Comparison
The WPBot alternative for sites that want accurate AI answers and every lead
WPBot by QuantumCloud has been around for years, and it can do a lot: button menus, FAQs, site search, AI answers and, on higher plans, Messenger, WhatsApp and voice. If your priority is narrower (AI that only says what your site says, and every question it can’t answer turned into a lead for your team), a focused plugin may suit you better.
Maqsood R.Founder, HolaReply · Updated · 7 min read
We make HolaReply. Every fact about WPBot below comes from its WordPress.org page, documentation and wpbot.pro pricing page, checked on 25 September 2026. Sources are at the end.
The short answer
- HolaReply is a WPBot alternative for businesses that want AI answers only from their own website and every unanswered question handed to their team.
- HolaReply answers from your pages, posts and WooCommerce products on its free plan, shows sources and says when it doesn’t know.
- WPBot’s FAQ says training the AI on your site needs a paid licence (from $39 a year), and its human live chat is through Slack on the Master plan ($189 a year).
- Choose WPBot for button flows, lifetime licences, many AI providers and social channels.
Choose HolaReply if…
- you want AI answers only from your own pages and products, on the free plan
- you want it to show sources and say “I don’t know” instead of guessing
- questions it can’t answer should reach your team with the whole conversation
- your team should reply from a simple inbox, and the reply should reach the visitor by chat and email
Choose WPBot if…
- you want button menus and rule-based flows that work without any AI
- you want a lifetime licence
- you want OpenRouter or Dialogflow as your AI provider
- you need Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, Telegram or voice (Master plan)
HolaReply is free for WordPress, on WordPress.org; Pro and Business are paid once.
At a glance: HolaReply vs WPBot
| HolaReply | WPBot | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | An AI sales assistant: answers, leads, team inbox | A chatbot builder: flows, FAQ, site search, AI |
| Works without AI | — Needs AI: your own key or HolaReply AI credits (enquiries still work if the AI fails) | ✓ Button menus, FAQ and site search |
| AI answers from your pages and products | ✓ Free | Paid, per its FAQ (a basic RAG knowledge base is listed from Starter) |
| Keeps the AI index in sync as you edit | ✓ Free, automatic | Auto-sync on Professional and Master |
| Shows the source of each answer | ✓ | ✓ Links to relevant pages |
| Says “I don’t know” instead of guessing | ✓ | Not stated in its documentation |
| Topics it must never answer | ✓ Locked topics go straight to your team | Not listed as a feature |
| Lead capture | ✓ Free, only when needed, never twice | ✓ Email, call-back, conversational forms |
| Human handover | ✓ Enquiry with the whole conversation; Sales Desk (Pro) | Live chat through Slack, Master plan only |
| AI providers | Google Gemini, OpenAI or Anthropic Claude on your own key, or HolaReply AI credits | OpenAI, Gemini, OpenRouter, Dialogflow |
| Channels | Website chat | Website; Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, Telegram on Master |
| Price | Free · Pro from $79, paid once · Business from $129, paid once | Starter $39/yr (1 site) · Professional $99/yr (2) · Master $189/yr (5); lifetime from $149 |
| On WordPress.org | Free on WordPress.org | 5,000+ active installs, 4.7/5 from 123 reviews |
| Download free |
“Not listed” or “not stated” means we couldn’t find it on WPBot’s official pages. It may be possible with configuration or add-ons.
What WPBot does well
- It works without AI. Button menus, FAQs, site search and product search are built in and free. Some sites don’t need AI at all.
- Lifetime licences. Pay once: $149 for 5 sites, $279 for 10, $369 for 50.
- Provider choice. OpenAI, Gemini, OpenRouter and Dialogflow, with your own key and no limit on conversations from WPBot.
- Channels. The Master plan adds Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, Telegram and voice.
- Your data stays on your server, according to wpbot.pro.
Where HolaReply is different
1. AI answers from your content, free and always in sync
HolaReply indexes your published pages, posts and WooCommerce products into your WordPress database and re-indexes each item when you edit it, on the free plan. With WPBot, training on your site is paid according to its FAQ, and automatic synchronisation when content changes is on the Professional and Master plans.
