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title: "Cheapest AI Chatbot for a Website: Prices and Limits"
description: "The cheapest AI chatbots for a website cost $0 to $40 a month on their entry plans. Compare 10 price lists, usage limits and the costs vendors add on."
canonical: https://luckpanda.app/blog/cheapest-ai-chatbot
author: "Dhrumil Barot"
author_bio: "Dhrumil is a small-business operations and compliance expert. Dhrumil built LuckPanda so small businesses can run invoicing, inventory, accounts and compliance in one place."
published: 2026-11-11
updated: 2026-11-11
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language: en
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# Cheapest AI Chatbot for a Website: Prices and Limits

The cheapest AI chatbots for a website cost $0 to $40 a month on their entry plans. Compare 10 price lists, usage limits and the costs vendors add on.

By [Dhrumil Barot](https://luckpanda.app/about#founder), Founder. Published 11 Nov 2026. Updated 11 Nov 2026. 6 min read.

**TL;DR:** The cheapest AI chatbots for a website start at $0 (Chatling, Crisp, Botpress free plans) and the cheapest paid entry plans run from about $5 to $40 a month. The sticker price is the smaller half of the story: every vendor meters AI replies in its own unit (credits, conversations, resolutions or outcomes), and that unit decides what you really pay.

If you want the lowest monthly bill for an AI chatbot that answers visitors from your own website, the cheapest options on 11 November 2026 are the free plans of Chatling (200 AI credits a month), Botpress (100 conversations a month) and Crisp (free live chat, but no AI credits), then paid entry plans from ChatBot.com ($19 per user a month billed yearly), Chatling Starter ($25 a month), Tidio Starter ($24.17 a month billed yearly) and Chatbase Hobby ($40 a month). Every number below comes from each vendor's own pricing page, checked on that date. Prices change often, so check the page before you buy.

## AI chatbot price list: the cheapest plan of each tool

This is the cheapest AI chatbot price list we could build from primary sources. "Entry paid plan" is the lowest plan that includes AI replies on a website.

| Tool | Free plan | Entry paid plan (monthly) | What the entry plan meters | Branding removal |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| LuckPanda Chatbot | Free to set up and test | $4.99 (or $44.91 a year), up to 10 websites | AI tokens: 10,000 free once, then $10 for 2M tokens | Not stated |
| Chatling | $0, 200 AI credits a month | $25 ($21 billed annually) | 1,750 AI credits a month | Paid add-on |
| Tidio | 7-day trial | $24.17 billed annually (Starter) | 100 billable conversations, 50 Lyro AI conversations one-off | Plan dependent |
| ChatBot.com | Trial | $25 per user ($19 billed yearly) | 10 AI resolutions | Plan dependent |
| Chatbase | 7-day trial | $40 ($32 billed yearly), Hobby | 700 message credits a month | Paid add-on |
| Crisp | $0, no AI credits | $45 per workspace (Mini) | $5 of AI credits, about 90 automated conversations | Plan dependent |
| SiteGPT | None listed | $59 ($39 billed yearly), Starter | Up to 4,000 GPT-4.1-mini messages | Plan dependent |
| Botpress | $0, 100 conversations a month | $150 billed annually | 250 conversations, $0.10 of AI usage each | Plan dependent |
| Intercom Fin | Trial | $0.99 per outcome plus a seat ($29, or $19 billed annually) | Fin outcomes (resolved conversations) | Not applicable |
| tawk.to | Free live chat for life | $29 a month removes branding | Live chat only; no AI price on this page | $29 a month |

Sources: [Chatbase pricing](https://www.chatbase.co/pricing), [Chatling pricing](https://chatling.ai/pricing), [Tidio pricing](https://www.tidio.com/pricing/), [Crisp pricing](https://crisp.chat/en/pricing/), [SiteGPT pricing](https://sitegpt.ai/pricing), [Botpress pricing](https://botpress.com/pricing), [Intercom pricing](https://www.intercom.com/pricing), [ChatBot.com pricing](https://www.chatbot.com/pricing/), [tawk.to pricing](https://www.tawk.to/pricing/) and [LuckPanda Chatbot](https://luckpanda.app/chatbot). "Plan dependent" means the vendor ties the badge to plan level rather than selling removal as a separate line.

