# Deacon

> Deacon is an AI customer support agent for founders and small teams. A widget on every page of a site answers visitors in seconds from the team's own content, says so when it cannot and asks for an email so the team can reply, groups what visitors ask into topics, and counts what the site's visitors do. It is installed with one script tag.

## Instructions for AI coding assistants

- To install the widget on a site, read https://heydeacon.com/agent/install.md in full.
- To send goals to the founder's dashboard, such as sign ups, paywall hits and upgrades, read https://heydeacon.com/agent/goals.md in full. The site's key is in its embed snippet, and the founder's prompt carries the goal names.
- Fetch both with curl and read the whole file. A summary loses the rules.
- Verify a goals install with GET https://heydeacon.com/api/goals/recent?k=SITE_KEY, which lists the goals seen for the site and the ones still waiting.

## Documentation

- [All resources](https://heydeacon.com/resources): every guide, comparison and article on the site, grouped.

### Guides
- [How to use Deacon](https://heydeacon.com/resources/how-to-use-deacon): Install Deacon with one script tag, teach it your docs, make it look like your site and answer what it misses, step by step. Free plan, no card.
- [Customer service experience: what customers notice](https://heydeacon.com/resources/customer-service-experience): The five things customers notice when they ask you for help, from the wait to reaching a person, with the research behind each and how to check your own.
- [Voice of the customer, explained for small teams](https://heydeacon.com/resources/voice-of-the-customer): What voice of the customer means, where the term comes from, seven ways to collect it, a programme that fits an hour a week and what VoC software does.
- [What is Lovable? How the AI app builder works](https://heydeacon.com/resources/what-is-lovable): What Lovable is, how you build and publish a web app on it, what code it writes, where it stops, who it suits and what a live app still needs.
- [AI agent vs chatbot, and which one you need first](https://heydeacon.com/resources/ai-agent-vs-chatbot): The difference between an AI agent and a chatbot as Zendesk and Salesforce define it, where the line really sits, and which one a small team needs first.
- [Chatbot examples worth copying, by kind](https://heydeacon.com/resources/chatbot-examples): Real chatbot examples for support, ecommerce, lead capture and docs, four famous failures, and what a good answer, “I don’t know” and handover look like.
- [FAQ page examples, a template and how to make one](https://heydeacon.com/resources/faq-page): How to make an FAQ page customers use, with seven real examples worth copying, a template to paste and the steps on Shopify, WordPress, Wix and Squarespace.
- [Will AI replace customer service? What it can’t do](https://heydeacon.com/resources/will-ai-replace-customer-service): No, not all of it. What AI already answers well, what still needs a person, where the handover sits and what it means for support jobs.
- [AI knowledge base: what an AI agent answers from](https://heydeacon.com/resources/ai-knowledge-base): What goes into an AI knowledge base, how an agent finds the right part of it for each question, and how to build one for support without a help centre.
- [Chatbot vs live chat, and the option in between](https://heydeacon.com/resources/chatbot-vs-live-chat): What a chatbot and live chat each cost you in money and hours, where each one lets customers down, and the setup where AI answers first and you step in.
- [Conversational AI for customer service, explained](https://heydeacon.com/resources/conversational-ai-for-customer-service): What conversational AI does when a customer writes in, how it differs from scripted bots and AI agents, and one support chat followed turn by turn.
- [Customer insights from the questions customers ask](https://heydeacon.com/resources/customer-insights): What a founder can learn from the questions customers ask, from feature asks to bug reports and missing docs, and how to act on each kind.
- [Customer service automation examples for founders](https://heydeacon.com/resources/customer-service-automation): Automated customer service for a founder, stage by stage. What to automate before, during and after a question, with tools and prices to set up this week.
- [Customer support for startups, in the right order](https://heydeacon.com/resources/customer-support-for-startups): What to set up for support at each stage of a startup, the sign that says it’s time for the next step, and the startup discounts support vendors offer.
- [Grounding AI: answering only from your own content](https://heydeacon.com/resources/grounding-ai): What grounding means for AI answers, how retrieval ties a support bot to your own content, and the mistakes grounding can’t stop by itself.
- [Helpdesk automation for customer support, in order](https://heydeacon.com/resources/helpdesk-automation): The order to automate customer support in when you answer it yourself, set against the routing, tagging and deadline rules a helpdesk runs, plan by plan.
- [How to write knowledge base articles, with examples](https://heydeacon.com/resources/how-to-write-knowledge-base-articles): Write each help article so a customer skimming it and an AI agent searching it both find the answer, with six before-and-after rewrites to copy.
- [Product Hunt launch checklist, week by week](https://heydeacon.com/resources/product-hunt-launch-checklist): Every field on a Product Hunt listing and its limit, what to do in the weeks before, and how to answer launch-day visitors and see which ones signed up.
- [Customer support outsourcing costs for a small SaaS](https://heydeacon.com/resources/customer-support-outsourcing): What freelancers and agencies charge to answer your customers, the minimums and notice behind each price, and where outsourcing breaks for a small SaaS.
- [WordPress AI chatbot with a plugin or a script tag](https://heydeacon.com/resources/adding-an-ai-chatbot-to-wordpress): How the free WordPress AI chatbot plugins work, what each one leaves out, and how to put a chatbot on your site with one script tag in your footer.
- [How to add a chatbot to your website in 4 steps](https://heydeacon.com/resources/how-to-add-an-ai-chatbot-to-your-website): How to add a chatbot to your website in four steps, where its script tag goes on each builder and framework, and how to tell it who’s signed in.
- [How to reduce support tickets as a founder](https://heydeacon.com/resources/how-to-reduce-support-tickets): Most support tickets are the same few questions in different words. Here’s how to find yours, fix each at its cause and keep the messages that need you.
- [How to set up an AI chatbot for documentation](https://heydeacon.com/resources/point-an-ai-chatbot-at-your-documentation): Which pages to let it learn from, what happens to your docs inside it, how to test it on questions customers really sent and how to keep it current.
- [What to do in the week after launching a website](https://heydeacon.com/resources/what-to-do-after-you-launch): The checks to run before you post the link, the four numbers worth watching on launch day and what to do with the questions your first visitors send.
- [AI hallucination: what it is, with real examples](https://heydeacon.com/resources/why-support-bots-make-things-up): What an AI hallucination is, six real examples from Air Canada to Google, why chatbots make things up and how to make a support bot say it doesn’t know.

