI workforce of agents.
Enterprise only (custom pricing)
No free plan shown
Official site · Pricing page · checked 2026-10-15
Price checked 2026-10-15We earn $0Not paid placement
Why trust this pick?
- How we picked
- Picked from the tool's official pricing page and stated features, compared with other tools that do the same main job. Not hands-on tested by ToolPick.
- Price on 2026-10-15
- Enterprise only (custom pricing) (from the official pricing page)
- Price history
- Same listed price in every check since 2026-10-14 (14 checks).
- Money
- We earn nothing from this pick: no affiliate link, no sponsorship, no payment from the vendor.
- One real limitation
- No free plan on the pricing page we checked.
How we pick
Design chat and voice AI agents.
Usage-based; businesses request pricing
Free trial, no credit card
Official site · Pricing page · checked 2026-10-14
Price checked 2026-10-14We earn $0Not paid placement
Why trust this pick?
- How we picked
- Picked from the tool's official pricing page and stated features, compared with other tools that do the same main job. Not hands-on tested by ToolPick.
- Price on 2026-10-14
- Usage-based; businesses request pricing (from the official pricing page)
- Price history
- Same listed price in every check since 2026-10-14 (14 checks).
- Money
- We earn nothing from this pick: no affiliate link, no sponsorship, no payment from the vendor.
- One real limitation
- No permanent free plan, only a trial (Free trial, no credit card).
How we pick
Workflow automation with AI agents.
Starter $20/mo; Pro $50/mo; Business $800/mo (billed annually, USD)
Free self-hosted Community Edition; cloud trial, no card
Official site · Pricing page · checked 2026-10-19
Price checked 2026-10-19We earn $0Not paid placement
Why trust this pick?
- How we picked
- Picked from the tool's official pricing page and stated features, compared with other tools that do the same main job. Not hands-on tested by ToolPick.
- Price on 2026-10-19
- Starter $20/mo; Pro $50/mo; Business $800/mo (billed annually, USD) (from the official pricing page)
- Price history
- Tracked since 2026-10-14; listed price changed on 2026-10-19.
- Money
- We earn nothing from this pick: no affiliate link, no sponsorship, no payment from the vendor.
- One real limitation
- Free only if you host it yourself; the cloud version is not free (Free self-hosted Community Edition; cloud trial, no card).
How we pick
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