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ChatBot.com vs Help Scout

See how their public offers line up before you choose your own position. Prices stay in the currency, billing schedule, and charged unit each vendor publishes.

USD · US · source: www.chatbot.com

Plan Pricing Charged by Offer type
Essential
USD 25 monthly · USD 19 / month with annual commitment

$19 per user / mo. Price per user (billed monthly) $25. Price per user (billed yearly) $19

Seat · per user Standalone · Fixed
Growth Highlighted
USD 99 monthly · USD 79 / month with annual commitment

$79 per user / mo. Price per user (billed monthly) $99. Price per user (billed yearly) $79

Seat · per user Standalone · Fixed
Enterprise — annual plan
Contact sales

Custom

Seat · per user Standalone · Contact sales

USD · US · source: www.helpscout.com

Plan Pricing Charged by Offer type
Free
Free

The Free plan includes 5 users, 1 Inbox, and 1 Docs site.

Seat Standalone · Free
Standard
USD 25 monthly

$ 25 per user/mo

Seat · per user/mo Standalone · Fixed
Plus Highlighted
USD 45 monthly

$ 45 per user/mo

Seat · per user/mo Standalone · Fixed
Pro
USD 75 monthly

$ 75 per user/mo

Seat · per user/mo Standalone · Fixed

What each plan includes

Feature names follow each vendor’s own pricing page, so verify the wording before treating them as exact equivalents.

ChatBot.com

Essential

AI Agent

AI Agent

1

Limited

AI Agent

Included AI resolutions

10 resolutions per month • 120 resolutions per year

Limited

AI Agent

Custom skills

10

Limited

AI productivity tools

Reply suggestions

5 monthly per user

Limited

AI productivity tools

AI text edits

5 monthly per user

Limited

Support and automation

Inbox and ticketing system

Included

Support and automation

Workflow automation

Included

Support and automation

Human takeover

Included

Automation and campaigns

Proactive campaigns

3

Limited

Sell through service

Proactive campaigns impressions

1,000

Limited

Sell through service

Live visitors tracked

50

Limited

Channels and selling

Website chat

Included

Channels and selling

Messenger

Included

Channels and selling

WhatsApp

Included

Channels and selling

SMS (Twilio)

Included

Channels and selling

Selling through Shopify

Included

AI productivity tools

AI canned reply suggestions

—

Excluded

AI productivity tools

Chat summaries

—

Excluded

AI productivity tools

Ticket summaries

—

Excluded

AI productivity tools

Chat topics

—

Excluded

AI productivity tools

Tag suggestions

—

Excluded

Inbox and chats

Chat routing rules

—

Excluded

Inbox and chats

Working hours

—

Excluded

Inbox and chats

Chat tags

5

Limited

Inbox and chats

Teams

1

Limited

Inbox and chats

Shared canned responses

—

Excluded

Inbox and chats

Team member takeover

—

Excluded

Inbox and chats

Chat supervision

—

Excluded

Inbox and chats

Chat inactivity timeout

—

Excluded

Tickets

Custom fields

5

Limited

Tickets

Ticketing rules

3

Limited

Tickets

Forwarding addresses

1

Limited

Tickets

Email templates

1

Limited

Workflows and automation

Included workflow rules

3

Limited

Workflows and automation

Included workflow executions

300

Limited

Workflows and automation

Automated tags

—

Excluded

Reporting

Agent activity

—

Excluded

Reporting

Agent performance

—

Excluded

Reporting

On-demand reporting

—

Excluded

Website widget

Multilingual support

—

Excluded

Customization

White label

—

Excluded

Data and storage

Conversation & file history

60 days

Limited

Data and storage

Files & data storage

2 GB + 50 MB per user

Limited

Access and developer tools

Included API calls

10,000 per month

Limited

Security

Security assistance

—

Excluded

Security

Audit logs

—

Excluded

Security

Custom SSO

—

Excluded

Enterprise services

Service level agreements (SLAs)

—

Excluded

Growth

AI Agent

AI Agent

10

Limited

AI Agent

Included AI resolutions

200 resolutions per month • 2,400 resolutions per year

Limited

AI Agent

Custom skills

10

Limited

AI productivity tools

Reply suggestions

50 monthly per user

Limited

AI productivity tools

AI text edits

100 monthly per user

Limited

AI Agent

Chat topics insights

Included

Team and scale

Chat supervision and takeover

Included

Team and scale

Shared canned responses

Included

Team and scale

Team performance reports

Included

Team and scale

Agent activity reports

Included

Team and scale

Unlimited chat history

unlimited

Included

Automation and campaigns

Automated tags

Included

Automation and campaigns

Included workflow rules

10

Limited

Automation and campaigns

Included workflow executions

1,000

Limited

Automation and campaigns

Proactive campaigns

30

Limited

Sell through service

Proactive campaigns impressions

10,000

Limited

Sell through service

Live visitors tracked

400

Limited

AI productivity tools

AI canned reply suggestions

Included

AI productivity tools

Chat summaries

Included

AI productivity tools

Ticket summaries

Included

AI productivity tools

Chat topics

Included

AI productivity tools

Tag suggestions

Included

Inbox and chats

Chat routing rules

Included

Inbox and chats

Working hours

Included

Inbox and chats

Teams

10

Limited

Inbox and chats

Team member takeover

Included

Inbox and chats

Chat inactivity timeout

Included

Tickets

Custom fields

20

Limited

Tickets

Ticketing rules

10

Limited

Tickets

Forwarding addresses

10

Limited

Tickets

Email templates

10

Limited

Workflows and automation

Chat canned response suggestions

Included

Reporting

Agent activity

Included

Reporting

Agent performance

Included

Reporting

On-demand reporting

—

Excluded

Website widget

Multilingual support

Included

Customization

Custom customer segments

Included

Customization

White label

—

Excluded

Data and storage

Conversation & file history

unlimited

Included

Data and storage

Files & data storage

15 GB + 100 MB per user

Limited

Access and developer tools

Included API calls

20,000 per month

Limited

Security

Security assistance

—

Excluded

Security

Audit logs

—

Excluded

Security

Custom SSO

—

Excluded

Enterprise services

Service level agreements (SLAs)