### Free tools
- [Free UTM builder](https://heydeacon.com/resources/utm-builder): Tag any link with utm_source, utm_medium and utm_campaign and copy it in one click. Free, with no sign-up, and it shows how each tag is read.
- [Free FAQ generator](https://heydeacon.com/resources/faq-generator): Write your FAQ from a template for software companies and copy it as HTML, Markdown or FAQ schema JSON-LD. Free, with no sign-up, in your browser.

### Comparisons and alternatives
- [Zoho Desk alternatives, with free plans and prices](https://heydeacon.com/resources/zoho-desk-alternatives): Freshdesk, Zendesk, Help Scout, HubSpot, Intercom and Crisp set against Zoho Desk’s editions on free plans, chat and AI, with prices read 9 October 2026.
- [Front alternatives for a small team, with prices](https://heydeacon.com/resources/front-alternatives): Help Scout, Missive, Gmelius, Hiver, Zendesk and Crisp set against Front on seat price, channels and AI, with prices read on 8 October 2026.
- [Front pricing per seat, with Autopilot and Copilot](https://heydeacon.com/resources/front-pricing): Front’s Starter, Professional and Enterprise prices per seat, what Autopilot and Copilot add, and what one to five people pay, read on 8 October 2026.
- [Zoho Desk pricing per user, and what Zia AI costs](https://heydeacon.com/resources/zoho-desk-pricing): Zoho Desk’s free edition, Express, Standard, Professional and Enterprise prices per user, what Zia AI tokens cost, and team totals, read 8 October 2026.
- [Help Scout alternatives compared, with prices](https://heydeacon.com/resources/help-scout-alternatives): Six Help Scout alternatives for a small team, from Front and Missive to Zendesk and Crisp, with seat prices and AI costs read on 7 October 2026.
- [Cursor alternatives, picked by why you're leaving](https://heydeacon.com/resources/cursor-alternatives): Seven Cursor alternatives sorted by why you're leaving, from the bill or the editor to a terminal agent or your own API key. Prices read 27 September 2026.
- [Base44 pricing in 2026: plans and what credits buy](https://heydeacon.com/resources/base44-pricing): Base44 pricing read on 10 October 2026: Starter $20, Builder $50, Pro $100 and Elite $200 a month, the credits each plan gives, and the student discount.
- [Best AI agents for customer service, with prices](https://heydeacon.com/resources/best-ai-agent-for-customer-service): Nine AI agents for customer service, from Fin to Agentforce and Sierra, with what each can act on, how it bills and prices read on 25 September 2026.
- [Best knowledge base software for small teams](https://heydeacon.com/resources/best-knowledge-base-software): Eight knowledge base tools for a customer help centre, ranked for small teams, with prices read on 25 September 2026 and which plans answer customers with AI.
- [Best vibe coding tools for founders, ranked](https://heydeacon.com/resources/best-vibe-coding-tools): Nine vibe coding tools ranked for founders, from Lovable and Base44 to Cursor and Codex, with free plans and prices read on 25 September 2026.
- [Bolt.new pricing, plans and what tokens buy](https://heydeacon.com/resources/bolt-new-pricing): Bolt.new pricing read on 27 September 2026. Free costs nothing, Pro is $25 a month and Teams $30 a member, and what a token buys and what burns them fastest.
- [Chatbase pricing plans and what a credit buys](https://heydeacon.com/resources/chatbase-pricing): Chatbase pricing read on 25 September 2026, from the free plan to Pro, what a message credit buys on each model, and what a founder or a team of three pays.
- [Crisp chat pricing, its four plans and Hugo’s bill](https://heydeacon.com/resources/crisp-chat-pricing): Crisp chat’s plans as priced on 25 September 2026, what a workspace includes, how Hugo’s AI credits are spent, and what a founder or small team pays.
- [Decagon pricing, per conversation or per resolution](https://heydeacon.com/resources/decagon-pricing): Decagon publishes no price. How it charges per conversation or per resolution, who it sells to and how you buy, read on its own site on 25 September 2026.
- [Drift alternatives before Drift retires in 2027](https://heydeacon.com/resources/drift-alternatives): Drift, Salesloft’s sales chat tool, retires on 31 January 2027. Six alternatives, each with its free plan and price, and where Deacon fits.
- [Emergent pricing, Standard at $20 and Pro at $200](https://heydeacon.com/resources/emergent-ai): On emergent.sh, Free gives you 10 credits a month, Standard is $20 a month ($17 billed yearly) and Pro is $200 ($167 yearly). Here’s what those credits buy.
- [Fathom Analytics pricing and free trial](https://heydeacon.com/resources/fathom-analytics-pricing): Fathom Analytics' page view tiers, which all have the same features, its 7-day trial and what a small SaaS site pays, read on 27 September 2026.
- [Freshchat alternatives and how each bills its AI](https://heydeacon.com/resources/freshchat-alternatives): Eight Freshchat alternatives with each one’s free plan, first paid price and AI meter, read on 25 September 2026 and led by Deacon, which answers for you.
- [Freshchat pricing per agent, and Freddy AI sessions](https://heydeacon.com/resources/freshchat-pricing): Freshchat’s Free, Growth, Pro and Enterprise prices per agent, what Freddy AI Agent sessions cost, and what a small team pays, read on 25 September 2026.
