Manychat alternatives
By Joris van Huët · each comparison from the vendors' own pricing and help pages, prices dated on the page
The short answer: 7 tools are compared with Manychat on this site, and the line under each one is the verdict from its comparison: who should pick which, with the figures that decide it on the comparison itself. Read the one that names your job. What Manychat costs and who it suits is in its entry, and how to use Manychat walks through one job with it.
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Chatfuel
If you run a clinic, salon or studio that takes bookings over WhatsApp and you want an AI agent to hold the whole conversation, Chatfuel fits: its Business plan is $20 a month on monthly billing, with $20 of credits loaded into the wallet, every channel and unlimited teammates (Chatfuel plans article).
Landbot
If your leads arrive on a landing page and have to reach HubSpot qualified, Landbot is the tool, and the plan that connects HubSpot is Professional at $110 a month on monthly billing for 2,500 chats (Landbot pricing).
LinkDM
If the whole job is sending a link when someone comments a keyword, LinkDM does it for less: its free plan sends up to 1,000 DMs a month from one Instagram account, and Pro at $19 a month sends up to 25,000 per account across three accounts (LinkDM pricing).
respond.io
If several people sell over WhatsApp and Instagram, a clinic group, a travel agency or a dealership, respond.io is built for that floor: Growth costs $199 a month on monthly billing for 1,000 monthly active contacts with 10 users, AI agents and HubSpot included (respond.io pricing).
SendPulse
If your sales start in Instagram or TikTok DMs and comments, and a few hundred people message you each month, ManyChat is the specialist: Essential is $17 a month paid monthly for 250 active contacts, and Pro, which adds WhatsApp, SMS, email and AI-powered automation, is $39 for 2,500 (ManyChat Pro plan, Essential.
Stan Store
If you sell a course, a template pack or coaching calls from Instagram, you need somewhere to sell them, and Stan Store is that shop: its Creator plan at $29 a month hosts courses, digital products and bookings in your link-in-bio and includes Stan AutoDM for keyword replies (Creator vs Creator Pro, checked on 26.
Tidio
If a reel brings 1,800 people into your comments in a month, Manychat's Pro plan answers every one of them with a DM for $39 on monthly billing, because it bills people who interact, 2,500 included; Tidio would turn each of those comments into a ticket, and replying to them all would need its $349 Growth tier.
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