Botpress cut free pay-as-you-go messages from 2,000 to 500 a month
The free pay-as-you-go plan's included incoming messages dropped from 2,000 to 500 a month; Team collaborators were also cut from 5 to 3 and bots from 20 to 3 (detected in Q4 2024).
What changed
- Free tier cut, Oct 2024
- Before: PAYG: 2,000 incoming messages/mo
- After: PAYG: 500 incoming messages/mo
Cheaper alternatives to Botpress
At 500 conversations, Botpress costs $384/mo. 2 AI support agents cost less:
- Chatbase: $120/mo (Hobby ($40/mo) + 2 auto-recharge packs of 1,000 credits), covers 88% of Botpress; missing or partial: Visual flow builder, Lead capture & qualification (partly)
- Fin (Intercom): $336/mo (Intercom Essential (1 seat, monthly) + Fin at $0.99/outcome), covers 80% of Botpress; missing or partial: Visual flow builder (partly), Lead capture & qualification, LLM model choice, White-label & client workspaces
Botpress alternatives: 2 AI support agents compared, at every size.
Sources
Every price and change for Botpress: Botpress.