AI Chatbot Builders and AI Companions: Prices and Free Plans

Updated 2026-10-27 · No hands-on testing, no scores

Builders for website and support chatbots, Instagram and Messenger DM automation, and one adult AI companion app (owned by this site’s owner and labeled).

At a glance

Tool	Lowest listed price	Free tier or trial
Desire AI (owned)	Free during open beta (no paid plans listed)	Free during open beta: no account, email or card needed. Daily network and abuse-prevention limits apply, and people sharing a network may share that limit.
Botpress	Free: $0, 100 conversations	Free plan with 100 conversations.
Botsonic	Starter: $16/month billed annually ($19 monthly), 1,000 messages	7-day free trial.
Chatbase	Hobby: $32/month billed yearly ($40 monthly)	Free trial (homepage); free plan not stated on the pricing page text we read.
Chatfuel	Business: US$18/month billed yearly (US$216/year) incl. US$20 AI credits	Free trial on every plan.
CustomGPT.ai	Standard: $99/month ($89/month billed annually)	7-day free trial.
Landbot	Free: €0, 100 chats/month (no AI chats)	Free forever plan; free trial on paid plans.
Manychat	Free: $0, 25 active contacts/month	Free plan, no credit card.
N8N Chat UI	Free: design and preview without an account; 100 Managed-widget credits on signup (valid 30 days)	100 free Managed-widget credits on signup, valid for 30 days, no card needed; the editor and live preview are free without an account.
Tidio	Free: $0	Free plan; 7-day free trial on paid plans.

Prices are from each tool’s official pricing page on the date shown in its listing. Alphabetical, with products owned by this site’s owner first and labeled. The order isn’t a ranking.

The tools

Desire AI Owned by the site’s owner 18+

Desire AI is an adult AI companion chat. You pick a fictional AI girlfriend or boyfriend (Babes, Anime and Men sections), confirm you’re 18+, and chat one-on-one in uncensored roleplay, with photos and video in chat where approved media exists for that character. Conversations can be restored when you return in the same browser. The site publishes content rules banning minors, real people, doxxing and real-world harm.

For: Adults (18+ only) looking for explicit AI companion roleplay without creating an account.
Skip it if: Anyone under 18, anyone who doesn’t want explicit content, and anyone expecting memory across devices (the site says it isn’t guaranteed). “No account” doesn’t mean no data is stored: the site says an 18+ confirmation cookie, optional guest chat history and analytics exist.
Price: Free during open beta (no paid plans listed) · Free: Free during open beta: no account, email or card needed. Daily network and abuse-prevention limits apply, and people sharing a network may share that limit. · checked 2026-10-18

Full listing and sources · Official site

Botpress

Botpress builds AI agents visually or in natural language, with knowledge bases, tables, human escalation and an AI helpdesk; LLM usage is billed separately.

For: Teams building customized support agents, including developers.
Skip it if: Anyone who wants an all-inclusive price: AI usage is billed on top of the plan.
Price: Free: $0, 100 conversations · Free: Free plan with 100 conversations. · checked 2026-10-18

Full listing and sources · Official site

Botsonic

Botsonic (by Writesonic) creates website chatbots trained on your content, with agentic actions and helpdesk handoff to Zendesk and Freshdesk.

For: Small businesses that want a quick website chatbot.
Skip it if: Anyone who needs many bots or branding removal cheaply: those are paid add-ons.
Price: Starter: $16/month billed annually ($19 monthly), 1,000 messages · Free: 7-day free trial. · checked 2026-10-18

Full listing and sources · Official site

Chatbase

Chatbase builds AI agents for customer support and sales from your docs and website, deployable in chat, email and voice, with a helpdesk inbox and actions.

For: Small businesses adding an AI support agent to their site.
Skip it if: Anyone uploading large training data on lower plans (a reviewer hit limits immediately).
Price: Hobby: $32/month billed yearly ($40 monthly) · Free: Free trial (homepage); free plan not stated on the pricing page text we read. · checked 2026-10-18

Full listing and sources · Official site

Chatfuel

Chatfuel builds AI sales and support bots for WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger, with CRM sync and an MCP connector.

