Factual comparison

Stand Chat vs Smartsupp and Mira

Smartsupp combines customer-service live chat and a multichannel inbox with a separately priced Mira AI Agent. Stand focuses on human-first website chat.

Latest first-party source check: August 22, 2026. Unknowns and modeled assumptions stay labeled.

Scope

These products solve different jobs.

The comparison separates product scope from price so a broader suite is not penalized for costing more, and a focused tool is not credited with features it does not have.

Smartsupp

Smartsupp provides live chat, WhatsApp and Messenger in a support inbox, with paid-plan email and a standalone Mira AI Agent for one website.

Important boundary: Mira is priced separately from human customer-service plans. The public page establishes a 100–5,000 range and linear examples but does not state the capacity selector increment.

Review Smartsupp sources

Stand Chat

Stand is website chat for product learning with live human participation. Available people receive new chats first; AI Stand-ins cover when no eligible person can answer.

Important boundary: Stand does not provide a full ticketing suite, visitor-channel omnichannel inbox, workforce management, ecommerce order automation, or a native meeting scheduler.

Review Stand sources

Product facts

The same questions, answered for both products.

Every page uses the same rows. Feature gates are named when public documentation identifies them.

Product scope
SmartsuppCustomer-service live chat and multichannel inbox with a separately priced autonomous Mira AI Agent.
Stand ChatHuman-first website chat. An eligible Available rep receives a new chat first; a named AI Stand-in with a visible AI badge can cover when no eligible rep can answer and Stand-in coverage is active.
Recurring autonomous AI entry
SmartsuppMira is $20 monthly or $16 annual equivalent for 100 AI conversations on one website. Public capacity ranges from 100 to 5,000; above that is custom.
Stand ChatBase is $0 with no card and includes 15 new visitor conversations per week. AI Stand-ins and human takeover are included on every plan.
AI billing unit
SmartsuppOne unique visitor session that Mira responds to counts as one conversation. Returning visitor sessions count separately.
Stand ChatOne newly created visitor session counts as one chat. Page views, widget loads, visitors who do not start a chat, message count, message length, language changes, and human takeover do not multiply usage.
Human live-chat baseline
SmartsuppFree includes one operator, 25 human conversations/month, and 14-day history. Solo is $24 monthly or $17 annual equivalent with unlimited human conversations.
Stand ChatUnlimited reps and unlimited sites on every plan, with no per-seat or per-site charge. Each rep chooses a concurrent human-chat limit from 1 to 20.
AI-to-human path
SmartsuppMira supports configurable handover to a person. It can be purchased alone while the account retains the Free live-chat plan.
Stand ChatReps can watch the same transcript and use Take over now, Offer to join, or type a reply. Offer to join waits for visitor consent; signals do not route or hand off automatically.
Proactive engagement
SmartsuppFree has one automatic-message template. Solo lists basic automated messages; Plus adds automation workflows and visitor-list engagement.
Stand ChatSite and path rules can reveal chat on load, after a delay, at a scroll point, or manually from page-native buttons and cards. Rules also control greeting, desktop auto-open, and display mode.
Contact capture and booking
SmartsuppForms, chatbot workflows, and contact properties collect visitor data. No native meeting scheduler was verified on the current pricing reference.
Stand ChatStand-ins can store visitor-authored name, email, and phone. A follow-up request is submitted only after the visitor agrees and supplies a name plus an email address or phone number. There is no native meeting scheduler.
Knowledge sources
SmartsuppMira for one website lists a 20-page website scrape, up to 30,000 products, and 30 custom questions. Larger knowledge and multiple agents are custom.
Stand ChatBase includes one website knowledge base with up to 10 indexed pages. Pro adds document and sitemap sources, up to five knowledge bases, 50 MB, and 200 indexed web pages.
Workspace and support scope
SmartsuppInbox for live chat, WhatsApp, and Messenger; paid plans add email. A full ticketing system is not listed in the public plan comparison.
Stand ChatLive chat dashboard, Stand-in monitoring, contact details, conversation labels, and site controls. Stand is not a full ticketing system or a visitor-channel omnichannel inbox.
History and reporting
SmartsuppFree retains 14 days, Solo and Plus list one year, and Expert lists three years. Team statistics begin on Plus.
Stand ChatEvery plan includes 90-day searchable History, JSON export, email digests, usage views, and evidence-linked Product Discovery findings. Pro adds selectable longer retention, custom signals, and AI digest analysis.
Next material feature gate
SmartsuppMira plus Solo is $44 monthly or $33 annual equivalent. Plus is $35 monthly or $25 annual equivalent with three operators and automation workflows. Expert is $117 monthly or $83 annual equivalent with five upgradable operators, three websites, and three-year history.
Stand ChatPro is $10/month for 150 chats and adds paid reserve chats, automatic top-ups with a budget cap, document and sitemap knowledge, three custom signals per Stand-in, longer retention, AI digests, and branding removal.

