The Landbot alternative for website lead capture
Landbot builds chatbots and AI agents for web, WhatsApp, and Messenger, with a team inbox for taking over chats. Collectchat is a website chatbot for small businesses: it asks your questions, answers visitors with AI, books calls, and takes payments. Branding removal and Google Sheets start at $29/mo billed yearly, where Landbot needs Professional at $88/mo.
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Why choose Collectchat over Landbot
Pricing
- 50 free AI answers every month.
- No branding and Google Sheets from $29/mo, billed yearly.
- Unlimited responses on Standard, with no overage fees.
- No AI chats on the free plan.
- No branding and Sheets need Professional, $88/mo billed yearly.
- 2,500 chats on Professional, then $25 per 500.
Interface
- A guided chat that asks your questions one at a time.
- Visitors can type a question anytime and get an AI answer.
- Use as a widget, shareable page, or inline embed.
- A visual flow builder for web, WhatsApp, and Messenger.
- AI agents mixed with button-based flows.
- A shared inbox where your team takes over chats.
Features
- Native appointment booking into Google Calendar.
- Stripe, PayPal, and Razorpay payments.
- Phone number verification with SMS OTP.
- Each chat saved as a response, sent to Google Sheets or your CRM.
- Booking through a Calendly block.
- One-time Stripe payments.
- A/B testing for flows.
- WhatsApp and Messenger bots.
What it costs, and what you get
Real numbers from Landbot’s pricing page and help center (October 2026), then a feature-by-feature look at lead capture, AI, and channels.
| Feature | Collectchat | Landbot |
|---|---|---|
| What it costs | ||
| Lowest paid plan Billed yearly. Monthly: Collectchat Lite $19, Landbot Starter $45. | ✅ $14 / mo | 👎 $36 / mo |
| Remove platform branding Collectchat: Standard, $29/mo billed yearly. Landbot: Professional, $88/mo billed yearly ($110 monthly). | ✅ $29 / mo | 👎 $88 / mo |
| Google Sheets, CRM, and webhooks Collectchat Standard includes Google Sheets, Zapier, Mailchimp, Salesforce, and webhooks. Landbot puts HubSpot, Salesforce, Pipedrive, Zoho, Sheets, and webhooks on Professional. | ✅ $29 / mo | 👎 $88 / mo |
| Chats included each month Collectchat Standard has unlimited responses. Landbot Professional includes 2,500 chats, then sells extra chats in packs of 500 for $25. Landbot counts every chat a visitor starts; Collectchat counts completed chats. | ✅ Unlimited | 👎 2,500 |
| Cost of 5,000 chats a month Billed yearly. Collectchat Standard: $29. Landbot Professional: $88 plus five 500-chat packs at $25 = $213. | ✅ $29 / mo | 👎 $213 / mo |
| AI answers | ||
| AI on the free plan Collectchat Free includes 50 AI answers every month. Landbot Free includes no AI chats. | ✅ 50 / mo | ❌ |
| AI on the cheapest paid plan Collectchat Lite: 500 AI answers. Landbot Starter: 100 AI chats, then $0.10 per AI chat. | ✅ 500 answers | 👎 100 chats |
| How AI usage is counted Landbot counts an AI chat per conversation the AI handles. Collectchat counts each AI answer, so a visitor who asks three questions uses three. | 👎 Per answer | ✅ Per chat |
| When the allowance runs out Collectchat keeps collecting leads and skips AI answers until the allowance resets. Landbot bills $0.10 for each extra AI chat. | ✅ No overage | 👎 $0.10 each |
| Collecting leads and data | ||
| Website chat widget A chat bubble that greets people on the page. | ✅ Free | ✅ Free |
| Branch on earlier answers Send visitors down different paths based on what they said. | ✅ Lite | ✅ Free |
| File uploads Let visitors attach files. | ✅ Lite | ✅ Starter |
| Native appointment booking Let people pick a time inside the chat. Landbot books through a Calendly block connected to your Calendly account. | ✅ Lite | 👎 Calendly |
| Accept payments in the chat Collectchat: Stripe, PayPal, or Razorpay. Landbot: one-time Stripe payments, on Premium plans per its help center. | ✅ Lite | 👎 Stripe only |
| A/B test your flows Compare two versions of a conversation. | ❌ | ✅ Starter |
| Channels and team | ||
| WhatsApp chatbot Collectchat can end a chat with a button that opens WhatsApp with the visitor’s details, but it does not run a bot on WhatsApp. Landbot Professional WA is $176/mo billed yearly. | ❌ | ✅ $176 / mo |
| Facebook Messenger Run the same bot in Messenger. | ❌ | ✅ Starter |
| Team takes over live chats Landbot includes a shared inbox for human takeover on every plan. | ❌ | ✅ Free |
| Team seats Collectchat: 1 team member on Standard, unlimited on Unlimited. Landbot: 1 seat on Free, 2 on Starter, 3 on Professional, then $25/mo each. | 👎 Standard | ✅ Up to 3 |
Why small businesses switch from Landbot to Collectchat
Works 24/7 automatically
Your chatbot greets visitors, answers their questions with AI, books calls, and takes payments around the clock, with no inbox to staff.
