Hal vs Chatbase vs ChatNode vs Modal

Which one fits you in 2026? Traffic, pricing, input → output, tasks and community side by side.

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Hal
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Chatbase
Competitor 2
ChatNode
Competitor 3
Modal
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Hal
hal9.com
Hal9 is a powerful platform for quickly building and deploying fully customizable AI chatbots, powered by your data with complete privacy. In just under 5 minutes, you can create a tailored chatbot t
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Competitor Chatbase
chatbase.co
Train chatbots on your content
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Competitor ChatNode
chatnode.ai
ChatNode builds AI customer service agents that handle support queries and execute actions through API calls
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Competitor Modal
modal.com
Run AI code without infrastructure
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
3.4Kvisits/mo
402.2Kvisits/mo
7.9Kvisits/mo
972.8Kvisits/mo
MoM change
▼ 10.9%
▲ 2.0%
▼ 56.0%
▲ 5.7%
6-month growth
+60.6%
-12.4%
-13.9%
+13.6%
Global rank web
#6,156,551
#84,220
#1,061,283
#43,856
Avg. last 3 months
3.9K
412.6K
12.2K
960K
Bounce rate lower is better
39%
44%
39%
37%
Pages / visit
1.1
6.9
4.9
6.6
Visit duration
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4m 34s
2m 20s
5m 31s
Traffic sources
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● Direct 81% · ● Referral 15%
● Direct 97% · ● Mail 3%
● Direct 94% · ● Referral 5%
HalChatbaseChatNodeModal
0291.9K583.7K875.6K1.2MHal · 934Hal · 2.1KHal · 1.3KHal · 2.1KHal · 6.4KHal · 6.9KHal · 4.5KHal · 3.8KHal · 3.4KChatbase · 590.6KChatbase · 583.4KChatbase · 309.5KChatbase · 281.8KChatbase · 459KChatbase · 473.7KChatbase · 444.7KChatbase · 441.2KChatbase · 394.5KChatbase · 402.2KChatNode · 11.7KChatNode · 6.7KChatNode · 10KChatNode · 9.2KChatNode · 4.6KChatNode · 10.4KChatNode · 10.6KChatNode · 18KChatNode · 7.9KModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8K1001K10K100K1M10MHal · 934Hal · 2.1KHal · 1.3KHal · 2.1KHal · 6.4KHal · 6.9KHal · 4.5KHal · 3.8KHal · 3.4KChatbase · 590.6KChatbase · 583.4KChatbase · 309.5KChatbase · 281.8KChatbase · 459KChatbase · 473.7KChatbase · 444.7KChatbase · 441.2KChatbase · 394.5KChatbase · 402.2KChatNode · 11.7KChatNode · 6.7KChatNode · 10KChatNode · 9.2KChatNode · 4.6KChatNode · 10.4KChatNode · 10.6KChatNode · 18KChatNode · 7.9KModal · 492.6KModal · 603.8KModal · 774KModal · 803.7KModal · 856.4KModal · 1.2MModal · 987.8KModal · 986.7KModal · 920.5KModal · 972.8KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Freemium
Free Trial
Freemium
Starting price
$2,000per month
$40per month · free tier available
$35per month
$250per month · free tier available
Free tier
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Free trial
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API access
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Plans
Startups $2,000/mo
Free FreeHobby $40/moStandard $150/moPro $500/mo+1 more
Lite $35/moStandard $89/moScale $377/moEnterprise Custom
Starter FreeTeam $250/moEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
CodeText
DocumentsTextWeb pages
DocumentsTextWeb pages
Code
Output
Apps
AppsText
Apps
Apps
Skill level
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Advanced
Categories
Development & CodeAI Developer Tools
Business & MarketingChatbots & CompanionsAI ChatbotAI Customer Service+1 more
Business & MarketingChatbots & CompanionsProductivity & OfficeAI Agent+2 more
Development & CodeAI APIAI Developer Tools
Tasks what each tool can do · 0 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Chatbots
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Chatbot building
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Customer support
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Customer support chatbot
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Agents
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APIs
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Chatbot integration
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Website to chatbot
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GPU infrastructure
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Customer support automation
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Developer tools
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Document chat
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Inference
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Knowledge bases
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No-code
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Shopify customer support
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Development
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Performance optimization
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Sales
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