Simple pricing that grows with your traffic
Every tier is the same TeklTalk — the same crawler, the same cited answers, the same one-line install. You're only choosing how much of it you need.
Free
Index your site and see what your visitors actually ask.
- 100 content credits (1 credit ≈ 500 words)
- 400 messages per month — enough to try it on a live site
- “Powered by TeklTalk” badge
- Unlimited projects
- Answers cited back to your pages
- One-line script install
- Conversation history
Starter
About $0.005 per message at this allowance
For a live site that needs to answer around the clock.
- 1,000 content credits (1 credit ≈ 500 words)
- 4,000 messages per month — usually plenty for a small business site
- No “Powered by” badge
- Unlimited projects
- Answers cited back to your pages
- One-line script install
- Conversation history
Pro
About $0.004 per message at this allowance
For sites with real traffic and a lot of pages to cover.
- 5,000 content credits (1 credit ≈ 500 words)
- 15,000 messages per month — built for a site with real day-to-day traffic
- No “Powered by” badge
- Unlimited projects
- Answers cited back to your pages
- One-line script install
- Conversation history
Prices include any sales tax or VAT due in your country. Subscriptions renew automatically — cancel any time from your dashboard. By subscribing you agree to our terms and refund policy.
For scale: as of 26 August 2026, Chatbase started at $40/month and charged $99/month to remove its badge. TeklTalk starts at $19 a month with the badge already gone. See the full comparison.
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One credit is 500 words
Not one page, one file, or one URL. We measure the words we index, so a crawled page, a pasted answer and an uploaded document of the same length all cost the same.
- A short page
- ~500 words · 1 credit
- A long guide
- ~2,500 words · 5 credits
What each plan actually holds
The same allowance, counted three ways. Mix them however your content is shaped.
Free100 credits · 50K words
- typical web pages
- ~100
- long-form guides
- ~20
- FAQ answers
- ~333
Starter1,000 credits · 500K words
- typical web pages
- ~1K
- long-form guides
- ~200
- FAQ answers
- ~3.3K
Pro5,000 credits · 2.5M words
- typical web pages
- ~5K
- long-form guides
- ~1K
- FAQ answers
- ~16.7K
Credits are capacity, not spend. They count what your account holds right now — they never reset with the billing period, and deleting a source gives its credits straight back. More on how sources are measured in the docs.
No card to start
The Free plan needs an email address and nothing else. Upgrade only once the widget is earning its place.
Change tier any time
Move up when traffic grows. Your projects, crawled pages, and conversation history all stay exactly where they are.
Billed in US dollars
Every plan is priced and charged in USD, wherever you are. Payments run through Paddle, our merchant of record — card details never touch our servers, and every charge is confirmed with Paddle before a plan changes.
Questions about billing
What counts as a message?
One question and its reply, together. A visitor who asks eight things in a row uses eight messages, not sixteen — you are never charged separately for the answer. Nothing else your bot does counts against the allowance.
Are there limits on projects?
No. Every plan lets you run as many sites as you like. Only three things change between tiers: how much content we index, how many messages you get each month, and whether the widget carries our badge.
What happens if I run out of messages?
New questions get a short "temporarily unavailable" note instead of an answer, until your allowance resets or you upgrade. Your dashboard shows how much you've used as you go, so it shouldn't come as a surprise.
When does the allowance reset?
On a paid plan, on your billing date each month — so a yearly plan still gets a fresh monthly allowance. On Free, on the 1st of each calendar month. Unused messages don't roll over.
What if my site has more content than my plan covers?
We tell you before indexing anything and let you decide — you'll see how many pages we can take and how many would be skipped, and you can cancel or go ahead with a partial import. Nothing is silently dropped. Because a page's length can't be known until we've fetched it, a crawl that passed that check can still finish slightly over; a small overshoot is absorbed rather than thrown away, and genuine excess is marked over limit instead of being billed.
What is a content credit?
One credit is 500 words of the text we index — roughly one typical web page, which is where the figure comes from. It is a measure of words, not of files: a crawled URL, a block of pasted text and an uploaded document of the same length all cost the same. So a short FAQ page costs a fraction of a credit and a 3,000-word guide costs six.
Do credits reset each month?
No — credits are capacity, not spend. They count the content your account is holding right now, so deleting a source hands its credits straight back and nothing expires at the end of a period. Conversations work the other way round: those are a monthly flow that does reset. Running out of credits never breaks a bot that is already answering; it stops new content being added until you free some up or upgrade. Free holds about 50,000 words in total.
Can I try a paid plan before committing?
Start on Free and add a real site — it's the exact same product the paid tiers use, just with lower limits. If you need a bigger trial, email support@tekltalk.com.
Is this a recurring subscription?
Yes. You authorise the payment once and Paddle charges you automatically each period — monthly or yearly, whichever you pick. Paddle emails you before and after every charge, with an invoice.
What's the difference between monthly and yearly?
Only the price and how often you're billed. Yearly costs ten months' worth for twelve months of service, so it's about 17% cheaper, charged once a year instead of every month.
How do I cancel?
From your dashboard, in one click. You keep the plan until the end of the period you've already paid for, and you're not charged again. Your projects and indexed content stay put — only the limits change once it lapses.
What happens if a payment fails?
Paddle retries for a few days and we keep your plan running while it does — you'll see a warning on your dashboard. If every retry fails, the account moves back to Free and you can subscribe again once the card is sorted.
Which currency am I charged in?
US dollars, wherever you are. Every plan is priced and billed in USD — there is no rupee pricing and no regional price list, so the figure on the card above is the whole charge. Any sales tax or VAT due where you live is already included in it, itemised separately on your Paddle invoice. If your card is issued in another currency your bank converts at its own rate and may add a foreign-transaction fee, which is why your statement can still read a little higher.
Which payment methods work?
Checkout runs on Paddle. Credit and debit cards work everywhere; PayPal, Apple Pay and Google Pay are offered where Paddle supports them for recurring payments in your country. You'll see exactly what's available to you in the checkout window.
Still deciding? Start on Free
Index a site, watch what your visitors ask, and pick a tier once you know the answer.
No credit card required.
