Comparison
ChatBouncer vs tawk.to
tawk.to gives away live chat for free and charges for add-ons like branding removal and its AI Assist chatbot. ChatBouncer has no free plan, but every plan includes AI answers from your own info, spam and prompt-trick filtering, and a 14-day free trial. If you will answer chats yourself, tawk.to costs nothing to start; if you want AI to answer for you, compare the two.
By Chris Gilliland · · For any business of any size · Plans from $29/month (USD)
The short answer
tawk.to gives away live chat for free and charges for add-ons like branding removal and its AI Assist chatbot. ChatBouncer has no free plan, but every plan includes AI answers from your own info, spam and prompt-trick filtering, and a 14-day free trial. If you will answer chats yourself, tawk.to costs nothing to start; if you want AI to answer for you, compare the two.
tawk.to vs ChatBouncer at a glance (checked Oct 19, 2026)
| Fact | tawk.to | ChatBouncer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Live chat is free; removing "Powered by tawk.to" branding is $29/mo; AI Assist from $29/mo; hired human chat agents $1/hour (source) | Starter $29/mo, Pro $59/mo, Business $119/mo (USD) (source) |
| Billing basis | Free software with paid add-ons (source) | Flat monthly price per plan, by number of websites and monthly customer messages (1,500 / 5,000 shared / 15,000 shared) (source) |
| Free plan | Yes, free; AI Assist also has a forever-free plan for sites with limited chat volume (source) | No free plan (source) |
| Free trial | Not published (source) | 14-day free trial on every plan (source) |
| AI included or add-on | AI Assist is an add-on from $29/mo (forever-free tier for limited chat volume) (source) | AI answers included on every plan (source) |
| White label | $29/mo to remove the branding (source) | Included on Business ($119/mo); hides "Powered by ChatBouncer" (source) |
| Integrations | Not published on the pricing page (source) | Slack and Zapier on Pro and Business; one-line install or free WordPress plugin (source) |
How the pricing works
tawk.to bills this way: Free software with paid add-ons. Prices: Live chat is free; removing "Powered by tawk.to" branding is $29/mo; AI Assist from $29/mo; hired human chat agents $1/hour (tawk.to pricing, checked Oct 19, 2026).
ChatBouncer has three plans in US dollars. Starter is $29 a month for 1 website and 1,500 customer messages. Pro is $59 for up to 3 websites, 5,000 shared messages, Slack and Zapier, up to 15 PDF or Word docs and 3 seats. Business is $119 for up to 10 websites, 15,000 shared messages, up to 50 docs, 10 seats and white label (ChatBouncer pricing, checked Oct 19, 2026).
How the AI answers
tawk.to: AI Assist is an add-on from $29/mo (forever-free tier for limited chat volume) (source, checked Oct 19, 2026).
ChatBouncer answers only from the hours, prices, services and FAQs you saved. When the answer isn't there, it says the owner will confirm and emails you the question and the customer's contact details instead of guessing. You can jump into any chat and the AI pauses. It also bounces spam, abuse and prompt tricks, with message limits per visitor, per IP address and per business.
Setup and integrations
tawk.to: Not published on the pricing page (source, checked Oct 19, 2026).
ChatBouncer installs with one script tag or the free WordPress plugin, and Pro and Business plans connect to Slack and Zapier. It does not connect to any CRM, and it does not do texting.
Who should pick which
- Pick tawk.to if you want free live chat and plan to answer chats yourself, or want to hire human chat agents.
- Pick ChatBouncer if you want a flat monthly price, AI answers that come only from the info you saved, an email to you when it doesn't know, spam and prompt-trick filtering, and a one-line install or WordPress plugin.
About this comparison
We make ChatBouncer, a ZynVoss product. We checked every tawk.to fact on tawk.to's own pricing page on Oct 19, 2026. Prices and plans change, so check their page before you buy. Where tawk.to didn't publish a fact, we wrote "not published" instead of guessing.
Sources
- tawk.to pricing page, checked Oct 19, 2026
- ChatBouncer pricing page, checked Oct 19, 2026
Questions
How much does tawk.to cost compared with ChatBouncer?
tawk.to: Live chat is free; removing "Powered by tawk.to" branding is $29/mo; AI Assist from $29/mo; hired human chat agents $1/hour (source: tawk.to pricing, checked Oct 19, 2026). ChatBouncer: Starter $29, Pro $59 and Business $119 a month in US dollars (ChatBouncer pricing, checked Oct 19, 2026).
Does tawk.to have a free plan or a free trial?
Is AI included with tawk.to?
Can I remove the branding?
What happens when ChatBouncer doesn't know an answer?
It says the owner will confirm and emails you the customer's question and contact details. You can also take over a chat yourself, and the AI pauses while you talk (source).
Who makes this comparison?
We make ChatBouncer, a ZynVoss product, so we are not neutral. Every tawk.to fact here comes from tawk.to's own pricing page, linked and dated Oct 19, 2026. If tawk.to didn't publish something, we say "not published".
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