A CustomGPT alternative for small business websites
CustomGPT sells AI agent plans by queries, and removes its branding only on its larger plans. Corner counts whole conversations, includes live chat, an inbox and lead capture on every plan, and has a Free plan you can start without a card.
Free forever: unlimited live chat and 30 AI conversations a month. No card.
We make Corner, so we're not neutral. Here is what each tool does well.
Corner fits if
- You run a small business website and want one assistant that answers well, with the page behind each answer.
- You want to start on a free plan, with no card.
- You want to step into chats yourself, from one inbox.
- You want your own brand on the messenger without moving to a large plan.
CustomGPT fits if
- You need many separate agents, each with light traffic.
- Most of your chats are a single question and a single answer.
- You already built agents on CustomGPT and they work well for you.
| At a glance | Corner | CustomGPT |
|---|---|---|
| How it counts | AI conversations: one visitor chat with up to 10 AI answers, same model on every plan | Queries (as of October 2026, source) |
| Entry paid plan | Starter: $19 a month for 100 AI conversations, 1 seat | Standard: $99 a month, 1,000 queries (as of October 2026, source) |
| Larger plan | Studio: $249 a month for 2,000 AI conversations, 10 seats | Premium: $499 a month, 5,000 queries (as of October 2026, source) |
| Assistants | 1 assistant on Starter and Builder, 10 assistants on Studio | 10 agents on Standard, 25 on Premium (as of October 2026, source) |
| Removing the branding | Included on Builder and Studio | Included on Premium, not on Standard (as of October 2026, source) |
| Trying it first | Free plan with 30 AI conversations a month, no card | A 7 day free trial that asks for a card (as of October 2026, source) |
Prices and features checked on October 29, 2026.
Same job, both prices
Monthly list prices, as of October 2026.
Say your website gets 400 AI conversations a month and you want your own brand on the messenger. We assume 3 AI replies in a chat and one query for each reply.
- Corner: Builder, $49 a month. The badge can be turned off at no extra cost.
- CustomGPT: 1,200 queries is more than Standard's 1,000, so it needs Premium at $499 a month, which also removes the branding (as of October 2026, source).
With branding kept and 100 AI conversations a month, Corner Starter is $19 and CustomGPT Standard is $99 a month (as of October 2026, source).
The picture changes if you need many assistants. Standard includes 10 agents for $99 a month, and its 1,000 queries cover about 333 chats of 3 replies. Corner's plan with 10 assistants is Studio at $249 a month. If you run several small assistants with light traffic, CustomGPT can cost less. Corner isn't the cheapest chatbot for every case; it is built to be easy to predict.
Where Corner is different
Conversations, not credits. Corner counts AI conversations. One holds up to 10 answers from Anthropic's Claude Sonnet, on every plan, with no multipliers. Your team's replies never count, and live chat is unlimited on every plan. See pricing
Answers you can check. It's built to answer from your own website and files, shows the pages it used under each answer, and says so when your site doesn't cover a question instead of guessing.
Leads and a person when it counts. When a visitor wants a quote or a call back, it asks for their name and email or phone (lead capture, on every plan). Every chat lands in one shared inbox, where you can take over. You get an email when someone asks for a person, and the dashboard works in your phone's browser.
Any website, and your AI tools. One line works on WordPress, Shopify, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow, Lovable and hand-built sites. Corner's MCP server lets you run it from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor, with 18 tools.
For agencies
Building websites for clients? Studio is $249 a month for up to 10 assistants and 2,000 AI conversations shared between them, each client in its own workspace, under your brand and your own dashboard address. Corner for agencies
When CustomGPT is the better choice
We make Corner, so weigh this with that in mind. CustomGPT may suit you better if you need many separate agents and each one gets few chats: its entry plan includes 10 agents. It can also go further when most chats are one question and one answer, since you pay by the query. And if you've already built agents there that work, moving takes some setup time.
Try both on your own website before you decide. Prices change, so check CustomGPT's pricing page for today's numbers.
Switching from CustomGPT
Try Corner on your own website first, with no sign up: it reads your pages in about a minute and you ask it what your customers ask. If you like the answers, switching takes about five minutes:
- Sign up on the Free plan, with no card, and type your website. Corner reads it while you watch.
- Upload the PDFs and Word files you gave CustomGPT. There's no import tool, so answers you wrote by hand need teaching again.
- Paste Corner's one line into your site (see the install guide), and remove CustomGPT's code.
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