Automate Basics

Tidio vs LiveChat

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 7 November 2026.

Compared on
Tidio

Free plan · from $24.17/mo

LiveChat

Free trial · from $19/user/mo

What it isLive chat, ticketing and an AI agent (Lyro) for customer serviceLive chat software for websites and online stores, priced per user, with AI reply tools
Free plan50 billable conversations a month, 10 seats, live chat and ticketing, 50 Lyro AI Agent conversations (one-off, lifetime), 100 visitors reached by Flows a monthNo
Cheapest paid plan$24.17/mo billed annually (Starter)Tidio pricing$19/user/mo billed annually (Essential)LiveChat pricing
What it covers100 billable conversations/month; annual billing is advertised as 2 months free.Annual billing is $228 per user a year; includes 1 AI Agent and 10 AI resolutions a month.
Free trial7-day free trial of all features and plans, no credit card needed; the account moves to the Free plan at the end unless you upgrade14-day free trial, no credit card needed
PlatformsWebWeb
Integrations (vendor's figure)Not statedmore than 200 tools
Open sourceNoNo
Good for
  • Adding live chat and an AI agent to a small online shop's website
  • Answering repetitive customer questions automatically
  • Collecting leads or quote requests with automated chat flows
  • Online stores and SaaS sites that sell or support through chat
  • Small teams that need a chat tool with a short learning curve
Watch out for
  • Free plan is limited to 50 billable conversations a month and 100 Flows visitors
  • Lyro's free allowance is a one-off 50 conversations; more needs a paid Lyro quota (from $39 a month, or $32.50 billed annually, for 50 conversations)
  • Starter includes 100 billable conversations a month; Growth starts at 250
  • Every person answering chats needs a paid seat
  • AI resolutions are capped per month (10 on Essential, 200 on Growth); extra packs cost $49.50 per 50
  • No free plan
Made byTidioText

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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