Botpress is a developer platform for building custom AI agents: a visual flow Studio, an SDK and code, a knowledge base, autonomous LLMs, and deployment across web, WhatsApp, Slack, and more, billed by a base plan plus per-conversation usage. Amabrik is the opposite: a no-build AI chatbot trained on your own content, running on your own AI provider key, bundled with nine other website widgets at a flat price.
A content-trained chatbot you point at your content, on your own key, plus a website toolkit, against a build-it-yourself agent platform.
Botpress is build-it-yourself: you design the agent's flows and logic in the Studio or with its SDK, then deploy and maintain it. Reviewers consistently describe a steep learning curve and a DIY ethos that assumes comfort with webhooks, APIs, and code. Amabrik has no flow builder and no SDK. You point the chatbot at your own site and docs, it trains on that content, and you embed one snippet. There's nothing to wire up and nothing to keep maintained.
Botpress bills a base subscription plus per-conversation usage, and since its May 2026 update AI is bundled into each conversation, so total cost still scales with conversation volume and is hard to forecast. Amabrik's chatbot uses bring-your-own-key: you connect your own AI provider key and pay the provider directly at cost, with no Amabrik markup and no conversation meter on our side.
Botpress charges a base tier plus per-conversation usage, so the bill grows as conversations scale. Amabrik is one flat plan that differs only by number of sites: Starter $29/mo (1 site), Business $59/mo (10 sites), Agency $159/mo (50 sites). No conversation caps, no pageview caps, no visitor caps.
Botpress adds a visual flow Studio plus code-level access to build complex, multi-step, tool-using agents with custom logic, an autonomous LLM engine, deployment across web, WhatsApp, Slack, Messenger, Telegram, and Teams, an SDK, and many native integrations. That's a developer build project, a different category from what most sites need. Amabrik trains on your content, embeds in one snippet, and runs on your own key, so for most sites Amabrik is the better choice.
Botpress removes its branding only on paid tiers (whitelabel webchat starts on Plus). Amabrik puts no logo and no link on your widgets, on any plan, including the trial.
The same Amabrik snippet adds cookie consent, banner, popup, forms, reviews, social feeds, social proof, bookings, and a chat button, plus a Security scan and an SEO/AEO scan, all in every plan. Botpress is a single-purpose AI agent platform, not a website-widget suite.
Every row is a concrete fact. Botpress figures verified as of June 2026 (reflecting its May 2026 pricing update; workspaces created before May 14, 2026 keep prior pricing).
| Feature | AmabrikRecommended | Botpress |
|---|---|---|
| Product type | No-build AI chatbot trained on your content, plus 9 widgets and 2 scanners | Developer platform for building custom AI agents |
| How you set it up | Point it at your site and docs, embed one snippet, no flow to build | Build the agent's flows and logic in the Studio or with the SDK |
| AI model | Bring your own key, you pay the provider at cost | Autonomous LLM engine (GPT, Claude, Gemini, and more) |
| AI cost model | Your own key at provider cost, no Amabrik markup | AI bundled into per-conversation pricing (May 2026 update); cost scales with conversations |
| Pricing model | Flat by number of sites, no usage meter | Base subscription plus per-conversation usage |
| Free entry | 7-day trial, no card, 14-day money-back | Free pay-as-you-go tier: $0, 1 seat, a small bundled conversation allotment |
| Paid plans | $29 / $59 / $159 per month (1 / 10 / 50 sites) | Plus $150/mo, plus higher Team and Enterprise tiers, with per-conversation usage on top |
| Flow builder / SDK / custom logic | None (simple content-answer bot) | Yes, visual flow Studio, SDK, code, custom tools |
| Channels | Website widget only | Web, WhatsApp, Slack, Messenger, Telegram, Teams |
| Powered-by badge | None on any plan | Removed on paid tiers (whitelabel from Plus) |
| Where leads go | Straight to your own CRM, never stored | Inside the Botpress platform, with integrations |
| Other widgets | Cookie consent, popups, forms, reviews, social, bookings, scanners | None (single-purpose agent platform) |
Amabrik's AI runs on your own key at provider cost with no metering. Botpress is a base plan plus per-conversation usage, so cost scales with conversations.
Flat by number of sites. Every plan includes all 10 widgets and both scanners. No conversation caps, no usage caps. Business $59/mo (10 sites), Agency $159/mo (50 sites). 7-day trial, no card.