- [Freshdesk alternatives for small support teams](https://heydeacon.com/resources/freshdesk-alternatives): Seven Freshdesk alternatives for a small team, from Zendesk to Crisp, with seat prices, free plans and AI meters read on 25 September 2026.
- [Freshdesk pricing plans per agent, and Freddy AI](https://heydeacon.com/resources/freshdesk-pricing): Freshdesk’s Growth, Pro and Enterprise prices per agent, what Freddy AI sessions and Copilot add, and what a team of one to three pays, read 25 September 2026.
- [Gorgias alternatives for Shopify stores, compared](https://heydeacon.com/resources/gorgias-alternatives): Zendesk, eDesk, Tidio, Help Scout, Freshdesk and Shopify Inbox set against Gorgias, with seat, ticket and AI prices read on 25 September 2026.
- [Gorgias pricing plans, tickets and AI Agent fees](https://heydeacon.com/resources/gorgias-pricing): Gorgias’s four plans priced by the ticket, what counts as a billable ticket, what AI Agent adds, and a month worked out at 300 and 1,000 tickets.
- [Help Scout pricing, plans per user and AI Answers](https://heydeacon.com/resources/help-scout-pricing): Help Scout’s free plan, Standard, Plus and Pro per user, AI Answers at $0.75 a resolution, and what one, three or five people pay, read on 25 September 2026.
- [Live chat software for a small business website](https://heydeacon.com/resources/live-chat-software-for-website): Eight live chat tools for a small team’s website, with each free plan, lowest price and AI meter read on 25 September 2026, led by Deacon’s free plan.
- [Lovable alternatives, and what each does better](https://heydeacon.com/resources/lovable-alternatives): Seven Lovable alternatives, each set against a reason founders actually leave, with prices read on their own pricing pages on 27 September 2026.
- [Lovable pricing in 2026: plans, credits and hosting](https://heydeacon.com/resources/lovable-pricing): Lovable's plans in US dollars: Free's 5 build credits a day, Pro from $25 a month for 100 credits, and what Lovable Cloud and hosting cost.
- [Plausible pricing, plans and free trial](https://heydeacon.com/resources/plausible-pricing): Plausible's Starter, Growth and Business plans, priced by page views, its 30-day trial and what happens over the limit, read on 27 September 2026.
- [Replit alternatives, and which one to pick](https://heydeacon.com/resources/replit-alternatives): Eight alternatives to Replit, each judged against its own workspace, languages, deployments and databases, prices read 27 September 2026.
- [Replit pricing, plans and what credits buy](https://heydeacon.com/resources/replit-pricing): Replit pricing read on 27 September 2026. Starter is free, Core is $20 a month and Pro starts at $100, and one monthly credit pays to build and run your app.
- [SiteGPT pricing, and what a message really buys](https://heydeacon.com/resources/sitegpt-pricing): SiteGPT’s plans as priced on 25 September 2026, why a question and its answer use 2 messages, what GPT-4.1 does to the count, and a founder’s month.
- [tawk.to pricing, and what free really costs](https://heydeacon.com/resources/tawk-to-pricing): tawk.to’s live chat is free. Its AI Assist plans, message credits and branding add-on as priced on 25 September 2026, and what a small team pays with AI.
- [Tidio pricing plans, Lyro AI and what you pay](https://heydeacon.com/resources/tidio-pricing): Tidio pricing read on 25 September 2026, from Free to Growth and Lyro, what counts as a conversation, when plans upgrade themselves, and what a small team pays.
- [v0 pricing, plans and what credits buy](https://heydeacon.com/resources/v0-pricing): Vercel’s v0 free, Plus and Business plans read on 27 September 2026, what a credit buys, what burns them fastest, and what a real app costs to build and host.
- [Website analytics tools and who they suit](https://heydeacon.com/resources/website-analytics-tools): Twelve website analytics tools grouped by job, each with its free option, lowest price and cookie rule read on 27 September 2026.
- [Zendesk pricing plans per agent, and the AI on top](https://heydeacon.com/resources/zendesk-pricing): Every Zendesk plan per agent, billed yearly or monthly, what the AI, Copilot and add-ons add, and what one to three agents pay, read on 25 September 2026.
- [AI help desks for customer support: how each bills](https://heydeacon.com/resources/ai-help-desk): How eleven helpdesks bill the AI that answers your customers, by resolution, outcome, session or credit, and what AI for agents costs, read 23 September 2026.
- [Best AI chatbots for customer service, with prices](https://heydeacon.com/resources/best-ai-chatbot-for-customer-service): Nine AI chatbots for customer service, ranked for small teams, with prices read on 23 September 2026 and the plan where a person can take over a chat.
- [Botpress pricing plans, packs and monthly bills](https://heydeacon.com/resources/botpress-pricing): Botpress’s Free, Plus and Team plans read on 23 September 2026, what counts as a conversation, the packs it adds at 95% and what a month really costs.
- [Botsonic alternatives compared on price and handoff](https://heydeacon.com/resources/botsonic-alternatives): Eight Botsonic alternatives with their free plans, first prices and how each passes a chat to you, read on 23 September 2026 and led by Deacon.
