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Botpress vs Yellow.ai

Yellow.ai
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Enterprise AI platform for customer experience
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- On request
- Rated
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The short version
- Only Botpress has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Botpress managed cloud version (Botpress Cloud) availability and pricing not accessible; open-source deployment requires managing infrastructure; Yellow.ai free plan caps chat sessions at 500 per month, then charges $0.99 per additional resolution
- They diverge on capability: Botpress covers Visual bot builder, Yellow.ai covers AI chatbots.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Botpress and Yellow.ai actually diverge.
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Unknown), founded (2016).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Botpress
- Visual bot builder
- NLU integration
- Analytics
- Teams
- Messenger
- On-premise support
- Cloud support
Only in Yellow.ai
- AI chatbots
- NLU capabilities
- Analytics dashboard
- Zendesk
- Salesforce
- HubSpot
- Web support
- Mobile support
Both cover
- Multi-channel support
- Slack
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Botpress
- Development teams building chatbots and conversational AI using MIT-licensed open-source frameworknot Yellow.ai
- Organisations needing custom conversational interfaces with programmatic control via SDK/CLInot Yellow.ai
Yellow.ai
- Businesses wanting to trial an AI chat agent before committing to per-resolution or enterprise billingnot Botpress
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Botpress
- Managed cloud version (Botpress Cloud) availability and pricing not accessible; open-source deployment requires managing infrastructure
- Dependent on OpenAI integration; users must provide and manage OpenAI API keys and costs
Yellow.ai
- Free plan caps chat sessions at 500 per month, then charges $0.99 per additional resolution
- Enterprise plan pricing is not published and requires contacting sales for a custom quote
- Basic plan pricing is not disclosed on the pricing page either, only feature details
Pricing, plan by plan
Botpress
FreeNo published plan breakdown. See the Botpress review.
Yellow.ai
On request- Starter$150/month
- AI chatbot
- 1 integration
- Professional$400/month
- Multi-channel
- Advanced analytics
- Enterprise$undefined/month
- Custom solutions
- Dedicated team
Which should you pick?
Choose Botpress if
- You need visual bot builder.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on Open-source (self-hosted), Cloud-managed (Botpress Cloud).
- You also want nlu integration.
Choose Yellow.ai if
- You need ai chatbots.
- You work on Web, Mobile, Messaging apps, Voice assistants.
- You also want nlu capabilities.
Questions people ask
- Is Botpress or Yellow.ai better?
- Neither clearly leads. Botpress starts at Free and Yellow.ai at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Botpress or Yellow.ai?
- Botpress has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Botpress and On request for Yellow.ai.
- Does Botpress or Yellow.ai run on more platforms?
- Botpress runs on Open-source (self-hosted), Cloud-managed (Botpress Cloud). Yellow.ai runs on Web, Mobile, Messaging apps, Voice assistants.
- Can I use Botpress for free?
- Yes. Botpress has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Yellow.ai starts at On request.
- What is Botpress best used for?
- Botpress is most often used for development teams building chatbots and conversational ai using mit-licensed open-source framework, organisations needing custom conversational interfaces with programmatic control via sdk/cli. Of those, development teams building chatbots and conversational ai using mit-licensed open-source framework and organisations needing custom conversational interfaces with programmatic control via sdk/cli are not what Yellow.ai is typically brought in for.
- What can Botpress do that Yellow.ai cannot?
- Botpress covers Visual bot builder, NLU integration, Analytics, Teams. Yellow.ai covers AI chatbots, NLU capabilities, Analytics dashboard, Zendesk. Both handle Multi-channel support, Slack.
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