—

Excluded

Enterprise — annual plan

Adapts to how you work

Custom AI Agents

custom

Included

AI Agent

Included AI resolutions

custom

Limited

Adapts to how you work

Tailored workflow automation

Included

Adapts to how you work

Plugged into your data

Included

Adapts to how you work

On-demand reporting

Included

Adapts to how you work

Flexible scaling and usage limits

custom

Included

A dedicated team for your account

Support from Product Expert

Included

A dedicated team for your account

Personalized onboarding

Included

A dedicated team for your account

Product training for your team

Included

A dedicated team for your account

Direct engineering support

Included

A dedicated team for your account

Security assistance

Included

No procurement surprises

SOC 2 Type 2

Included

No procurement surprises

Service level agreements (SLAs)

Included

No procurement surprises

Legal and compliance review

Included

No procurement surprises

Alternative payment terms

Included

No procurement surprises

White-label widget

Included

No procurement surprises

SSO and audit logs

Included

AI productivity tools

Reply suggestions

custom

Limited

AI productivity tools

AI text edits

custom

Limited

Sell through service

Live visitors tracked

custom

Limited

Sell through service

Proactive campaigns

custom

Limited

Sell through service

Proactive campaigns impressions

custom

Limited

Inbox and chats

Teams

custom

Limited

Tickets

Custom fields

custom

Limited

Tickets

Ticketing rules

custom

Limited

Tickets

Forwarding addresses

custom

Limited

Tickets

Email templates

custom

Limited

Workflows and automation

Included workflow rules

custom

Limited

Workflows and automation

Included workflow executions

custom

Limited

Data and storage

Conversation & file history

unlimited

Included

Data and storage

Files & data storage

custom

Limited

Access and developer tools

Included API calls

custom

Limited

Customization

Custom roles

Included

Customization

Multiple brands

Included

Help Scout

Free

Team management

Users

Up to 5

Included

Shared Inbox

Inboxes

1

Included

Shared Inbox

Contacts

100/mo

Limited

Shared Inbox

Saved replies

10

Limited

Shared Inbox

Tags

10

Limited

Knowledge base

Docs sites

1

Included

Knowledge base

Articles

10

Limited

Knowledge base

Beacon

1

Included

Standard

Team management

Users

Up to 25

Included

Shared Inbox

Multiple Inboxes

2 (additional Inboxes $10/mo)

Included

Channels

Live chat and SMS

Included

Channels

WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger

Included

Knowledge base

Multiple knowledge bases

2 (additional sites $20/mo)

Included

Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

One basic SLA policy

1 basic policy

Included

Automation

Basic workflows

150 basic workflows

Included

Shared Inbox

Unlimited tags and saved replies

Unlimited

Included

AI

AI Inbox assistant

Included

Shared Inbox

Contacts

Unlimited

Included

Reporting

Reporting history

30-day history

Limited

Plus

Team management

Users

Up to 50

Included

Team management

Light users

5 included

Included

Shared Inbox

Inboxes

5 (additional Inboxes $10/mo)

Included

Automation

Advanced workflows

500 advanced workflows

Included

Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

Two advanced SLA policies

2 advanced policies

Included

Highlights

Secure customer portal

Included

AI

Unlimited AI Drafts

Unlimited

Included

Routing

Round robin routing

Round robin

Included

Integrations

Salesforce, Jira, and HubSpot

Included

Team management

Internal teams

Included

Company management

Group conversations by company

Included

Knowledge base

Docs sites

3 (additional sites $20/mo)

Included

Reporting

Reporting history

2-year history

Included

Pro

Team management

Users

Unlimited (minimum 10)

Included

Team management

Light users

Up to 50 light users

Included

Shared Inbox

Inboxes

10 (additional Inboxes $10/mo)

Included

Automation

Unlimited workflows

Unlimited advanced workflows

Included

Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

Unlimited SLA policies

Unlimited

Included

Routing

Multiple routing types

Round robin + load balanced

Included

Security

SSO/SAML

Included

Security

HIPAA compliance

Included

Support

Dedicated onboarding specialist

Included

Support

Strategic account manager

Included

Integrations

Preferred pricing on Aircall

Preferred pricing

Included

Knowledge base

Docs sites

5 (additional sites $20/mo)

Included

Reporting

Reporting history

All-time

Included

How their prices changed

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ChatBot.com

    • Essential: USD 25 monthly · USD 19 / month with annual commitment
    • Growth: USD 99 monthly · USD 79 / month with annual commitment
    • Enterprise — annual plan: Contact sales
    • Let's talk: Contact sales
    • Essential: USD 19 monthly
    • Growth: USD 79 monthly