SiteGPT vs Chatling. Pricing, AI and which to pick.

Both are AI chatbot builders that train on your website. SiteGPT sells flat plans with a message quota and a 7-day trial that needs a card; Chatling charges AI credits that vary by model and has a free plan.

Every price and feature here comes from SiteGPT's and Chatling's own websites, with links. ChatBento, our product, appears as a third column so you can see where a simpler website chatbot fits.

AI chatbot builders

SiteGPT

SiteGPT is an AI support chatbot trained on your website, files and connected sources, with escalation to a human, lead capture and an iOS live-inbox app.

Starts at: $39per month billed yearly ($59 monthly), Starter
Billing: Flat plan with a message quota
Free option: No (7-day trial, card required)

AI chatbot builders

Chatling

Chatling is an AI support platform for building chatbots trained on websites, documents and help-center content, with a live chat inbox for hand-off, actions, workflows and several channels.

Starts at: $25per month ($21 billed yearly), Starter
Billing: AI credits, priced by model
Free option: Yes, 200 AI credits/mo

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SiteGPT, Chatling and ChatBento compared on price and features
Feature	SiteGPT	Chatling	ChatBentoOur product
Free plan	No (7-day trial, card required)	Yes, 200 AI credits/mo	Yes, 50 AI messages/mo
Lowest paid plan	$39/mo billed yearly, $59 monthly	$25/mo ($21 billed yearly)	$14/mo (2,000 AI messages)
How the AI is billed	Flat plan with a message quota	AI credits, priced by model	Flat monthly price, no seats
AI answers trained on your website	Yes	Yes	Yes
Install with one script tag	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lead capture	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hand-off to a human	Yes, to a live agent	Yes, to live chat	Yes, by email
Live chat inbox for your team	iOS app, Growth and up	Yes	No
WhatsApp, Messenger and other channels	WhatsApp (add-on), Messenger	Starter and up	Not yet
Native integrations (CRM, Slack and others)	Yes	Yes	Not yet

SiteGPT details checked October 23, 2026; Chatling details checked October 23, 2026. Prices change, so check each company's pricing page before you decide.

Where each one is stronger

SiteGPT's strengths

From SiteGPT's own site. Check Chatling's column in the table above for the same rows.

More training sources
Besides links and sitemaps, SiteGPT trains on YouTube, CSV, TXT, PDF, DOCX, PPTX and Markdown files, and on Notion, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, Box and GitHub.
sitegpt.ai/integrations
Take over live from your phone
On Growth and up, SiteGPT's iOS app is a live inbox that notifies you when a visitor asks for a human and lets you take over from the AI.
sitegpt.ai/pricing
Chat integrations
SiteGPT connects to Slack, Messenger, WhatsApp, Google Chat, Crisp, Freshdesk Messaging, Zendesk and Zoho SalesIQ.
sitegpt.ai/integrations
API and webhooks
API access from Growth, webhooks from Scale, plus analytics with CSV export.
sitegpt.ai/pricing

Chatling's strengths

From Chatling's own site. Check SiteGPT's column in the table above for the same rows.

Live chat built in
Chatling hands conversations to your team in a live chat inbox on every plan, with AI chat summaries and round-robin routing on Growth and up.
chatling.ai/pricing
Messaging channels
From Starter, the same agent answers on WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger and Telegram, and there's API access.
chatling.ai/pricing
Actions and workflows
Agents can run actions (2 to 12 per agent by plan) and multi-step workflows triggered by conversation or contact events, with integrations like Zapier, Slack, HubSpot and Zendesk.
chatling.ai/pricing
More knowledge sources
Besides websites and sitemaps, Chatling learns from PDF, DOCX and TXT files, FAQs, Notion, Zendesk and Zoho.
docs.chatling.ai/knowledge-base/data-source-types

SiteGPT and Chatling pricing

Each plan as the company lists it, with the fees that come on top.

