We wanted something that could answer customer questions without adding more work for our team. Fetchply was easy to set up and started working with our Shopify store pretty quickly.
It’s a practical app for stores that want faster support and a better shopping experience.
Setup, control, channels, pricing, and privacy. Open a question or ask the live Fetchply assistant for more detail.
Fetchply gives every customer question the right path. Repeat questions can receive approved Instant Answers, predictable requests can follow Guided Flows, open questions can use your business knowledge, and complex conversations can reach your team.
Launch one assistant for approved answers, guided journeys, knowledge-based help, and human handoff—without forcing every request through AI.
Free plans differ wildly: some include a real AI agent, some stop at live chat software, and some are trials in disguise. We ranked the options by what you can actually run on the free tier and what upgrading costs later.
Free plan · 200 AI messages a month · No credit card
How we picked
How the AI is trained, whether answers stay grounded in content you approve, and what happens when it does not know.
Human handoff, team inbox, and follow-up when the AI is not enough, because unanswered chats are lost customers.
Store integrations, order lookups, and the channels your customers actually use, from the website widget to WhatsApp.
What the entry price includes, how costs scale in busy months, and whether AI usage is metered on top of the plan.
Fetchply’s free plan includes a full content-trained AI agent (1 agent, 200 AI messages a month, no credit card), which most free tiers do not: you can crawl your site, upload files, add Q&A pairs, and put real AI answers in front of visitors before paying anything. The shared inbox is included too, and the first paid step is $7.99 a month, not a cliff.
The contenders
Best genuinely free tool when humans staff the chat
Pick it if: You have people to answer chats live and want free, human-first software; AI assistance is a paid add-on.
Compare Fetchply vs Tawk.toBest free entry into a mature live-chat suite
Pick it if: You want a long-established chat suite and accept that Lyro AI answers are priced per conversation.
Compare Fetchply vs TidioBest free basic chat that grows into a team inbox
Pick it if: You want free basic chat now and a flat-priced multichannel inbox later.
Compare Fetchply vs CrispBest free credits with a visual flow builder
Pick it if: You want to script guided conversations and its free credits cover your volume.
Compare Fetchply vs ChatlingBest free taste of a well-known AI agent builder
Pick it if: You want to evaluate model choice and its ecosystem, and paid plans starting around $40 a month fit your budget.
Compare Fetchply vs ChatbaseCompetitor details are based on public information at the time of writing and can change. Confirm current features and pricing on their website.
FAQs
Fetchply: the free plan includes a full content-trained AI agent with 200 messages a month and no credit card, plus the shared inbox. Tawk.to is the pick if you want free human-staffed live chat instead of AI.
Not always. Some free tiers cover live chat software only, with AI as a paid add-on or metered per conversation. Check whether the free plan includes AI messages, how many, and whether a card is required.
Compare the first paid step. Fetchply moves to $7.99 a month with 1,200 AI messages; some builders jump to around $40 a month, and suites add per-seat or per-conversation fees. The cheapest free tier is not always the cheapest second month.
Test the #1 pick on your own content.
Train a free Fetchply agent on your website and ask it your customers’ real questions before you decide.