Comparisons · Updated August 2026

Compare TheBigBot to whatever else you are considering.

Five honest comparisons. Each one names what the other tool does better, and says plainly when you should not switch. Competitor pricing comes from each vendor’s own published page.

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Short answer

TheBigBot publishes $197 or $497 a month plus a $499 one-time setup, with no contract. Of the five products compared here, Podium publishes no prices at all and Weave publishes only a starting figure; HubSpot and Smith.ai publish theirs in full. Every comparison below names when the other tool is the better buy.

01 · What everyone charges

Published pricing, side by side.

Where a vendor does not publish a price, we say that instead of guessing.

Product	Their published price	TheBigBot
GoHighLevel	$97 / $297 / $497 per month, published	$197 or $497 / month + $499 setup
Podium	No pricing published; quote via sales	$197 or $497 / month + $499 setup
Weave	“From $199/mo”; tiers quoted by sales	$197 or $497 / month + $499 setup
Best dental CRM 2026 — full guide	Weave, NexHealth, Solutionreach, RevenueWell, Podium	$197 or $497 / month + $499 setup
Best mortgage CRM 2026 — full guide	Shape, BNTouch, Aidium, Surefire, Total Expert, Jungo	$197 or $497 / month + $499 setup
Surefire	Quote only — ~$129 per user reported	$197 or $497 / month + $499 setup
Total Expert	Quote only — ~$150 per user + setup reported	$197 or $497 / month + $499 setup
BNTouch	$165 solo; $95 per user for teams	$197 or $497 / month + $499 setup
Shape	$119 per user, per month	$197 or $497 / month + $499 setup
Smith.ai	$300 / 30 calls, then $11.50 per call	$197 or $497 / month + $499 setup
HubSpot	$890/mo + $3,000 onboarding (Pro)	$197 or $497 / month + $499 setup

Competitor details on this page were taken from each vendor’s own published pricing page and verified in August 2026. Vendors change pricing and packaging; check their current page before you decide, and tell us if anything here has gone stale — we will correct it. Sources: HighLevel pricing · Podium pricing · Weave pricing · Smith.ai pricing · HubSpot Marketing Hub pricing.

02 · The comparisons

Read the one you actually care about.

Each page covers what the other tool does well, where we differ, what switching involves, and when to stay put.

GoHighLevel

The platform is sold to agencies. Most owners searching for an alternative want it built and run for them — and we disclose that we run on HighLevel infrastructure.

Read the comparison Podium

Strongest in reviews and webchat-to-text. Weaker as a full funnel — no website, no pipeline CRM, no email marketing.

Read the comparison Weave

A phone system wired into your practice management software. Excellent for existing patients, not built to find new ones.

Read the comparison Smith.ai

Human receptionists, billed per call. The bill grows exactly when your marketing starts working.

Read the comparison HubSpot

The best CRM in the market for sales organisations. Priced by contacts and seats, and it does not answer your phone.

Read the comparison

03 · About these comparisons

How we write these.

Are these comparisons biased?

Of course they are — we sell one of the products. What we have tried to do instead of pretending otherwise is make every claim checkable: competitor pricing comes from each vendor’s own published page, every page names what the other tool does better, and every page says plainly when you should not switch.

Where does your competitor pricing come from?

Each vendor’s own pricing page, verified in August 2026, and we say so on each page. Where a vendor does not publish prices — Podium and most of Weave’s tiers — we say that rather than quoting a third-party blog figure.

Why do you disclose that you run on GoHighLevel?

Because it is true, and because you would find out eventually. TheBigBot runs on HighLevel’s platform infrastructure white-labelled under our own domain. What you buy from us is the build, the industry configuration and the operation — not a licence to software you then have to learn.

What does TheBigBot cost?

Authority Launch is $197 a month and Authority Pro is $497 a month, both with a $499 one-time setup fee and no long-term contract. AI calls, SMS, email and AI tokens are billed as usage on top at the rates published on our usage fees page.

Platform

Industries

Compare TheBigBot to whatever else you are considering.

Published pricing, side by side.

Read the one you actually care about.

The platform is sold to agencies. Most owners searching for an alternative want it built and run for them — and we disclose that we run on HighLevel infrastructure.

Strongest in reviews and webchat-to-text. Weaker as a full funnel — no website, no pipeline CRM, no email marketing.

A phone system wired into your practice management software. Excellent for existing patients, not built to find new ones.

Human receptionists, billed per call. The bill grows exactly when your marketing starts working.

The best CRM in the market for sales organisations. Priced by contacts and seats, and it does not answer your phone.

How we write these.

Still not sure which one fits?

Or skip the comparisons and look at the product.

AI Receptionist: every call answered, qualified and booked

Database Reactivation: restart conversations that went cold

Lead management: pipelines and follow-up that fires itself

Mortgage CRM for brokers and loan officers

Dental CRM for practices and DSOs

Plans, setup and transparent usage fees