Conduet vs Botpress
Botpress is a powerful engineer-focused platform. Conduet is a simpler, cheaper alternative for SMBs and agencies. Here’s when each wins.
Pricing
Botpress Cloud starts at US$79/mo (~A$125) plus AI spend credits that are hard to forecast. Conduet Pro is A$49/mo with BYOK — predictable flat fee, your own OpenAI/Anthropic account for usage.
Feature-by-feature
| Feature | Conduet | Botpress |
|---|---|---|
| Starting paid price (cloud) | A$29/mo | US$79/mo (~A$125) |
| BYOK OpenAI/Claude | Yes — Pro (A$49/mo) | Partial |
| Self-hosted option | No — managed only | Yes — OSS |
| Learning curve | Low — fewer concepts | Steeper — very powerful |
| All messaging channels included | Yes | Add-on per channel |
| RAG / knowledge base | pgvector, PDF/DOCX/sitemap | Yes |
| Visual canvas | Yes | Yes |
| AUD billing | Yes | No |
| Australian data residency | Yes (paid plans) | No |
| Free forever plan | 500 msgs/mo, all channels | Sandbox / trial only |
Pick Conduet when
- • You want managed hosting at a flat AUD price
- • You want every channel in the base plan
- • You want a shorter learning curve for non-engineers
Pick Botpress when
- • You have an engineering team that wants to self-host
- • You need the most extensive customisation surface (Botpress is extremely flexible)
- • You’re already committed to Botpress’s module ecosystem
FAQ
Should I self-host Botpress to save money?
Only if you have an engineering team. Self-hosting means you pay for VMs, manage upgrades, patch security issues, and handle backups. For most SMBs, the total cost of ownership beats Botpress Cloud, but not Conduet Pro with BYOK.
Is Conduet as flexible as Botpress?
Not quite — Botpress has more customisation surface and a larger plugin ecosystem. Conduet is deliberately simpler: visual canvas, LangGraph agentic runtime, RAG, and channels. If you need deep custom integrations, Botpress wins; if you want fewer concepts to learn, Conduet wins.
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