How you start
Communicate$1 once: 100 credits that never expire, nothing renews
Kapa.aiFree for 14 days, 1,000 answers
Kapa.ai alternative
The Kapa.ai alternative with a price you can read after the trial ends.
Kapa.ai gives AI agents accurate answers from your docs. Its trial is free for 14 days; after that, Growth is “Contact us”. Communicate lists every price: Starter is $39 a month for 3,000 AI replies and 3 seats, with a Shared Inbox for handoffs. Try it for a one-time $1.
One-time $1 activation · 100 credits included · No automatic subscription
Starter$39
$39 a month, listed.
Kapa Growth: contact us.
Your help center. Your inbox. Your team.
Compare Communicate and Kapa.ai row by rowCommunicate vs Kapa.ai
Every row, as each one publishes it.
Kapa.ai wins on Slack, Discord, and Zendesk agents, private sources like Confluence and Notion, and SOC 2 Type II. Communicate wins on public prices and a built-in Shared Inbox. All of it is below.
Price after that
CommunicatePublic: $19, $39, $99 a month
Kapa.aiGrowth and Enterprise: contact us
Where it answers
CommunicateWebsite chat and email; Slack coming soon
Kapa.aiDocs, in-product, Slack, Discord, Zendesk
Private sources
CommunicateWebsite, PDFs, and files
Kapa.aiConfluence, Notion, Zendesk, Salesforce, Drive on Growth
Inbox for your team
CommunicateShared Inbox on every Plan
Kapa.aiNot listed on its pricing page
Security certifications
CommunicateNo SOC 2 or ISO yet
Kapa.aiSOC 2 Type II and GDPR
MCP access
CommunicateAPI, MCP, and CLI on every Plan
Kapa.aiRetrieval API and hosted MCP server
Kapa.ai figures come from kapa.ai/pricing, checked on 3 October 2026. Kapa.ai does not list Growth or Enterprise prices; we did not estimate them. “Not listed” means the pricing page does not show it.
What each one publishes
What you know before you commit.
From kapa.ai/pricing and our Plans, checked on 3 October 2026. Kapa.ai does not list Growth or Enterprise prices, so we do not estimate them.
01 · $39
Communicate Starter
3,000 AI replies, about 1,000 chats, and 3 seats. Listed on our page.
02 · 14 days
Kapa.ai free trial
1,000 answers, then Growth or Enterprise, both “Contact us”.
03 · Kapa.ai wins
On reach and security
Agents for Slack, Discord, and Zendesk, a hosted MCP server, and SOC 2 Type II.
What changes
Kapa.ai is a knowledge layer. Communicate is a support chat.
Kapa.ai feeds accurate docs answers to many places, from Slack to your own agents. If you want website support with a team inbox at a listed price, Communicate covers that.
- 01
Public prices
Solo $19, Starter $39, Growth $99 a month. No call after the trial.
- 02
A Shared Inbox
Handed-off chats arrive with full history. Teammate replies never use credits.
- 03
Actions with approval
Call your API from the chat. Risky Actions wait for a person.
Used in production
Already answering customer questions.
- Teams building software
- Teams making content
- Teams running everyday tools
- Autoposting
- Vrid
- Niyam
- FAAD Network
- Nimblocity
Pure Digital- QCall
- Serri
- The Medical Insurance Exchange
How it works
Docs answers plus a person when needed.
About 5 minutes to a first answer. Handoffs go to your team, not a support form.
Knowledge
ConnectedDocs site
Ready for answers
API guide
Ready for answers
Changelog
Ready for answers
Handoff rules
SavedBug report
Hand off
Plan change
Member required
How-to
Agent answers
Widget
LiveSite
docs.yourapp.com
Agent
Answering
Inbox
3 seats
Designed for the edge cases
What you get on every Plan.
Plans differ only in credits, seats, and Agents.
01
AI Agents with sources
Answers grounded in your docs, with a citation.
Removesa quote after the trial.
02
Shared Inbox
Assign and take over chats with full history.
Removesrouting to a support form.
03
In-App Messages
Reach the right people inside your product.
Removesa separate nudge tool.
04
API, MCP, and CLI
Work with Conversations and Agents from code or an AI assistant.
Removesa separate developer plan.
AI Agents with sources
Shared Inbox
In-App Messages
API, MCP, and CLI
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