Botpress vs LangChain

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

LangChain is the stronger AI pick in AI Agents: it has a visibility score of 10.4 versus 7 for Botpress, and ranks ahead in 25% of the answers that name both.

Choose Botpress if…

AI answers describe it more positively (64% vs 17% positive)
You need SOC 2 or GDPR coverage
Flat tiers pricing suits your budget better than per seat
highly customizable and autonomous AI bots

Choose LangChain if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (10.4 vs 7)
You want a lower entry price ($39 vs $150)
You need a self-hosted or on-premises option
You prefer a larger, established vendor (201–500 employees)

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	Botpress	LangChain
Visibility score	7%	10.4%
Change vs last week	New	New
Rank in AI Agents	#18	#12
Share of voice	1.9%	2.7%
Mentions this run	11	18
Positive in AI answers	64%	17%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

Botpress 0pp · LangChain 0pp over 0 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

LangChain leads on 2 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

0.9%

12.6%

AI Mode

12.6%

13.3%

Perplexity

7.6%

5.2%

BotpressLangChain

Head to head in AI answers

4 engine answers name both brands

3Botpress ranked higher

1LangChain ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	Botpress	LangChain
Best AI agent platform for startups	AI Mode	#6	#2
Best AI agent platform with AI features	ChatGPT	#13	#14
Is there a free AI agent platform for small teams?	AI Mode	#5	#8
Where can I sign up for an AI agent platform?	AI Mode	#4	#12

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	Botpress	LangChain
Pricing model	Flat tiers	Per seat
Entry price	Free; paid from $150 / mo	Free; paid from $39 per seat / mo
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Deployment	Hosted on AWS	Cloud (SaaS), hybrid (SaaS control plane with self-hosted data plane), or self-hosted in the customer's VPC
Compliance	SOC 2, GDPR	—
Support	Community support via Discord, Technical support via live chat on the Plus plan, Dedicated support on the Enterprise plan	Community forum, Support portal, Email support, Slack
Founded	2017	2023
Headquarters	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	San Francisco, CA, United States
Employees	51–200	201–500
Funding	Series B	Series B, led by IVP
Best for	Support teams whose tickets need judgment and actions across several systems, not only scripted answers	Teams building agents that need control over models, context, memory and deployment, and the ability to test, govern and improve them in production