How you try it
Communicate$1 once: 100 credits that never expire, nothing renews
Social Intents14-day free trial
Social Intents alternative
The Social Intents alternative counted in replies, not conversations.
Social Intents Starter is $39 a month for 4 seats and 250 conversations. Communicate Starter is also $39, for 3 teammates and 3,000 AI replies, and teammate replies are free. Try it for a one-time $1.
One-time $1 activation · 100 credits included · No automatic subscription
Starter3,000
3,000 AI replies for $39.
Social Intents Starter: 250 chats.
Your help center. Your inbox. Your team.
Compare Communicate and Social Intents row by rowCommunicate vs Social Intents
Every row, at monthly list price.
Social Intents wins on answering from Teams, Slack, or Google Chat, unlimited seats from Basic, a choice of ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini, WhatsApp and SMS, and high conversation caps on Pro and Business. Communicate wins on AI volume per dollar, free teammate replies, and Actions. All of it is below.
Volume for $39
CommunicateStarter: 3,000 AI replies
Social IntentsStarter: 250 conversations
Seats for $39
Communicate3
Social Intents4
Seats around $70 to $100
CommunicateGrowth $99: 10
Social IntentsBasic $69: unlimited
Answer from Teams, Slack, Google Chat
CommunicateSlack coming soon; answer in the Shared Inbox
Social IntentsCore of the product
AI model choice
CommunicateOne managed model
Social IntentsChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini
WhatsApp and SMS
CommunicateWhatsApp coming soon; no SMS
Social IntentsFrom Basic, 1 number
Agent takes actions
CommunicateLookups, forms, and your API, with approval rules
Social IntentsCRM and Zapier from Pro
Messages inside your product
CommunicateIn-App Messages on every Plan
Social IntentsNot listed on its pricing page
API, MCP, and CLI access
CommunicateAll three on every Plan
Social IntentsNot listed on its pricing page
Social Intents figures come from socialintents.com/pricing, checked on 3 October 2026. Social Intents annual billing saves 20%; ours charges 10 months for 12. “Not listed” means the pricing page does not show it; check with Social Intents if it matters to you.
Yearly totals, checked
What AI-first chat costs over a year.
Monthly list prices times 12, from socialintents.com/pricing and our Plans, checked on 3 October 2026. Social Intents counts conversations; we count AI replies. If one chat takes 3 AI replies, 3,000 replies cover about 1,000 chats.
01 · $360 a year
Less at about 1,000 chats a month
Social Intents Basic: $69/mo for 1,000 conversations. Communicate Starter: $39/mo for 3,000 AI replies. That is $828 vs $468.
02 · 4x the chats
At the same $39
Social Intents Starter: 250 conversations. Communicate Starter: 3,000 AI replies, about 1,000 chats at 3 replies each.
03 · $0
For your team’s own replies
Teammate replies never use credits on Communicate, so busy handoff days do not eat your Plan.
What changes
Social Intents puts chat in your team app. Communicate lets the AI answer most of it.
Social Intents is a good fit when your team lives in Teams, Slack, or Google Chat. At the same price, the AI volume is very different.
- 01
More AI at the same $39
Social Intents Starter includes 250 conversations a month. Communicate Starter includes 3,000 AI replies.
- 02
Teammate replies are free
On Communicate, only AI replies use credits. When a person takes over, their replies cost nothing.
- 03
Actions with approval
The Agent can look up an order or call your API, with rules for anything risky, on every Plan.
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
Let the AI take the first reply. Keep people for the rest.
Setup takes about 5 minutes. Your Social Intents widget stays live until you swap the snippet.
Knowledge
ConnectedWebsite
Ready for answers
Help pages
Ready for answers
Pricing page
Ready for answers
Handoff rules
SavedSales question
Hand off
Billing question
Member required
How-to question
Agent answers
First week
CountedAI replies
610
Handed off
38 chats
Monthly pace
about 2,600
Designed for the edge cases
What you get on every Plan.
No add-ons. Plans differ only in credits, seats, and Agents.
01
AI Agents with sources
3 Agents on Starter and 10 on Growth, each answering with a citation.
Removesone widget on the entry plan.
02
Shared Inbox and assignment
Handed-off chats arrive with the full history, assigned to the right teammate.
Removesa conversation cap that counts human chats too.
03
In-App Messages
Show a message inside your product to the right people at the right time.
Removesa separate tool for product nudges.
04
API, MCP, and CLI
Work with Conversations and Agents from your code, an AI assistant, or the terminal.
Removesthe dashboard as the only way in.
AI Agents with sources
Shared Inbox and assignment
In-App Messages
API, MCP, and CLI
Ask how Communicate compares to Social Intents.
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FAQ
What Social Intents users ask before they switch.
Including the cases where Social Intents is the better fit.
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3,000 AI replies for the same $39.
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