10 Best Crisp Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Crisp has 20,000+ 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 Crisp
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Tidio
Closest matchTidio – 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, free live chat, live chat tags on WordPress.org. About 3.5 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.6, last updated 6 days ago.
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LiveChat – Live Chat Plugin for WP Websites
4.6 (98) 10,000+ active installsBest live chat and help desk plugin for WordPress websites. Add the LiveChat widget to engage visitors and provide real‑time customer support! 🚀
Shares the chatbot, live chat, livechat tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated May 25, 2026.
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Live Chat by Formilla – Real-time Chat & Chatbots Plugin
4.8 (116) 2,000+ active installsLive chat software with real-time visitor monitoring and chatbots! Live chat with your visitors for free or use a chatbot to automate self-help.
Shares the chatbot, live chat, livechat tags on WordPress.org. 2,000+ installs against 20,000+, rated 4.8 against 4.6, last updated 21 days ago.
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4.0 (27) 500+ active installsFree Live Support Chat for your WordPress website.
Shares the free live chat, live chat, livechat tags on WordPress.org. 500+ installs against 20,000+, last updated 13 days ago.
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4.6 (821) 100,000+ active installsChat with your website visitors in real-time for free! Engage with your customers and increase sales.
Shares the free live chat, live chat tags on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated June 29, 2026.
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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 chatbot, livechat tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, rated 4.7 against 4.6, last updated December 8, 2025.
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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 chatbot, live chat tags on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.6, last updated 4 days ago.
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Buttonizer – Live Chat, AI Chatbot, Call, Chat, Contact Button
5.0 (23) 50,000+ active installsPowerful platform with Live Chat, AI Chatbots, and Real-Time Visitor Monitoring! Also, create Call, Email, SMS, & Contact buttons to increase conv …
Shares the chatbot, live chat tags on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, last updated 25 days ago.
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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, live chat tags on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, rated 5.0 against 4.6, last updated 6 days ago.
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Boei – AI Chatbot, Live Chat & 50+ Channels
5.0 (30) 1,000+ active installsEuropean AI chatbot for WordPress. 95+ languages, captures leads, hands off to your team. GDPR-safe, shared inbox. Free 7-day trial, no card.
Shares the chatbot, live chat tags on WordPress.org. 1,000+ installs against 20,000+, last updated 28 days ago.
Switching from Crisp: common questions
What is the best alternative to Crisp?
Tidio is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 70,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which Crisp alternative has the most users?
3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Crisp 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 Crisp 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 Crisp 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 Crisp 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
Tidio is the closest match to Crisp by the data we track, and 3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging has the widest reach with 100,000+ active installs. WPBot shipped the most recent release, on September 3, 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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