Pricing scenarios

The same modeled volumes used on the main comparison.

Message-metered products use 8 AI replies per conversation. Monthly cost is one month; full-year cost uses the same plotted monthly volume for 12 months, applying published annual pricing where available and otherwise 12 monthly charges.

22 conversations
5/week
Smartsupp
Monthly cost
$20
100 Mira conversations
Full-year cost
$192
100 Mira conversations/month; annual billing; 12 months at the plotted monthly volume
Stand Chat
Monthly cost
$0
Base; assumes no week exceeds 15 conversations
Full-year cost
≈$0
Base; assumes no week exceeds 15 conversations; 12 months at the monthly rate; no public annual discount
65 conversations
15/week
Smartsupp
Monthly cost
$20
100 Mira conversations
Full-year cost
$192
100 Mira conversations/month; annual billing; 12 months at the plotted monthly volume
Stand Chat
Monthly cost
$0
Base; assumes no week exceeds 15 conversations
Full-year cost
≈$0
Base; assumes no week exceeds 15 conversations; 12 months at the monthly rate; no public annual discount
150 conversations
35/week
Smartsupp
Monthly cost
≈$40
200 Mira conversations; assumes 100-conversation capacity steps
Full-year cost
≈$384
200 Mira conversations/month; annual billing; assumes 100-conversation capacity steps; 12 months at the plotted monthly volume
Stand Chat
Monthly cost
$10
Pro
Full-year cost
$120
Pro; 12 months at the monthly rate; no public annual discount
650 conversations
150/week
Smartsupp
Monthly cost
≈$140
700 Mira conversations; assumes 100-conversation capacity steps
Full-year cost
≈$1,344
700 Mira conversations/month; annual billing; assumes 100-conversation capacity steps; 12 months at the plotted monthly volume
Stand Chat
Monthly cost
≈$60
Pro + $0.10/chat overage
Full-year cost
≈$720
Pro + $0.10/chat overage; 12 months at the monthly rate; no public annual discount

Decision boundary

Choose based on requirements, not a winner label.

These lists turn documented differences into buyer requirements. They are not scores.

Smartsupp is the closer fit when

  • WhatsApp, Messenger, or paid-plan email should share the support inbox.
  • A standalone AI agent should be combined with Smartsupp's human support plans.
  • Automation workflows, visitor-list engagement, or multi-year support history are required on higher tiers.

Stand is the closer fit when

  • The need is website chat rather than a multichannel customer-service inbox.
  • Unlimited reps and sites are required on the entry plan.
  • One named AI responder per website is not the desired account structure.

Sources and caveats

What the public evidence does—and does not—establish.

Vendor marketing language is excluded unless a pricing page, help article, or product reference makes the capability concrete.

Smartsupp sources

  • The graph rounds demand to the next 100 conversations using the public 100- and 400-conversation examples; those points are marked as estimates.
  • Mira's one-time trial conversations are not treated as a recurring free allowance.
  • Human-plan cost is excluded from the Mira-only curve because Mira can be bought while retaining Free live chat.

Stand Chat sources

  • Base resets at 15 chats each week; it is not a pooled 65-chat monthly allowance.
  • Stand publishes no annual discount, so the full-year view uses 12 monthly charges.
  • On Pro, the owner controls automatic reserve-chat top-ups and the monthly budget cap. New chats pause when included quota and purchased balance are exhausted.