The no-build Botpress alternative for customer support
Botpress projects for customer support often stall at the same place: the flow works for the demo, then real customers ask things the flow did not anticipate and someone has to maintain it forever.
SupportAi replaces the flow with retrieval, actions and escalation rules. Nothing to draw, nothing to maintain when your policies change; edit the source and the index rebuilds.
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Four things you get that Botpress does not offer
No flows to maintain
Knowledge questions are answered from your content; edits reindex automatically.
Inbox and escalation included
Sentiment, keyword and fallback rules route to a shared inbox with takeover.
Actions without code
Describe an endpoint in plain English with typed parameters.
Predictable pricing
Flat GBP plan, no usage-based AI spend.
How to migrate from Botpress
Most teams finish in an afternoon. Actions take longest; email us their definitions and we will set them up with you.
- 1
List the knowledge sources your Botpress bot used and paste the URLs
- 2
Upload documents and add Q&A pairs for edge cases
- 3
Recreate API calls as SupportAi actions
- 4
Replace the Botpress webchat script with SupportAi's
- 5
Connect Slack, WhatsApp or email if needed
- Your content is public or exportable
- You know which live-data questions matter most
- Someone can list your API endpoints for actions
- Your compliance team wants UK/EU hosting
Want the full feature grid? SupportAi vs Botpress
Side by side
| Capability | SupportAi | Botpress |
|---|---|---|
| Agent | ||
| Train on website, files and Q&A | ||
| Choice of OpenAI, Anthropic and Google models | ||
| Custom actions that call your APIs | Code nodes | |
| Deterministic regex webhooks (no LLM in the loop) | ||
| Guardrails: blocked topics, injection and leak checks | Build your own | |
| Playground with compare mode and saved scenarios | ||
| Channels & widgets | ||
| Website widget with streaming replies | ||
| Slack, WhatsApp and email on every plan | Via integrations | |
| Rich widgets: cards, buttons, forms, status cards | Build your own | |
| Lead capture with triggers and CSV export | ||
| Team | ||
| Shared inbox with human takeover | ||
| Escalation rules: sentiment, keywords, fallbacks | Build your own | |
| Roles: owner, admin, agent, viewer | ||
| Ask-your-data assistant (Backstage) | ||
| Business | ||
| UK/EU hosting by default | US/EU cloud | |
| Pricing in GBP with VAT invoices | ||
| Per-resolution or per-seat fees | None | Usage-based |
| Human support from the team who built it | Community/tiered | |
Why teams leave Botpress
The most common reasons we hear from teams switching from Botpress:
- Requires building and maintaining flows
- No built-in support inbox or escalation rules
- Usage-based AI billing is hard to forecast
Who should stay on Botpress
Developer teams building bespoke conversational apps who want full control over flows and hosting.
If that describes you, SupportAi may not be a better fit and we would rather say so than win a migration you regret.
What stays the same
Your knowledge sources, your embed location and your team. SupportAi crawls the same URLs, ingests the same documents and takes the same script-tag slot in your site. Conversation history for new visitors starts fresh; transcripts can be imported on request.
Frequently asked questions
Export or copy the content into documents or Q&A pairs, or simply crawl the original sources.
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