Tidio
Live chat and chatbot platform for small businesses, with the Lyro AI agent answering common questions.
Our editorial assessment, based on the public sources listed below. Last reviewed .
- Task rank
- #9
- Tier
- A
- Score
- 77.1
Strengths
- Quick to set up on a website or Shopify store, with a free plan to start
- Lyro learns from your help content and hands off to a human when needed
- One inbox for chat, email, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp
Considerations
- Lyro and the Flows builder are billed as add-ons on top of the chat plan
- Costs jump noticeably between plan tiers as conversation volume grows
Price
Free plan; Starter about $24/mo, Lyro AI add-on from about $33/mo
Shown for reference — price is not part of the score.
Score breakdown
- Performance
- 74.0
- 55% of score
- Reputation
- 80.0
- 35% of score
- Recency
- 84.0
- 10% of score
The overall score combines these sub-scores using the weights shown. How we score →
Verification status
Each field carries its own re-verification date. Amber means older than 90 days — treat those figures as stale until re-checked.
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Checked against the sources listed below.
Sources
- Featurebase — Tidio review 2026 (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- Kayako — Tidio review 2026 (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- AI Tools Key — Tidio review 2026 (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- Tidio Lyro AI Agent (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- Tidio — pricing (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
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- Enjo — AI Chatbot for Customer Service: 10 Tools Ranked (2026) (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- ChatBot.com — Customer Service AI Chatbots: 2026 Guide (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- browse-ai.tools — Top 20 AI chatbot platforms for customer service (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- Helpware — Top 15 AI Customer Service Companies & Solutions (2026) (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- Lindy — 11 Best Customer Service Chatbots in 2026 (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- Featurebase — Best AI Chatbots for Customer Support in 2026 (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
- Botpress — 11 best AI agents for customer support (2026) (opens in a new tab)Accessed:
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