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Smartsupp's Free Plan: One Operator, 25 Chats a Month
Twenty-five conversations is enough to prove chat works on your site, and not enough to run support on it for a month.
Tidio's Free Plan Stops at 50 Conversations a Month
Ten seats and fifty conversations is an odd shape. The seat count suggests a team; the conversation cap suits a very small shop.
Crisp's Free Plan Gives Two Seats and No Conversation Cap
Unlimited conversations at zero cost is rare in live chat. Crisp charges for the AI layer, the omnichannel inbox and the small branding line.
tawk.to Is Free Forever, and That Is the Whole Business Model
No conversation cap, no agent cap, no history limit. The company sells human staffing instead, and the software is the loss leader.
HubSpot's Free Marketing Tools: 2,000 Sends With Branding
A free CRM with marketing attached. The email allowance is workable; the one automated action per account is what actually limits you.
Hootsuite Has No Free Plan, Only a 14-Day Trial
The most recognised name in social scheduling has no free tier at all. Fourteen days, no card, then a hundred dollars a month.
Buttondown Is Free to 100 Subscribers, Then Priced by Feature
One hundred subscribers, no feature gates, no card. The bill arrives only when you want tagging, analytics or a second newsletter.
Metricool's Free Plan Leaves Out LinkedIn and X
A social analytics tool first and a scheduler second. The free tier reflects that order, and two major networks are simply absent.
Buffer's Free Plan: Three Channels, Ten Posts Each
Ten posts per channel per queue, refilling as they publish. The limit is not how much you can schedule, it is how far ahead you can look.
n8n Has No Free Tier, Only a Free Product
Every other tool here rations a hosted free tier. n8n gives the software away instead, and charges for the server you no longer have to run.
Asana Free: Two People, Unlimited Projects
Unlimited projects for two people, which is generous until a third person joins and the whole workspace stops being usable.
beehiiv Sends Without Limit on Free, and Charges for Growth
A newsletter platform that never bills you for sending. Everything that helps you grow or earn sits behind the paid wall.
Trello Free: Unlimited Cards, Ten Boards
Cards are unlimited and always have been. The board cap and the collaborator cap are what the free tier actually charges you in.