Botpress vs Rasa (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Rasa grades higher than Botpress: 2.4 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Botpress grades higher on ease of use. Rasa grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Botpress
AI agent builder and helpdesk priced by conversation volume
Which one is for you
Pick Botpress if
- Fits if you want to try a chat agent on 100 conversations
- Works for a team that needs WhatsApp and white-label webchat
Look elsewhere if
- Pricey if you move past Free: $150 a month for 250 conversations on Plus
- Watch out: extra packs of 100 conversations are added at 95% of the quota and cannot be turned off
- Tight if you are on Free, because it is hard-capped at 100 conversations
- Not for you if you want voice before Enterprise, as the voice channel is listed there
- Watch out: storage beyond plan limits is a $40 a month add-on
Pick Rasa if
- Fits if you have engineers building a customer-facing chat or voice agent
- Works for small bots under 1,000 conversations a month
Look elsewhere if
- Tight if you grow: the free edition stops at one bot per company
- Skip it if you want a price list, because Enterprise is sold through sales
- Not for you if you lack engineers, since Kubernetes is the documented scale path
- Watch out: the AudioCodes phone connector is an extra purchase
How we grade them
| 2.2GPABotpressFair | 2.4GPARasaFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | DPlus is $150 a month billed annually for 250 conversations, about four times the $37 where the dearer quarter starts. | CThe free edition is a program you run yourself, which needs a server, so it is a C. Enterprise pricing is not published. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree has 100 conversations, 3 seats and 3 AI agents, hard-capped with no add-on packs. | BA free licence usable locally or in production, but only one bot per company and 1,000 external conversations a month. A small bot could live on that. |
| Features | BThree ways to build, channels, knowledge bases, tables and a help desk; the listing shows no gap in the core job. | BCALM dialogue engine, visual and code building, testing, search and RAG, voice and channels. No gap shows in the core job, though the free edition is capped. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You build the agent and connect channels and knowledge yourself. | DNo rating on record. Building and running agents is engineering work, with Kubernetes as the documented route to scale. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with six integrations, WhatsApp on Plus and a voice channel on Enterprise. | BWeb builder and self-hosted deployment, with Slack, WhatsApp, Kubernetes, Kafka and OpenTelemetry links. No desktop or phone app. |
| Best for | chatbot agents with a free plan | building conversational AI agents |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Botpress and Rasa. How we grade
Where they differ
- Rasa is self-hostable, according to its own site.
- Botpress also covers whatsApp messaging.
- Rasa also covers workflow automation and no-code.
At a glance
| Botpress | Rasa | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $150 per month for 250 conversations, billed annually | Not published |
| Free plan | 100 conversations with no top-ups or overages, 3 seats, 3 AI agents and a Help Center. | Free Developer Edition license usable locally or in production: one bot per company, up to 1,000 external or 100 internal conversations a month, with community forum support. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | Botpress | Rasa |
| Price read from | botpress.com | rasa.com |
| Checked | Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Botpress
- A conversation is an exchange with at least two end-user messages in the billing month; voice counts 3 minutes as one.
- Past the included amount, packs of 100 conversations are added automatically at 95% of the quota and cannot be turned off.
- Plus and Team show annual prices on the page; the monthly-billed price is not shown beside them.
- Storage beyond plan limits is a $40 per month add-on; Free is hard-capped.
Rasa
- The free Developer Edition is limited to one bot per company and 1,000 external conversations a month.
- Enterprise pricing is not published and is sold through sales.
- Building and running agents is engineering work; Kubernetes deployment is the documented scale path.
- The AudioCodes IVR connector is sold as an additional purchase.
Key features
Botpress
- Three ways to build
- Botpress Viber builds from plain language, Botpress Studio is a visual builder, and an ADK covers code-first work at the same prices.
- Botpress Desk
- An AI helpdesk with escalation and handoff to people, ticket enrichment and routing, for support teams.
- Channels
- Deploy agents to webchat, WhatsApp and Slack; the Enterprise plan adds a voice channel.
- Knowledge bases and tables
- Agents answer from uploaded files and stored table rows. Free includes 1K rows; Plus 100K; Team 500K.
- Help Center
- A public knowledge base customers can use on their own, with a custom domain from the Plus plan.
Rasa
- CALM dialogue engine
- Combines LLM flexibility with structured flows, deterministic business logic and built-in recovery patterns.
- Visual and code-based building
- Assistants can be designed in code or in a no-code flow builder, with a custom actions server (Rasa SDK) and open prompt editing.
- Testing and analysis
- End-to-end testing, a try-your-assistant panel, a conversation view for analysis, and change observation with rollback.
- Enterprise search and RAG
- Retrieves answers from a company's own data, with a response rephraser and multi-LLM management.
- Voice and channels
- Includes real-time voice infrastructure and REST and WebSocket channel connectors; an IVR connector to AudioCodes VoiceAI Connect is a paid extra.
- Deployment and governance
- Deploys on Kubernetes with Helm and adds SSO, role-based access control, PII management and Vault-based secrets.
Plans
Botpress
Free$0
100 conversations, 3 seats, 3 AI agents, community support; hard-capped with no add-on packs.
Plus$150
per month for 250 conversations, billed annually
$25 AI usage, unlimited agents, white-label webchat, WhatsApp; extra packs of 100 conversations are $65.
Team$750
per month for 1,500 conversations, billed annually
$150 AI usage, unlimited seats, teams, routing and RBAC; extra packs of 100 conversations are $50.
EnterpriseCustom
Custom conversation volume, dedicated support, uptime SLA, security review and voice channel.
Rasa
Free Developer Edition$0
One bot per company with up to 1,000 external or 100 internal conversations a month and community support.
EnterpriseCustom
Full Rasa Platform with Basic or Premium Support, self-managed on premises or in a private cloud, or as a managed service; sold through sales.
Ways to pay less
Botpress
- Annual discount
Save 20% with annual billing
The pricing page toggles between monthly and annual billing and says annual billing saves 20%; the displayed prices are the annual ones.
- Nonprofit
Botpress for Good program
Botpress says it makes the platform more affordable for nonprofits, educational institutions and open-source projects, on application.
Rasa
No public discounts listed.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Botpress or Rasa?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Botpress starts at $150 per month for 250 conversations, billed annually, and Rasa publishes no starting price.
Which has a free plan, Botpress or Rasa?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Botpress and Rasa have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.