CrispCrisp alternative

A Crisp alternative at the same price, with a different focus

Crisp and Sellio share the same plan ladder: free, then $45, $95 and $295 a month per workspace. The difference is what each does with it. Crisp goes wide on channels; Sellio goes deep on the AI agent, tickets, automation and analytics.

No credit card. Live in minutes.

What a five-person team pays

CrispCrisp · Mini

$55/mo

$45 for 4 seats + $10 for the fifth

Sellio Mini includes five seats at $45.

  • Free · 2 seats, 100 profiles$0
  • Mini · 4 seats$45/mo
  • Essentials · 10 seats$95/mo
  • Plus · 20 seats$295/mo

AI credits included: $5 on Mini, $25 on Essentials, $75 on Plus.

Sellio · Mini

$45/mo

$45 for the workspace, up to 5 seats, 2 AI agents and 3 channels

Essentials is $95/mo for 10 seats, 5 channels and analytics; Plus is $295/mo for 50 seats.

AI is metered from the included credit, about five cents a conversation, with a daily answer limit and a monthly token limit you set. The free plan has two seats and no trial clock. See every plan.

Questions about Sellio billing: How the 7-day trial worksWhat counts as a seatCancel anytime.

Crisp figures read from Crisp’s pricing page on 2026-09-06. Per workspace per month, seats included per plan, extra seats $10 on Mini and Essentials. Prices change; confirm on the vendor page before deciding.

Sellio and Crisp, side by side

Fifteen things a support team checks before switching. A dash means the product does part of it or charges extra for it.

Feature comparison of Sellio and Crisp
FeatureSellioCrispCrisp
Pricing model
Per workspace; seats and channels are plan limits
Per workspace, seats included per plan.
Free plan
2 seats, 1 channel, 1 AI agent, no trial clock
2 seats, 100 profiles.
Website live chat
One script tag; guides for HTML, React, Next.js and more
Yes.
Email in the inbox
From Mini: forward your support address; reply from the thread
Yes.
WhatsApp
From Mini: WhatsApp Business API, several agents on one number
Yes.
Instagram DMs
From Mini: Instagram DMs beside web chat
Yes.
Telegram
From Mini: paste a bot token; the webhook is set for you
Yes.
Slack, Discord, Teams (two-way)
From Mini: two-way threads; a reply there reaches the customer
Slack integration.
AI agent trained on your docs
Crawl your site, upload PDFs and FAQs; answers only from those
AI agent on Plus; MagicReply on lower plans.
How AI is billed
Metered from an included credit, with caps you set
Included credits, same amounts as Sellio.
AI hands off to a person
On low confidence, a keyword, or a teammate taking over
Yes.
Tickets
On Plus: raise from any chat; customer, back-office and tracker
Conversations with status; no ticket object.
Visual workflow automation
From Mini: 11 triggers, 18 actions, no code
Bot builder.
Analytics and CSAT
From Essentials: response times, resolution, CSAT; topics and email reports on Plus
Analytics on Essentials and up.
Desktop app (Windows, macOS)
Native Windows and macOS apps
Desktop and mobile apps.

Where Crisp is the better fit

  • More channels: Messenger, SMS, X, Viber, Line, phone and a contact form, alongside WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram and email.
  • Mobile apps, co-browsing, campaigns and a status page.
  • A long track record and a large customer base.

Other comparisons

Why support teams move from Crisp

An AI agent that only answers from your content

Crawl, sitemap, documents and FAQs, with daily and monthly caps and a fallback message. Handoff on low confidence or a keyword.

Tickets with states and owners

Customer, back-office and tracker tickets linked to the conversation, raised by a person, a workflow or the AI.

A visual workflow builder

11 triggers and 18 actions on a canvas, including ask-with-buttons and let-the-AI-answer.

Analytics with a CX score

Automation, involvement and resolution rates, topics, AI handoff reasons, targets and scheduled reports.

Voice in the widget

Visitors can speak and hear the AI's answer read back.

Native desktop apps

Windows and macOS with notifications and an unread badge.

Moving from Crisp in an afternoon

  1. Step 1

    Export contacts

    Crisp exports contacts as CSV; import into Sellio with the mapper.

  2. Step 2

    Crawl your help center

    Add your Crisp help center URL as a website source; the AI agent answers from it while you move articles.

  3. Step 3

    Swap the widget

    Replace the Crisp snippet with Sellio's script tag.

  4. Step 4

    Reconnect channels

    WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram and email from Settings.

FAQ

Crisp or Sellio: the questions teams ask

Both price the workspace rather than the seat, in the same tiers: free, then $45, $95 and $295 a month. The choice is about depth versus breadth, not price.

  • Sellio Mini includes five seats where Crisp's includes four; a fifth seat on Crisp Mini is $10 more.
  • The AI credits match: $5 on Mini, $25 on Essentials, $75 on Plus in both products.
  • Crisp goes wide on channels; Sellio goes deep on the AI agent, tickets, automation and analytics.

Sellio's plan limits are on the pricing page.

Still have a question? Contact us or browse the docs.

Every channel. One inbox. One price.

Bring website chat, WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram and email into one place your whole team can work from, with an AI agent when you are ready.

No credit card required