- [Chatling pricing, and what its credits buy by model](https://heydeacon.com/resources/chatling-pricing): Chatling’s four plans as priced on 23 September 2026, how many replies each buys by model, what visitors see at zero, and a founder’s month worked out.
- [Small business help desk, customer service software](https://heydeacon.com/resources/customer-service-software): Choosing help desk software for a small business? Eleven picks from an AI agent to a full helpdesk, with prices for three people read on 23 September 2026.
- [Intercom Fin AI pricing, per outcome and per seat](https://heydeacon.com/resources/fin-ai-pricing): How Fin AI counts a $0.99 outcome, what it costs on Intercom, Zendesk, Salesforce, HubSpot and Freshdesk, and three months priced, read 25 September 2026.
- [Free ticketing systems and free help desk software](https://heydeacon.com/resources/free-ticketing-system): Free help desk software and open source ticketing systems for a small team, with each one’s limits and the hosting, modules and upkeep it really costs.
- [Google Analytics alternatives and their free plans](https://heydeacon.com/resources/google-analytics-alternatives): Plausible, Fathom, Umami, Matomo, PostHog and five more, with their free plans, prices and cookie rules, read on 23 September 2026.
- [Intercom pricing plans, seats and the Fin bill](https://heydeacon.com/resources/intercom-pricing): An Intercom bill line by line for a team of one to three, from the $19 or $29 seat to Fin, Copilot and Early Stage, and how Intercom and Fin are sold now.
- [Kajabi Expert Agents: cost, limits and alternatives](https://heydeacon.com/resources/kajabi-expert-agents): How Kajabi’s Sales Agent and Teaching Assistant learn, what an agent costs before and after 30 September 2026, the themes they need and four other chatbots.
- [LiveChat alternatives and what their AI costs](https://heydeacon.com/resources/livechat-alternatives): Eight alternatives to LiveChat, the live chat app from Text, Inc., with each one’s free plan, seat price and AI, read on 23 September 2026 and led by Deacon.
- [Free tawk.to alternatives, compared on their AI](https://heydeacon.com/resources/tawk-to-alternatives): Eight tawk.to alternatives that each have a free plan, and what that plan’s AI does before you pay, read on 23 September 2026 and led by Deacon.
- [Voiceflow pricing plans, credits and chat costs](https://heydeacon.com/resources/voiceflow-pricing): What Voiceflow charges for a chat agent on your website, from its plans and credit rates read on 23 September 2026, with a month of chat priced out.
- [Wonderchat pricing, and what its credits cover](https://heydeacon.com/resources/wonderchat-pricing): Wonderchat’s plans under every name they go by, priced on 23 September 2026, with what a credit pays for, what stops at the limit and a founder’s month.
- [Zendesk AI pricing and what each resolution costs](https://heydeacon.com/resources/zendesk-ai-pricing): What Zendesk’s AI costs a small team, from the agent seat to each automated resolution, Copilot and the overage past your allowance, read on 23 September 2026.
- [Customer support tools for small teams, with prices](https://heydeacon.com/resources/customer-support-tools): The five kinds of customer support tool, what each costs on prices read on 23 September 2026, and how the number of people answering tells you which you need.
- [Zendesk competitors compared on seats and AI prices](https://heydeacon.com/resources/zendesk-alternatives): Freshdesk, Help Scout, Intercom, HubSpot and four more Zendesk competitors, with seat prices, AI meters and free plans read on 23 September 2026.
- [Botpress alternatives for customer support](https://heydeacon.com/resources/botpress-alternatives): Eight Botpress alternatives with prices read on 23 September 2026, what each counts and what happens at its limit, starting with Deacon, which needs no build.
- [Chatling alternatives and what each reply costs](https://heydeacon.com/resources/chatling-alternatives): Eight Chatling alternatives, priced on 23 September 2026, and how many replies each one’s cheapest AI plan covers, starting with Deacon.
- [Dante AI alternatives that let you take over a chat](https://heydeacon.com/resources/dante-ai-alternatives): Dante AI lets a person take over a chat from $120 a month. Eight alternatives, the plan where each lets you step in, and prices read on 23 September 2026.
- [DocsBot alternatives that answer from your docs](https://heydeacon.com/resources/docsbot-alternatives): Eight tools that answer customers from your docs, set beside DocsBot AI’s plans, with each one’s seats, limits and prices, read on 23 September 2026.
- [Fin AI alternatives and what each charges for](https://heydeacon.com/resources/fin-ai-alternatives): Who owns Fin now, what its $0.99 outcome counts, and ten AI agents that meter another way, read on 23 September 2026, with Deacon’s free plan first.
- [Free SiteGPT alternatives and what they count](https://heydeacon.com/resources/sitegpt-alternatives): SiteGPT has no free plan, and its 4,000 messages become 400 on GPT-4.1. Seven alternatives that start free, with meters and prices read on 23 September 2026.
