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Best Drift Alternative in 2026 $39/mo vs $2,500+/mo

Looking for a Drift Alternative?

Salesloft has retired standalone Drift after its acquisition, transitioning customers to Salesloft Chat Agents. Drift's enterprise-only pricing started at $2,500+/month with no public pricing. Social Intents gives you AI chatbots + live chat for Teams and Slack starting at $39/month. Evaluating both head-to-head? See our full Social Intents vs Drift comparison.

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98% Less Expensive

$39/mo vs Drift's $2,500+/mo. Same AI chatbots and live chat.

Transparent Pricing

No sales calls required. See pricing on our website.

Agentes ilimitados

No per-seat fees. Add your whole team.

Drift's Hidden Pricing Problem

Drift doesn't publish pricing. Here's what customers report paying:

Deriva

Starting Price $2,500+/mo
Enterprise Plans $10,000+/mo
Public Pricing Hidden ✗
Sales Call Required Yes ✗
RECOMENDADO

Social Intents

Starting Price $39/mo
Top Plan $199/mo
Public Pricing Yes ✓
Sales Call Required Never ✓

Social Intents vs Drift

Feature comparison for AI chatbots and live chat

Recurso Deriva Social Intents
Preços
Preço inicial $2,500+/mo R$ 39/mês
Transparent Pricing
Agentes ilimitados
Avaliação gratuita
Chatbots com IA
Chatbot com IA
ChatGPT (GPT-5.2)
Claude
Google Gemini
Treine seu conteúdo
Integrações da equipe
Microsoft Teams Limitado
Slack
Bate-papo do Google
Zoom
Integrações de CRM
SalesForce
HubSpot
Dynamics 365

Drift's Old Pricing vs Social Intents

Drift has been retired by Salesloft, so former customers are shopping with its enterprise price tag in mind.

Drift / Salesloft

Standalone Drift is discontinued. Its features live on inside Salesloft.

Drift Premium (legacy)$2,500+/moBilled annually, roughly $30,000/year
Drift Advanced/Enterprise (legacy)PersonalizadoOften $10,000+/mo for large teams
Salesloft Chat AgentsPersonalizadoBundled with the Salesloft revenue platform

Social Intents Plans

Flat monthly rate, billed annually. AI included in every plan.

Iniciante$39/mo flat4 seats, 250 conversations/mo
Básico$69/mo flatUnlimited seats, 1,000 conversations/mo
Pro$99/mo flatUnlimited seats, 5,000 conversations/mo, WhatsApp and SMS
Negócios$199/mo flatUnlimited seats, 10,000 conversations/mo

What former Drift customers actually save

Drift Premium (legacy)

$30,000/yr

The entry point for Drift's annual contract before it was retired. Chat, playbooks, and AI features priced for enterprise sales teams.

Social Intents Pro, unlimited seats

$1,188/yr

Live chat, AI chatbots, lead capture, and Teams or Slack handoff for over $28,000 less per year than a legacy Drift contract.

Drift pricing based on publicly available information from before its retirement. Salesloft Chat Agents pricing is quote-based, verify on salesloft.com.

How to Move Off Drift

Drift is retired, so every customer needs a migration plan. Most teams complete this one in under an hour.

  1. 1

    Export your Drift data before access ends

    Download your contacts, conversation history, and playbook content while you still have dashboard access. Note which greetings and routing rules actually drove pipeline.

  2. 2

    Start a free trial and connect your team platform

    Sign up for the 14-day trial, no credit card required. Connect Microsoft Teams, Slack, or Google Chat so sales and support see new chats in the channels they already monitor.

  3. 3

    Recreate your greetings and train the AI

    Set up proactive chat invites and lead capture forms to replace your Drift playbooks, then paste your website URL so the AI learns your pages, docs, and FAQs automatically.

  4. 4

    Swap the chat snippet

    Remove the Drift snippet from your site and paste the Social Intents snippet in its place. Visitors see a working chat widget the moment the change deploys, with no gap in coverage.

When Salesloft Might Still Be the Right Fit

An honest look at where each platform wins now that Drift itself is gone

Stay in the Salesloft ecosystem if you need

  • A full revenue orchestration platform with cadences, forecasting, and deal management in one place
  • Enterprise ABM plays where chat is one touchpoint in a larger, sales-led buying journey
  • A budget that supports quote-based enterprise contracts and a dedicated implementation team

Choose Social Intents if you want

  • Website chat, AI answering, and lead capture starting at $39/month instead of an enterprise contract
  • Sales and support chats routed straight into Microsoft Teams, Slack, or Google Chat
  • A platform you can set up yourself in 15 minutes on a product that is actively developed, not retired

Why Teams Switch from Drift

The key advantages that make Social Intents the better choice

Save 98% on Monthly Cost

Drift charges enterprise pricing that can exceed $30,000/year. Social Intents starts at $39/month with no hidden fees. That's over $28,000 in annual savings.

✓ $39/mo vs $2,500+/mo

No Sales Calls Required

Drift hides pricing and requires sales calls. Social Intents has transparent pricing on our website. Sign up and start in minutes, not weeks.

✓ Self-serve signup

Inclusão de agentes ilimitados

Drift charges per seat for human agents. Social Intents includes unlimited agents on Basic and above plans. The Starter plan includes 4 seats. Add your whole team without per-seat fees.

✓ No per-seat pricing

Better Team Chat Integration

Social Intents was built specifically for Microsoft Teams, Slack, Google Chat, Zoom, and Webex. Reply directly from your team chat app. No separate dashboard needed.

✓ 5 team chat platforms

Perguntas frequentes

Common questions about switching from Drift

Drift never published pricing publicly. Based on customer reports and reviews, Drift's plans typically started at $2,500/month and could exceed $10,000/month for enterprise features. After the Salesloft acquisition, standalone Drift is being retired in favor of Salesloft Chat Agents, so it is no longer an option for new customers. Social Intents publishes all pricing on our website, starting at $39/month.
Yes! Social Intents offers AI chatbots powered by ChatGPT (GPT-5.2), Claude, AND Google Gemini. You can train the AI on your website content, documents, and FAQs, just like Drift's conversational AI. The difference is you get to choose from 3 leading AI providers instead of being locked into one.
Yes! Social Intents integrates with Salesforce, HubSpot, Dynamics 365, and 50+ other apps through Zapier. You can automatically create leads, log conversations, and sync data with your CRM. All integrations are included in every plan.
Drift requires sales calls, onboarding meetings, and complex implementation. Social Intents is self-serve: sign up, connect your team chat app (Teams, Slack, etc.), add the widget to your website, and you're live. Most teams are up and running in under 15 minutes.
Yes! We offer a 14-day free trial with full access to all features including AI chatbots, team integrations, and CRM connections. No credit card required. Drift doesn't offer a free trial. You have to commit to an expensive annual contract.
Social Intents supports multiple websites on all plans. You can create different chat widgets for each site, all managed from one dashboard. No need to pay extra for additional domains like some enterprise platforms require.

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Get AI chatbots and live chat for Teams/Slack at $39/mo instead of $2,500+/mo. Same features, fraction of the cost.

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