Botpress vs Qoren
Botpress is a platform for building customer-facing AI agents, mostly for support: a visual studio, a natural language builder, an AI helpdesk, and channels such as webchat and WhatsApp, priced by conversation. Qoren runs agents that do recurring work in the background rather than chat with customers, such as lead follow-up, client reports and AI search tracking, with an isolated environment and a cost line per client.
Updated by David Silva
Botpress vs Qoren at a glance
| Feature | Qoren | Botpress |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | AI agent platform for agencies: managed OpenClaw, Hermes and Codex agents that work 24/7. | Platform for building customer-facing AI agents and an AI helpdesk. |
| Best for | Agencies selling recurring client work done by agents; founders and developers running their own. | Support chatbots and agents on webchat, WhatsApp and helpdesks. |
| Hosting and infrastructure | Dedicated, fully managed cloud environments; run one agent on its own or a team that collaborates in the same environment. | Hosted by Botpress. |
| Setup to live | Deploy from a template or configure your own agent, live in minutes. | Build in a visual studio, or describe the agent in natural language. |
| Autonomy | Runs on a schedule and on triggers, long-running. | Handles customer conversations, escalation and handoff to people. |
| Model keys | Any model in the catalog on every plan; managed key included, or bring your own. | Your choice of LLM provider, with AI spend passed through at no markup. |
| Spend control | A monthly credit grant plus optional top-ups, with a hard stop and optional limits per agent. | Priced by conversations a month, with AI usage included up to a limit. |
| Coding required | No code required. | Visual and natural language builders, plus a developer kit. |
| White-label and client access | Commercial only: your price, your invoice and your agency's name on the work. No custom domains, logo replacement or client logins. | White-label webchat and a help center on your own domain, from Plus. |
| Entry price | From $39/mo (Starter); agency features from $169/mo (Ultimate). Source: Qoren pricing. | Free plan with 100 conversations; Plus $150/mo billed annually, with white-label webchat. Source: Botpress pricing, checked . |
Sources on Botpress: Botpress pricing · Botpress partner program.
What is Botpress?
Botpress offers Botpress Studio, a visual AI agent builder, Botpress Viber, a natural language builder, and Botpress Desk, an AI helpdesk for complex support, with integrations for Intercom, Zendesk, HubSpot and Salesforce and channels including webchat, WhatsApp and Slack. Plans are priced by conversations, with AI usage included up to a limit and passed through at no markup. For agencies it runs a partner program that starts as an affiliate, paying 30% commission on referred spend for the first 12 months, excluding AI spend, and certifies partners who deliver client projects.
Choose Qoren if you
- Sell recurring work, such as lead follow-up, client reports or AI search tracking, done by agents that run 24/7 on a schedule.
- Want each client in its own isolated environment, with its own keys and its cost tracked in dollars.
- Quote each client from your real platform cost in Proposals and bill them on your own invoice.
- Are happy with commercial white-label: your price and your name on the work, without a client login.
Choose Botpress if you
- Build support chatbots for clients' websites, WhatsApp and helpdesks.
- Want a visual studio with deep control over each conversation.
- Want white-label webchat and a help center on the client's domain.
- Want referral commissions and certification through a partner program.
Switching from Botpress as an agency?
Why agencies switch
- The client wants recurring work done, not a conversation designed and maintained.
- Conversation-based pricing does not fit jobs that run on a schedule.
- You want each client in its own environment, with its own keys.
How Qoren fits
- Agents that work on a schedule or a trigger, with no customer conversation needed.
- An isolated environment and a cost line per client.
- Proposals to quote each client from your real platform cost.
An honest note
If your agency builds support chatbots for clients' websites and helpdesks, Botpress gives you a deep builder, white-label webchat from its Plus plan and a partner program, and Qoren is not a chatbot builder. Qoren fits when the client wants a job done on a schedule rather than a conversation, such as a weekly report, lead follow-up or review monitoring, and when you want each client isolated with its own cost.
Frequently asked questions
Is Qoren a Botpress alternative?
Not for chatbots. Botpress builds agents that talk to your client's customers; Qoren runs agents that do recurring work for the client on a schedule. If the job is a support or sales chatbot, Botpress is the better fit.
Can Qoren build a chatbot for my client's website?
No. Qoren has no website chat widget or conversation builder. Its agents work through their own inboxes, chat channels such as Slack, Telegram and Discord, and connected tools.
How do Botpress and Qoren prices compare?
Botpress's pricing page lists a free plan with 100 conversations and Plus at $150 a month billed annually, with AI usage included up to a limit (checked 10 October 2026). Qoren starts at $39 a month on Starter, and its agency features (clients, cost per client and Proposals) start on Ultimate at $169 a month.
Can an agency use Botpress and Qoren together?
Yes. Botpress can run the chatbot on a client's website while Qoren agents do the scheduled work behind it, such as the monthly report or AI search tracking.
Keep reading
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- Customer supportAutomate first-line customer support with an AI agent that triages questions and drafts or sends replies. Deliver it to SMB clients with Qoren.
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