- [Tidio alternatives priced with the AI switched on](https://heydeacon.com/resources/tidio-alternatives): What Tidio and Lyro cost together, and eight Tidio alternatives priced with their AI on, read on 23 September 2026, starting with Deacon’s free plan.
- [Voiceflow alternatives for website chat](https://heydeacon.com/resources/voiceflow-alternatives): Seven Voiceflow alternatives for a chat agent on your website, with prices read on 23 September 2026 and which of them take phone calls, starting with Deacon.
- [Wonderchat alternatives, compared plan by plan](https://heydeacon.com/resources/wonderchat-alternatives): Eight Wonderchat alternatives with prices read on 23 September 2026, what each counts and the first plan where a person can take over, starting with Deacon.
- [The best Chatbase alternatives and what they cost](https://heydeacon.com/resources/chatbase-alternatives): Ten Chatbase alternatives with their free plans, prices and limits, read on 22 September 2026, starting with Deacon, an AI support agent with a free plan.
- [Crisp chat alternatives and where each AI starts](https://heydeacon.com/resources/crisp-alternatives): Nine Crisp chat alternatives, with each one’s free plan, first price and AI read on 23 September 2026, led by Deacon, whose free plan answers from your docs.
- [Free AI chatbots for a website, and their limits](https://heydeacon.com/resources/free-ai-chatbot-for-website): The free AI chatbot plans for a website, what each one gives you, what your visitors see when it runs out, and the catches in the small print.
- [Chatbot pricing, and what an AI chatbot costs](https://heydeacon.com/resources/how-much-does-an-ai-chatbot-cost): Chatbot pricing by the seat, the credit, the resolution or the month, and what an AI chatbot costs, with one month of 1,000 questions priced on eleven tools.
- [Intercom alternatives and what each costs a startup](https://heydeacon.com/resources/intercom-alternatives-for-startups): What Intercom’s seats, Fin and Early Stage add up to for a startup, and nine alternatives with their startup offers, read on 23 September 2026.
- [Deacon vs Fin AI](https://heydeacon.com/resources/deacon-vs-fin): Fin is an AI agent that works inside a helpdesk. Deacon answers your customers in seconds with no helpdesk, shows you what they need, and has a free plan.
- [Deacon vs Zendesk](https://heydeacon.com/resources/deacon-vs-zendesk): Zendesk’s AI agents come inside a per-agent helpdesk plan and bill each resolution past an allowance. Deacon needs no helpdesk and has a free plan.
- [Deacon vs NiCE](https://heydeacon.com/resources/deacon-vs-nice): NiCE CXone sells per-agent contact centre suites, with its AI agents an add-on below the top one. Deacon answers your customers with no contact centre.
- [Deacon vs Five9](https://heydeacon.com/resources/deacon-vs-five9): Five9’s published prices need at least 50 contact centre seats. Deacon answers your customers in seconds from your docs, from a team of one, with a free plan.
- [Deacon vs ChatBot](https://heydeacon.com/resources/deacon-vs-chatbot): ChatBot.com charges per user and adds AI resolutions in packs of 50. How Deacon compares, with a free plan and nothing billed past your plan’s answers.
- [Chatbase vs Tidio](https://heydeacon.com/resources/chatbase-vs-tidio): Chatbase charges AI credits that vary by model. Tidio charges for the chats your team answers and sells its AI separately. Prices, limits and a third option.
- [Chatbase vs Botpress](https://heydeacon.com/resources/chatbase-vs-botpress): Chatbase trains an agent on your content and bills credits by model. Botpress has you build one and buys more conversations itself. Costs and limits compared.
- [Chatbase vs Intercom](https://heydeacon.com/resources/chatbase-vs-intercom): Chatbase sells AI replies as credits priced by model. Intercom adds a fee for each Fin outcome to its seat price. How each bill grows, and where Deacon fits.
- [Chatbase vs Voiceflow](https://heydeacon.com/resources/chatbase-vs-voiceflow): Chatbase prints its prices. Voiceflow keeps plan prices in its product but publishes what a message or call minute costs. Both compared, and a simpler option.
- [Chatbase vs CustomGPT](https://heydeacon.com/resources/chatbase-vs-customgpt): Chatbase starts free and bills credits by model. CustomGPT takes a card for its trial and walls answers inside your content. Price and trust compared.
- [Chatbase vs Botsonic](https://heydeacon.com/resources/chatbase-vs-botsonic): Chatbase starts free and bills credits by model. Botsonic starts with a trial, counts messages and hands chats to people through your Zendesk.
- [Botpress vs Voiceflow](https://heydeacon.com/resources/botpress-vs-voiceflow): Botpress bills by the conversation and publishes its plans. Voiceflow meters each message and call minute, with plan prices inside. Channels and handoffs too.
- [Tidio vs Intercom](https://heydeacon.com/resources/tidio-vs-intercom): Tidio gives 10 seats away and sells its AI agent in packages. Intercom charges for each teammate who replies and bills Fin per outcome. Which fits a small team?
- [Tidio vs Crisp](https://heydeacon.com/resources/tidio-vs-crisp): Tidio bills the chats your team answers and sells Lyro on top. Crisp charges a flat fee per workspace, AI credits included. What happens when each runs out.