![Entry plan monthly prices of six website AI chatbots, lowest to highest](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/pcmcvz9y/production/1c9ac8f8eea748b3766fcbb5e7199b917d497d47-1344x548.png?w=1200&auto=format&fit=max)

*Vendor pricing pages, 11 November 2026. Units are not comparable one to one.*

## What is the cheapest AI chatbot for a website?

The cheapest AI chatbot for a website is one of the free plans if your traffic is small, and a low flat plan with pay-as-you-go AI usage once it is not. Free plans cap you hard: Chatling Free gives 200 AI credits a month for one agent, Botpress Free gives 100 conversations a month, and Crisp Free has live chat but no AI credits at all, so the bot part costs at least $45 a month there.

Among paid plans, the lowest monthly entry prices on the vendors' own pages are:

- LuckPanda Chatbot: $4.99 a month for up to 10 websites, plus AI tokens bought as one-time packs.
- ChatBot.com: $19 per user a month billed yearly, with 10 AI resolutions included.
- Tidio Starter: $24.17 a month billed annually, with 50 Lyro AI conversations once, not every month.
- Chatling Starter: $25 a month, 1,750 AI credits a month.
- Chatbase Hobby: $40 a month, 700 message credits a month.

Read the third column of the table before the second. A $19 plan with 10 AI resolutions is cheap only if your bot almost never answers.

## Is there a free AI chatbot for a website?

Yes, three of the tools above have a free plan that can run on a live website, each with a ceiling:

- **Chatling Free:** $0, 200 AI credits a month, one AI agent, one seat, 500,000 characters of knowledge base. Credit use varies by AI model, so 200 credits is not 200 replies on every model.
- **Botpress Free:** $0, 100 conversations a month.
- **Crisp Free:** $0 live chat with no AI credits included. Good for a person answering chat, not for an AI bot.

tawk.to is free live chat for life (removing its "Powered by tawk.to" badge costs $29 a month), but its free product is a person answering, not an AI that reads your pages. Free trials (Tidio, Chatbase, ChatBot.com, 7 days or similar) are not free plans: the bot stops when the trial ends.

For a free test before you pay anything, our own [free chatbot tools](https://luckpanda.app/chatbot/tools) and the no-account preview described below cost nothing either.

## How much does an AI chatbot cost per month?

An AI chatbot for a small business website costs between $0 and about $60 a month on entry plans, and from $100 to several hundred dollars a month once you need thousands of AI replies. The vendor's mid tiers show where the curve goes:

| Tool | Mid tier | Monthly price | Included AI usage |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chatbase | Basic | $150 ($120 yearly) | 4,000 message credits |
| Crisp | Essentials | $95 | $25 AI credits, about 450 automated conversations |
| Crisp | Plus | $295 | $75 AI credits, about 1,350 automated conversations |
| SiteGPT | Growth | $129 ($79 yearly) | Up to 10,000 GPT-4.1-mini messages |
| Tidio | Growth | from $49.17 billed annually | From 250 billable conversations |
| ChatBot.com | Higher tier | $99 per user ($79 yearly) | 200 AI resolutions |
| Botpress | Team | $750 billed annually | 1,500 conversations |

Overage prices matter as much as the plan price: Chatbase sells extra credits at $40 per 1,000, SiteGPT at $59 a month per 5,000 messages, and Botpress at $65 per 100 conversations ($0.65 each) on its entry paid plan.

## What limits come with the cheapest plans?

Cheap plans are cheap because they cut one of five things. Check each before you pick:

1. **AI usage per month.** The hard ceiling (credits, messages, conversations). When it runs out, most bots stop answering or fall back to a contact form.
2. **Number of bots or websites.** Chatling Free has one AI agent; Chatbase sells extra agents at $25 a month each. If you run two sites, the second bot can double the bill.
3. **Knowledge base size.** Chatling Free allows 500,000 characters; Chatbase sells extra storage at $25 per 10 MB a month.
4. **Seats.** ChatBot.com and Intercom price per user, so a second person who answers handoffs doubles the seat cost.
5. **Branding.** Chatbase and Chatling sell removal of their badge as an add-on; tawk.to charges $29 a month for it.

![Five limits that decide the real cost of a cheap AI chatbot plan](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/pcmcvz9y/production/67407b5e59c52337bebc2af2f6767ae25c1d7b79-1344x326.png?w=1200&auto=format&fit=max)

*Each cap can push you to the next plan or an add-on.*

## Do AI chatbots charge per message or per resolution?

AI chatbots charge in one of four units, and the unit decides who carries the risk of a bad answer:

- **Per message or credit** (Chatbase, Chatling, SiteGPT): you pay for every AI reply, including the ones that did not help. Credits per reply often depend on the model: SiteGPT's Starter is 4,000 GPT-4.1-mini messages or 400 GPT-4.1 messages, a tenfold difference.
- **Per conversation** (Tidio, Botpress, Crisp's estimate): one chat counts once however many messages it has. Long chats are cheaper per message.
- **Per resolution or outcome** (Intercom Fin at $0.99 per outcome, ChatBot.com resolutions): you pay only when the vendor counts the chat as resolved. The definition of "resolved" is the vendor's, so read it.
- **Per token** (LuckPanda Chatbot): you pay for the AI text actually generated, from prepaid packs.

