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The no-build Botpress alternative for customer support

Custom-built support bots can stall at the same place: the flow works for the demo, then real customers ask things the flow did not anticipate and someone has to maintain it forever.

Threadbox replaces the flow with retrieval, actions and escalation rules. Nothing to draw, nothing to maintain when your policies change; edit the source and the index rebuilds.

  • UK/EU hosted
  • UK GDPR ready
  • Encrypted at rest and in transit
  • Companies House 00838986

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What changes

Four things you get that Botpress does not offer

No flows to maintain

Knowledge questions are answered from your content; edits reindex automatically.

Inbox and escalation included

Sentiment, keyword and fallback rules route to a shared inbox with takeover.

Actions without code

Describe an endpoint in plain English with typed parameters.

Predictable pricing

Flat GBP plan, no usage-based AI spend.

Migration

How to migrate from Botpress

Most teams finish in an afternoon. Actions take longest; email us their definitions and we will set them up with you.

  1. 1

    List the knowledge sources your Botpress bot used and paste the URLs

  2. 2

    Upload documents and add Q&A pairs for edge cases

  3. 3

    Recreate API calls as Threadbox actions

  4. 4

    Replace the Botpress webchat script with Threadbox's

  5. 5

    Connect Slack, WhatsApp or email if needed

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Before you switch, check
  • Your content is public or exportable
  • You know which live-data questions matter most
  • Someone can list your API endpoints for actions
  • Your compliance team wants UK/EU hosting

Want the full feature grid? Threadbox vs Botpress

Side by side

Feature comparison between Threadbox and Botpress
CapabilityThreadboxBotpress
Agent
Train on website, files and Q&A
Choice of OpenAI, Anthropic and Google models
Custom actions that call your APIsCode nodes
Deterministic regex webhooks (no LLM in the loop)Not advertised
Guardrails: blocked topics, injection and leak checksBuild your own
Playground with compare mode and saved scenariosNot advertised
Channels & widgets
Website widget with streaming replies
Slack, WhatsApp and emailEmail from Starter, WhatsApp from Growth, Slack on BusinessVia integrations
Rich widgets: cards, buttons, forms, status cardsBuild your own
Lead capture with triggers and CSV export
Team
Shared inbox with human takeoverNot advertised
Escalation rules: sentiment, keywords, fallbacksBuild your own
Roles: owner, admin, agent, viewerPartial
Ask-your-data assistant (Backstage)Not advertised
Support desk
Threads with references, custom fields and statusesNot advertised
Response targets with business hoursNot advertised
Rules and skills-based routingNot advertised
Customer portal with guides and communityNot advertised
Phone, SMS and social channelsNot advertised
Business
UK/EU hosting by defaultUS/EU cloud
Pricing in GBP with VAT invoicesNot advertised
Per-resolution feesNoneUsage-based
Free seats for viewers and contributorsNot advertised
Human support from the team who built itCommunity/tiered

Why teams leave Botpress

The most common reasons we hear from teams switching from Botpress:

  • Requires building and maintaining flows
  • No built-in support inbox or escalation rules
  • Usage-based AI billing is hard to forecast

Who should stay on Botpress

Developer teams building bespoke conversational apps who want full control over flows and hosting.

If that describes you, Threadbox may not be a better fit and we would rather say so than win a migration you regret.

Try it on your own website

Paste your URL. We crawl it and hand you a working agent in minutes. Free plan, no card.

What stays the same

Your knowledge sources, your embed location and your team. Threadbox crawls the same URLs, ingests the same documents and takes the same script-tag slot in your site. Conversation history for new visitors starts fresh; transcripts can be imported on request.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Export or copy the content into documents or Q&A pairs, or simply crawl the original sources.

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Free plan, no card. We will help migrate your actions.

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  • UK/EU hosted
  • UK GDPR ready
  • Encrypted at rest and in transit
  • Companies House 00838986