What the assistant reads on your site, and how up to date its copy is.
HolaReply’s content index: what it reads from your site.
2. Built never to guess
HolaReply answers only from what it found on your site or in your knowledge base, shows the source, and says so when nothing covers the question. Topics you lock, such as prices, quotes or allergens, are never answered by the AI: they go straight to your team.
3. Leads, even when the AI fails
Every question HolaReply can’t answer, and every request for a person, becomes an enquiry with the whole conversation. It asks for an email at that moment, never twice, and if your AI key runs out of credit, visitors can still send their enquiry.
Try it right here. The chat on this page is HolaReply, answering from this website only. Ask a question, then ask for a person.
“What does HolaReply Pro add?”“Can I talk to someone?”
Open the chat4. A Sales Desk instead of Slack
With HolaReply Pro, enquiries arrive as tickets in the Sales Desk, a page on your site where your team replies without WordPress access. The reply reaches the visitor in their chat and by email. WPBot’s human chat runs through Slack and is on the Master plan.
6 tickets · 1 follow-up due
The Sales Desk (Pro): tickets, notes, follow-ups and replies that reach the visitor.
Cost over a year, one website
| HolaReply | WPBot | |
|---|---|---|
| AI answers from your content | Free: $0 | Starter: $39/yr |
| Plus a way for your team to reply | Pro: from $79, paid once (Sales Desk) | Master: $189/yr (Slack live chat) |
| AI usage, about 1,000 questions a month | About $1.70 a month on Gemini Flash | Your provider’s price |
With your own AI key, neither charges per message. HolaReply also offers optional AI credits ($12 per 1,000 answers) if you would rather not have a key.
Switching from WPBot
Get HolaReply and add your AI key
Use a Gemini, OpenAI or Claude key, or HolaReply AI credits with no key. For Gemini, create a key in Google AI Studio and use billing for a live site; Google requires it if you serve visitors in the EU, UK or Switzerland.
Choose what it reads
Tick your pages, posts and products. Move your WPBot FAQ answers into HolaReply’s knowledge base.
Lock the risky topics
Prices, quotes, contracts: anything a person must answer.
Turn off WPBot’s chat
So visitors see one assistant.
Test on your phone
An answered question, an unanswered one, a locked topic, and a request for a person.
Questions people ask
Is WPBot free?
The core plugin is free, with button menus, FAQ and site search. According to its FAQ, training the AI on your own site needs a paid licence; paid plans start at $39 a year.
Does HolaReply have button menus like WPBot?
HolaReply has quick replies for common questions, but no flow builder. It is built around answering in plain language from your content.
Can HolaReply use OpenAI instead of Gemini?
Yes. HolaReply works with your own OpenAI, Google Gemini or Anthropic (Claude) key, or with HolaReply AI credits and no key. If you need Dialogflow or OpenRouter, WPBot is the better fit.
Does HolaReply offer a lifetime licence?
Yes. Every licence is paid once and is yours for good: Pro from $79 and Business from $129, by number of sites, with free updates and new features for a full year.
Is HolaReply on WordPress.org?
Yes. HolaReply is on WordPress.org: search for HolaReply in Plugins → Add New Plugin, or download the zip and upload it.
Sources
Checked on 25 September 2026. Prices and features change; tell us in the chat if something here is out of date and we will fix it.
- WPBot on WordPress.org: features, FAQ, installs, rating
- WPBot pricing
- WPBot: embedded vector database and RAG
- wpbot.pro
Founder of HolaReply. He builds AI assistants that answer only from a business’s own website, and checks every fact in these guides against the products’ own pages.
More by Maqsood R. →Answer from your own site. Keep every lead.
Free for WordPress, on WordPress.org. No per-message fees on your own Gemini, OpenAI or Claude key (about $1.70 per 1,000 answers on Gemini Flash), or optional HolaReply AI credits.