Gorgias vs Tidio
We give Gorgias a 2.8 GPA and Tidio a 3.2, out of 4.0. Gorgias grades higher on features. Tidio grades higher on ease of use and platforms. They get the same grade on value for money and the free plan.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Gorgias
Ecommerce help desk priced by tickets, with a paid-per-use AI agent
Tidio
Live chat, ticketing and the Lyro AI agent priced by conversations
How we grade them
| 2.8GPAGorgiasGood | 3.2GPATidioVery good | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | ABasic is $50 a month billed yearly for 300 tickets and any number of seats, $10 a head for a team of five, just under 60% of what the cheaper quarter of help desks charges. Starter is $10 for one person but only 50 tickets. Extra tickets are $0.40 each. | AGrowth, from 250 conversations, is $49.17 a month billed yearly for the whole team, about $9.83 a head for five, just under 60% of what the cheaper quarter of help desks charges. Starter is $24.17 for 100 conversations, under $5 a head. |
| Free plan and trial | CA free trial with no card needed, though the listing doesn't say how long it lasts. There's no free plan, and the cheapest paid one is billed monthly only. | CA free plan with 10 seats, live chat, ticketing and the social channels, plus a 7-day trial with no card. The cap you'll hit is 50 answered conversations a month, and Lyro's 50 free conversations come once, not monthly. |
| Features | BOne inbox for email, chat, social and help center requests with order details beside each ticket, an AI agent that acts on orders, voice and SMS, and reports that tie support to sales. For a store, that's the whole job. | CLive chat with a visitor list, one inbox for five channels, ticketing, the Lyro AI agent, rule-based Flows and AI reply help. But the listing has no help center or phone support, and ongoing Lyro use is an add-on from $39 a month. |
| Ease of use | CNo store rating on record. You connect the store, then each channel, and decide what the AI agent is allowed to do with orders. That is a fair bit of setup before the first reply goes out. | A4.76 from 4,767 App Store ratings, the top band for support apps. Adding the chat box to a Shopify or WordPress store is what it's built around. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, iPhone and Android, with Shopify, BigCommerce, WooCommerce and Magento plus Loop Returns, Yotpo, Recharge and Attentive. No desktop app, and BigCommerce and Magento need higher plans. | AWeb, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android apps for agents, with Shopify, WordPress, Zendesk, Salesforce and Zapier, and an API. That's every device type covered. |
| Best for | support desks for Shopify stores | live chat for small online stores |
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: Gorgias and Tidio. How we grade
Price against what you get
Gorgias starts at $10 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Tidio starts at $24.17 a month and scores 3.3.
Tidio scores higher, and starts $14.17 a month higher: the question is whether the extra is worth that to you. Of the other help desk and live chat tools on the chart, 1 scores higher than Gorgias for less, and none scores higher than Tidio for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Gorgias starts at $10 per month for 50 tickets, billed monthly. Tidio starts at $24.17 per month for 100 conversations, billed annually ($29 monthly).
- Tidio has a free plan. Gorgias does not, though it has a free trial.
- Only Tidio lists macOS and Windows apps.
- Gorgias also covers reports and help center.
At a glance
| Gorgias | Tidio | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free trial | Free plan |
| Starts at | $10 per month for 50 tickets, billed monthly | $24.17 per month for 100 conversations, billed annually ($29 monthly) |
| Free plan | None | 50 billable conversations a month and 10 seats, with live chat, ticketing, email, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp, 50 one-off Lyro AI conversations and 100 Flows visitors a month. |
| Free trial | Free trial, no credit card required | 7-day free trial of all plans and add-ons, no credit card required |
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| Made by | Gorgias Inc. | Tidio LLC |
| Price read from | gorgias.com | tidio.com |
| Checked | Oct 17, 2026 | Oct 17, 2026 |
Who each one suits
Gorgias
- Shopify and other online stores handling order questions
- Growing support teams that do not want to pay per agent
- Brands that want an AI agent able to act on orders
Tidio
- Small online stores, especially on Shopify or WordPress
- Teams of up to 10 agents with modest monthly chat volume
- Businesses that want to add an AI agent without changing help desk
Worth knowing
Gorgias
- Starter allows 50 tickets a month and 3 seats, is billed monthly only, and has no Voice or SMS or AI Agent actions.
- Tickets beyond the plan cost $0.40 each on Starter, $40 per 100 on Basic and $36 per 100 on Pro and Advanced.
- AI Agent costs $1.00 per automated interaction on Starter, $0.90 on Basic and Pro and $0.85 on Advanced; adding it starts at $30 a month for 30.
