6 Relevance AI alternatives in 2026, now its free plan is gone

The best Relevance AI alternatives in 2026 are KutrimBots for a ready team of business agents with a CRM and inbox built in, Lindy for one shared assistant in Slack and Gmail, Zapier Agents for agents across thousands of apps, n8n for building agents yourself, Manus for autonomous research and deliverables, and MausBot or Rakazo if you want open source. Relevance AI is still strong for building custom agent workforces, but its free plan is gone and every tool an agent runs counts as a billed action.

Disclosure: KutrimBots publishes this blog and is one of the alternatives below. Facts about each product come from its own pricing pages and documentation, as of October 29, 2026.

What is Relevance AI, and why look for an alternative?

Relevance AI is a platform for building AI agents and "AI workforces", which it describes as "coordinated teams of agents that own a process end to end". Agents can run on schedules, start from 1,000+ app triggers, use tools, and escalate to people by email or Slack, with human-in-the-loop approvals in workflows.

People usually look elsewhere for three reasons:

1. The free plan is retired. Relevance AI's docs say "The Free plan is retired for new signups and existing accounts."
2. Two meters. You pay for Actions ("An Action is counted when an Agent runs a Tool") and for Vendor Credits, which cover AI model and tool costs at wholesale.
3. You build the agents. It's a builder; you design each agent, its tools and its flow.

How much does Relevance AI cost?

From Relevance AI's pricing docs, as of October 29, 2026:

Extra Actions cost $80 per 1,000, and extra Vendor Credits $20 per 10,000; top-ups need a paid plan. Vendor Credits roll over while you're subscribed, while plan Actions reset each month.

An example scenario: an agent handles 1,000 enquiries a month and runs three tools on each, such as looking up the customer, updating the CRM and sending a reply. That's about 3,000 Actions, 500 more than Pro includes, so on monthly billing you'd pay $29 plus an $80 top-up, before any Vendor Credits beyond the included $20.

The 6 alternatives at a glance

1. KutrimBots: a ready team instead of a builder

KutrimBots is the alternative if you want the result of an AI workforce without designing one. You hire agents for roles, such as Sales prospector, Inbox assistant, Research analyst or support, and they work 24/7, hand work to each other in channels and share one memory in Super Brain.

• Built-in tools don't count as paid actions: CRM & Leads, Email Inbox, Chat Widget, Bookings, Forms, Invoices, Support Desk and more.
• Outside apps: 500+ connections, with 2,000, 4,900 or 8,900 app actions a month by plan.
• Automations your agents build from a sentence, with approval steps and a run log.
• Approvals before anything that sends, posts, pays or deletes.

Price: Solo $20 a month (5 agents, $10 of AI usage), Team $49 (20 agents), Business $89 (50 agents), after a 7-day trial for $1. You can also use your own ChatGPT plan or API key.

In the example above, the CRM update and the email reply use built-in plugins, so only outside app calls count toward app actions, and 1,000 AI replies use about $3 of Solo's $10.

2. Lindy: one assistant for the team

Lindy is an "AI employee" that works in Slack, iMessage, Gmail and meetings, learns skills from one demonstration and connects to 1,500+ integrations plus MCP. Anything with outside impact waits for approval.

Price: Team plan $49.99 a month per active user with 5,000 credits each, pooled; $50 of free credits for 7 days. See our Lindy alternative comparison.

3. Zapier Agents: agents next to your Zaps

Zapier Agents run on Zapier's catalogue of 9,000+ apps. They're billed in activities, separate from Zap tasks: 400 a month free and 1,500 on Pro, from about $33.33 a month billed yearly. A run is capped at 40 activities on paid plans, and the agent asks before continuing past the cap.

Best for: teams already on Zapier. See KutrimBots vs Zapier.

4. n8n: build every agent yourself

n8n is a workflow builder with an AI Agent node, AI steps and human approval for tool calls. It's priced by executions "regardless of complexity", with unlimited users and workflows on every plan.

Price: the Community Edition is free to self-host; Cloud starts at €20 a month billed yearly for 2,500 executions. See KutrimBots vs n8n.

5. Manus: autonomous work on a schedule

Manus takes a goal and works through it on a cloud computer, returning research, slides or websites. Since Manus 2.0 (September 28, 2026), tasks can run on a schedule or start from an email, calendar event, Slack message or Notion update.

Price: free with 300 credits a day; Pro from $20 a month for 4,000 credits. See our Manus AI alternative comparison.

6. MausBot or Rakazo: the open-source route

If you searched for a "Relevance AI alternative open source", two projects stand out:

• MausBot (formerly OpenMausBot): a free Apache-2.0 chat app of bots that run on the Claude, Codex or Grok tools signed in on your computer, with 500+ apps through Composio.
• Rakazo: an Apache-2.0 platform for persistent bots with memory, routines and their own computers, with web, desktop and phone apps.

Both are free; you pay for the AI model and, for always-on use, a server. See open-source Grok Bot alternatives.

Where Relevance AI is better

• Custom agent building with tools, flows and escalations, for teams that want to design their own workforce.
• Calling and meeting agents on the Team plan.
• Wide app reach: 1,000+ app triggers, including WhatsApp, LinkedIn and Telegram triggers on every plan.
• Model costs at wholesale, with Vendor Credits that roll over while you're subscribed.
• Enterprise controls: SSO, role-based access, audit logs, agent evaluations and work-hour controls.

How to choose

1. Want results, not a builder, for customers, leads and admin? KutrimBots.
2. Want one assistant everyone in Slack can ask? Lindy.
3. Already on Zapier? Zapier Agents.
4. Have developers and want full control? n8n, self-hosted or Cloud.
5. Need research and deliverables on a schedule? Manus.
6. Want open source? MausBot or Rakazo.

Frequently asked questions

Does Relevance AI have a free plan?

Not anymore. Relevance AI's docs say "The Free plan is retired for new signups and existing accounts." The cheapest plan is Pro at $19 a month billed yearly or $29 monthly.

How does Relevance AI pricing work?

You pay a plan price that includes Actions and Vendor Credits. An Action is counted each time an agent runs a tool, and Vendor Credits cover AI model and tool costs at wholesale. Extra Actions cost $80 per 1,000.

Is there an open-source Relevance AI alternative?

Yes. MausBot and Rakazo are Apache-2.0 projects for running teams of AI agents, and n8n's Community Edition can be self-hosted to build agent workflows. You provide the AI model and the server.

What is the best Relevance AI alternative for a small business?

For a small business that wants agents running customers, leads and admin without building them, KutrimBots, from $20 a month with a CRM, inbox and website chat included. For a shared assistant in Slack and Gmail, Lindy.

Can Relevance AI agents make phone calls?

Yes, on the Team plan, which includes calling and meeting agents. Among the alternatives here, Lindy also works with phone calls and meetings. KutrimBots agents work by chat and email and don't take or make phone calls.

Is KutrimBots cheaper than Relevance AI?

For most small-business workloads, yes: Solo is $20 a month with AI usage, 6,000 automation runs and 2,000 app actions included, and built-in tools like the CRM and inbox don't use paid actions. Relevance AI can cost less for light use on yearly billing, or more when agents run many tools.

Sources

• Relevance AI pricing (docs)
• Relevance AI pricing page
• Relevance AI workforce
• Relevance AI agents
• Lindy pricing
• Zapier Agents pricing
• n8n pricing
• Manus pricing (Manus help)
• OpenMausBot (GitHub)
• Rakazo (GitHub)