Our honest take

SiteGPT and AnswerMage take a similar approach to AI training — both crawl your website and answer visitor questions from that content. The gap shows up in what happens next. SiteGPT is bot-only; AnswerMage adds a live agent inbox so humans can handle what AI can't. SiteGPT answers static knowledge; AnswerMage flags low-confidence answers and improves automatically over time. And AnswerMage lets you preview on your own content for free before paying.

Feature by feature

The honest comparison — no cherry-picking.

Feature
AnswerMage
SiteGPT
Automatic website scraping
AI answers from your content
Self-improving knowledge base
Low-confidence questions flagged, answers committed back
Live agent inbox
Bot-only, no human handoff
AI reply suggestions for agents
Free preview on your content
14-day trial, no free-forever tier
Embeddable widget
Document / PDF upload
White-label
Shopify app
API access
Soon
Custom domains

Where AnswerMage pulls ahead

The reasons teams make the switch.

Live agent inbox — for when AI isn't enough

SiteGPT is a bot-only product. When a visitor asks something the AI can't answer confidently, they get a fallback response and there's nowhere to go. AnswerMage routes those conversations to a live agent inbox, with AI-drafted replies ready for your team.

Knowledge base that improves itself

SiteGPT answers what it scraped — that's it. AnswerMage flags every low-confidence response for your review. Your correction gets committed back as a permanent knowledge update. Over time, AnswerMage's answers get better automatically.

Preview for free before you pay

SiteGPT requires a subscription to test on your own site. AnswerMage scrapes your website and lets you preview AI answers completely free — no credit card, no commitment. You only pay when you embed it live.

Where SiteGPT still has the edge

We believe in honest comparisons. Here's where SiteGPT genuinely wins — and whether those things matter for your team.

REST API for developers

Most teams don't need this

SiteGPT offers an API for querying the bot programmatically from custom applications. AnswerMage API access is on the roadmap. If you need to integrate the chatbot into a custom workflow today, SiteGPT has this capability.

Lower entry-level pricing

Most teams don't need this

SiteGPT's plans start at $49/mo for basic features. AnswerMage Starter is $29.95/mo and includes more — but if you're comparing the absolute cheapest tier on features alone, SiteGPT's bottom pricing is comparable.

Pricing at a glance

AnswerMage

Preview free

Test on your content · Embed from $29.95/mo

  • Website auto-scrape (same as SiteGPT)
  • Self-improving knowledge base (SiteGPT doesn't have this)
  • Live agent inbox + AI reply drafts (SiteGPT doesn't have this)
  • Free preview before paying
  • No per-seat fees

SiteGPT

$49–$199/mo

Bot-only at every tier; no free preview on your own content

  • Website-trained AI chatbot
  • Document upload support
  • White-label options
  • No live agent inbox, no self-improvement

Ready to make the switch?

Preview it on your own website content — no credit card required. Embedding requires a paid plan.

SiteGPT and AnswerMage both read your website. AnswerMage adds live chat + self-improvement for less.

Start your free preview