Ivy.ai vs Knowbo (2026): Pricing, Features & Which to Choose

Who comes out ahead

Based only on the facts in our directory. The right pick still depends on the job you need done.

Lower starting price
Not comparable
Not comparable: Ivy.ai does not list a price
Free plan
Tie
Neither has one
Higher rating
Ivy.ai
3.8 against 3.6
Same job?
Yes
Both are Chatbots tools

Side by side

Compared on	Ivy.ai	Knowbo
Our rating	3.8Better	3.6
Starts at	Not listed	Not listed
Free plan	No	No
Category	Chatbots	Chatbots
Plans	See pricing	See pricing
Key features	AI assistants for admissions, financial aid, advising and student services Answers grounded in the institution's own website and knowledge base Content refreshed automatically every 24 hours 65-plus curated content packs for higher-education topics Handoff to human staff for complex requests	Chatbot trained on an existing website Knowledge base ingestion No content rewriting required Answers drawn from live site content Embeddable on the site itself
Pros	Established in higher education, with more than 1,100 institutions cited across the combined platform Answers are grounded in institutional content, with handoff to staff Reaches students on SMS, WhatsApp and telephony as well as web chat	Uses content you already have rather than requiring a rewrite Solves findability, which is the real support content problem Quick to stand up over an existing site
Cons	Merged into Gravyty's Ivy & Ocelot, so branding, packaging and roadmap are in transition The no-hallucination guarantee is a vendor claim, not an independent measurement No published pricing; sold to institutions through sales	Paid with no free tier to evaluate Inherits every gap and error already in the source content Pricing tiers are not detailed on the homepage
Company	Gravyty	Knowbo

Prices come from each vendor's pricing page, last checked 20260921. Check the vendor before you buy.

FAQ

Questions people ask

Is Ivy.ai better than Knowbo?

In our reviews Ivy.ai scores 3.8 and Knowbo scores 3.6. The better pick depends on the job. Ivy.ai: Higher-education AI assistant, now combined with Ocelot as Gravyty's Ivy & Ocelot platform. Knowbo: Creates a support chatbot trained on an existing website or knowledge base.

Which is cheaper, Ivy.ai or Knowbo?

Ivy.ai: see pricing. Knowbo: see pricing.

Do Ivy.ai and Knowbo have free plans?

Neither lists a free plan.

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