Vapi vs ChatNode vs Chatbase vs Retell AI

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

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Vapi
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ChatNode
Competitor 2
Chatbase
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Retell AI
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4 tools · best value per row highlighted
Your tool Vapi
vapi.ai
Vapi is a developer platform for building, testing and deploying voice AI agents that talk to customers on the phone.
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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 Chatbase
chatbase.co
Train chatbots on your content
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Competitor Retell AI
retellai.com
Retell AI is a voice agent platform for automating phone calls.
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Traffic estimated monthly website traffic
Monthly visits
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7.9Kvisits/mo
402.2Kvisits/mo
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MoM change
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▼ 56.0%
▲ 2.0%
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6-month growth
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-13.9%
-12.4%
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Global rank web
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#1,061,283
#84,220
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Avg. last 3 months
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12.2K
412.6K
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Bounce rate lower is better
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39%
44%
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Pages / visit
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4.9
6.9
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Visit duration
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2m 20s
4m 34s
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Traffic sources
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● Direct 97% · ● Mail 3%
● Direct 81% · ● Referral 15%
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VapiChatNodeChatbaseRetell AI
0147.7K295.3K443K590.6KChatNode · 11.7KChatNode · 6.7KChatNode · 10KChatNode · 9.2KChatNode · 4.6KChatNode · 10.4KChatNode · 10.6KChatNode · 18KChatNode · 7.9KChatbase · 590.6KChatbase · 583.4KChatbase · 309.5KChatbase · 281.8KChatbase · 459KChatbase · 473.7KChatbase · 444.7KChatbase · 441.2KChatbase · 394.5KChatbase · 402.2K1K10K100K1MChatNode · 11.7KChatNode · 6.7KChatNode · 10KChatNode · 9.2KChatNode · 4.6KChatNode · 10.4KChatNode · 10.6KChatNode · 18KChatNode · 7.9KChatbase · 590.6KChatbase · 583.4KChatbase · 309.5KChatbase · 281.8KChatbase · 459KChatbase · 473.7KChatbase · 444.7KChatbase · 441.2KChatbase · 394.5KChatbase · 402.2KNov '25DecJan '26FebMarAprMayJunJulAug
Pricing
Model
Freemium
Free Trial
Freemium
Paid
Starting price
$29per month
$35per month
$40per month · free tier available
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Free tier
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Free trial
API access
Plans
No Success Package FreeCore $29/moPro $999/moPremier Custom
Lite $35/moStandard $89/moScale $377/moEnterprise Custom
Free FreeHobby $40/moStandard $150/moPro $500/mo+1 more
Pay as you go CustomEnterprise Custom
Capabilities input → output
Input
TextAudio
Web pagesTextDocuments
DocumentsWeb pagesText
TextAudio
Output
AudioApps
Apps
TextApps
AudioApps
Skill level
Advanced
Intermediate
Intermediate
Intermediate
Categories
Business & MarketingVoice & SpeechAI Call CenterAI Customer Service+1 more
Business & MarketingChatbots & CompanionsProductivity & OfficeAI Agent+2 more
Business & MarketingChatbots & CompanionsAI ChatbotAI Customer Service+1 more
Business & MarketingVoice & SpeechAI Call CenterAI Customer Service+1 more
Tasks what each tool can do · 1 shared · core   partial
Tasks covered
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Customer support
Customer support chatbot
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Voice agents
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Call center automation
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Chatbots
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Agent creation
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Agents
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Call agents
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Chatbot building
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Call answering
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Calls
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Chatbot integration
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Customer calls
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Customer support automation
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Website to chatbot
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APIs
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Developer tools
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Knowledge bases
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No-code
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Shopify customer support
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Agent testing
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SMS marketing
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Sales
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Traffic figures are third-party estimates for the tool's own domain; tools sharing a domain with a bigger product are not counted. Pricing is captured from each tool's site and may lag.