Chatnode is a no-code AI chatbot platform founded in 2023 by Thomas Agarate as a bootstrapped, self-funded business that reached $42,000 in annual revenue within its first year without outside investment. Agarate later sold the company in a six-figure deal after roughly a year of operation.
The platform trains AI agents on a business's website content, PDFs, and documents, then deploys them to handle customer queries with support across more than 80 languages. Chatnode differentiates on model flexibility, letting teams pick GPT-4o, Claude 3.5 Sonnet, Gemini 1.5 Pro, or LLaMA 3.1 per agent, plus AI Actions that let an agent make live API calls, process Stripe payments, or book meetings through Calendly or Cal.com mid-conversation.
Chatnode fits businesses that want an agent capable of taking action beyond answering questions, such as processing a payment or booking a meeting inside the chat. Pricing includes a free plan with 35 credits per month and one chatbot, a Lite plan at $35/month with API access, Standard at $89/month adding live agent handoff and auto-retrain, and Scale at $377/month with white-label branding and custom domains.
