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Alternatives to Chatwoot
23 customer support tools sit alongside Chatwoot in this directory. Below is what separates each from Chatwoot on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 23
- With a free tier
- 4
- Cheaper to start
- 2
- Chatwoot starts at
- Free, then $19/month
Why people look past Chatwoot
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Chatwoot has a free tier, and starts at $19/month against a category median of $30/month. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Open-source Backend as a Service with REST API and SDKs
- Starts $4 a month cheaper, at $15/month.
The fair-code workflow automation tool
- Starts $1 a month dearer, at €20/month.
- 4 tiers to Chatwoot's 2.
Open-source project management tool
- Starts $13 a seat per month cheaper, at $6/seat per month.
- 4 tiers to Chatwoot's 2.
Customer service software that people love
- Starts $6 a month dearer, at $25/month.
- 4 tiers to Chatwoot's 2.
Real-time AI coaching and autonomous agents that sit on top of an existing contact centre platform
- No free tier, where Chatwoot has one.
- 1 tier to Chatwoot's 2.
Workforce management and AI agents for support teams that run on Zendesk, Salesforce or Intercom
- No free tier, where Chatwoot has one.
- Starts $6 a month dearer, at $25/month.
- 4 tiers to Chatwoot's 2.
Every Chatwoot alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatwoot (this page) | Free, then $19/month | - | 2 | |
| AppwriteOpen-source backend platform that offers self-hosting capabilities similar to Chatwoot's model | Free, then $15/month | - | 2 | vs Chatwoot |
| n8nOpen-source workflow automation platform offering self-hosted omnichannel capabilities | Free, then €20/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Chatwoot |
| PlaneOpen-source project management and collaboration tool with self-hosting option | Free, then $6/seat per month | Freemium | 4 | vs Chatwoot |
| Help Scout | Free, then $25/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Chatwoot |
| Cresta | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chatwoot |
| Assembled | $25/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Chatwoot |
| Calabrio ONE | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chatwoot |
| Level AI | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chatwoot |
| Alvaria | On request | Quote | 4 | vs Chatwoot |
| Kapture CX | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chatwoot |
| Balto | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chatwoot |
| Verint | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chatwoot |
| Playvox | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chatwoot |
| Observe.AI | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chatwoot |
| Forethought | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Chatwoot |
| Ameyo | On request | Quote | 3 | vs Chatwoot |
| UJET | $65/month | Per user per month | 4 | vs Chatwoot |
| Richpanel | $99/month | Per-seat plus per-conversation for AI agents | 3 | vs Chatwoot |
| Plain | $35/month | Tiered pricing per seat with credit system | 3 | vs Chatwoot |
| Helpjuice | $249/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Chatwoot |
| HelpCrunch | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Chatwoot |
| Document360 | On request | Quote | 1 | vs Chatwoot |
| Dixa | $39/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Chatwoot |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Chatwoot badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (4)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Appwrite , Free, then $15/month
- n8n , Free, then €20/month
- Plane , Free, then $6/seat per month
- Help Scout , Free, then $25/month
What you would be giving up
Chatwoot is most often brought in for self-hosted support, privacy-first chat, multi-channel support. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Chatwoot is broadly right and the question is cost, the Chatwoot pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Customer Support category lists everything the directory holds, and best customer support tools ranks them.
Chatwoot runs on web, cloud, self-hosted. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Chatwoot alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Chatwoot?
- 23 other customer support tools are listed in this directory, led by Appwrite, n8n, Plane, Help Scout. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Chatwoot?
- 4 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Appwrite, n8n, Plane, Help Scout.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Chatwoot?
- Yes. 2 of the alternatives below start under Chatwoot's $19/month: Appwrite at Free, then $15/month, Plane at Free, then $6/seat per month.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Chatwoot?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Chatwoot has a free tier, and starts at $19/month against a category median of $30/month. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Chatwoot?
- Chatwoot is most often brought in for self-hosted support, privacy-first chat, multi-channel support. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Chatwoot?
- None of the customer support tools listed here are recorded as open source. That is what the licence field on each entry says, and the field is not always filled in, so it is worth checking directly for any tool you are serious about.
- How were these Chatwoot alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Customer Support, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Chatwoot against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Chatwoot covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every customer support tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Customer Support category, 23 tools beside Chatwoot. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.