What is a chatbot free trial?
A chatbot free trial is a limited period, often 7 or 14 days, in which you can use a paid chatbot tool for free and test it with your own content and customers. It's different from a free plan, which has no end date but usually much lower limits.
Also called: free trial, trial period, no-credit-card trial.
By Santhul Joseph, AI EngineerUpdated
How free trials work
- You sign up, often without a credit card, and use the paid product for a set number of days. Intercom, for example, offers 14 days without a card.
- Many trials also cap usage, for example a number of AI replies.
- At the end you pick a plan or the account stops. With a card on file, some trials turn into a paid plan on their own.
- A free plan is different: it doesn't expire, but it's small. ManyChat's Free plan includes 25 active contacts.
How to get the most out of a trial
- Add your real content on day one: your website, price lists, policies and FAQs.
- Ask the questions your customers actually ask, awkward ones included.
- Test every channel you'll use, not only the website.
- Check what happens when it doesn't know: does it say so and hand over to a person?
- Look at the questions it couldn't answer, add the missing answers and ask again.
The SimplyBoost free trial
SimplyBoost's free trial runs for 7 days with 100 AI replies and needs no credit card. If you need more time, you can extend it once by another 7 days. There's no permanent free plan.
After the trial, Starter is €39 a month, or €31 billed yearly, with 500 AI replies and every channel included: the website chat widget, WhatsApp and Instagram.
Questions people ask
Do I need a credit card for the SimplyBoost free trial?
No. The 7-day trial with 100 AI replies doesn't ask for a credit card.
Can I extend my SimplyBoost trial?
Yes, once, by another 7 days.
Does SimplyBoost have a free plan?
No. There's a 7-day free trial, and after that plans start at €39 a month, or €31 a month billed yearly.