"We replaced three tools with Yaplet and our response time dropped from 4 hours to 2 minutes. The AI gets it right almost every single time."
Maya K.
Head of Support, SaaS company
Tidio nailed the easy-install widget for Shopify and WooCommerce stores. Then they put Lyro AI behind a paid add-on, and a tight conversation cap on the free plan. Yaplet keeps the easy install and bundles the AI agent in, with no separate add-on to buy.
Side by side
Tidio is great for stores that just need a chat button. Here's where the picture gets more interesting once you add AI.
Comparison reflects each tool's pricing model and standard capabilities, which may change over time. Check Tidio's site for current plans.
AI without the metered bill
Tidio's Lyro is a solid AI agent. The catch: it sits behind a separate paid add-on, the free tier gets only a small lifetime batch of Lyro conversations, and Lyro is metered per conversation, so bigger volumes get expensive fast. Yaplet is built into every plan. You start with free AI credits for your free 14 days, then it's simple pay-as-you-go from a prepaid balance you top up from $5: no separate AI add-on, no subscription, no per-seat fee, and credit you buy never expires. On the paid plans the same AI also answers your phone as a voice agent.

Built for stores too
Yaplet has the same one-click Shopify and WooCommerce plugins Tidio is known for. Plus a full knowledge base for self-serve answers, newsletter for cart abandonment, tours for onboarding and public roadmap for feedback, everything an e-commerce team needs, in one inbox.

Free forever, no message cap, no card. Run both for a week and decide.
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Yes. On WordPress and WooCommerce, our plugin installs the chat for you. On Shopify, you paste one snippet into your theme, and you can answer your first chat the same afternoon.
If you built chatbot flows in Tidio, you'll need to re-create them in Yaplet's visual editor. We can help, and most stores rebuild their key flows in under an hour.
Both are RAG-style AI agents trained on your knowledge base. The main practical difference is the pricing model: Lyro sits behind a paid add-on, is metered per conversation, and free users get only a small lifetime batch of Lyro conversations. Yaplet is built into every plan: you start with free AI credits for your free 14 days, then pay as you go from prepaid credit you top up from $5, with no subscription, no per-seat fee, and bought credit that never expires.
Yes. Yaplet's widget is fully themable: colors, fonts, avatar, position, sounds, greeting. Match your current Tidio look in five minutes.
There aren't any. Yaplet's free plan has unlimited conversations on the live chat widget. Only the AI has a limit: you start with free AI credits for your free 14 days. When they're used up or the 14 days end, the AI stops answering and new chats go to your team until you add credit (from $5, pay-as-you-go, no subscription, and credit you buy never expires) or choose a plan. On a paid plan, every AI answer is billed from the first one, at a lower rate: credits you bought are used first, and the rest is billed with your plan.
Tidio has a larger marketplace of pre-built chatbot templates for common e-commerce scenarios. If you need a very specific niche template Tidio already has, check our visual editor first to see if it covers the same ground.
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