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Compare audience fit, channels, integrations, knowledge sources, public pricing information, and operational considerations.
Both products appear in ai support agents. That overlap gives you a starting point; it does not mean the products cover the same channels, workflows, or deployment model.
AI customer-service agent paired with Tidio live chat and ticketing for small ecommerce and service teams.
Small businesses wanting live chat, ticketing and a low-volume AI agent in one product.
Explore its buying criteria: AI support agents · Ecommerce support.
Full Tidio Lyro profile and vendor sources · Checked 2026-09-02
Developer infrastructure for configuring and deploying advanced voice AI agents with chosen models and telephony.
Engineering teams that want low-level control of voice models, providers and call infrastructure.
Explore its buying criteria: AI support agents · Voice and contact-center AI · Agent builders.
Full Vapi profile and vendor sources · Checked 2026-09-02
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Before you decide
Tidio Lyro: Monthly subscription by AI conversation quota. Multiple replies in one conversation count together. Human-agent conversations and Flows have separate allowances; Plus and Premium offer custom volume and services. A Customer Service entry price does not include a recurring paid Lyro quota. Vapi: Usage-based hosting plus provider costs for transcription, language models, speech and telephony. Bring-your-own keys move provider billing to your own account. Includes 10 concurrent calls; extra lines cost $10/month each. Scale uses a quoted platform fee and committed volume under an annual contract. Ask both vendors to quote the same expected workload, required channels, and implementation scope. Include required subscriptions and usage charges before comparing the total; the listed starting prices alone may cover different work.
The recorded sources for Tidio Lyro include verified website sources; FAQs; policies; product/order data. For Vapi, they include prompts; custom functions; documents; external APIs. Ask each vendor to demonstrate ingestion or live access for the exact system you use, with permissions and refresh behavior. A source missing from this directory is not proof that a vendor cannot support it.
Use the same sample of real support requests, approved knowledge, and escalation rules in both pilots. Can it cite or restrict answers to approved knowledge? What happens when the agent is uncertain? Which actions can it complete beyond answering? Record answer quality, completed tasks, human handoffs, and total cost in the buyer worksheet. Check these specific cautions before launch: Tidio Lyro: Conversation quotas and separate Flows/Lyro allowances can make total cost usage-dependent. Vapi: Total per-minute cost includes selected STT, LLM, TTS and telephony providers; more engineering is required than turnkey tools.
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| Criterion | Tidio Lyro | Vapi |
|---|---|---|
| Best fit | Small businesses wanting live chat, ticketing and a low-volume AI agent in one product. | Engineering teams that want low-level control of voice models, providers and call infrastructure. |
| Key capabilities | FAQ automation, order/shipping answers, human handoff, live chat, ticketing, analytics | voice orchestration, custom models, telephony, function calling, webhooks, HIPAA/zero-retention options |
| Company sizes | small, mid-market | small, mid-market, enterprise, developer/startup |
| Channels | website chat, email/ticketing, social/live chat channels | phone, voice, web, telephony APIs |
| Integrations | Shopify, WordPress, WooCommerce, Zendesk/Salesforce via integrations | telephony providers, LLM providers, TTS/STT providers, webhooks/APIs |
| Knowledge sources | verified website sources, FAQs, policies, product/order data | prompts, custom functions, documents, external APIs |
| Pricing model | Monthly subscription by AI conversation quota. Multiple replies in one conversation count together. Human-agent conversations and Flows have separate allowances; Plus and Premium offer custom volume and services. A Customer Service entry price does not include a recurring paid Lyro quota. | Usage-based hosting plus provider costs for transcription, language models, speech and telephony. Bring-your-own keys move provider billing to your own account. Includes 10 concurrent calls; extra lines cost $10/month each. Scale uses a quoted platform fee and committed volume under an annual contract. |
| Pricing summary | Lyro starts at $39/month for 50 AI conversations (USD, billed monthly). It can be bought separately; Tidio Customer Service and Flows subscriptions are separate products. Larger Lyro quotas cost more. | Pay as you go: $0.05/minute for call hosting or $0.005/message for SMS/chat hosting (USD), plus model, speech and transport-provider charges. These are platform fees, not the full cost of a call. |
| Free plan or trial | 7-day trial and a free Tidio plan. The first 50 Lyro conversations are a one-time allowance; a paid Lyro quota is required for a monthly reset. | Free trial credit available for initial testing; ongoing use is metered. |
| Differentiator | Accessible all-in-one live chat and AI support for smaller teams. | Composable developer stack with provider choice and infrastructure controls. |
| Considerations | Conversation quotas and separate Flows/Lyro allowances can make total cost usage-dependent. | Total per-minute cost includes selected STT, LLM, TTS and telephony providers; more engineering is required than turnkey tools. |
Small businesses wanting live chat, ticketing and a low-volume AI agent in one product.
Accessible all-in-one live chat and AI support for smaller teams.
Engineering teams that want low-level control of voice models, providers and call infrastructure.
Composable developer stack with provider choice and infrastructure controls.
Verify current pricing, limits, security, and required integrations directly with each vendor before purchasing.