Eloqra vs Crisp
Crisp is a polished all-in-one business messaging suite with a generous free tier and a flat per-workspace price. Eloqra trades the suite for one focused thing: chat that lands in your Telegram, answered from your phone, at $4.99/mo. Here's the honest comparison.
Crisp is one of the best-value all-in-one messaging tools for SMBs: a shared inbox, AI agent, co-browsing, CRM, and 100+ integrations, with a flat per-workspace price (not per seat) and a real free tier capped at 2 seats and 100 contacts.
Eloqra is deliberately smaller. It does live chat and routes every message to your Telegram, so you reply from your phone — no shared-inbox app to keep open, no contact caps to police. If you want the breadth of a messaging suite, Crisp is excellent; if you want the simplest path to talking to your visitors, that's Eloqra.
| Feature | Eloqra | Crisp |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Free forever (1 project) | 2 seats, 100 contacts |
| Entry paid plan | $4.99/mo per extra project | ~$45/mo per workspace |
| Pricing model | Flat — no per-seat | Flat per workspace |
| Reply from your phone (Telegram) | Mobile app, not Telegram | |
| Lightweight widget (no iframe) | ~5kb, no iframe | Heavier widget |
| Pre-chat form (name / email) | ||
| Visitor context (page / device / country) | ||
| Typing indicators | ||
| AI chatbot / agent | — | Paid tiers |
| Co-browsing & video chat | — | |
| CRM & 100+ integrations | — | |
| REST API |
Pick Eloqra when
Replies land in your Telegram — answer from your phone, no separate inbox app
A lightweight (~5kb) widget with no iframe, styled to match your brand
Lower entry price and no contact caps to bump into
Dead-simple setup — one snippet and you're live
No per-seat or per-credit metering to track
Pick Crisp when
An AI agent, co-browsing (MagicBrowse), and video/audio chat
A real CRM with profiles and segmentation
Ticketing and a customer portal on higher tiers
100+ integrations and a broad all-in-one feature surface
Pricing
Eloqra is free forever for 1 project, Pro $4.99/mo per extra project. Crisp is free forever for 2 seats and 100 contacts, then ~$45/mo per workspace (Mini, 4 seats), ~$95/mo (Essentials), and ~$295/mo (Plus); extra seats ~$10 each, AI is credit-metered. Prices vary by region (USD/EUR). Approximate, as of 2026 — verify on crisp.chat/en/pricing.
If you want focused live chat that answers from your phone rather than an all-in-one messaging suite, yes — Eloqra routes every message to your Telegram for $4.99/mo. If you rely on co-browsing, a built-in CRM, or AI, Crisp is the broader platform.
At the entry level, yes — Eloqra's first project is free forever and Pro is $4.99/mo per extra project, versus Crisp's ~$45/mo Mini workspace. Crisp's flat per-workspace pricing is fair as you add seats, but Eloqra is simpler and cheaper to start.
No. Eloqra is focused on live chat and Telegram delivery — it doesn't do co-browsing, video, or CRM. Crisp covers those if they're core to your workflow.
No. Eloqra doesn't meter contacts, so you won't hit the 100-contact ceiling that bounds Crisp's free plan.
One-line install, replies from your Telegram. 1 project free forever — no card to start.
Flat $4.99/mo live chat to your Telegram vs Intercom's per-seat AI help desk. Honest about where Fin AI and ticketing still lead.
Tawk.to is free; Eloqra answers from your phone with a far lighter widget and no forced branding. An honest free-vs-paid look.
Leaner, flat-priced chat to your Telegram vs Chatra's per-agent plans, lead-capture bot, and e-commerce integrations.