OneType vs Botpress

An AI chat that answers from your own website and files, shows its sources, matches your site with 134 templates and hands the chat to your team when it matters.

Updated 21 October 2026

TL;DR

In short

  • Free to start, one clear paid plan.Free comes with 50 AI credits a month. Premium starts at $39 a month ($29 billed yearly) and grows by credits; every size has the same features.
  • Answers with sources.The agent answers from your pages, files and Q&A, shows where each answer came from, and says so when it doesn't know. Those turns use no credits.
  • Looks like your site.134 chat templates, from a corner bubble to a full help page. Add it with one line of code.
  • A person when it matters.Your team takes over any chat from the inbox, Slack or Discord.
  • Your own AI key, coming soon.Premium with your own AI key is coming soon: use your Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, OpenRouter or Moonshot key and pay your provider directly.

Answers

Answers with sources.

OneType reads your website, files and Q&A, and every answer shows where it came from. If your content doesn't cover a question, it says so instead of guessing.

  • Sources on every answer

    Numbered citations point to the page or file.

  • Website, files and Q&A

    PDF, DOCX, TXT, MD and CSV, plus your own saved answers.

  • Kept up to date

    Re-read weekly or daily on Premium, by hand on Free.

  • No credits for "I don't know"

    Turns that decline or hand over use no credits.

Templates

Your chat, your style.

Pick one of 134 templates, from a corner bubble or sidebar to a hero chat or a full help page, then add your logo, name and greeting.

  • Every layout

    Bubble, sidebar, full page, hero, FAQ and help center.

  • AI-ready prompts

    Copy a prompt into Claude Code, Cursor or another AI coding tool to place and restyle the chat.

  • Tiny and fast

    Under 3 KB to load; the chat loads when it is needed.

Human takeover

Step in when it matters.

You see conversations live and take over in one click, from the inbox, Slack or Discord.

  • One-click takeover

    A person joins and the AI steps back.

  • Handoff with context

    A short summary and what the visitor wants.

  • Notified where you work

    Email, the in-app bell, Slack or Discord.

  • Nobody online?

    The visitor leaves an email, it is saved to Contacts and you get a message.

For builders

Your AI, your tools.

Build and manage agents from your AI tools through MCP, and connect the REST API and webhooks. Your own AI key is coming soon.

  • MCP

    Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Claude Code can create and manage agents (Premium).

  • REST API and webhooks

    An OpenAPI description and signed webhooks (Premium).

  • Your own AI key

    Premium with your own AI key is coming soon, with five providers to choose from.

  • Keys stored encrypted

    Your provider key is sealed on our side.

OneType vs Botpress at a glance.

OneType compared with Botpress
OneTypeBotpress
Getting startedEnter your website: OneType reads it and drafts the agent. No flows to build.Build the agent in Botpress Studio, a visual drag-and-drop builder
Custom chat design134 templates with your logo, name and greeting; restyle with an AI prompt or your own codeColour, font, theme and radius, plus custom CSS classes
LayoutsBubble, sidebar, full page, hero, FAQ and help centerFloating bubble, or embedded in an element
Your own AI keyComing soon: Premium with your own AI key (Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, OpenRouter or Moonshot)Your own LLM on Enterprise plans, through sales
How usage is countedAI credits (1 credit = $0.001 of AI and search use); declines and handoffs use none.Conversations: 250 a month on Plus, 1,500 on Team
At your monthly limitThe agent stops answering until the next period or until you add credits ($25 for 5,000, they never expire); notices at 80% and 100%A pack of 100 conversations is added automatically at 95% ($65 on Plus)
SeatsFree: 1. Premium: up to 10 team members, no per-seat price3 on Plus; unlimited on Team ($750 a month billed yearly)
Free optionFree plan: 50 AI credits a month, 1 agent, no time limitFree plan with 100 conversations, no top-ups or overages
API and webhooksREST API and signed webhooks on PremiumChat API (HTTP) and a React library

Botpress details from botpress.com/pricing and botpress.com/docs, checked 21 October 2026. Plans change, so botpress.com/pricing is the source of truth.

Questions, answered.

No. OneType answers from your pages, files and Q&A, with sources; you enter your website and it drafts the agent. Botpress builds agents in Botpress Studio, a visual drag-and-drop builder (botpress.com/docs, October 2026).

Answers with sources. A person when it matters.

Start free with 50 AI credits a month. Point OneType at your site and add one line of code.