Botpress
App in the BluixApps catalog
What it is
Botpress is a conversational AI platform — build LLM-powered chatbots with a visual flow builder, plug them into 10+ channels (web widget, WhatsApp, Slack, Telegram, MS Teams), and orchestrate intent + NLU + LLM responses without writing Python. The self-hosted alternative to Voiceflow with Rasa-class NLU.
For teams building customer-facing AI assistants without committing to a SaaS vendor's pricing curve.
What it's for
- Customer support bots — first-line triage with handoff to humans
- Lead qualification — interactive forms with conditional logic
- Internal assistants — Slack/Teams bots for HR, IT, ops
- Multi-channel deployment — same bot logic across web, WhatsApp, Slack
- LLM orchestration — combine retrieval + generation + structured flows
Who it's for
- SaaS companies adding AI assistants to their product
- Agencies building bots for clients (multi-tenant via workspace separation)
- Enterprises wanting self-hosted bot platform for compliance
- Developer teams preferring visual + code escape hatches
- Hosting providers offering bot platforms to clients
Why teams pick Botpress over alternatives
- AGPL-3.0 (Community Edition) — open-source
- Visual flow builder — non-engineers can build bots
- LLM-native — designed around modern OpenAI/Claude/etc. workflows
- Multi-channel out of box — Web, WhatsApp Cloud, Slack, Telegram, MS Teams
- Mature — pre-LLM era origins (Rasa-class NLU), now LLM-first
- Active commercial backing — Y Combinator W17, well-funded
Integrations
- Channels — Web widget, WhatsApp Cloud, Slack, Telegram, MS Teams, Facebook Messenger
- LLMs — OpenAI, Anthropic, Cohere, custom HTTP providers
- Knowledge bases — RAG with file/URL ingestion
- Tables / DB — built-in record storage
- External APIs — HTTP action nodes for any REST endpoint
- Authentication — JWT, OIDC for embedded bot in your app
Notable users & community
- 13k+ GitHub stars
- Used by Bain, Deloitte, IKEA according to case studies
- Active Discord with 10k+ members
- Plugin marketplace with community integrations
- Y Combinator backed (W17), $25M+ raised
Tips & operations
- SQLite default → Postgres in production — set BP_DATABASE_URL env
- HTTPS required — for webhook callbacks from channels
- Channel setup external — credentials live with WhatsApp/Slack/etc.
- LLM cost monitoring — set per-bot rate limits
- Backups — sqlite/pg + data dir (uploads, knowledge bases)
- Open-source vs cloud — note CE feature limits vs Botpress Cloud
What we ship in BluixApps
- Docker: Botpress server (Community Edition)
- Pinned
botpress/server:latest - Port 3083 (HTTP), reverse-proxy ready
- Persistent volume for /botpress/data
- Install report with super-admin setup + channel guide
- Backup hook covers data directory
- LLM credentials configured at first-run (per-workspace)
Get this app — pick a BluixApps plan
Same catalog. Scaling tenant isolation, white-label and support tier.
| Tier | Tenants | Catalog | Support | White-label | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacks | 1 | 19 curated stacks | Standard | — | $19/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Starter | 10 | Full catalog | Standard | +$15–25/mo | $49/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Pro | 25 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $149/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Growth | 100 | Full catalog | Priority bugfix | +$15–25/mo | $349/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Scale | 500 | Full catalog | 7-day window | +$15–25/mo | $799/mo | DetailDeploy |
| Enterprise | Unlimited | Full catalog | Priority 7-day | Bundled | $1,499/mo | DetailDeploy |