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Signal
Website Chat & Lead Capture · try-signal.com
Signal is a website tool that identifies visitors and asks qualifying questions or makes offers on your site, priced by monthly visitors rather than seats or credits.
Switching to Crisp, which covers 50% of the compared capabilities.
Find my alternative
Way less money.
Top Signal alternatives
We compared 8 products and found 8 cheaper alternatives · vs Signal Starter at $43.63/mo · scenario: single user, monthly billing, USD.
Signal costs $43.63/mo on the Starter plan at single user, monthly billing. We found 6 assessed alternatives that are cheaper in this scenario; 1 of them covers at least 75% of the 2 compared capabilities. The cheapest option that covers everything we compared is Smartsupp at $17/mo (Solo plan), 61% less.
| Product | Match | Price | Annual savings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
TOP PICK Smartsupp Solo plan | 100% | $17/mo how? ⓘ | $319.56 / year 61% cheaper | |
Tidio Starter plan | 100% | $24.17/mo how? ⓘ | $233.56 / year 45% cheaper | |
LiveChat Starter plan · missing: Lead qualification | 50% | $25/mo how? ⓘ | $223.56 / year 43% cheaper | |
JivoChat Basic plan | 100% | $28/mo how? ⓘ | $187.56 / year 36% cheaper | |
Olark Live Chat (human only) plan · missing: Lead qualification, Visitor activity | 0% | $29/mo how? ⓘ | $175.56 / year 34% cheaper | |
Chatbase Hobby plan | not yet assessed | $40/mo how? ⓘ | $43.56 / year 8% cheaper |
Which Signal alternative for which situation
Picked by the numbers in this scenario — same subtype unless stated, assessed products only.
What you give up
Capabilities Signal has that the top alternatives lack.
- Lead qualification — Ask visitors qualifying questions or capture their contact details.Missing from Crisp, JivoChat.
- Visitor activity — Your team sees which pages a visitor read.Missing from Tidio, JivoChat.
Feature comparison
Signal vs the top alternatives, on the 2 compared capabilities.
| Capability | Signal | Crisp | Tidio | JivoChat | Smartsupp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead qualification from Starter | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Visitor activity from Starter | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Scenario price cheapest qualifying plan | $43.63/mo Starter | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free | $0/mo Free | $17/mo Solo |
✓ means the product offers the capability — possibly only on a higher tier than the plan priced below it. The price row shows the cheapest plan that qualifies for our comparison scenario, with its plan name; a $0 free plan may not include every checked capability.
What Signal covers
The capability set used for comparison. Grey entries are not available on self-serve plans.
- ✓ Lead qualification — from Starter
- ✓ Visitor activity — from Starter
Price ladder
Observed prices from the official pricing page.
Sources
Every claim traces to an official source and a check date.
- https://try-signal.com/pricing (official_pricing, checked 2026-10-27)
Frequently asked
How much does Signal cost?
Signal's Starter plan costs $43.63/mo in our scenario (single user, monthly billing).
Is there a free Signal alternative?
Yes. Crisp has a free plan that covers 50% of the 2 capabilities we compared against Signal.
What is the cheapest Signal alternative?
In our scenario (single user, monthly billing), Crisp is the cheapest assessed alternative at $0/mo (Free plan).
What is the cheapest Signal alternative with Lead qualification?
Tidio covers Lead qualification and costs $0/mo (Free plan) in our scenario.
Does Signal have a free plan?
No. Signal has no free plan on its official pricing page.
When were these prices checked?
Between 2026-10-26 and 2026-10-27, on the vendors' official pricing pages.