Plain vs Chatwoot Pricing (2026)
How do these two stack up on price? Here's what each one costs, what you get, and where the value sits.
Foundation
- +2,000 credits / mo
- Slack, email, in-app channels
- Ari AI agent included
- Linear, Jira integrations
- Customer cards
- AI workflows
- Sidekick AI assistant
- Get help via email + chat
Horizon
- +15,000 credits / mo
- Microsoft Teams
- SLAs and Business hours
- Escalation paths
- Help Center, Knowledge Base
- CRM integrations
- Reporting themes
- AI suggested responses
- Priority support via Slack
Frontier
- + Custom credits
- Discord channels
- Lookup with Cursor
- Custom workspaces
- Custom contracting
- Advanced security
- SSO and SCIM
- Custom AI + bring your own agent
- Dedicated CSM + white glove onboarding
Hacker
- Conversations
- Channels
- Data retention
Startups
- Conversations
- Channels
- Captain AI
- Help center
- Data retention
Business
Popular- Conversations
- Channels
- Voice
- Captain AI
- Help center
- Teams
- Automation rules
- Data retention
Enterprise
- Conversations
- Channels
- Voice
- Captain AI
- Help center
- Teams
- Automation rules
- SSO / SAML
- Audit logs
- Data retention
Plain vs Chatwoot FAQ
- Which one is cheaper?
- Chatwoot is the cheaper option, starting at $19/mo vs $35/mo for Plain.
- Can I use either one for free?
- Chatwoot has a free plan. Plain doesn't — though they do offer a free trial.
- How do they charge?
- Both use a per-seat model, so the comparison is straightforward — it comes down to features and limits at each price point.
- Which one is a better deal?
- Depends on what you need. Plain: At $35/seat, they're undercutting Intercom and Zendesk's mid-market plans but positioning above bare-bones tools like Crisp or Freshdesk's entry tiers. They're going after product-led companies that want a modern, developer-friendly support tool without enterprise pricing. Chatwoot: Chatwoot is playing the affordable open-source-friendly angle hard — $39/seat Business tier undercuts Intercom and Zendesk significantly, and the free plan for open source projects is a direct community acquisition move. They're not chasing enterprise logos; they're trying to win dev-adjacent teams and scrappy support orgs who'd otherwise self-host.
Keep tabs on both.
We'll monitor pricing changes for Plain and Chatwoot and let you know when something moves.