For: Businesses selling through messaging apps.
Skip it if: Anyone relying on “free” claims: a reviewer found the advertised free Instagram tool wasn’t.
Price: Business: US$18/month billed yearly (US$216/year) incl. US$20 AI credits · Free: Free trial on every plan. · checked 2026-10-18

Full listing and sources · Official site

CustomGPT.ai

CustomGPT.ai builds no-code AI agents from your content with citations and anti-hallucination controls, plus a RAG API and data connectors.

For: Organizations (including associations) that want answers grounded in their own documents.
Skip it if: Small sites on a budget: plans start at $89–$99 a month.
Price: Standard: $99/month ($89/month billed annually) · Free: 7-day free trial. · checked 2026-10-18

Full listing and sources · Official site

Landbot

Landbot builds conversational chatbots and AI agents for websites and WhatsApp with a visual builder and integrations.

For: Marketers building lead-capture chatbots without code.
Skip it if: Anyone needing official WhatsApp/Messenger support confirmed upfront (a reviewer disputes it) and fast support.
Price: Free: €0, 100 chats/month (no AI chats) · Free: Free forever plan; free trial on paid plans. · checked 2026-10-18

Full listing and sources · Official site

Manychat

Manychat automates replies to comments and DMs on Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp and TikTok, collects emails and adds AI-written replies.

For: Creators and e-commerce brands growing through Instagram DMs.
Skip it if: Anyone with many contacts on a tight budget: pricing scales with active contacts.
Price: Free: $0, 25 active contacts/month · Free: Free plan, no credit card. · checked 2026-10-18

Full listing and sources · Official site

N8N Chat UI

N8N Chat UI is the front end for a chatbot whose brain you build in n8n. You design a popup bubble or an in-page chat window in a visual editor with live preview (colors, fonts, avatars, welcome messages, starter prompts, custom CSS, right-to-left languages), connect it to an n8n Chat Trigger or webhook, and paste one snippet into your site. Widgets support streaming replies, voice messages, file uploads, Markdown and HTML replies, and pass page or user details to your workflow as metadata; a JavaScript API lets you open chats or send messages from your own buttons. There are plugins for WordPress, Webflow, Wix and Shopify, an n8n community node, and an MCP server so Claude, Cursor or VS Code can create and restyle widgets. It comes in two forms: Standalone widgets (one-time license, your page talks straight to n8n) and Managed widgets (prepaid credits, routed through its proxy so your webhook URL stays hidden, with domain locks, country limits, rate limits and analytics). It says it doesn’t store chat messages. It is an independent product, not made by n8n; it launched on the n8n forum in April 2025, was bought by new owners in August 2026, and was #4 on Product Hunt on October 26, 2026.

For: n8n builders, agencies and small businesses that already run an AI agent in n8n and want a polished, on-brand chat window on their site without writing front-end code.
Skip it if: Anyone who doesn’t use n8n (or another backend that returns JSON), since it is only the chat window, not the AI. Also skip if you need live human takeover today: the owners say full takeover isn’t built yet, and handoff currently goes through Slack, email or a helpdesk ticket via your workflow. Remember your n8n executions and AI model costs are billed separately.
Price: Free: design and preview without an account; 100 Managed-widget credits on signup (valid 30 days) · Free: 100 free Managed-widget credits on signup, valid for 30 days, no card needed; the editor and live preview are free without an account. · checked 2026-10-27

Full listing and sources · Official site

Tidio

Tidio combines live chat, a helpdesk, chatbot flows and the Lyro AI agent that answers customer questions from your knowledge base.

For: E-commerce stores and small businesses handling support chats.
Skip it if: Anyone wanting fast human support or stable renewal pricing (a reviewer said their rate doubled).
Price: Free: $0 · Free: Free plan; 7-day free trial on paid plans. · checked 2026-10-18

Full listing and sources · Official site