Per-action, credit and usage pricing
You pay each time the AI does something. Objective, with no argument about silence, but you carry the cost of failure.
| Vendor | Month at 5,000 conversations | S1 | S2 | S3 | S4 | S5 | S6 | S7 | S8 | S9 | S10 | S11 | S12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crisp (Hugo)AI usage credits per conversation | $250 to $300 | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED |
| eesel AICredit (one per ticket or chat) | $1,599 to $1,750 | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED | VERIFY | BILLED | VERIFY | BILLED | BILLED | VERIFY | BILLED |
| HelplyAI credit per action | no public unit price | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED | VERIFY | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED | NOT BILLED | BILLED |
| ChatbaseMessage credit per AI reply | no public unit price | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED | BILLED |
BILLED the vendor's text says it bills · NOT BILLED says it does not · VERIFY text is ambiguous, conflicts, or a vendor-side check decides · DOCS SILENT text we read does not say
Who is in this model
- Crisp (Hugo): AI usage credits per conversation. Credits; Crisp's own page puts $5 at about 90 automated conversations (about $0.06 each).
- eesel AI: Credit (one per ticket or chat). Monthly credit blocks from $299 for 500; extra credits $0.80.
- Helply: AI credit per action. Plans with pooled AI credits; unit price per resolution not stated.
- Chatbase: Message credit per AI reply. Plans from $40 a month for 700 message credits.