# PopABot

> PopABot answers your website visitors instantly, captures leads with forms, books appointments, and notifies you by SMS, 24/7.

PopABot is a no-code AI chatbot platform for small businesses. Visitors get instant answers, qualified leads land in your inbox by SMS, and appointments book straight to your calendar. Works on any website (WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, Shopify, custom) via a one-line embed, or as a hosted link / QR code with no website needed.

## Product

- [Homepage](https://www.popabot.com/en/): Overview of PopABot, features, pricing, and FAQs.
- [Pricing & Plans](https://www.popabot.com/en/#pricing): Starter (free), Essential ($19/mo), Pro ($49/mo), Enterprise. 14-day free trial on paid plans.

## Use Cases
- [Qr Code Chatbot](https://www.popabot.com/en/use-cases/qr-code-chatbot): Put a QR code on flyers, menus, or business cards that opens a chatbot — no app install, no website needed.
- [No Website Needed](https://www.popabot.com/en/use-cases/no-website-needed): Run a full chatbot business with just a hosted link — perfect for tradespeople and service businesses without a website.
- [Whatsapp Handover](https://www.popabot.com/en/use-cases/whatsapp-handover): Qualify leads with a chatbot first, then hand the conversation to WhatsApp for human follow-up.
- [Ai Appointment Booking](https://www.popabot.com/en/use-cases/ai-appointment-booking): AI chatbot books appointments directly into Google Calendar, with availability rules and SMS confirmation.
- [Conversational Funnel](https://www.popabot.com/en/use-cases/conversational-funnel): Branching question flows that route visitors to the right outcome based on their answers.
- [Hotel Chatbot](https://www.popabot.com/en/use-cases/hotel-chatbot): AI concierge for hotels: room info, booking, local recommendations, multilingual support.
- [Assessment Chatbot](https://www.popabot.com/en/use-cases/assessment-chatbot): Scored quiz that gives a personalised verdict, downloadable PDF, and optional lead-form gate.

## Tutorials
- [Getting Started](https://www.popabot.com/en/tutorials/getting-started): Set up your account and create your first chatbot in minutes.
- [Chatbots](https://www.popabot.com/en/tutorials/chatbots): Create, configure, and customize your AI-powered chatbots.
- [Datasets](https://www.popabot.com/en/tutorials/datasets): Build knowledge bases to power accurate chatbot responses.
- [Flow Builder](https://www.popabot.com/en/tutorials/flow-builder): Build scripted conversation steps with button choices.
- [Create a selector-triggered flow](https://www.popabot.com/en/tutorials/trigger-flow-setup): Open a specific flow when a visitor clicks a button or link on your website. Step-by-step setup, including the HTML to add.
- [Conversations](https://www.popabot.com/en/tutorials/conversations): Monitor and manage your chatbot conversation history.
- [Channels](https://www.popabot.com/en/tutorials/channels): Deploy your chatbots on websites and other platforms.
- [Calendar Integration](https://www.popabot.com/en/tutorials/calendar-integration): Set up appointment booking directly through your chatbot.
- [WooCommerce Integration](https://www.popabot.com/en/tutorials/woocommerce-integration): Connect your chatbot to your WooCommerce online store.
- [Google Sheets Integration](https://www.popabot.com/en/tutorials/google-sheets-integration): Automatically sync captured leads to Google Sheets.
- [Lead Forms](https://www.popabot.com/en/tutorials/lead-forms): Build custom lead capture forms for your chatbots.
- [Email Templates](https://www.popabot.com/en/tutorials/email-templates): Customize the notification emails sent by your chatbots.
- [Company Details](https://www.popabot.com/en/tutorials/company-details): Configure your business profiles used across the platform.
- [Billing & Plans](https://www.popabot.com/en/tutorials/billing-and-plans): Manage your subscription, compare plans, and understand features.
- [Trigger flow doesn't fire from a URL hash](https://www.popabot.com/en/tutorials/flow-trigger-not-working): A hash like #book in the address bar will not trigger your flow — the trigger field is a CSS selector. Here is how to fix it.

