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One price, two fewer meters
No per-operator fee, no metered AI conversations — the plan is the bill.
[ALTERNATIVE] · TIDIO
An SMB chat-and-chatbot tool with an e-commerce lean, priced by operators and AI conversations. You pay per operator and again for AI conversation volume, so costs climb on two axes at once.
[SIDE BY SIDE]
| muro | Tidio | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | ✓Flat monthly — from $19, unlimited agents | Per operator + metered AI |
| Adding teammates | ✓Unlimited agents on every plan | Billed per operator |
| AI cost | ✓Bring your own key — no markup, no metering | Metered AI conversation packs |
| Data residency | EU only (Hetzner DE + Amazon SES eu-west-1) | US/EU depending on plan |
| Widget weight | ~6 KB gzipped, 12 languages, auto-detected | Heavier app bundle |
| Best for | Predictable flat billing | Shopify stores wanting bundled bots |
Positioning as of June 2026. Check Tidio’s own pricing page for current numbers.
[WHY TEAMS SWITCH]
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No per-operator fee, no metered AI conversations — the plan is the bill.
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BYO model key means AI cost is provider cost, not a Tidio markup.
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No higher tier needed to keep data in the EU.
[WHEN TO PICK TIDIO]
Tidio fits well if you want pre-built e-commerce chatbots and Shopify-native flows out of the box.
[FAQ]
If Tidio’s per-operator and metered-AI pricing is the friction, yes — muro is flat with unlimited agents and BYO-key AI.
No. You bring your own provider key, so there is no per-conversation AI meter.
Yes — paste one snippet in your theme’s <head>; the same snippet works on any platform.
One snippet in your <head>, unlimited agents on a flat plan, your data in the EU. Start a 14-day free trial, no charge today.
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