ProxyAI vs Chatbase
A builder for chat agents grounded in your own documents, priced by how many messages they answer.
These two price different things
Chatbase bills every month. ProxyAI does not. The bot and its add-ons are one-time purchases, bought once, kept for good, with no subscription and nothing that renews by itself. After that you pay only for the conversations your bot actually handles.
Chatbase: Monthly tiers sized by message credits, each capping how many agents you can run. ProxyAI: a one-off price per bot, then metered usage charged against a credit balance at the published per-model rates. Which works out cheaper depends entirely on your volume and how many people need a seat, so this page sets the two out side by side rather than declaring a winner. Run your own numbers on the rates calculator.
How Chatbase charges
| Plan | Price | Includes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/month | 50 message credits/month · 1 agent · Limited access to models |
| Hobby | $32/month | 700 message credits/month · 2 agents · Access to advanced models |
| Standard | $120/month | 4,000 message credits/month · 3 agents · Helpdesk, voice and telephony |
| Pro | $400/month | 15,000 message credits/month · 5 agents · Advanced analytics and integrations |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing | Higher limits with flexible billing · Custom roles, SSO, white-labeling · Priority support |
- Free tier: Free plan with 50 message credits a month and 1 agent.
Every Chatbase figure above is quoted from their pricing page, read on 2026-08-14. Pricing changes, check the source before relying on it.
How ProxyAI charges
One bot costs $0.00 to start (Basic Chatbot), paid once. There are no seats: the price does not change with how many people on your team use the dashboard. Capabilities are bought individually as add-ons rather than bundled into tiers, and conversation usage draws down a credit balance at published per-model rates.
Add-ons, one-time payment, no renewal
- Bot Knowledge, $38.00 once
- Abuse Guard, $10.00 once
- Human Handoff, $10.00 once
- Helpdesk Connect, $20.00 once
- Agent Tasks, $40.00 once
- Sentry, $20 once
The price you pay is fixed at purchase: a later price change never applies to something you already own, and an add-on you buy today does not appear on a bill next month.