## Comparisons & Guides
- [The 7 Best AI Chatbots for Small Businesses in 2026](https://www.popabot.com/en/blog/best-ai-chatbots-small-business-2026): Verified pricing as of May 2026 across seven AI chatbot platforms, plus a decoder for the four metering models (message credits, conversations, per-outcome, per-contact) that make like-for-like comparison so hard.
- [Best Chatbase Alternative in 2026: Cheaper, More Bots, Branding Included](https://www.popabot.com/en/blog/best-chatbase-alternative-2026): Chatbase Standard runs $2,628/yr once you add branding removal and a second agent. PopABot Pro does the same job for $588/yr, with five chatbots, native SMS and Google Calendar booking built in.
- [Best Tidio Alternative in 2026: One Meter, Real Lead Capture](https://www.popabot.com/en/blog/best-tidio-alternative-2026): Tidio's two-meter pricing (billable conversations + Lyro AI add-on) bills you twice for the same chatbot. PopABot does it on one meter, $19/mo all-in, with SMS notifications and native calendar booking included.
- [How to Get Real Business on WhatsApp: Filter Bad Leads with an AI Chatbot First](https://www.popabot.com/en/blog/filter-bad-leads-whatsapp-ai-chatbot-2026): Direct 'Chat on WhatsApp' buttons send every stranger to your phone. A chatbot qualification gate filters by location, budget, timeline and eligibility before handing off, so only real leads land on WhatsApp — pre-typed with their answers.
- [How to Train an AI Chatbot on Your Own Business Data (2026 Guide)](https://www.popabot.com/en/blog/how-to-train-ai-chatbot-on-your-business-data-2026): Every disappointing chatbot has the same cause: thin source data, not a weak model. Here is the order to build your sources in, the six writing rules that make retrieval work, and the testing pass most people skip.
- [Chatbot Pricing Models Explained: Credits, Conversations, Resolutions and Contacts](https://www.popabot.com/en/blog/chatbot-pricing-models-explained-2026): Chatbot pricing is confusing on purpose, because each vendor meters something different. Here is what each model does to your bill when traffic doubles, and a fifteen-minute method for turning any pricing page into one comparable number.
- [Best Intercom Alternative in 2026: Flat Pricing Instead of $0.99 per Resolution](https://www.popabot.com/en/blog/best-intercom-alternative-2026): Intercom seats run $29 to $132 and Fin adds $0.99 per resolution with no ceiling, so your bill grows as your bot improves. Here are the five best alternatives, plus the diagnostic that stops you buying a help desk when you needed a lead-capture bot.
- [How to Add an AI Chatbot to WordPress in 2026: Plugin or Script Tag](https://www.popabot.com/en/blog/add-ai-chatbot-to-wordpress-2026): Install the official plugin and paste a Chatbot ID, or drop in a single script tag. This guide covers both, why your caching plugin is usually the reason nothing appears, and how to keep the widget off your checkout.
- [How to Run an AI Chatbot Without a Website (QR Codes and Link-in-Bio)](https://www.popabot.com/en/blog/ai-chatbot-without-a-website-2026): Salons booking through Instagram, trades running off a phone, market stalls, holiday lets. A hosted link and a QR code turn a chatbot into your front door, with no site to build and nothing to install.
- [AI Chatbot for Restaurants in 2026: Bookings, Allergens and the QR Code on the Table](https://www.popabot.com/en/blog/ai-chatbot-for-restaurants-2026): Hours, menu, allergens, parking and bookings make up most of a restaurant's inbound messages. Here is what to feed a chatbot, how to turn a question into a booking, and why the table talker matters more than the website widget.
- [AI Chatbot for Real Estate Agents in 2026: Qualify Buyers, Book Viewings, Capture Vendors](https://www.popabot.com/en/blog/ai-chatbot-for-real-estate-agents-2026): A portal enquiry tells you nothing about budget, proceedability or timescale. Three tapped questions do, in fifteen seconds, at 21:30 on a Sunday, before your competitor has opened their laptop.
- [AI Chatbot for Clinics and Dental Practices: The Safe Way to Automate Reception](https://www.popabot.com/en/blog/ai-chatbot-for-clinics-and-dental-practices-2026): Around 80% of clinic messages are availability, price, location and insurance questions with no clinical risk. Automate that layer, hard-code the emergency escape hatch, and keep patient detail out of the chat entirely.
- [GoHighLevel AI Chatbot Integration: Send Chatbot Leads Straight to a Pipeline Stage](https://www.popabot.com/en/blog/gohighlevel-ai-chatbot-integration-2026): A form gets you a name and an email. This gets you a qualified lead sitting in the right GHL pipeline stage, tagged by how they answered, ready for the automations you already built.
- [AI Chatbot for Vacation Rentals: Live Availability from Your Airbnb and Booking.com Calendars](https://www.popabot.com/en/blog/ai-chatbot-for-vacation-rentals-2026): "Is it free the second week of July?" eats a rental owner's evening. Point the bot at the iCal feeds Airbnb and Booking.com already publish and it answers instantly, across every unit, filtered by how many guests are coming.
- [How to Let an AI Chatbot Book Appointments in Google Calendar (2026)](https://www.popabot.com/en/blog/ai-chatbot-google-calendar-booking-2026): Most chatbots that claim to book appointments just email you a request. Real booking reads your calendar's genuine free time, offers only slots you could keep, and writes the appointment in.
- [How to Connect an AI Chatbot to HubSpot (Without Zapier)](https://www.popabot.com/en/blog/how-to-connect-ai-chatbot-to-hubspot-2026): The usual route is chatbot to Zapier to HubSpot — another subscription, and a duplicate contact every time the same person converts twice. A direct connection removes the middle step and dedupes by email.
- [How to Send Chatbot Leads to Google Sheets, Zapier or Your CRM](https://www.popabot.com/en/blog/how-to-send-chatbot-leads-to-google-sheets-zapier-crm-2026): A chatbot that captures leads and does nothing with them loses leads. Here is where they should land — email, SMS, Google Sheets, a CRM or Zapier — and the two-destination setups that actually work.
- [How to Live Chat with Website Visitors from Slack (AI Chatbot Handoff)](https://www.popabot.com/en/blog/slack-live-chat-website-visitors-2026): Your team already has Slack open. The chatbot hands the conversations that need a person straight into a thread, and whoever replies first is chatting live with the customer, in real time, with no new inbox to watch.
- [AI Chatbot for WooCommerce in 2026: Live Order Lookup, Product Finders and What Not to Automate](https://www.popabot.com/en/blog/ai-chatbot-for-woocommerce-stores-2026): Order tracking saves your time; the product finder saves the sale. Here is what a WooCommerce chatbot should answer live, what it should refuse to guess at, and the four flows worth building.

## Reference

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