A Smarter Drift Alternative

How do YourGPT's AI and features compare to Drift? Clari and Salesloft announced a gradual sunset of Drift in March 2026 and named 1mind as the successor. YourGPT is a self-learning multi-agent system that takes real action and resolves up to 90% of repeated queries across support and sales and operations. It qualifies leads for your sales team and runs outbound voice and proactive campaigns. Everything is compared below.

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Reasons teams choose YourGPT over Drift

Drift is being sunset. Here is where a sales-led conversational tool stopped short, and how an actively developed AI-agent platform resolves support and sales on predictable pricing.

Transparent plans, not an enterprise sales contract

Drift was sold as an enterprise, sales-led platform. Pricing was never published, quotes came through a demo, and every dollar figure you find online comes from third-party trackers rather than the vendor. YourGPT is one flat plan plus transparent AI credits you can actually forecast, with no seat-based lock-in.

Published, flat pricing

Plans start at $39 a month on annual billing, listed before you speak to anyone.

No per-seat tax

Your plan includes team members, and extra seats are $7 a month each.

Transparent AI credits

Usage runs on credits that vary by model, so spend stays easy to predict.

No annual lock-in

Try it on a 7-day free trial. No credit card and no long-term commitment to start.

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YourGPT flat plan pricing versus Drift enterprise sales contracts and custom quotes

Run any leading model, or bring your own

Drift's Bionic Chatbots ran on Drift-managed models you didn't get to choose. YourGPT is model-agnostic. Pick the right model for each use case and switch whenever you want, and enterprises can connect their own fine-tuned model. The AI credits calculator shows the credits each model consumes and the average cost per chat, so you're picking on real numbers, not guesswork.

GPT, Claude, Gemini & more

Choose from the latest models across OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and others.

Bring your own model

Enterprise plans can integrate your own fine-tuned model.

Match model to task

Use a fast, low-cost model for FAQs and a frontier model for complex queries.

See cost before you commit

The AI credits calculator shows credits used and average cost per chat for every model.

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YourGPT supports GPT, Claude, Gemini and bring-your-own models versus Drift-managed models

Resolve conversations, not just route them to reps

Drift was built to qualify visitors and hand them to a sales rep. Great for booking meetings, but anything that needs an action still waits for a person. YourGPT's agents resolve support and sales questions autonomously in Chatbot Studio: call your APIs, run custom code, and design multi-step flows, then escalate to a human only when it matters.

Autonomous resolution

Answer and resolve real questions end to end instead of only capturing the lead.

Lead qualification

Ask qualifying questions and pass only the qualified prospects to your sales team.

Call your APIs

Connect live data and back-end actions visually from Chatbot Studio.

Live human handoff

Route to your team with full context the moment a person is needed.

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YourGPT Chatbot Studio resolving support and sales conversations with API calls and custom flows

One agent across chat, social & voice

Drift lived mostly inside website chat and conversational landing pages. YourGPT trains once and deploys everywhere, on your site and across the messaging apps your customers already use, in 100+ languages, with voice agents for inbound and outbound phone calls.

Messaging apps built in

WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, Telegram, Slack, and more out of the box.

100+ languages

Consistent answers in over 100 languages with no extra setup.

Inbound and outbound voice

Voice agents answer calls and place outbound ones for qualification and reminders.

Proactive campaigns

Trigger outreach on an event or a schedule, for lead capture and support alike.

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YourGPT answering across chat, messaging apps, and voice from one agent

Live in minutes, on a platform that's still evolving

Clari and Salesloft announced a gradual sunset of the Drift product in March 2026 and named 1mind as the successor its existing clients are referred to, so Drift teams are planning a migration either way. YourGPT is independent and actively developed, and it gets you live fast: point it at your site and docs, set your tone and channels, and go live with no developers and no long onboarding.

No-code setup

Launch a production agent in under 30 minutes without engineering help.

Instant knowledge import

Ingest your site, help center, PDFs, Notion, and more in minutes.

Actively developed

Build on a roadmap that's growing, not one that's being phased out.

7-day free trial

Build and test your agent for free. No credit card required.

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YourGPT vs Drift, feature by feature

Drift was strong at routing leads to reps. It's resolution, channels, model choice, pricing, and roadmap that pull them apart.

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See how YourGPT stacks up against Drift.
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Platform & AI Core
How the platform is built and how much control you get over the AI.
Platform Focus
Conversational marketing & sales
AI agent platform
AI Agent
Bionic Chatbots (GPT-powered)
Included in your plan
Model Choice
Drift-managed models
GPT, Claude, Gemini + more
Bring Your Own Model
No
Yes
Product Roadmap
Gradual sunset announced (Mar 2026)
Actively developed
Capabilities
What the agent can actually do for your customers.
Self-Serve AI Resolution
Yes
Yes
Lead Routing & Sales Handoff
Yes
Yes
ABM & Intent Targeting
Native (6sense, Demandbase)
Via integrations
Voice AI
No
Inbound + outbound
Proactive Campaigns
Playbooks on website chat
Event or schedule triggered
Omnichannel Channels
Website chat + email
Web, WhatsApp, IG, Messenger, Telegram, Slack
Cross-Platform Availability
Web, iOS, Android, Mac, Windows (beta)
Web, iOS, Android, Watch & Desktop
Knowledge Sources
KB, PDFs, product pages
Web, PDF, Notion, Docs, YouTube, API +
Browser Extension
No
Yes
Setup, Pricing & Support
What it takes to launch, and what it costs to scale.
Pricing Model
Custom enterprise quote (demo-only)
Flat plan + AI credits
Predictable Pricing
No
Yes
Setup Time
Days to weeks
Under 30 minutes

Where each tool actually wins

Neither tool wins every category. Here is the honest read on which buyer each one fits, based on current pricing and capabilities.

