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Chatbase costs Free to $500 per month as of July 2026, with 5 plans available including a free tier. Plans: Free (free), Hobby at $40/month, Standard at $150/month, Pro at $500/month, and Enterprise (free). Enterprise pricing is available on request. Pricing depends on your chosen tier, contract length, and negotiated discounts.

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  • Free tier: Yes

Chatbase offers 5 pricing tiers: Free, Hobby, Standard, Pro, Enterprise. A free plan is available. Paid plans include Hobby at $40/month, Standard at $150/month, Pro at $500/month. The Hobby plan is individuals and small businesses deploying a single ai chatbot with moderate traffic.

Chatbase lists $0-$500/month, but hidden costs like implementation and support add to the total as of July 2026. Key hidden costs: credit-based pricing creates unpredictable costs: advanced ai models like gpt-4 consume 20 credits per response while gpt-4o mini uses 10 credits -- a high-traffic bot using gpt-4 will exhaust the pro plan's 40,000 credits in just 2,000 conversations, forcing expensive overages at $12-14 per 1,000 credits, remove branding costs $39-199/month: the 'powered by chatbase' badge appears on all plans -- removing it costs $39/month on standard and pro, or up to $199/month depending on tier, nearly the price of an entire standard plan subscription, custom domain is a paid add-on at $59/month: even on the standard plan ($150/month), using a custom domain for your chatbot costs an additional $59/month, bringing the effective cost to $209/month -- competitors like botpress include this in their plans. Verified from 2 sources by CostBench.

Hidden Costs Breakdown

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Credit-based pricing creates unpredictable costs: Advanced AI models like GPT-4 consume 20 credits per response while GPT-4o Mini uses 10 credits -- a high-traffic bot using GPT-4 will exhaust the Pro plan's 40,000 credits in just 2,000 conversations, forcing expensive overages at $12-14 per 1,000 credits

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Remove branding costs $39-199/month: The 'Powered by Chatbase' badge appears on all plans -- removing it costs $39/month on Standard and Pro, or up to $199/month depending on tier, nearly the price of an entire Standard plan subscription

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Custom domain is a paid add-on at $59/month: Even on the Standard plan ($150/month), using a custom domain for your chatbot costs an additional $59/month, bringing the effective cost to $209/month -- competitors like Botpress include this in their plans

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Auto-recharge credits at premium rates: When credits run out, auto-recharge kicks in at $14 per 1,000 credits (or $12/1,000 as a manual add-on), which is significantly more expensive per-credit than what's included in plan pricing

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Extra AI agents cost $7/month each: All plans cap the number of AI agents (1 on Hobby, 2 on Standard, 3 on Pro) -- adding more costs $7/agent/month, which adds up quickly for businesses needing specialized bots for different departments

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No free trial for paid features: Chatbase does not offer a free trial of premium features -- you must commit to a paid plan to test advanced models, integrations, and AI Actions, making it harder to evaluate before purchasing

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