# Botpress: what's new, verdict & setup Canonical: https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/botpress · First covered by us (no vendor release date published): 2026-10-25 · Last verified: 2026-10-25 · Evidence: Reported (not run by us) · Vendor: Botpress · Official site: https://botpress.com/ > Customer-support AI agent platform with a free plan and conversation-based paid plans. ## Verdict **Customer-support AI agent platform with a free plan and conversation-based paid plans.** Good for: - Support teams wanting AI agents with per-conversation costs Skip if: - You need a general-purpose agent builder Status: Reported. Written from official release notes and docs; we have not run this release ourselves. Pricing: Official page, dated. Read from botpress.com/pricing on 2026-10-25. (checked 2026-10-25) ## Best for - [Best AI tool for agent building](https://theagenticweekly.com/best/agent-building) (#-): Agent platform for customer support with per-conversation pricing. ## Key facts Botpress's pricing page lists Free ($0), a $150 a month plan with 250 conversations included ($0.65 per extra conversation in packs of 100), a $750 a month plan with 1,500 conversations ($0.50 each in packs) and Enterprise custom. - License: Proprietary - Platforms: Web - Pricing model: Freemium - Free tier: Free: $0 - Paid plans: $150 per month with 250 conversations; $750 per month with 1,500 conversations; extra conversations $0.65 or $0.50 each in packs of 100; Enterprise custom - How to start: Sign up free and build a first agent from the dashboard. - Catalog entry: facts read from the vendor's pages on 2026-10-25. We do not track release notes for this entry. ## How to set it up: Get started with Botpress These steps come from the vendor's own pages as read on 2026-10-25. We have not run Botpress. 1. **Get access.** Sign up free and build a first agent from the dashboard. 2. **Check the limits and costs first.** Free: $0. Paid: $150 per month with 250 conversations; $750 per month with 1,500 conversations; extra conversations $0.65 or $0.50 each in packs of 100; Enterprise custom. Read from botpress.com/pricing on 2026-10-25. ## Pros and cons Pros: - Published conversation rates - Free plan Cons: - Support-focused ## Alternatives - [Voiceflow](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/voiceflow): Platform for chat and voice AI agents for customer experience teams. - [Lindy](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/lindy): AI 'employee' builder that connects to your tools; Free plan with $50 in credits that last 7 days, then credit-based plans. - [Dify](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/dify): Open-source platform for building LLM apps and agent workflows with a visual canvas; licensed under a modified Apache 2.0 with extra conditions. - [Langflow](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/langflow): MIT-licensed visual builder for AI agents and MCP servers with a very large GitHub following. - [Gumloop](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/gumloop): Agent builder for teams; plans start at $37 per month with 20k included credits. - [Microsoft Copilot Studio](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/copilot-studio): Microsoft's platform for creating and managing custom agents, workflows and apps with no code. - [Pydantic AI](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/pydantic-ai): Python agent framework built on Pydantic types, covering agents, realtime voice, image generation and embeddings. - [Relevance AI](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/relevance-ai): Platform for specialist AI agents for sales, customer success, marketing and HR, with an embedded deployment team. - [LangGraph](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/langgraph): Low-level framework for building long-running, stateful agents as graphs. - [Vercel AI SDK](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/vercel-ai-sdk): Vercel's TypeScript SDK that gives one API across many model providers, with streaming and agent helpers. - [Agno](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/agno): Open-source agent framework that now sells a self-driving agent platform you run in your own cloud. - [Claude Code](https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/claude-code): Anthropic's agentic coding tool for your terminal, IDE and GitHub. ## FAQ ### What is Botpress? Botpress's pricing page lists Free ($0), a $150 a month plan with 250 conversations included ($0.65 per extra conversation in packs of 100), a $750 a month plan with 1,500 conversations ($0.50 each in packs) and Enterprise custom. ### Is Botpress free? Free: $0. Paid: $150 per month with 250 conversations; $750 per month with 1,500 conversations; extra conversations $0.65 or $0.50 each in packs of 100; Enterprise custom. Read from botpress.com/pricing on 2026-10-25. Checked 2026-10-25; prices change, so confirm on the vendor's page. ### What license is Botpress under? Its license: Proprietary. Read from the project's own pages on 2026-10-25. ## What we have not verified - Release date (none published on the pages we read; the date shown is the day we first covered this entry) ## Sources - [Botpress](https://botpress.com/) (fetched 2026-10-25) - [Botpress pricing](https://botpress.com/pricing) (fetched 2026-10-25) ## How to cite Agentic Weekly, "Botpress: what's new, verdict & setup", last updated 2026-10-25, https://theagenticweekly.com/tools/botpress Keep the Reported or Tested label when you quote the verdict.