Open Source Alternative · Live Chat

Replace Intercom with Chatwoot.

Open source customer engagement platform. Self-hosted Chatwoot provides live chat, email, social media, and WhatsApp in one inbox with team collaboration and automation.

You're losing ~R86 640 to ~R308 640/year.

10-user estimate across 3 published tiers of Intercom.

Pricing approximated from vendor-advertised USD converted at current FX. Enterprise and negotiated pricing varies. Book a free audit for your exact number.

Intercom vs Chatwoot

Typical ZAR pricing across published tiers of Intercom. Your open source alternative pays once. Setup cost. Then it runs free.

Intercom · Essential
~R722/user/mo
~R86 640/year (10 users)
Intercom · Advanced
~R1 832/user/mo
~R219 840/year (10 users)
Intercom · Expert
~R2 572/user/mo
~R308 640/year (10 users)
Your open source replacement
Chatwoot. R0/month.

Open source customer engagement platform. Self-hosted Chatwoot provides live chat, email, social media, and WhatsApp in one inbox with team collaboration and automation.

The migration, handled.

Downloading free software isn't the job. Running it in production is. That's the part we do.

Data migration

Export everything from Intercom, transform, and import cleanly into Chatwoot. Nothing lost.

Parallel running

Old system stays live while the new one takes shape. Cutover only when you're ready.

Integration & SSO

Wire it into your existing email, auth, and payment stack. No isolated island.

Hardening & backups

POPIA-ready config, automated backups, monitoring, and patch management from day one.

Team training

Hands-on onboarding until your people are comfortable. Not a PDF they won't read.

Ongoing support

SLA-backed maintenance so you're not Googling error messages at 2am.

Three weeks from now, you could already have switched.

The audit is free. We'll give you a fixed-price migration quote, a timeline, and the risks, in writing. You decide from there.