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Chatbase pricing 2026. Plans, costs and what you pay.

What Chatbase costs, plan by plan, and what you'll pay once yearly or monthly billing are counted. Every figure links to the page it came from.

Lowest paid plan
$40per month, Hobby ($32 billed yearly)
How it's billed
Tiered monthly plans
Free plan
No (7-day trial only)
Prices checked
October 30, 2026on chatbase.co/pricing
Every Chatbase planWhat you'll actually payA cheaper option

Chatbase plans and prices

3 prices as Chatbase's own site lists them, with the billing basis. Plans we couldn't confirm are left out.

Chatbase plans with price, billing basis, source and date checked
PlanPriceBilling and what's includedSource
Hobby$40per mo, or $32 per mo billed yearlychatbase.co/pricingChecked October 30, 2026
Basic$150per mo, or $120 per mo billed yearlychatbase.co/pricingChecked October 30, 2026
Business$500per mo, or $400 per mo billed yearlychatbase.co/pricingChecked October 30, 2026

Free plan or trial

No free plan; a 7-day trial only.

As Chatbase's pricing page states it, checked October 30, 2026.

How Chatbase bills

Tiered monthly plans

What you'll actually pay

The headline price is rarely the bill. Here's what Chatbase adds on top, quoted from its pricing page, and a month priced out.

Worked example

A year on Hobby

Chatbase's entry plan for twelve months, paid month to month or billed yearly. Basic is $150 and Business $500 a month.

Hobby, billed yearly12 × $32
$384
Hobby, billed monthly12 × $40
$480
Rangeper year, depending on billing
$384 to $480

We list Chatbase's plan prices only. Check its pricing page for each plan's message limits before you compare volumes.

For comparison

Hobby$96 a year

2,000 AI messages / month, AI answers included, no seats or per-resolution fees.

An illustration from Chatbase's published prices, not a quote. Most examples use the same month: 500 conversations, about 2 AI replies each, 2 people on the team, and the AI resolving half the conversations. Sources: chatbase.co/pricing.

On top of the plan price

  • Yearly billing lowers Hobby from $40 to $32 a month. We list Chatbase's plan prices only; check its pricing page for each plan's message limits. Source

Price your own volume with the chatbot cost calculator, or see how Chatbase fits among 15 tools in the AI chatbot pricing guide.

Is Chatbase worth it?

Chatbase is an AI chatbot builder, the same kind of tool as ChatBento, so the question is what its extra features are worth to you.

What the money buys

  • Native integrations and automated actions

    Chatbase offers native integrations and automated actions, such as Slack and WhatsApp. ChatBento focuses on the website chatbot and doesn't have those yet.

Worth it if

  • You depend on native integrations and automated actions such as Slack or WhatsApp.

Harder to justify if

  • You want to start without paying: Chatbase has no free plan.
  • You mainly need AI answers on your website, which ChatBento does from $8 a month.

A cheaper option: ChatBento

ChatBento is our product. It's an AI chatbot for your website: it learns from your pages and Q&As, answers visitors around the clock, captures leads and emails you when a person is needed. One flat monthly price, AI included, no seats. Its lowest paid plan is $8 a month; Chatbase's starts at $40.

  • Free

    $0/mo

    • 50 AI messages / month
    • Train on up to 50 pages
    • Free forever, no card

  • Hobby

    $8/mo

    • 2,000 AI messages / month
    • 1 chatbot
    • Train on up to 200 pages

  • Standard

    $30/mo

    • 10,000 AI messages / month
    • 3 chatbots
    • Train on up to 2,000 pages

  • Pro

    $100/mo

    • 40,000 AI messages / month
    • 10 chatbots
    • Train on up to 10,000 pages

To be clear about the trade-off: ChatBento doesn't have these, which Chatbase lists: native integrations.

See it on your own site first.

Enter your website and ChatBento reads it in about a minute. Free plan forever, no card.

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How much does Chatbase cost in 2026?

Chatbase lists Hobby: $40, per mo, or $32 per mo billed yearly; Basic: $150, per mo, or $120 per mo billed yearly; Business: $500, per mo, or $400 per mo billed yearly. Prices checked October 30, 2026 on Chatbase's own site.

Does Chatbase have a free plan or trial?

No free plan; a 7-day trial only. ChatBento has a free plan with 50 AI messages a month that doesn't expire, and needs no card.

Is Chatbase cheaper if you pay yearly?

Yearly billing lowers Hobby from $40 to $32 a month. We list Chatbase's plan prices only; check its pricing page for each plan's message limits.

What will I actually pay for Chatbase?

It depends on volume. One example: Chatbase's entry plan for twelve months, paid month to month or billed yearly. Basic is $150 and Business $500 a month. By Chatbase's published prices that comes to $384 to $480 a year, depending on billing. ChatBento's Hobby plan is $96 a year.

Is Chatbase worth the price?

It can be, if you depend on native integrations and automated actions such as Slack or WhatsApp. If you mainly want AI answers on your website, you'd be paying for more than you use.

What is a cheaper alternative to Chatbase?

ChatBento, 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 $8, $30 or $100 a month, with no seats or per-resolution fees. It doesn't yet cover everything Chatbase lists: native integrations.

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Chatbase is a trademark of its owner; ChatBento is not affiliated with or endorsed by Chatbase. Prices are from Chatbase's own website and change often, so confirm on their pricing page before you buy.

Sources, checked October 30, 2026: chatbase.co/pricing

Chatbase starts at $40. ChatBento starts at $8.

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