10 Best AI Engine Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
AI Engine has 100,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to AI Engine
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Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder
4.8 (2,121) 600,000+ active installsBest WordPress form builder plugin. Create contact forms, payment forms & order forms with 1000+ integrations.
About 6 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.9, last updated 11 days ago.
- 2
Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution
4.4 (588) 100,000+ active installsA complete WordPress LMS plugin to create any eLearning website easily.
A similar number of installs, rated 4.4 against 4.9, last updated 17 days ago.
- 3
AI Puffer – Chat. Create. Automate. (formerly AI Power)
4.6 (165) 10,000+ active installsChat. Create. Automate.
Shares the AI, chatbot, openai tags on WordPress.org. 10,000+ installs against 100,000+, rated 4.6 against 4.9, last updated 2 days ago.
- 4
Tidio – Live Chat & AI Chatbots
4.7 (396) 70,000+ active installsAdd Tidio Live Chat to your WordPress for free to answer customers’ questions, engage website visitors, generate leads, and increase sales.
Shares the chatbot tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.7 against 4.9, last updated 6 days ago.
- 5
Chatway Live Chat – AI Chatbot, Customer Support, FAQ & Helpdesk Customer Service & Chat Buttons
5.0 (754) 30,000+ active installsAI chatbot agent & human live chat for customer support, FAQ, chat buttons including WhatsApp with Chatway live chat. iOS & Android apps available 💬
Shares the chatbot tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, rated 5.0 against 4.9, last updated 6 days ago.
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WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, AI Services
4.7 (123) 5,000+ active installsAI ChatBot for WordPress WPBot - Automated 24/7 Live Chat Customer Support. NATIVE, AI Actions, Lead Generation, Forms, Gemini, ChatGPT, OpenRouter
Shares the AI, chatbot tags on WordPress.org. 5,000+ installs against 100,000+, rated 4.7 against 4.9, last updated 4 days ago.
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Smartsupp – live chat, AI shopping assistant and chatbots
4.7 (131) 20,000+ active installsBoost your sales and turn visitors into customers with live chat, AI tools and chatbots. Smartsupp is trusted by 100,000+ online stores.
Shares the AI, chatbot tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.9, last updated December 8, 2025.
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Ninja Forms – The Contact Form Builder That Grows With You
4.4 (1,395) 600,000+ active installsThe 100% beginner friendly WordPress form builder. Drag & drop form fields to build beautiful, professional contact forms in minutes.
About 6 times the installs, rated 4.4 against 4.9, last updated 7 days ago.
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Fluent Forms
Paid version availableFluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder
4.8 (791) 700,000+ active installsGet a fast contact form plugin. Create advanced forms using drag and drop form builder with all smart features.
About 7 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.9, last updated 16 days ago.
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SureForms – Contact Form Builder, AI Forms, Payment Form, Survey & Quiz
4.9 (91) 500,000+ active installsAI form generator and WordPress form builder for contact and Stripe payment forms, with surveys and quizzes in SureForms Business.
About 5 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
Switching from AI Engine: common questions
What is the best alternative to AI Engine?
Forminator Forms is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 600,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which AI Engine alternative has the most users?
Fluent Forms, with 700,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which AI Engine alternative is rated highest?
Chatway Live Chat, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 754 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these AI Engine alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with AI Engine score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against AI Engine on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Forminator Forms is the closest match to AI Engine by the data we track, and Fluent Forms has the widest reach with 700,000+ active installs. AI Puffer shipped the most recent release, on September 5, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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