
Tidio
No-code customer service automation with Claude 3-powered AI chatbots
Best ValueCustomer service automation platform with Claude 3-powered Lyro AI achieving 67-90% resolution rates. Founded 2013 by Tytus Gołąs (Poland), serves 300,000+ businesses including Pizza Hut, Decathlon, Casio. NOT a RAG-as-a-Service platform—optimized for SMB/e-commerce no-code chatbot building with exceptional ease of use (4.7/5 G2, 1,600+ reviews). SOC 2 Type II + GDPR certified. Critical gaps: NO programmatic knowledge API, NO LLM model selection (Claude-only), NO cloud storage integrations. $0-$2,999+/month with per-conversation billing ($0.50/Lyro chat).
Overall Rating
1600 reviews
Company Information
Founded
2013
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA (offices in Szczecin and Warsaw, Poland)
Company Size
51-200 employees
Funding
$27M total ($25M Series B in May 2022)
Pros
- Exceptional ease of use: 4.7/5 G2 rating with 253 'Ease of Use' and 161 'Easy Setup' mentions
- Claude 3-powered Lyro AI achieving 79-87% success rates with customer case studies reporting 89-90% automation
- 300,000+ businesses served including Pizza Hut, Decathlon, Casio demonstrating SMB/e-commerce market fit
- Visual Flow Builder with 40+ pre-built templates enabling no-code automation creation
- Deep Shopify integration with order management, cart preview, and product recommendations
- Omnichannel unified inbox managing web, email, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp in single dashboard
- 45+ language support with automatic browser detection and native multilingual processing
- SOC 2 Type II + GDPR compliance with EEA data residency and annual penetration testing
- Mobile SDKs for iOS/Android with 15-30 minute implementation time
- Free plan available ($0 for 50 conversations) with lifetime Lyro AI conversations
Cons
- NOT a RAG-as-a-Service platform - lacks RAG infrastructure entirely
- NO programmatic knowledge management API - cannot upload documents or manage Q&A pairs via API
- Claude 3 LLM only - NO model selection (GPT-4, Gemini, Llama, custom models unavailable)
- NO direct cloud storage integrations - Google Drive, Dropbox, Notion require Zapier workarounds
- Limited document support - PDFs and CSVs only (NO DOCX, TXT, Excel, audio, video, code files)
- NO programmatic Lyro AI querying - cannot trigger AI responses via API
- NO official SDKs for any language - Python, JavaScript, Node.js require direct HTTP REST calls
- NO Slack, Microsoft Teams, Telegram native integrations - all require third-party workarounds
- 10,000 Q&A entry limit constrains large knowledge bases
- API access requires Plus plan minimum ($749/month) - unavailable on lower tiers
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