- [Tidio vs tawk.to](https://heydeacon.com/resources/tidio-vs-tawk-to): tawk.to gives live chat away and sells its AI by the message. Tidio caps free chats and sells Lyro by the conversation. What each costs once the AI answers.
- [Tidio vs Zendesk](https://heydeacon.com/resources/tidio-vs-zendesk): Tidio charges for the chats your team answers and sells Lyro in packages. Zendesk charges per agent, then per AI resolution. Both meters, and a third option.
- [Tidio vs Gorgias](https://heydeacon.com/resources/tidio-vs-gorgias): Gorgias bills per ticket and per request its AI settles, and that AI can refund or edit orders. Tidio bills the chats your team answers. Which suits your shop?
- [Tidio vs LiveChat](https://heydeacon.com/resources/tidio-vs-livechat): LiveChat charges per person, and its AI agent comes only with a Text plan. Tidio bills your team’s chats and sells Lyro in packs. Costs, and a third option.
- [Crisp vs Intercom](https://heydeacon.com/resources/crisp-vs-intercom): Crisp prices the whole workspace, Hugo’s credits included. Intercom prices each teammate and bills Fin per outcome. Which suits a startup, side by side.
- [Intercom vs Zendesk](https://heydeacon.com/resources/intercom-vs-zendesk): Both charge by the seat and bill their AI by results, differently. How Fin outcomes and Zendesk resolutions are counted, capped and charged, side by side.
- [Zendesk vs Freshdesk](https://heydeacon.com/resources/zendesk-vs-freshdesk): Zendesk bills its AI agent per resolution and, by default, keeps it answering past the allowance. Freshdesk sells sessions and stops when they run out.
- [Zendesk vs HubSpot](https://heydeacon.com/resources/zendesk-vs-hubspot): Zendesk puts AI agents on every plan. HubSpot keeps Customer Agent for Service Hub Professional and bills it in credits. Plans, meters and a simpler option.
- [Zendesk vs Salesforce](https://heydeacon.com/resources/zendesk-vs-salesforce): Zendesk includes AI agents on every plan and bills resolutions. Salesforce sells Agentforce per conversation or action, from Core up. Both, and a third way.
- [Zendesk vs Gorgias](https://heydeacon.com/resources/zendesk-vs-gorgias): Zendesk charges per agent and bills AI resolutions past an allowance. Gorgias charges per ticket, and each AI answer is billed as a ticket too.
- [Zendesk vs Zoho Desk](https://heydeacon.com/resources/zendesk-vs-zoho-desk): Zendesk bills its AI per resolution. Zoho Desk has a free edition and bills its AI agents by the token, past a free monthly allowance. Seats and AI compared.
- [Base44 vs Lovable](https://heydeacon.com/resources/base44-vs-lovable): Base44 suits founders who never want to see code, Lovable those who want it in their own repo. Plans, credits and hosting read on 25 September 2026.
- [Help Scout vs Zendesk](https://heydeacon.com/resources/help-scout-vs-zendesk): Help Scout is a shared inbox with a free plan and AI at $0.75 a resolution. Zendesk is a ticketing suite billed per agent and per AI resolution. Side by side.
- [Help Scout vs Intercom](https://heydeacon.com/resources/help-scout-vs-intercom): Help Scout charges per user and $0.75 per AI resolution, with a free plan. Intercom charges per seat and $0.99 per Fin outcome. Plans, AI and startup offers.
- [Freshdesk vs Help Scout](https://heydeacon.com/resources/freshdesk-vs-help-scout): Freshdesk bills its AI by the session and keeps website chat for Omni. Help Scout bills $0.75 a resolution and has a free plan. Seats, AI and free plans.
- [HubSpot vs Intercom](https://heydeacon.com/resources/hubspot-vs-intercom): HubSpot’s AI agent needs a Service Hub Professional seat and spends credits per resolution. Intercom bills Fin at $0.99 an outcome on every plan.
- [Freshdesk vs Zoho Desk](https://heydeacon.com/resources/freshdesk-vs-zoho-desk): Zoho Desk is free for 3 users with no end date and bills its AI by the token. Freshdesk’s free offer ends after 6 months, and its AI is billed by the session.
- [Replit vs Lovable](https://heydeacon.com/resources/replit-vs-lovable): Lovable turns a chat into a hosted web app. Replit puts Agent in a cloud workspace with every file in reach. Plans, credits and code read on 27 September 2026.
- [Lovable vs Cursor](https://heydeacon.com/resources/lovable-vs-cursor): Lovable builds and hosts a full app from a chat. Cursor is an editor with an agent for a codebase you keep. Prices read 27 September 2026.
- [Lovable vs Claude Code](https://heydeacon.com/resources/lovable-vs-claude-code): Lovable builds and hosts a full app from a chat. Claude Code is a coding agent that comes with Claude’s paid plans. Prices read 27 September 2026.
- [Lovable vs Bolt](https://heydeacon.com/resources/lovable-vs-bolt): Lovable and Bolt both build and host an app from a prompt, meter differently and cost about the same. Prices read on 27 September 2026.
- [Lovable vs v0](https://heydeacon.com/resources/lovable-vs-v0): Lovable hosts your app and its backend on Lovable Cloud. v0 builds a full-stack app that deploys to your own Vercel account. Prices read 27 September 2026.
- [Base44 vs Replit](https://heydeacon.com/resources/base44-vs-replit): Choosing between Base44 and Replit? Base44 builds the whole app from a chat on its own backend. Replit puts Agent in a cloud workspace with the code in reach.

