| Price from | $29/mo | $18/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | — | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 5 |
| Spec score · Chatbot Builders | 8.7 (#39) | 9.2 (#5) |
| AI bot generation | Yes | Yes |
| Deployment channels | multichannel | multichannel |
| Founded | 2018 | 2015 |
| Free plan | The Community plan is free for self-hosting on your own VPS with no licensing fees. | No |
| Human handoff | Yes | Yes |
| Developer integrations | Integrations include API, CLI, MCP, OpenClaw, n8n, and Make. | Official pricing documentation names Google Sheets, Zapier, Stripe and the Chatfuel API as integrations. |
| Knowledge-base answers | Yes | Yes |
| Self hosting | ChatbotX can be self-hosted, white-labeled, and resold to clients. | SDK documentation says generated applications can be deployed to Vercel, a private server or Docker while using Chatfuel infrastructure. |
| Paid from | 29 | 69 |
| Visual flow builder | Yes | Yes |