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Chatbase
"Train a chatbot on your docs" is now a few API calls.
KINDA
why this verdict
Downgrade — pay for the workflow, not the AI
Chatwoot covers the headline feature free, so the $40/mo is now paying for the workflow around it.
- A named launch, not a vibe named, unlinked
- Assistants API + native RAG. OpenAI, November 6, 2023 — no announcement link recorded yet.
- How much of the job it covers headline only editorial call
- The headline feature, but not the workflow, data or integrations around it.
- Is there a free way to do it? yes
- 1 of 2 listed replacements have a usable free tier: Chatwoot.
- What the call is worth $480/yr
- $40/mo at the entry paid tier — $480 a year per seat.
Reason composed from the fields above missing: announcement linked recorded: free replacement listed recorded: two or more escape hatches
- Threatened by
- OpenAI
- Since
- November 6, 2023
- List price
- $40/mo
- Per year
- $480
The backstory
Chatbase lets you build a support bot trained on your website. The Assistants API and off-the-shelf RAG make rolling your own trivial for any team with a developer, squeezing the no-code premium. Chatbase survives on the no-code convenience for non-technical founders, but the technical moat is thin.
Escape hatches
switching could free up $480/yr O 
OpenAI Assistants API Build your own doc-trained bot cheaply.
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Chatwoot Open-source support suite you can self-host.
chatwoot.com open_in_new1 of 2 replacements have a usable free tier.