Chatra versus Trengo

Chatra, a live chat solution targeted mostly at small and medium-sized businesses, bought by Sendinblue in 2021. It’s been announced that Chatra will merge into Sendinblue’s complete digital marketing and e-commerce suite.

The company profiles itself with their personal approach to customers, although they report having over 45,000 customers. Chatra hosts a self published book and guides section on the website to help you improve your customer relation game.

Integrations with popular platforms like Wordpress and Shopify are free, Others, like Facebook, Instagram, Slack, Help Scout, and email integration are only included in the paid plans.

Chatra offers a free plan for a single seat. The features are limited but that is to be expected for a free plan. Their paid plans start at $21 per seat per month. Free 10 day trials are available for the paid plans, which is useful to test all features before purchasing.

Trengo, a VC backed scale-up from the Netherlands has been growing at an impressive rate. They have been around since 2015.

Trengo describes their product as Smart Conversations Platform. A clever way to include their omnichannel chat products, combined with their automated chatbots, to man customer support channels for their customers.

Their platform is priced per agent, and the price per agent increases when more functionality or features are required.

The lowest price per agent is $15 and the minimum requirement is 2 agents to set up your account.

Notable customers of Trengo include Toyota, Nubikk and Rotterdam University