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Alternatives to Conferbot
22 live chat tools sit alongside Conferbot in this directory. Below is what separates each from Conferbot on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 22
- With a free tier
- 10
- Cheaper to start
- 3
- Conferbot starts at
- Free, then $19/month
Why people look past Conferbot
Only what the record supports. Each point below is a figure on the Conferbot entry measured against the tools listed beside it.
Cost climbs steeply across the tiers
Conferbot publishes 4 tiers, from Free up to $59/month. Teams that outgrow the entry plan can find the next rung a large step, the Conferbot pricing page breaks each one down.
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.
The only AI customer service solution you need
- Starts $10 a month dearer, at $29/month.
- 3 tiers to Conferbot's 4.
The Conversation Cloud
- No free tier, where Conferbot has one.
- Starts $2481 a month dearer, at $2500/month.
Customer service platform driven by live chat
- No free tier, where Conferbot has one.
- Starts $5.170000000000002 a month dearer, at $24.17/month.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
Chatbot and automation platform for Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and SMS
- Starts $4 a month cheaper, at $15/month.
- 2 tiers to Conferbot's 4.
No-code chatbot builder for websites, WhatsApp, and lead generation
- Starts $13 a month dearer, at €32/month.
- 3 tiers to Conferbot's 4.
All-in-one communication platform for customer engagement
- Starts $19 a month cheaper, at Free.
- Sold on a subscription model rather than freemium.
Every Conferbot 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conferbot (this page) | Free, then $19/month | Freemium | 4 | |
| IntercomA larger customer messaging platform with chatbot and support inbox features aimed at bigger teams | Free, then $29/month | - | 3 | vs Conferbot |
| DriftA conversational marketing and sales chatbot platform often cited as the premium-priced incumbent Conferbot positions against | $2500/month | - | - | vs Conferbot |
| TidioA similarly priced no-code chatbot and live chat tool for small businesses | $24.17/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Conferbot |
| ManyChat | Free, then $15/month | Freemium | 2 | vs Conferbot |
| Landbot | Free, then €32/month | Freemium | 3 | vs Conferbot |
| Jivochat | Free | Subscription | 4 | vs Conferbot |
| Ada | Free | Subscription | 3 | vs Conferbot |
| Botpress | Free, then $9000/year | Subscription | 1 | vs Conferbot |
| Freshchat | Free, then $19/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Conferbot |
| Google Dialogflow | Free | Usage-based | 3 | vs Conferbot |
| IBM Watson Assistant | Free | Subscription | 3 | vs Conferbot |
| Crisp | Free, then $45/month | Freemium | 5 | vs Conferbot |
| Kore.ai | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Conferbot |
| Conversica | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Conferbot |
| LiveChat | $20/month | Subscription | 4 | vs Conferbot |
| Comm100 | $29/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Conferbot |
| Kayako | $30/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Conferbot |
| Bold360 | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Conferbot |
| Capacity | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Conferbot |
| Gorgias | $10/month | Usage-based | 4 | vs Conferbot |
| Haptik | On request | Subscription | 3 | vs Conferbot |
| Acquire | $50/month | Subscription | 3 | vs Conferbot |
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 Conferbot badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (10)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
What you would be giving up
Conferbot is most often brought in for automating website lead capture with conversational forms, handling customer support inquiries across messaging apps, deploying a single bot across whatsapp, messenger, and website widget, booking meetings via chatbot with calendar integration, deflecting support tickets with a knowledge base bot. 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 Conferbot is broadly right and the question is cost, the Conferbot pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Live Chat category lists everything the directory holds, and best live chat tools ranks them.
Conferbot runs on web, ios, android, api. 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 Conferbot alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Conferbot?
- 22 other live chat tools are listed in this directory, led by Intercom, Drift, Tidio, ManyChat. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Conferbot?
- 10 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Intercom, ManyChat, Landbot, Jivochat, Ada.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Conferbot?
- Yes. 3 of the alternatives below start under Conferbot's $19/month: ManyChat at Free, then $15/month, Jivochat at Free, Gorgias at $10/month.
- Why do people look for an alternative to Conferbot?
- On the figures on record, one thing stands out: cost climbs steeply across the tiers. Each is set out with the numbers behind it above.
- What would I give up by switching from Conferbot?
- Conferbot is most often brought in for automating website lead capture with conversational forms, handling customer support inquiries across messaging apps, deploying a single bot across whatsapp, messenger, and website widget, booking meetings via chatbot with calendar integration, deflecting support tickets with a knowledge base bot. 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 Conferbot?
- None of the live chat 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 Conferbot alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Live Chat, 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 Conferbot against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Conferbot 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 live chat tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Live Chat category, 22 tools beside Conferbot. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.