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Solo-fit verdictSmall-Team ReadyExcellent flat-price certainty at a price most solos will feel: buy it when chat already makes you money, not to find out whether it might.
True solo cost · low$400/mo$400/month billed annually — 1 human seat included with unlimited AI conversations; the human-only alternative is $29/month but includes no AI answering
True solo cost · typical$400/mo$400/month billed annually — the flat AI price does not rise with conversation volume, so low and typical solo volume cost the same; a second human seat would make it $429/month
Rank #20 of 21 in CustomersFree start free trialSetup Under 1 hourControl Acts + logs everythingNo-code 5/5Checked · prices checked 2026-11-07
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The short version
Olark's Aiden agent is one flat $400 a month billed annually for unlimited conversations with a human seat included — the anti-meter option, at a grown-up price.
Buy it if
Chat already produces leads or orders for you and you want AI answering with zero usage anxiety. Your volume is high or spiky enough that per-conversation rivals would cost real money. You value an agent that keeps itself updated from your live site.
Skip it if
You are testing whether chat matters at all — start with a free or $29 tool instead. You need AI on a monthly billing cycle at a published price. Your questions are mostly email, not website chat.
What Olark does — the jobs it finishes
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Answer visitors around the clock at a flat price
Starts A visitor asks a question your site or docs answer, at any hour.
- Aiden answers from your live site and documentation, which it keeps updated automatically.
- It qualifies the visitor and captures lead details where relevant.
- Questions needing a person hand off live in the same thread.
You get An answered, qualified conversation with no per-chat cost.
Unlimited conversations mean your best traffic month costs the same as your quietest.
Engage pricing-page visitors before they leave
Starts Behaviour signals intent — repeat visits, time on pricing, referral source.
- The agent chooses a proactive message matched to the visitor's behaviour and likely objection.
- It answers the objection from your current content.
- Interested visitors are captured as leads for your CRM.
You get A conversation started with a hesitant buyer instead of a silent exit.
Proactive engagement is included in the flat price, not a higher tier.
Analyse chats alongside revenue with the AI Connector
Starts You want to know which chats led to orders or where buyers stalled.
- Connect Olark transcripts to your AI tool via MCP alongside Shopify, WooCommerce or CRM data.
- Ask for matches between chats and orders, or the top reasons chats did not convert.
- Act on the findings — content fixes, staffing changes, new agent answers.
You get A revenue-linked read on your chat operation.
The reporting layer uses the AI you already have instead of another dashboard subscription.
Start human-only, add AI without reinstalling
Starts You want live chat now but are not ready for the $400 AI step.
- Run human-only live chat at $29/agent/month.
- Watch real question volume and patterns for a few weeks.
- Add the Standard AI Website Agent when the maths justifies it — no reinstall.
You get Evidence for the AI decision instead of a guess.
The fallback plan is a real product, not a crippled trial.
Where it stops
- No cheaper AI tier — the AI step is the full $400/month billed annually
- No per-conversation or credit option for low-volume sites
- Custom packages (regional routing, SSO, custom SLAs) are sales-led, not published
Getting started
Before you start
- A website the agent can train on
- A decision that chat volume justifies $400/month — or a plan to start human-only at $29/agent/month
The ongoing admin
- A weekly skim of transcripts and missed questions to teach the agent.
Step 1Try the agent on your own site free
The pricing page offers a free, no-card trial that trains on your site in about a minute.
Step 2Review its answers and adjust in plain English
Correct gaps and set tone and qualification rules without logic trees.
Step 3Connect your CRM
HubSpot, Salesforce, ActiveCampaign and webhooks carry leads and transcripts into your stack.
Step 4Go live and watch handoffs
Let the agent run 24/7 and staff the human seat for the conversations it escalates.
Time to first useful result: Under 1 hour · no-code 5/5
Full pricing — checked 2026-11-07
Standard AI Website Agent $400/month billed annually ($4,800/year): unlimited conversations, no token limits or overages, 1 human seat included; extra human seats +$29/agent/month. Human-only live chat $29/agent/month. Custom packages are quote-only.
Human-only Live Chat
$29/agent/month
Per seat / month
- Full-featured live chat without AI
- The long-running Olark chat product
Limit No AI answering — a human must staff it
Solo pickStandard AI Website Agent
$400/month billed annually ($4,800/year) — unlimited conversations, 1 human seat included
Flat / month · $400/mo for one person
- Unlimited AI conversations, 24/7
- Automatic FAQ and knowledge updates from your site
- Lead capture and qualification
- Proactive engagement
- White-glove support and account management
- 1 human agent seat
Allowance Unlimited conversations — no token limits, no overages
Limit Extra human seats are +$29/agent/month
Limit Billed annually at the published price
Custom
Custom pricing
Custom / quoted
- Regional routing and multiple teams
- Advanced integrations and custom workflows
- Custom SLAs, SSO, legal reviews
Limit Sales-led — no published figure
Add-onAdditional human agent seats (on the AI plan) — +$29/agent/month. Two agents on AI cost $429/month, three $458/month, per the pricing FAQ.
What could make the bill jump?
Almost none on volume — the AI price is flat with unlimited conversations. The jumps are structural: the $29 human-only plan to the $400 AI plan is one large step, and each extra human seat adds $29/month.
Billing unitflat per month (AI plan); per agent for extra seats and human-only chat
Free tier / trialNo free plan. A free trial of the AI agent on your own site is offered, with no credit card required on the human-only and AI entry routes per the pricing FAQ.
