Our take
Pick Crisp if support teams who will stay on Free at $0 (2 seats, 100 profiles) while they open a first Inbox list, then Mini at $45/month per workspace when they need shared email and 4 seats — not Essentials $95 unless they need 2 sub-inboxes / 10 seats, and not Plus $295 unless they need 20+ seats / ticketing. Pick Manychat if creators who will stay on Free 25 contacts or pay Essential $14/mo yearly — not
hosted Inbox conversation list
Best for
Crisp A conversation list you start at a public $
Manychat Auto-reply DMs at a public $
Free plan
Crisp $0 · forever. 2 seats. 100 customer profiles. 0 sub-inboxes. $0 AI credits. Website chat widget. Shared inbox. Mobile apps. Chat SDKs
Manychat $0 · 25 Active Contacts
Lowest paid
Crisp Additional agents $10/mo
Manychat Essential $14/mo yearly
Next step up
Crisp Mini $45/mo
Manychat Pro $29/mo
Runs where
Crisp Hosted
Manychat
Watch out
Crisp Shared email prints on Mini
Manychat Contacts are monthly
Last checked
Crisp 2026-10-23 · crisp.chat/en/pricing
Manychat 2026-10-26 · manychat.com/pricing
support teams who will stay on Free at $0 (2 seats, 100 profiles) while they open a first Inbox list, then Mini at $45/month per workspace when they need shared email and 4 seats — not Essentials $95 unless they need 2 sub-inboxes / 10 seats, and not Plus $295 unless they need 20+ seats / ticketing.
Read the Crisp pagecreators who will stay on Free 25 contacts or pay Essential $14/mo yearly — not Intercom first unless they want a full support suite.
Read the Manychat page