SiteGPT pricing

Starterper mo billed yearly ($59 monthly). 1 chatbot, 4,000 GPT-4.1-mini messages$39
Growthper mo billed yearly ($129 monthly). 2 chatbots, 10,000 messages$79
Scaleper mo billed yearly ($429 monthly). 3 chatbots, 40,000 messages$259
Enterprisetalk to salesCustom

No free plan; a 7-day free trial, card required. Checked October 23, 2026 on sitegpt.ai/pricing.

SiteGPT counts a visitor's question and the AI's reply together as one message, and a GPT-4.1 message uses 10 times the quota of a GPT-4.1-mini message. Source
Removing SiteGPT branding and adding WhatsApp are paid add-ons, each from $39 a month billed yearly. Source

SiteGPT pricing, worked out

Chatling pricing

Free200 AI credits / mo, 1 AI agent, 1 seat$0
Starterper mo ($21 billed yearly). 1,750 AI credits, 2 agents, 2 seats$25
Growthper mo ($63 billed yearly). 6,000 AI credits, 5 agents, 5 seats$75
Scaleper mo ($246 billed yearly). 35,000 AI credits, 7 agents, 10 seats$295

Free plan with 200 AI credits a month; no trial, a 7-day money-back guarantee. Checked October 23, 2026 on chatling.ai/pricing.

Chatling charges AI credits per response, and the number depends on the model: from half a credit to 25 credits per reply on the examples its pricing page lists. Source
Removing “Powered by Chatling” is included on Scale, or a $35/month add-on. Source

Chatling pricing, worked out

Which to choose

It comes down to who answers your chats and how you'd rather be billed.

Choose SiteGPT if

Your knowledge lives in PDFs, Notion, Google Drive or YouTube, not just on your website.
You want to jump into chats live from your phone.
You need the bot in Slack, WhatsApp or your Zendesk widget, or want an API.

Choose Chatling if

You want to take over chats live inside the same tool.
You need the bot on WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger or Telegram too.
You want the bot to run actions and workflows, or to pick a stronger AI model per reply.

Choose ChatBento if

Our product

You want an AI chatbot on your website that answers from your own pages, Q&As and text, not a full support suite.
You'd rather pay a flat $14, $30 or $100 a month than per seat or per resolution, or start on the free plan with 50 AI messages a month.
An email hand-off is enough when a visitor needs a person.

Only need AI answers on your website?

ChatBento reads your site in about a minute and answers visitors from it. Free plan forever, paid plans from $14 a month.

ChatBento vs SiteGPT ChatBento vs Chatling

SiteGPT vs Chatling. Questions, answered.

Which is cheaper, SiteGPT or Chatling?

It depends on how you'd use them, because they bill differently. SiteGPT starts at $39 (per month billed yearly ($59 monthly), Starter), billed as: flat plan with a message quota. Chatling starts at $25 (per month ($21 billed yearly), Starter), billed as: AI credits, priced by model. Price your own monthly volume on both before you decide.

Do SiteGPT and Chatling have free plans?

SiteGPT: No free plan; a 7-day free trial, card required. Chatling: Free plan with 200 AI credits a month; no trial, a 7-day money-back guarantee.

What is the main difference between SiteGPT and Chatling?

Which should I choose, SiteGPT or Chatling?

Choose SiteGPT if your knowledge lives in PDFs, Notion, Google Drive or YouTube, not just on your website. Choose Chatling if you want to take over chats live inside the same tool.

Do I need a live chat inbox at all?

Only if someone on your team will answer chats in real time. SiteGPT (iOS app, Growth and up) and Chatling both include one. If you mostly want visitors' questions answered from your website, an AI chatbot with an email hand-off does that without a seat for each person.

Is there a simpler, flat-priced alternative to SiteGPT and Chatling?

ChatBento is an AI chatbot for your website that learns from your pages and Q&As, captures leads and hands off to you by email. It has a free plan with 50 AI messages a month, then $14, $30 or $100 a month, with AI answers included and no seats. It has no live chat inbox, ticketing or messaging channels, so it fits when the website chatbot is the job.

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Sources: sitegpt.ai/pricing, sitegpt.ai/integrations, chatling.ai/pricing, docs.chatling.ai/knowledge-base/data-source-types

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