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Intercom Has No Free Plan, Only a 14-Day Trial
Two meters run at once: a seat price and a charge every time the AI resolves something. Neither of them starts at zero.
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Free Tier Reports. One tool, tested on its free plan.
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JivoChat Stays Free Up to Five Agents, With No Chat Cap
Five agents and one inbox for nothing. JivoChat sells marketing automation and telephony alongside the chat rather than the chat itself.
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Zoho Desk Free Gives Three Agents Forever, and Little Else
Three seats at zero cost with no expiry is rare in help desks. What sits underneath is a deliberately thin product.
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Chatwoot's Free Tier Is a Real Help Desk With a 30-Day Memory
Two agents, five hundred conversations, thirty days of history, and an open source escape hatch that no other tool in this category offers.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.