Where Drift is the better choice

A mature B2B sales motion

Drift created the conversational marketing category: capture website visitors, qualify them, and book meetings for a sales team. If your workflow is centered on routing leads to reps rather than resolving conversations end to end, Drift's playbooks are proven at exactly that.

Native ABM and intent data

Drift ships native integrations with account-based marketing and intent-data tools like 6sense and Demandbase. Teams already running an ABM motion around those tools get more out of the box than most AI-agent platforms.

Already inside the Salesloft stack

Salesloft acquired Drift in 2024 and merged with Clari in December 2025. If your reps already live in that sales-engagement suite, keeping the chat layer there can mean one fewer vendor relationship to manage, at least until the sunset completes.

Comfortable with custom, sales-led pricing

Drift never published a price. If your organization already runs enterprise procurement through a sales cycle and prefers a negotiated annual contract to a self-serve flat plan, a quote-based model is not a dealbreaker.

Where YourGPT fits better

Resolution, not just routing

Drift qualifies a visitor and hands them to a rep, so anything that needs an action still waits for a person. YourGPT's agents resolve support and sales questions autonomously in Chatbot Studio, calling your APIs and running custom code, and escalate to a human only when it matters.

Published, forecastable pricing

Drift's pricing was entirely quote-based, with no public number to plan against. YourGPT is one flat plan from $39 a month on annual billing plus transparent AI credits, so you know your bill before you speak to anyone.

Sales and support and operations in one

Drift stopped at the handoff, on website chat plus email. YourGPT qualifies leads and routes only the qualified ones to your sales team, runs proactive campaigns that trigger on events or a schedule, places outbound voice calls, and resolves support questions on the same platform. It covers web, WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, Telegram, and Slack in 100+ languages, with AI Studio as the no-code canvas behind all of it.

An actively developed roadmap

Clari and Salesloft announced a gradual sunset of the Drift product in March 2026 and named 1mind as the successor its existing clients are referred to. YourGPT is independent and actively developed, so one migration lands you somewhere you can stay.

Frequently Asked Questions

Get answers to common questions about choosing YourGPT vs Drift and which platform is right for your business.

Is Drift still available, and what replaced it?

Drift is being retired. In March 2026 Clari and Salesloft announced the gradual sunset of the Drift conversational marketing product and named 1mind as the successor that existing Drift clients are referred to. drift.com now redirects to salesloft.com/platform/drift, where the product is presented as AI Chat Agents and the page states that the company has transitioned from Drift to 1mind. No end-of-life date has been published, so existing accounts keep running for now. If you are evaluating Drift today, you are evaluating a product whose vendor has already named its replacement. YourGPT is independent and actively developed, so one migration lands you somewhere you can stay. Status current as of July 2026 from Salesloft's own announcement.

Why should I choose YourGPT over Drift?

Drift created the conversational marketing category and was good at capturing website visitors and routing them to reps. It is now being retired, with a gradual sunset announced in March 2026 and 1mind named as the successor. Drift also never published pricing, so every deal ran through a demo and a custom annual quote. YourGPT is an actively developed AI agent platform that resolves support and sales conversations instead of only routing them. It runs on one flat plan plus transparent AI credits, with your choice of model, outbound voice, proactive campaigns, and AI Studio for no-code workflows. The price is published before you book a call.

What is the best Drift alternative?

It depends on what you are replacing. If all you need is a website chat widget that routes visitors to reps, plenty of live-chat tools do that. If you want the conversation resolved and not just handed off, YourGPT is the stronger swap. It answers and acts on support and sales questions, qualifies leads and passes the qualified ones to your team, runs proactive campaigns and outbound voice calls, and covers web, WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, Telegram, and Slack in 100+ languages. Pricing is published rather than quoted, starting at $39 a month on annual billing plus AI credits, and you can be live in under 30 minutes. Since Drift itself is being sunset, the question worth asking is which platform you can still be on in three years.

How does Drift's pricing compare to YourGPT?

Drift never published pricing. Salesloft's pricing page lists no Drift plan and no figures, and every deal ran through a demo and a custom annual quote, so any dollar amount you find for Drift comes from third-party trackers rather than the vendor. Treat those numbers as unverified. YourGPT publishes its plans. Flat plans are $59, $129, or $499 a month, or $39, $79, and $349 on annual billing, plus AI credits. A 10-person team on Professional runs about $1,368 a year: $948 for the plan and $420 for five extra seats at $7 a month. There is no per-seat license fee and no per-resolution charge. You can start on a 7-day free trial with no credit card. YourGPT figures current as of July 2026 from yourgpt.ai/pricing.

Can YourGPT do sales, not just support?

Yes. YourGPT covers support and sales and operations from one platform. It qualifies visitors, captures leads, and passes only the qualified prospects to your sales team with the full conversation as context. It runs proactive campaigns that trigger on an event or a schedule, and voice agents that place outbound calls for qualification, reminders, and follow-ups. AI Studio is the no-code canvas where you build the workflows behind all of it, calling your APIs and running custom code. Drift stopped at qualifying and routing. YourGPT does that and resolves the question too.

Does YourGPT support voice and omnichannel?

Yes. YourGPT runs voice agents for inbound and outbound phone calls, and deploys across your website, WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, Telegram, and Slack in 100+ languages. Drift was centered on website chat and conversational landing pages with no phone voice channel of its own. You train the agent once and it covers every channel, with a live handoff to your team when a person is needed.

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