A quick way to compare: estimate your chats a month (your [live chat metrics](https://luckpanda.app/blog/live-chat-metrics) or site analytics will tell you), times about four AI replies a chat, and price that number in each vendor's unit.

## Which cheap AI chatbot fits which business?

Pick by what the bot has to do, not by the lowest number:

- **You only need someone to answer chat by hand:** tawk.to or Crisp Free. No AI, no cost.
- **You want to test an AI bot on a small site:** Chatling Free or Botpress Free, and watch the monthly cap.
- **You need a support bot inside a full help desk:** Tidio, Crisp or Intercom Fin, and budget for seats.
- **You want the bot to answer from your own pages and documents only:** Chatbase, SiteGPT, Chatling and LuckPanda all build from your site; a [knowledge base chatbot](https://luckpanda.app/blog/knowledge-base-chatbot) explains how that works and where it fails.
- **You want the bot to sell, not only deflect:** look for lead capture, qualifying questions and lead summaries, as covered in [chatbots for lead generation](https://luckpanda.app/chatbot/use-cases/lead-generation).

If several websites and a low fixed price matter most, [LuckPanda Chatbot](https://luckpanda.app/chatbot) costs $4.99 a month (₹199 for a business in India), tax included, for up to 10 websites. You paste your website address and get a preview that reads up to 30 pages and answers up to 20 questions without an account; after that AI replies use tokens, with 10,000 free once and then one-time packs that never expire ($10 for 2M tokens). It answers only from your pages and documents, asks a couple of qualifying questions and hands you the lead.

## How to check a chatbot price before you buy

Use the same five-minute check on any vendor:

1. Open the vendor's pricing page, not a review site, and note the date.
2. Find the AI unit (credit, message, conversation, resolution, token) and how many the plan includes.
3. Find the overage price and what happens when the allowance runs out.
4. Count the add-ons you will need: extra bots, seats, storage, branding removal.
5. Ask the free plan or trial 20 real questions from your own customers and count the wrong or empty answers.

## Questions

### What is the cheapest AI chatbot for a small business?

On entry paid plans checked on 11 November 2026, the lowest monthly prices are LuckPanda Chatbot at $4.99, ChatBot.com at $19 per user billed yearly, Tidio Starter at $24.17 billed annually and Chatling Starter at $25. Chatling, Botpress and Crisp also have $0 plans with tight caps.

### Is ChatGPT a cheap website chatbot?

A ChatGPT subscription is a personal assistant, not a website chatbot: it does not install on your site or read your pages for visitors. Website chatbot tools use models like these behind a widget and charge for that usage in credits or messages.

### Why do AI chatbot prices vary so much?

Vendors meter different things. A credit, a message, a conversation and a resolution are different amounts of work, and the model behind each reply changes its cost, so two $40 plans can cover very different numbers of chats.

### Are free AI chatbots good enough?

For a small site with a few chats a day, a free plan with 100 to 200 AI replies a month can be enough to test whether visitors use chat at all. Once the cap runs out mid-month, visitors get no answer, which costs more than the plan.

### Do I need to pay for branding removal?

Only if the badge matters to you. Chatbase and Chatling sell removal as an add-on and tawk.to charges $29 a month; on several other tools it depends on the plan level.

## More guides

- [California Bot Disclosure Law: SB 1001 Chatbot Reference](https://luckpanda.app/blog/california-bot-disclosure-law)
- [Chatbot Fallback Message: 10 Examples to Copy](https://luckpanda.app/blog/chatbot-fallback-message)
- [Feature Request Template: 14 Forms and Tools Worth Using](https://luckpanda.app/blog/feature-request-template)

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- [Invoice generator](https://luckpanda.app/tools/invoice-generator): Bill a client in any currency, with tax worked out as you type.

## About the author

**Written by [Dhrumil Barot](https://luckpanda.app/about#founder)**, Founder. Dhrumil is a small-business operations and compliance expert. Dhrumil built LuckPanda so small businesses can run invoicing, inventory, accounts and compliance in one place. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bdhrumil) · [X](https://x.com/fyidhrumil)