Pricing clarityClear flat price
Price record · 2026-11-07: Checked 2026-11-07 on olark.com/pricing, read in full in its monthly/annual presentation as served: the Standard AI Website Agent is $400/month billed annually ($4,800/year) with unlimited conversations, no token limits and no overages, one human seat included and additional seats at +$29/agent/month (FAQ worked examples: two agents $429/month, three $458/month). Human-only live chat is $29/agent/month. No monthly-billing figure for the AI plan is published on the page — annual billing is the stated basis. Custom packages are quote-only.
At a glance — the standard checklist
The same fields on every deep listing in this job, so agents compare field by field. “Not verified” means our research has not confirmed it yet — it never means “doesn't have it.”
- Platforms✓ IncludedWeb
- Key integrations✓ IncludedHubSpot, Salesforce, ActiveCampaign, webhooks; Shopify/WooCommerce and CRM data via the AI Connector
- Languages? Not verified
- Support channels✓ IncludedWhite-glove support and account management are included in the AI plan
- Help centre / documentation? Not verified
- Free plan— Not includedNo free plan on the pricing page — a free trial of the agent is offered instead
- Free trial✓ IncludedFree trial on your own site, no credit card required per the pricing page and FAQ
- Human control model✓ IncludedActs + logs everything: the agent answers and engages autonomously, with live human handoff in the same thread
- Approval controls? Not verified
- Data export / exit route? Not verified
- Setup model✓ IncludedSelf-serve and no-code — trains on your site in about a minute, adjusted in plain English; no-code score 5/5
- Website chat✓ IncludedWebsite chat is the product — the AI agent works your website funnel 24/7
- Email channel? Not verified
- WhatsApp / social channels? Not verified
- Order lookup? Not verifiedOrder matching is shown for transcript analysis via the AI Connector, not as a live in-chat order lookup, so it is not claimed here
- Actions beyond answers✓ IncludedLead capture and qualification and proactive engagement are core AI-plan features
- Human handoff✓ IncludedLive handoff to a real person in the same conversation thread is a headline design point
Best for
- Businesses whose website chat already produces measurable leads or orders
- High or spiky chat volume where per-conversation pricing would sting
- Owners who want one flat AI bill with a human seat included
Not for
- Solos testing whether chat matters — the $400 floor is the wrong experiment
- Monthly-budget buyers, since the AI plan's published price is annual billing
- Email-first support operations
Our assessment of Olark
As of November 2026, Olark has rebuilt its pricing around Aiden, its AI website agent, and the pitch is deliberately anti-meter: the Standard AI Website Agent costs $400 a month billed annually ($4,800 a year) for unlimited conversations, with no token limits and no overages, and one human agent seat included. The agent trains on your live site and documentation in about a minute, keeps its knowledge updated as your pages change, engages visitors proactively based on behaviour such as repeat visits and time on your pricing page, captures and qualifies leads, and hands off to a human inside the same conversation thread. Extra human seats cost $29 per agent per month, so two people on the AI plan cost $429 a month. If you do not want the AI at all, the long-running human-only live chat is still sold on its own at $29 per agent per month, and you can add the AI later without reinstalling. An AI Connector and MCP access let tools like Claude or ChatGPT read your chat transcripts alongside CRM and store data for reporting. The catch is simply the floor: $400 a month is a serious line item for a solo founder, and there is no cheaper AI tier to grow into — the step from human-only chat to AI is the whole $400.
Pros — our take
- The simplest AI maths in this set: one flat price, unlimited conversations, no meters to watch
- Knowledge stays current automatically because the agent trains on your live site and docs
- Human-only chat at $29/agent/month remains a sane fallback if you drop the AI
Cons — our take
- $400/month billed annually is a high floor for a solo founder — there is no starter AI tier
- No published monthly-billing price for the AI plan
- Proactive, revenue-focused positioning fits sales-led sites better than pure support desks
Solo Fit input · no-code5/5 — can a non-technical owner run it?
Solo Fit input · setupUnder 1 hour to the first useful result
Solo Fit input · human controlActs + logs everything
Solo Fit input · pricing clarityClear flat price
No-code 5: the vendor states the agent trains on your site in about a minute with plain-English adjustments and no logic trees. Setup mirrors the listed under-one-hour rating. Human control mirrors 'acts + logs everything': the agent answers and engages autonomously, with live handoff and transcripts visible. Pricing clarity mirrors the legacy rating: one published flat price.
Three to compare before you decide
The difference: Smartsupp pairs a $17 billed-annually solo inbox with Mira at a linear per-conversation rate; Olark is one flat $400 for unlimited AI conversations.
The difference: Kommunicate includes its AI agent in flat plans with a conversation allowance across chat, email and voice; Olark is website-focused with no allowance at all.
The difference: Tidio starts near $57 a month all-in for modest Lyro volume but meters every conversation; Olark costs far more and meters nothing.
Questions buyers ask about Olark
What does Olark's AI actually cost per month?
$400 a month billed annually ($4,800 a year) for the Standard AI Website Agent, including unlimited conversations and one human seat. Extra human seats are $29 per agent per month, so two people cost $429 a month in total. There is no per-conversation or token meter.
Can I use Olark without the AI?
Yes. Human-only live chat is $29 per agent per month — the same chat product Olark has sold since 2009. You can add the AI agent later without reinstalling anything.
What happens in a very busy month?
Nothing changes on the bill. The pricing page is explicit that there is no conversation limit, no token limit and no overages once the AI agent is on — that flatness is the product's main argument against metered rivals.
How fast can the agent learn my business?
The vendor says the agent trains on your site in about a minute and keeps itself updated as your pages and docs change. You then adjust behaviour in plain English rather than maintaining logic trees.
Stacks & next steps
Olark is not in a published stack yet — stacks are edited buying guides, and memberships are added only when the combination has been worked through.
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