- It is built for ecommerce: the platform links are store platforms, and Magento needs the Pro plan.
Tidio
- Plans are capped by conversations a human answers: 50 a month free, 100 on Starter and up to 2,000 on Growth; above that is Plus, from $300 a month plus usage.
- Lyro is free for 50 conversations once; ongoing use is an add-on from $39 a month for 50 conversations, up to $700 for 1,000, on monthly billing.
- Free, Starter and Growth are limited to 10 seats; more seats need Plus.
- Flows reach 100 visitors a month free; more cost from $29 a month for 2,000 visitors on monthly billing.
Key features
Gorgias
- One inbox with order data
- Email, chat, social and help center requests arrive in one inbox, with the customer's store orders shown beside each ticket.
- AI Agent
- Answers shoppers' questions and, from Basic up, can cancel orders or apply discounts. Each automated interaction costs between $0.85 and $1.00 by plan.
- Ecommerce platform links
- Connects to Shopify and Shopify Plus and WooCommerce on every plan, BigCommerce from Basic and Magento from Pro.
- Help center
- A help center is one of the channels on every plan; the custom plan allows unlimited help centers.
- Voice and SMS
- Phone and text support can be added to any plan from Basic up, priced in tiers by call and text volume.
- Revenue attribution
- Pro and Advanced add reports that tie support conversations to sales, alongside the support and automation statistics on every plan.
Tidio
- Live chat widget
- A chat box for websites and stores, with a list of visitors on the site right now, operating hours and live video calls.
- One inbox for every channel
- Chat, email, Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp conversations arrive in a single inbox, with a ticketing system for issues that need follow-up.
- Lyro AI Agent
- Answers questions from your FAQ and website content and hands off to a person. It can also be bought alone and added to Zendesk or Salesforce.
- Flows
- Rule-based chat automations built in a visual editor from sales and FAQ templates, such as quote requests or capturing missed conversations.
- AI reply help
- An AI reply assistant and Copilot help agents write answers; Premium adds Advanced Copilot, AI insights and CSAT.
- Apps on every platform
- Agents can work in a browser or in apps for Windows, Mac, iOS and Android.
Plans
Gorgias
Starter$10
per month for 50 tickets, billed monthly only
50 tickets a month and 3 user seats, with email, chat, social and help center channels and Shopify or WooCommerce. Extra tickets cost $0.40 each.
Basic$50
per month for 300 tickets, billed annually ($60 monthly)
300 tickets a month and 500 seats, adding BigCommerce, Voice and SMS add-ons and AI Agent actions. Extra tickets cost $40 per 100.
Pro$300
per month for 2,000 tickets, billed annually ($360 monthly)
2,000 tickets a month, adding Magento, revenue attribution and 1:1 onboarding. Extra tickets cost $36 per 100.
Advanced$750
per month for 5,000 tickets, billed annually ($900 monthly)
5,000 tickets a month with a dedicated success manager, white-glove onboarding and an SLA. Sold through a call with sales.
Custom planCustom
For more than 5,000 conversations a month: SAML SSO, audit logs, unlimited help centers, a custom DPA or MSA and a solutions architect.
Tidio
Free$0
50 billable conversations a month and 10 seats, with live chat, ticketing, social channels and 50 Lyro AI conversations for the life of the account.
Starter$24.17
per month for 100 conversations, billed annually ($29 monthly)
100 billable conversations a month and 10 seats, adding a live visitors list, operating hours and basic analytics.
Growth$49.17
per month from 250 conversations, billed annually ($59 monthly)
Adds advanced analytics, permissions, auto-assignment and macros. The price rises with volume, to $349 a month at 2,000 conversations on monthly billing.
Plus$300
per month, plus usage for AI and human conversations
Custom limits and seat counts, departments, several projects, custom branding, ticketing automations, OpenAPI and a success manager. Sold through sales.
PremiumCustom
From 3,000 Lyro conversations with a guaranteed 50% resolution rate, pay-per-resolution billing, a mobile SDK, SSO and Lyro run as a managed service.
Ways to pay less
Gorgias
- Annual discount
About 17% off with annual billing
Gorgias lists Basic at $50 a month billed annually ($600 a year) against $60 billed monthly, with the same cut on Pro and Advanced. Starter is monthly only.
Tidio
- Annual discount
Two months free with annual billing
Tidio's pricing page gives two months free on annual billing: Starter works out to $24.17 a month billed annually against $29 billed monthly.