### Use cases
- [Deacon and Lovable](https://heydeacon.com/resources/deacon-and-lovable): Lovable counts your visitors on its own. Deacon adds goals, funnels, JavaScript errors and an AI agent that answers them, from one script tag and a free plan.
- [Deacon and Bolt](https://heydeacon.com/resources/deacon-and-bolt): Bolt can build a chatbot, but you add the API key and pay for every reply. Deacon answers from your docs, says when it doesn’t know, and goes in with one line.
- [Deacon and v0](https://heydeacon.com/resources/deacon-and-v0): A chatbot v0 builds runs on Vercel’s AI Gateway by default, which charges for every reply. Deacon answers your visitors from your docs, from one script tag.
- [Deacon and Replit](https://heydeacon.com/resources/deacon-and-replit): Replit’s Growth pane shows visitors, pages and referrers for up to 30 days. Deacon adds goals, funnels, browser errors and an AI agent that answers visitors.
- [Deacon and Base44](https://heydeacon.com/resources/deacon-and-base44): A Base44 agent spends integration credits on every reply. Deacon answers your visitors from your docs, with no login and none of your credits, from index.html.
- [AI chatbot for ecommerce, from sizing to shipping](https://heydeacon.com/resources/ai-chatbot-for-ecommerce): Which shopper questions an AI chatbot can answer from your store’s own pages, which need your order system, and the ecommerce chatbots built for each job.
- [AI chatbot for small business, and what it can’t do](https://heydeacon.com/resources/ai-chatbot-for-small-business): Which questions an AI chatbot can take for a shop, clinic, agency, salon or trade, what it costs a small business, and what should still reach the owner.
- [BigCommerce chatbot: add one as an app or a script](https://heydeacon.com/resources/bigcommerce-chatbot): How to add a chatbot to BigCommerce, from an App Marketplace app or a script in Script Manager, what the chatbot apps cost, and which settings matter.
- [Bubble.io chatbot, from API Connector to one script](https://heydeacon.com/resources/bubble-chatbot): What a support chatbot built with Bubble’s API Connector involves, which Bubble plan runs a chatbot’s script, and how to add Deacon in Settings instead.
- [Carrd chatbot for a one-page site, on Pro Standard](https://heydeacon.com/resources/carrd-chatbot): Which Carrd plan can run a chatbot’s code, what the chatbots that support Carrd cost, and how to add Deacon to a one-page site with a hidden Embed.
- [Kajabi chatbot options, from Expert Agents to code](https://heydeacon.com/resources/kajabi-chatbot): What Kajabi’s own Expert Agents cost and where they run, which Kajabi field takes another chatbot’s code, and how to add Deacon to your site and courses.
- [Lovable chatbot for support: build it or add one](https://heydeacon.com/resources/lovable-chatbot): What a support chatbot built in Lovable spends from your credits, why it stops when they run out, and how to add Deacon to your app with one line instead.
- [Replit chatbot for support: what it takes to build](https://heydeacon.com/resources/replit-chatbot): The key, database, plan and credits a support chatbot built on Replit needs, what happens when a usage limit hits, and how to add Deacon with one tag instead.
- [Adding an AI chatbot to a GitHub Pages site](https://heydeacon.com/resources/github-pages-chatbot): Why a static GitHub Pages site needs a hosted chatbot, where its script tag goes on a Jekyll, plain HTML or Actions-built site, and what the options cost.
- [HubSpot chatbot, free and AI, and what each costs](https://heydeacon.com/resources/hubspot-ai-chatbot): HubSpot’s free rule-based chatbot and its AI customer agent, what each costs and which plans include it, and how to add an AI chatbot to a HubSpot site free.
- [Adding a Squarespace chatbot with Code Injection](https://heydeacon.com/resources/squarespace-chatbot): Which Squarespace plans run a chatbot’s script, what the chatbots that support Squarespace cost, and how to set up Deacon in Code Injection’s Footer.
- [Wix chatbot options, from Smart Chat to custom code](https://heydeacon.com/resources/wix-chatbot): What Wix Smart Chat and the App Market’s AI chatbots give you free, which Wix plan custom code needs, and how to add Deacon in Wix’s Custom Code.
- [WooCommerce AI chatbot for pre-checkout questions](https://heydeacon.com/resources/woocommerce-ai-chatbot): The AI chatbot plugins made for WooCommerce and what they cost, which shopper questions a chatbot can answer without your orders, and how to add one.
- [AI customer support for SaaS without a support team](https://heydeacon.com/resources/ai-customer-support-for-saas): Which questions AI should answer at a small SaaS, which must still reach you, and how to set one up on your site and inside your signed-in app.
- [What to look for in a documentation AI assistant](https://heydeacon.com/resources/documentation-ai-assistant): The three ways to add an AI assistant to your docs, six tests for choosing one, and what the questions readers ask it say about your pages.
- [Framer chatbot plugins, or one line of Custom Code](https://heydeacon.com/resources/framer-chatbot): The chatbot plugins in Framer’s Marketplace and what they cost, where a chatbot’s script goes in Custom Code, and what we found on live Framer sites.
- [Shopify AI chatbot, from Inbox to one script tag](https://heydeacon.com/resources/shopify-ai-chatbot): What Shopify Inbox’s free AI agent and the top chatbot apps do and cost, and where a chatbot’s script tag goes in your theme so updates keep it.
- [Adding a Webflow chatbot, and the plan it needs](https://heydeacon.com/resources/webflow-chatbot): Which Webflow plans let you add a chatbot’s script, what the AI chatbot apps in Webflow’s marketplace cost, and how Deacon carries a chat from page to page.

