# Sistava vs Botpress

*AI Agent Builders*

Sistava vs Botpress

Botpress is a visual agent builder with drag-and-drop flows, an autonomous LLM engine, and multi-channel deployment to web and messaging apps. It targets developers building customer-facing chatbots. Sistava takes a different approach: instead of building conversational bots, you hire AI employees that handle real business operations with team coordination, task boards, file management, and durable execution.

> **Bottom line:** Sistava gives you ready-to-work AI employees. Botpress requires building chatbot flows from scratch in a visual editor.

## Profile

- **Pricing:** Free (pay-as-you-go), then $89/mo (Plus), $495/mo (Team). AI tokens billed separately.
- **Founded:** 2017, Quebec City, Canada
- **Funding:** $40M raised ($25M Series B in 2025)
- **Focus:** Developer-first chatbot and conversational AI agent builder

## Why Sistava

- Sistava gives you ready-to-work AI employees. Botpress requires building chatbot flows from scratch in a visual editor.
- Sistava handles full business operations (tasks, files, journals, sprints). Botpress focuses on conversational bot responses.
- Sistava supports multi-agent teams with leader delegation. Botpress creates isolated single-agent bots.
- Sistava has thousands of integrations, MCP servers, and browser automation. Botpress focuses on messaging channel integrations (web, WhatsApp, Messenger).
- Sistava includes AI costs in the plan price. Botpress bills AI token usage separately on top of the plan, making costs unpredictable.

## Feature Comparison

| Feature | Botpress | Sistava |
|---|---|---|
|  | Build in visual flow editor | Hire from marketplace |
|  | Conversational chatbots | Full AI employees |
|  | Isolated bots | Multi-agent hierarchy |
|  | Vector knowledge base | Persistent (graph + episodic) |
|  | Web, WhatsApp, Messenger | Thousands of native + MCP |
|  | ✗ | ✓ |
|  | ✗ | ✓ |
|  | ✗ | ✓ |
|  | ✗ | ✓ |
|  | Live-agent handoff | Approval gates, PII detection |
|  | Limited | ✓ |
|  | Separate charges on top | Included in plan |
|  | ✓ | ✗ |