AI answers included in your plan
50 AI answers a month on Free, 500 on Lite, 1,000 on Standard, and 10,000 on Unlimited. No per-answer fee: if you run out, the chatbot keeps collecting leads until the allowance resets.
Leads, not chat transcripts
Every answer is saved as a structured response with a validated email and phone number, ready for Google Sheets, your CRM, or a CSV export.
500+ integrations
Send each response to Google Sheets, Mailchimp, Salesforce, Slack, or a webhook, or reach 5,000+ apps through Zapier, all on Standard.
No coding required
Describe your goal and AI builds the first version, or start from 50+ templates in the drag-and-drop builder.
Deploy anywhere
Run it as a website chat widget, a shareable page, or an inline embed, on WordPress, Shopify, Wix, or any custom site.
When Landbot might fit instead
No tool wins every use case. Landbot is the stronger choice when the job goes beyond your website:
- You want the same bot on WhatsApp or Facebook Messenger, not just your website.
- Your team needs to take over conversations live from a shared inbox.
- You want to A/B test flows, or build long branching flows on a visual canvas.
- You would rather have an agency build and run the bot for you, through Landbot’s Agent Studio.
But when the goal is turning website visitors into leads, bookings, and payments, with AI answers included and no per-chat fees, Collectchat is the simpler, cheaper fit.
Listen to what our customers say
Trusted by 50,000+ businesses worldwide
“Collectchat is the best of both worlds. AI answers your visitors' questions from your own content, while a predictable flow makes sure you collect as many leads as possible.”
Ayaan Mirza
“Collectchat has been an invaluable tool for our business. It's allowed us to easily convert our website visitors and collect important information.”
Ester Bonafonte
“We're heavy users of Collectchat, from internal bots like 'Ask the CEO anonymously' and onboarding feedback, to external recruitment bots that bring in ~90% of our job applications.”
Pauliina Uuttu
“Collectchat has been super useful for us and we have certainly seen a growth in our subscriptions per month. With the contribution of this widget, we have even seen an average 30% increase in the total monthly subscriptions.”
Evi Katsoulieri
Marketer, GrowthRocks
“The templates are amazing. Very easy to set up and very powerful. It's a great service that it's the equivalent of having a 24/7 employee that does a great onboarding experience for your prospects.”
Victor Bustillos
Founder, Webjoy.co
“Interactive form worked like magic, increased Yatramantra's conversion to 3 times and significantly reduced the cost of agents, who used to ask the same questions to every customer.”
Saran Kumar
CTO, Yatramantra
Frequently asked Questions
It depends on the channel. If you need WhatsApp or Messenger bots, or a team inbox, look at another multichannel platform. If the job is capturing leads on your website, Collectchat is a strong Landbot alternative: a website chatbot that asks your questions, answers visitors with AI, books calls, and takes payments, from $14/mo billed yearly. See how it works for lead generation.
For website lead capture, yes. Removing branding and connecting Google Sheets or a CRM costs $29/mo billed yearly on Collectchat Standard ($39 monthly), with unlimited responses. On Landbot both need Professional at $88/mo billed yearly ($110 monthly), which includes 2,500 chats, then $25 for each extra 500. Landbot counts every chat a visitor starts, while Collectchat counts completed chats. Compare all plans on the pricing page.
Yes. Landbot Free includes 100 chats a month, 1 seat, and the full builder and templates, on the web only and with no AI chats. Collectchat Free includes 3 chatbots, 100 responses a month, and 50 AI answers every month.
No. Collectchat runs on your website, as a shareable page, or as an inline embed. It can end a chat with a button that opens WhatsApp with the visitor’s details, so the conversation continues with you there, but it does not run a bot inside WhatsApp. If you need a WhatsApp chatbot, Landbot is the better fit.
Both answer from your own content. Landbot’s AI agents can run whole conversations across web, WhatsApp, and Messenger, and each AI chat beyond your allowance costs $0.10. Collectchat’s AI answers reply to questions visitors type, from your website (up to 50 pages, re-read weekly), your files, and FAQ answers you write, then the chatbot carries on with your questions so you still get the lead. There is no per-answer fee.
Yes, on Lite and up. Visitors pick a time inside the chat and it is added to your Google Calendar, with no separate scheduling tool, and they can pay with Stripe, PayPal, or Razorpay. See the appointment booking chatbot. Landbot books through a connected Calendly account and takes one-time Stripe payments.
Rebuild your lead flow with Create with AI or a template, add your website, files, and FAQs for AI answers, and connect Google Sheets or your CRM. Then swap the Landbot snippet for Collectchat’s chat widget, or install it on WordPress or Shopify. Also comparing other tools? See Collectchat as a Typeform alternative or a Tidio alternative.
If you have more questions, feel free to contact us .