Ora vs Botpress: an honest comparison
Botpress is a platform for building AI agents, with a visual builder, developer tools and its own AI helpdesk. Ora is an AI front office for growing businesses: it answers customers on your website, WhatsApp, Instagram and email, takes bookings, sends GST invoices, follows up on lost sales, and has an AI manager that keeps it in line. Here is where each one is the better choice.
Checked on 14 October 2026 from Botpress's own website. Their features and prices may have changed since; please check their site.
Choose Botpress if…
- • You have developers and want to build custom AI agents with a visual builder and code.
- • You need Slack, Salesforce, Zendesk or HubSpot connections.
- • You need SOC 2 today.
Choose Ora if…
- • You want it working without building anything: Ora learns from your website and documents.
- • You want more conversations for the money: Ora Starter is ₹4,999 a month with 2,500 AI replies.
- • You also want bookings, GST invoices, follow-ups, reviews and calls in the same product.
Feature by feature
| What you need | Ora | Botpress |
|---|---|---|
| Visual builder for custom agents Ora uses rules in plain words instead of a builder. | ◐ Partly | ✓ Yes |
| Developer API | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Entry paid plan | ₹4,999 a month | $150 a month |
| Slack channel | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| Salesforce and HubSpot | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| SOC 2 | ✗ No | ✓ Yes |
| AI answers from your own documents and website | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Website chat | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Instagram and Messenger | ✓ Yes | Not listed |
| Email support inbox (Gmail, Outlook, any mailbox) | ✓ Yes | Not listed |
| Bookings with reminders | ✓ Yes | Not listed |
| GST quotes, invoices and payment links | ✓ Yes | Not listed |
| Follow-ups on lost sales and abandoned carts | ✓ Yes | ◐ Partly |
| AI manager that reviews chats and fixes the bot | ✓ Yes | Not listed |
| DPDP consent asked in every chat | ✓ Yes | Not listed |
| Build your own bundle with a live price | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
“Not listed” means we could not find it on Botpress's public pages; it may still exist.
Pricing
Free plan to try. Starter ₹4,999 a month (website, WhatsApp and email inbox), Business ₹19,999, Scale ₹39,999, or build your own bundle. WhatsApp message fees are paid to Meta directly, with no markup from us.
Build your bundle and see the price →Free plan (100 conversations a month). Plus $150 a month with 250 conversations and Team $750 a month with 1,500 conversations, billed yearly. Extra conversations cost $0.50 to $0.65 each.
Their pricing pageQuestions people ask
Do I need a developer to use Ora?
No. Sign up, share your website and documents, and Ora starts answering. You change how it behaves with rules written in plain words. Botpress is the better choice when you want developers to build custom agents.
How many conversations do I get?
Ora Starter includes 2,500 AI replies a month for ₹4,999. Botpress Plus includes 250 conversations for $150 a month, billed yearly.
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