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Tidio pricing: what it really costs a Shopify store

Live chat and helpdesk with Lyro, an AI agent sold as its own plan. Human and AI conversations are billed separately.

Partly confirmedFree option overlapsPrice checked on 2026-10-26 from the official source.

Plans

PlanMonthly billingAnnual (per mo)What's included
Free$0—Live chat with 50 users, Flows for up to 100 visitors/mo
Customer Service (Starter)$29$24.17100 billable (human-replied) conversations
Customer Service (Growth)$59$49.17From 250 billable conversations (higher tiers priced on Tidio's site)
Lyro AI Agent$39$32.50Up to 200 Lyro conversations; larger tiers: check site
Flows$29$24.17Automation flows for up to 40k visitors
Plus——Custom pricing

How AI usage is billed

Per Lyro conversation: any conversation with at least one Lyro reply counts once, whether or not it's resolved. Lyro plan: $39/mo for up to 200 Lyro conversations. Every account gets 50 Lyro conversations once.

Estimated monthly cost by store size

Small store (200 conversations, 1 seat, 100 AI-resolved)
$68/mo
Lyro AI Agent + Customer Service Starter
  • Lyro conversations: all 200 chats get a Lyro reply → Lyro plan $39 (up to 200)
  • Human-replied conversations: 100 → Customer Service Starter $29 (up to 100)
  • Total $39 + $29 = $68/mo
Medium store (1,000 conversations, 2 seats, 500 AI-resolved)
Not public
Higher Lyro / Customer Service tiers
  • Needs about 1,000 Lyro conversations and 500 human conversations a month.
  • Tidio's public prices we could confirm stop at 200 Lyro conversations ($39) and 250 human conversations (from $59). Not public, check site.
Large store (4,000 conversations, 5 seats, 2,000 AI-resolved)
Not public
Higher Lyro / Customer Service tiers
  • Needs about 4,000 Lyro conversations and 2,000 human conversations a month.
  • Tidio's public prices we could confirm stop at 200 Lyro conversations ($39) and 250 human conversations (from $59). Not public, check site.

Assumptions: AI resolves 50% of conversations; monthly billing unless noted; taxes, add-ons, SMS/voice and phone fees excluded. How we calculate.

Not confirmed / not public:Check the vendor's site for these.
Free Shopify alternative: Shopify Inbox's free AI agent overlaps with Lyro for pre-sales and FAQ chat. See Shopify Inbox.

Note: The annual prices ($24.17, $49.17, $32.50) are monthly equivalents of yearly billing. The monthly prices are from Tidio's Shopify App Store listing.

See Tidio's official pricingShopify App Store listing

Sources

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