Best free tier for live-chat

An all-in-one live-chat + help-desk + chatbot platform with a genuine forever-free tier. Crisp Free is free forever for 2 seats with unlimited conversations, a live chat widget, a basic chatbot, 1 custom domain, and 60-day conversation history; Crisp branding on the chat widget. Pro from ~€25/month/workspace adds unlimited seats, triggers, campaigns, and removes branding.

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2 seats, unlimited conversations, live chat + chatbot

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$25/mo

The enterprise default for help-desk and customer-support ticketing. No forever-free tier — a 14-day free trial of Zendesk Suite, then paid Suite Team from ~$55/seat/mo for unified email, chat, voice, and social messaging, a shared inbox, and reporting. Huge app marketplace and the deepest ticketing + automation of any help-desk tool.

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14-day free trial (no forever-free tier)

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$55/mo

A modern, messaging-first customer-support platform that combines a shared inbox, live chat, a help-center bot (Fin), and proactive engagement. No forever-free tier — a 14-day free trial, then paid Essential from ~$39/seat/mo for a shared inbox, live chat, and basic automation; Advanced adds the Fin AI agent and workflows.

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14-day free trial (no forever-free tier)

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$39/mo