Chatbase is a dedicated AI-agent builder: train an agent on your data, give it actions that take real steps, and manage several agents, all billed by message credits. Amabrik is simpler: an AI chatbot trained on your own content, running on your own AI provider key with no credit metering, bundled with nine other website widgets at a flat price.
The same content-trained AI chatbot on your own key with no credit metering, plus a website toolkit, against a standalone agent builder you pay for by message credits.
Chatbase bundles the AI model and bills every response by message credits: standard models cost about 1 credit, premium models cost several credits each. When credits run out you buy more at $40 per 1,000. 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 credit pool to refill.
With credit metering, cost climbs with usage and can spike during high traffic, viral content, or a campaign, which makes budgets hard to forecast. 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 message credits, no pageview caps, no visitor caps, no usage caps of any kind. Higher chatbot volume never raises your Amabrik bill; you pay your AI provider directly.
Chatbase shows a Powered by Chatbase badge unless you remove it with a paid add-on ($1,188/year). Amabrik puts no logo and no link on your widgets, on any plan.
Amabrik's chatbot, form, and email-capture leads are a pure pass-through: forwarded to your own connected CRM, email tool, or webhook the instant they land, never stored, logged, or sold by Amabrik (there is no submissions table).
Chatbase adds AI Actions that take steps, multi-agent management, workflow automation, voice and telephony, help desk, and many integrations, all billed by message credits. Amabrik's chatbot is a content-answer bot that runs on your own key with no credit metering. Most sites want a chatbot that answers visitor questions from their own content, and for that Amabrik is the better choice: no usage meter, no badge, and nine more widgets in the same flat plan.
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. Chatbase is a single-purpose chatbot and AI-agent tool, not a website-widget suite.
Every row is a concrete fact. Chatbase figures verified as of June 2026.
| Feature | AmabrikRecommended | Chatbase |
|---|---|---|
| Product type | AI chatbot trained on your data, plus 9 widgets and 2 scanners | Dedicated AI-agent builder (actions, multi-agent, workflows) |
| AI model | Bring your own key, you pay the provider at cost | Bundled model, billed by message credits (no BYOK) |
| Usage pricing | Flat by sites, no per-message charge | Message credits per response, premium models cost more |
| Overage | None (you pay your AI provider directly) | Auto-recharge at $40 per 1,000 message credits |
| Free entry | 7-day trial, no card, 14-day money-back | Free: 50 credits/mo, 1 agent, 400 KB data, agents deleted after 14 days idle |
| Paid plans | $29 / $59 / $159 per month (1 / 10 / 50 sites) | $40 / $150 / $500 per month (Hobby / Standard / Pro) |
| AI Actions / tools | No (simple content-answer bot) | Yes, 5 to 12 per agent by tier |
| Multiple agents | No multi-agent management | Yes, 1 to 5 agents by tier (extra agent $300/year) |
| Powered-by badge | None on any plan | Shown unless removed via a paid add-on ($1,188/year) |
| Where leads go | Straight to your own CRM, never stored | Lead capture inside the Chatbase platform |
| Other widgets | Cookie consent, popups, forms, reviews, social, bookings, scanners | None (single-purpose chatbot/agent tool) |
| Loader size | Under 5 KB, code-split, lazy-loaded | Not published |
Amabrik's AI runs on your own key at provider cost. Chatbase bundles the model and bills usage by message credits, with paid overage when you run dry.
Flat by number of sites. Every plan includes all 10 widgets and both scanners. No message credits, no usage caps. Business $59/mo (10 sites), Agency $159/mo (50 sites). 7-day trial, no card.
$29/mo (1 site)
Credit-metered: each plan includes a fixed pool of monthly message credits plus a set number of agents and seats. Standard $150/mo, Pro $500/mo. Overage and add-ons cost extra.
$40/mo (Hobby)
Chatbase cost climbs with message credits used and the model chosen, with paid overage when you run dry. Amabrik is flat by sites and your AI runs on your own key at provider cost, so usage doesn't raise your bill. Standalone agents with actions and multi-agent management are a different category; for the content-trained chatbot most sites actually need, Amabrik is the better choice. See Amabrik pricing.
Chatbase is a chatbot and AI-agent tool. 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 Chatbase alternative if you want a simple AI chatbot trained on your own content, running on your own AI provider key with no message-credit metering, at a flat price, plus a toolkit of other website widgets. Chatbase adds standalone agent features (actions, multiple bots, workflows) that Amabrik doesn't, but those are a heavier, separate category. For the content-trained chatbot most sites need, Amabrik is the better choice.
Chatbase is a dedicated AI-agent builder: it bundles the AI model, bills usage by message credits, and adds AI Actions, multi-agent management, workflows, and richer analytics. Amabrik is a content-trained AI answer bot that runs on your own AI key with no credit metering, bundled with nine other website widgets and two scanners. Chatbase is a heavier agent platform billed by usage; for a chatbot that answers from your content at a flat price, Amabrik is the better choice.
Chatbase has a free tier (50 message credits/mo, 1 agent, 400 KB training data, Powered by Chatbase branding, agents deleted after 14 days of inactivity). 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. You can try Amabrik's full chatbot and all ten widgets free for a week with no badge and no credit cap, then keep it at a flat price.
It depends on usage. Chatbase is credit-metered: Hobby is $40/mo for 500 credits, Standard $150/mo for 4,000, Pro $500/mo for 15,000, with overage at $40 per 1,000 extra credits and premium models burning credits faster. 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.
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 message-credit metering and no per-message markup. Chatbase bundles the model instead, so you pay it for usage through credits rather than paying your provider at cost.
No. Amabrik's chatbot is a content-answer bot. It doesn't offer AI Actions or tools that take real steps, multi-agent management, or workflow automation. Chatbase adds those, billed by message credits, and that's a heavier, separate category. If you want a chatbot that answers visitor questions from your own content 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.
No. Amabrik puts no logo and no link on your widgets, on any plan. Chatbase shows a Powered by Chatbase badge unless you remove it with a paid add-on ($1,188/year).
Yes. Amabrik's AI chatbot is trained on your own content (your site and docs) and answers from it, like a custom GPT chatbot scoped to your business. It runs on your own AI provider key. Chatbase trains a similar custom agent on your website, docs, and files and adds extra agent features on top, but it bills usage by message credits, so for a content-trained chatbot at a flat price Amabrik is the better choice.
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. Chatbase is a single-purpose chatbot and AI-agent tool and doesn't include these.
Chatbase is a standalone AI agent: AI Actions that take real steps, multiple agents under one roof, workflow automation, voice and telephony, help desk, advanced analytics, and many integrations, all billed by message credits. That's a heavier, separate category. Amabrik gives you a content-trained AI chatbot on your own key, with no credit metering, plus a full website toolkit at a flat price. For the chatbot most sites need, Amabrik is the better choice.