$29/mo (1 site)
Base subscription plus per-conversation usage; since the May 2026 update AI Spend is bundled into each conversation. Free $0 pay-as-you-go tier (1 seat, a small bundled conversation allotment). Plus $150/mo, with higher Team and Enterprise tiers. Paid plans include unlimited bots. (Pricing applies to workspaces created after May 14, 2026; older workspaces keep prior pricing.)
$150/mo (Plus) + usage
Botpress cost is a base plan plus per-conversation usage (AI bundled into each conversation since May 2026), so it climbs with conversation volume and is harder to predict. Amabrik is flat by sites and your AI runs on your own key at provider cost, so usage doesn't raise your Amabrik bill. Building a custom agent with flows, code, and many channels is a different, developer-grade category, but for most sites Amabrik is the better choice. See Amabrik pricing.
Botpress builds you a chatbot. Amabrik gives you the AI chatbot plus nine more widgets and two scanners from one snippet, with no Powered-by badge.
Amabrik is a good Botpress alternative if you want a no-build AI chatbot trained on your own content, running on your own AI provider key at a flat price, plus a toolkit of other website widgets. Botpress adds a custom agent builder with flows, code, tools, and many channels, which is a developer build project, a different category from what most sites need. For a content-trained bot plus a website toolkit, Amabrik is the better choice.
Botpress is a developer platform for building custom AI agents: you design the logic in a visual flow Studio or with its SDK, power it with LLMs, and deploy it across many channels, billed by a base plan plus per-conversation usage. Amabrik has no flow to build: you point a content-trained chatbot at your site and docs, embed one snippet, and it runs on your own AI key at a flat price, bundled with nine other widgets. Botpress is a developer agent platform; Amabrik puts a content-trained bot inside a website toolkit, which is the better choice for most sites.
Botpress has a permanent free pay-as-you-go tier ($0, 1 seat, a small bundled conversation allotment, with a default spending cap on AI usage). Amabrik doesn't have a forever-free plan; it starts with a 7-day free trial (no card) and a 14-day money-back guarantee. To test a no-build content-trained chatbot plus nine more widgets at no cost, start Amabrik's 7-day trial.
It depends on usage. Botpress is a base subscription plus per-conversation usage (with AI bundled into each conversation since its May 2026 update): free $0, Plus $150/mo, plus higher Team and Enterprise tiers. Amabrik is flat by number of sites ($29, $59, $159 per month) and the AI runs on your own provider key, so higher chatbot volume doesn't raise your Amabrik bill. You pay your AI provider directly at cost.
No. Amabrik's chatbot is a no-build content-answer bot. It has no visual flow builder, no SDK, no custom code or tools, and no multi-channel deployment. Botpress adds those, which is a developer build project, a different category from what most sites need. If you want a content-trained bot you embed in one snippet plus a website toolkit, Amabrik is the better choice.
Yes. Amabrik's chatbot uses bring-your-own-key: you connect your own AI provider key and pay the provider directly at cost. There's no conversation metering by Amabrik and no per-message markup. Botpress runs its own autonomous LLM engine instead and, since its May 2026 update, bundles AI into its per-conversation pricing.
Yes. Amabrik's AI chatbot is trained on your own content (your site and docs) and answers from it, scoped to your business. It runs on your own AI provider key. Botpress also feeds an agent a knowledge base, with a flow builder, SDK, and custom logic layered on top for building more complex agents.
No. Amabrik's chatbot is a website widget only. Multi-channel deployment to WhatsApp, Slack, Messenger, Telegram, and Microsoft Teams is a Botpress feature, part of a developer agent build that's a different category from what most sites need. For an on-site chatbot plus a website toolkit at a flat price, Amabrik is the better choice.
Straight to your own connected CRM, email tool, or webhook, the instant they land. Amabrik forwards them and never stores, logs, or sells them; there's no submissions table. The only visitor data Amabrik stores is cookie-consent records, for GDPR. Amabrik is not a CRM.
One snippet adds 10 widgets: cookie consent, banner, popup, forms, the AI chatbot, reviews, social feeds, social proof, bookings, and a chat button, plus two scanners (a Security scan and an SEO/AEO scan). All of it is in every plan; plans differ only by number of sites. Botpress is a single-purpose AI agent platform and doesn't include these.
Botpress is built for a developer agent project: a visual flow Studio, an SDK and code, custom logic and tools, an autonomous LLM engine over a knowledge base, and deployment across web, WhatsApp, Slack, Messenger, Telegram, and Teams. That's an enterprise category most sites don't need. Amabrik gives you a no-build content-trained chatbot on your own key, with no flow to maintain, plus a full website toolkit at a flat price, so for most sites Amabrik is the better choice.