AI trained on your content
Fetchply
Crawled website pages, uploaded files, text, and Q&A
Freshchat
Freddy AI answers from FAQs and knowledge content
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.
Freshchat is the messaging arm of the Freshworks suite, with Freddy AI layered onto agent seats. Fetchply starts from the AI agent: it resolves the repeat questions first and includes the inbox, so you are not paying seats for conversations the AI should absorb.
Free plan · 200 AI messages a month · No credit card
In short
Pick Fetchply if AI-first support with commerce features and plan pricing suits you. Pick Freshchat if you want the wider Freshworks suite, per-agent seats, and its bot plus helpdesk combination.
What is Freshchat?
Freshchat is Freshworks’ customer messaging product: live chat and messaging channels with the Freddy AI assistant, priced per agent seat with bot sessions metered on top, and tight integration with the rest of the Freshworks suite.
Feature by feature
Fetchply
Crawled website pages, uploaded files, text, and Q&A
Freshchat
Freddy AI answers from FAQs and knowledge content
Fetchply
Floating or inline widget with optional source citations
Freshchat
Polished messaging widget
Fetchply
WhatsApp Business and Instagram DMs built in
Freshchat
WhatsApp, Instagram, and more supported
Fetchply
Slack and Discord agents built in
Freshchat
Slack via marketplace integrations
Fetchply
Live Shopify and WooCommerce lookups, unlocked by verified details
Freshchat
Shopify integration; not centered on verified lookups
Fetchply
Live catalog recommendations; in-chat ordering via built-in catalog
Freshchat
Not a live AI catalog product
Fetchply
Shared inbox, assignment, and email replies to offline customers
Freshchat
Full agent inbox with seats
Fetchply
Top questions, unanswered-queries report, and CSAT scores
Freshchat
Agent and bot reporting
Fetchply
Public API and MCP server for your own tooling
Freshchat
APIs across the Freshworks platform
Fetchply
$0 plan with 1 agent and 200 AI messages a month, no card
Freshchat
Free tier for small teams; bot sessions metered
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Pricing
Free plan with 200 AI messages a month. Paid plans run from $7.99 to $99 per month, and message or training add-ons extend any paid plan without a forced upgrade.
Freshchat prices per agent seat across tiers, with Freddy AI bot sessions typically metered separately, so cost grows with both team size and bot usage.
See the difference on your own content.
Train a free agent on your website and test real questions before you decide.
FAQs
Freshchat combines per-agent seats with metered bot sessions. Fetchply plans include seats and a monthly AI message allowance, from 200 free to 20,000 on Business, with add-ons.
Fetchply integrates the channels stores need most: website, WhatsApp, Instagram, Slack, Discord, Shopify, and WooCommerce, plus webhooks on eligible plans and an API. Suite-wide CRM and ticketing breadth remains a Freshworks strength.
Both onboard quickly. Fetchply trains on your website and publishes the same day, with the AI resolving questions before you staff an inbox.
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