FastBots.ai Pricing Plans and Message Credits Explained

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FastBots.ai's published pricing shows an entry-level Essential plan at $39/month billed monthly, or $33/month when billed annually at $396 (a $72 saving). That plan includes 2 chatbots, 2,000 message credits per month, 2,500 crawl pages per chatbot, and 3 team members. Message credits are shared across all bots on the account: a reply from a standard AI model costs 1 credit, while advanced models cost 5–10 credits per reply. A free 14-day trial is advertised with no credit card required, so you can test these limits against your own traffic before committing.

What the Essential Plan Includes

The plan details published on the FastBots.ai site describe the entry tier as "essential for small teams getting started." The concrete allowances are:

Item Allowance
Price (monthly billing) $39/month
Price (annual billing) $33/month, $396 billed annually (save $72)
Chatbots 2
Message credits 2,000/month, shared across all bots
Crawl pages 2,500 per chatbot
Team members 3

The site also states setup takes under 5 minutes and that no credit card is required to start the trial. Only the Essential tier's figures appear in the available material; other tiers are referenced through the pricing page link but their contents are not listed here, so check that page directly before comparing higher tiers.

How Message Credits Are Consumed

Message credits are the usage currency to watch. Two rules matter:

  • Shared pool: the 2,000 monthly credits apply to the whole account, not per bot. Running two chatbots splits the same pool.
  • Model-dependent cost: standard AI models use 1 credit per reply; advanced models use 5–10 credits per reply.

That spread changes capacity dramatically. At 1 credit per reply, 2,000 credits support roughly 2,000 standard-model replies per month. If every reply used an advanced model at 5 credits, the same pool covers about 400 replies; at 10 credits, about 200. Mixed usage lands in between.

Example: a support bot answering 60 conversations a day, one reply each, needs about 1,800 credits monthly on a standard model — within the Essential allowance, but with little room for a second bot or advanced-model answers. In that case, either reserve advanced models for complex queries or plan for a higher tier.

Features Included with the Plan

The Essential plan lists the following capabilities:

  • Knowledge sources — train answers on your own uploaded information, ChatGPT, or the internet.
  • File uploads — users can upload files and images into the chat conversation.
  • Integrations — Zapier, Make, WhatsApp, Messenger, Instagram, WordPress, Slack, Telegram and more (email excluded).
  • Reports — detailed monthly reports on chatbot performance and user behavior.
  • Zapier AI Actions — bots can call thousands of apps mid-chat, such as checking orders, booking appointments, or sending emails.
  • All LLMs — choose from top models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google.

The "all LLMs" access is what makes the credit-cost distinction relevant: you can select advanced models, but each such reply draws 5–10 credits from the shared pool.

Deciding Whether the Essential Plan Fits

Use these checks before subscribing:

  1. Count your bots. If you need more than two chatbots, the Essential tier's 2-bot limit is the binding constraint regardless of credits.
  2. Estimate monthly replies. Multiply expected daily replies by 30, then weight by model: standard replies at 1 credit, advanced at 5–10. Compare the total to 2,000.
  3. Check crawl depth. If your site exceeds 2,500 pages per bot, training coverage will be partial on this plan.
  4. Confirm team size. Three team members is the stated cap.
  5. Verify integration needs. Email is explicitly excluded from integrations; if email is central to your workflow, account for that.

If your estimates fit inside these limits, the Essential plan's annual option lowers the effective monthly cost by $6. If any single limit — bots, credits, pages, or seats — is exceeded, the plan is the wrong fit regardless of price.

Practical Notes Before You Start

  • Start the 14-day trial and connect your actual site content, then watch credit consumption in the monthly reports to see whether standard or advanced models dominate your usage.
  • Because credits are shared, adding a second bot mid-trial changes your per-bot capacity; test with the number of bots you actually intend to run.
  • The published material does not state whether unused credits roll over, so plan on a monthly reset rather than banking capacity.
  • Current prices and tier contents can change; confirm figures on the FastBots.ai pricing page before purchase.