PriceTrail

Chatwoot vs Zendesk

Cheapest paid: $19 vs $19

Zendesk starts 1.0× cheaper on its entry plan.

How they differ

Chatwoot and Zendesk start within 0% of each other, so entry price is unlikely to be what decides between them.

Chatwoot publishes a free tier; Zendesk does not, so trying Zendesk means either a trial or a card.

Named on Chatwoot's pricing page but not Zendesk's: custom branding, priority support, sla policies, whatsapp.

Named on Zendesk's pricing page but not Chatwoot's: ai agent, ai assistant, api access, automations and triggers, customer context, email and ticketing system.

Chatwoot Zendesk
Cheapest paid plan$19$19
Dearest published plan$99$115
Free planYesNo
ChargedPer personPer person
Free trial
Plans published44
Top plan is price-on-requestNoYes
Price changes recorded00

Chatwoot

Plan MonthlyAnnual
HackerFree
Business$39
Captain AI
Enterprise$99
Startups$19

Zendesk

Plan MonthlyAnnual
Contact Center$83
Copilot$50
Suite Enterprise + CopilotContact sales
Suite Professional$115
Suite Team$55
Support Team$19
Workforce Engagement Bundle$50

Both figures read from each vendor's public pricing page. Feature sets differ, so compare the plans, not only the numbers.