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Tidio
Website live chat and AI agent aimed at small businesses and stores
The verdict
Tidio adds live chat and an AI agent called Lyro to a website or online store. Lyro answers common customer questions automatically while agents handle the rest.
What it is
Tidio is a website-first chat tool that bundles live chat, chatbots and the Lyro AI agent, which answers routine customer questions from your content. It targets small businesses and e-commerce stores that want support and pre-sales help without a large team. Setup is light, with store integrations that surface order data in chat. The tradeoffs are depth and limits: Lyro has usage caps tied to plan, and the platform is built for smaller operations, so large support teams will outgrow its routing and reporting.
Strengths
- Lyro AI agent answers routine questions from your content, reducing repetitive chats
- Light setup suits small teams without dedicated support staff
- Store integrations surface order data inside the chat for faster help
Trade-offs
- Lyro AI conversations are capped by plan, so busy stores hit limits
- Built for smaller operations, so routing and reporting trail enterprise helpdesks
- Advanced automation and higher AI volumes require paid upgrades
Best for
Website and store live chat where an AI agent should answer common questions automatically
Not for
Large support teams needing advanced routing, SLAs and deep reporting
The AI ecosystem
Integrates with Shopify, WordPress and major e-commerce and email tools; offers an API and the Lyro AI agent.
Pricing
Free tier; paid plans (Starter, Growth, Plus/Premium) scale by features/conversations, roughly from the high tens of dollars per month upward, plus Lyro AI priced by conversations.
Free
Free$0
- limited chats
- basic live chat
Starter
$29/mo
- more conversations
- email support
Growth
$59/mo
- more features
- analytics
Lyro AI
$39/mo
- AI agent conversations
- add-on
What people build with it
Frequently asked
- What is Tidio's Lyro?
- Lyro is Tidio's AI agent that answers common customer questions automatically from your content, handing more complex issues to human agents.
- Is Tidio good for Shopify?
- Yes. Tidio integrates with Shopify and surfaces order data in chat, which suits store support and pre-sales questions.
- Is Tidio free?
- There is a free tier with limited chats; the Lyro AI agent and higher conversation volumes are paid add-ons or upgrades.
- Tidio or Intercom?
- Tidio is lighter and cheaper for small businesses and stores; Intercom is broader and pricier for product-led teams needing more depth.
- What are Tidio's limits?
- Lyro AI conversations are capped by plan, and routing and reporting are lighter than enterprise helpdesks, so large teams may outgrow it.