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Prices and features checked on October 28, 2026 from Wonderchat's own pages.
The short version
Wonderchat suits teams that want many channels (WhatsApp, Slack, Teams, Messenger, Telegram) and a help desk with unlimited seats. Patchwhistle suits small businesses that want a website chatbot at a lower starting price, with no badge to pay to remove.
Side by side
What each product offers for an AI chatbot on a business website. "Coming soon" items on our side are not available yet.
| Feature | Patchwhistle | Wonderchat |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Lowest paid plan | Yes: $19/month | Yes: $39/mo ($32.50 billed yearly) |
| How you pay | Yes: Flat monthly plan. No per-answer or per-resolution fees. | Yes: Plan with AI reply and resolution allowances |
| Free trial | Yes: 14 days, no card | Not stated: Free plan instead |
| Free plan | No | Yes: 50 AI replies a month |
| Training | ||
| Learns from your website, with re-sync | Yes: Automatic re-sync: Watch manual, Care weekly, Complete daily | Yes: Weekly re-training from the Basic plan |
| File upload | Yes: PDF, Word, text, Markdown, CSV | Yes |
| YouTube videos | Yes | Not stated |
| Written Q&A answers | Yes | Not stated |
| Google Drive, Notion and other cloud docs | Coming soon | Yes: Google Drive from Starter, SharePoint |
| Answers | ||
| Replies in the visitor's language | Yes | Yes: 40+ languages |
| Links the source page | Yes | Yes |
| Says when it does not know | Yes: And offers your contact link or a lead form | Yes: Offers a person and flags the question |
| After the chat | ||
| Lead capture | Yes | Yes: Contact form from Starter |
| Hand over to a person | Yes: Reply in the widget or by email | Yes: Shared inbox on every plan |
| Inbox of unanswered questions | Yes: Add the answer as a Q&A in one click | Yes: Review inbox with drafted answers |
| Integrations | ||
| Slack alerts and webhooks | Yes | Yes: Slack from Starter; webhooks and Zapier |
Coming soon | Yes: From Starter | |
| Works without buying a help desk | Yes | Yes: Own help desk included |
| Extras | ||
| Website uptime and SSL monitoring | Yes: Included on every plan | No |
Pricing
Wonderchat plans bundle AI replies and resolutions, and replies from stronger models can use more than one credit. Patchwhistle plans count each answered visitor message once.
14-day free trial, no card. No free plan.
As listed on October 28, 2026.
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