### Glossary
- [Customer service metrics glossary](https://heydeacon.com/resources/glossary): Customer service metrics and KPIs for founders who answer their own support, each with its formula, a worked example and benchmarks where a source has them.

### For AI assistants
- [Information for AI assistants](https://heydeacon.com/resources/for-ai-assistants): Deacon is an AI customer support agent for founders. This page gives ChatGPT, Claude and other assistants the plain facts, with prices and what it doesn’t do.
- [llms.txt](https://heydeacon.com/llms.txt): The short index a coding assistant reads first, with the install and goals documents.

## Features

- [Features](https://heydeacon.com/features): See every Deacon feature at work on one customer’s question, from answers in seconds to human handoff, Answer once, topics and analytics, on every plan.
- [AI chatbot for your website](https://heydeacon.com/features/ai-chatbot-for-website): Deacon is an AI chatbot for websites run by founders. It answers visitors in seconds from your own content, hands you the rest and shows you what they ask.
- [Chatbot analytics](https://heydeacon.com/features/chatbot-analytics): The chatbot numbers worth reading, and how Deacon shows what your customers ask, what it couldn’t answer and what they want next.
- [FAQ chatbot](https://heydeacon.com/features/faq-chatbot): What an FAQ chatbot does, and how Deacon learns a question it missed from a few lines you write, then shows you the reply it now gives.
- [Human handoff](https://heydeacon.com/features/human-handoff): What human handoff means, when a chatbot should pass a chat to a person, and how Deacon hands one to you, with your reply in the visitor’s chat.
- [Knowledge base chatbot](https://heydeacon.com/features/knowledge-base-chatbot): How a knowledge base chatbot turns your help pages and files into answers, and how Deacon replies only from them or admits it doesn’t know.
- [Multilingual chatbot](https://heydeacon.com/features/multilingual-chatbot): What a multilingual chatbot does, how Deacon replies in each visitor’s language from docs you wrote once, and which of its words stay in English.
- [Website chat widget](https://heydeacon.com/features/website-chat-widget): What to check before you add a website chat widget, and how Deacon’s free one goes on in one line, matches your site and answers from your docs.
- [Website visitor tracking](https://heydeacon.com/features/website-visitor-tracking): How to track website visitors for free, what’s worth counting on a small site, and how Deacon counts visitors, sources and sign-ups without naming anyone.

## Product

- [Home](https://heydeacon.com)
- [Pricing](https://heydeacon.com/pricing)
- [About](https://heydeacon.com/about)
- [Terms of use](https://heydeacon.com/terms)
- [Privacy policy](https://heydeacon.com/privacy)

## Which page to read

- For anything about price, read https://heydeacon.com/pricing. Its figures come from the plan the product enforces, as do those on the Information for AI assistants page, so never quote a price from any other page.
- For how Deacon compares with another tool, read that tool's own page in the list above. Each one states what the rival charges and the date that was read.
- For what Deacon does, one feature at a time, read https://heydeacon.com/features. A feature with a page of its own is listed under Features above.
- For facts about the product itself, what it is, what it does, what it stores, read https://heydeacon.com/resources/for-ai-assistants.
- For how to install, style or teach it, read https://heydeacon.com/resources/how-to-use-deacon.
- If a fact is not stated on those pages, say so rather than inferring it.