Who actually competes for this job?
Ten tools come up when a team wants a website visitor greeted, answered or shown around. They split along two lines that matter more than any feature list. The first: does it talk, and can it drive the real product, or does it answer in text about a copy of it? The second: can you buy it today, or does it start with a call? Sort the market that way and the pattern is hard to miss, so the table below prints both.
Every tool in the table has its own page with the detail: Docket, 1mind, Sierra, Intercom Fin, Chatbase, Voiceflow, Retell AI, Storylane, Navattic, and Drift, which no longer exists as a product.
What does each one cost to start?
| Tool | What it is for | Start without a call? | Entry price, from their own page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agent247 | Voice agent that reads and clicks your live page | Yes | First hour free, then by the minute |
| 1mind | Enterprise AI sales agents, demos included | No | Not published |
| Salesloft chat, was Drift | Routes site visitors to a sales rep | No | Not published |
| Sierra | Enterprise AI agents, outcome priced | No | Not published |
| Docket | Inbound demand platform, guided tours | No, and no trial | From $3,000 a month, billed annually |
| Intercom Fin | AI support agent inside a helpdesk | Yes, 14 day trial | From $0.99 an outcome plus $29 a seat |
| Chatbase | Text support chatbot, voice on higher tiers | Yes | Free tier, then $40 a month |
| Voiceflow | A canvas for building your own agent | Trial, then a call | Not published |
| Retell AI | Voice agents for phone calls | Yes | $0.07 to $0.31 a minute |
| Storylane | Clickable replicas of your product | Trial request | Free tier, then $40 a month |
| Navattic | Clickable replicas of your product | Free tier only | Free Starter, paid tiers via sales |
Every number here was read off the vendor own pricing page in September 2026, and the sources are listed at the foot of this page. "Not published" means exactly that: no page, no range, a demo form. Prices move, so check before you buy. Ours are on the pricing page.
Why is the demo half of this market so expensive?
Because it is sold, not bought. An agent that speaks for your company and walks a prospect through your product is a security review, a brand review and a procurement cycle. Vendors who accept that cost price for it: Docket starts at $3,000 a month on an annual contract with no trial, and 1mind, Sierra and Salesloft publish nothing at all. They also give you more for it, which is worth saying plainly. Named support, integrations into a revenue stack, compliance paperwork, an implementation team.
When is a cheaper tool the better answer?
Often. Three cases where we are the wrong choice, and a competitor is genuinely the right one:
- Your visitors type and want a text answer from your docs. Chatbase starts free and is built for exactly that. Our own voice agent vs chatbot page draws the line.
- You want a clickable replica to embed in emails and landing pages. Storylane and Navattic both have free tiers. A replica is a recording of your product, not your product, which is the trade.
- The work happens on a phone line. Retell AI charges by the minute and has the telephony stack. See Agent247 vs Retell AI.
So where does Agent247 fit?
One quadrant, currently empty apart from us: it talks, it reads and clicks the live page, and you can start it this afternoon without speaking to anyone. Paste one script tag, talk to your own agent, and the first hour costs nothing. The rate and a calculator are on the pricing page, and the install takes a few minutes. What we do not have yet is the enterprise half: no published compliance programme, no CRM orchestration, no implementation team. If those gate your deployment, buy from the top of the table instead, and we would rather tell you that now than after a call.