Tidio

Customer service platform with the Lyro AI agent for resolving common questions.

AI Agents Automation Customer Service Free plan API

Pricing: Free 50 conversations/mo; Starter $24.17/mo; Growth from $49.17/mo; Lyro AI agent from $32.50/mo

Best for
Small ecommerce and service businesses handling repetitive enquiries
Free plan
Yes
Free trial
Yes
API
Yes
Integrations
Shopify, WooCommerce, WordPress, email, messaging channels
Facts checked
28 August 2026
Website
www.tidio.com

What is Tidio?

Tidio is a customer messaging platform: live chat, automation flows, and an AI agent called Lyro that answers from your own help content.

What it does well

Absorbing the repetitive third of support — delivery times, opening hours, returns policy — while routing anything unusual to a person.

Who should use it

Small ecommerce and service businesses where the same handful of questions arrive every day.

Who should not use it

Businesses with complex, high-stakes support. If a wrong answer is expensive, the AI agent needs a much narrower remit.

Pros and cons

Strengths

  • Sensible on-ramp: start with live chat, add AI when the volume justifies it
  • Handover to a human is well handled
  • Free tier lets you measure your real conversation volume first

Limitations

  • Conversation-based pricing needs watching as you grow
  • AI agent quality depends entirely on your help content
  • Add-on pricing makes the true monthly cost harder to predict

How we evaluated this tool

Not tested hands-on by us. This entry is based on the vendor’s public documentation and pricing pages as of the date shown above. We label untested tools rather than implying testing we did not do. Read our review method.

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