Executive Summary: A practical guide to whether AI chatbots actually make sense for small business websites, covering traffic thresholds, which tools work at SMB budgets, the setup step most businesses skip, and questions to ask vendors before committing.
AI chatbots deliver real ROI only above ~800 monthly visitors — below that, fix traffic firstService businesses with $1,000+ ticket sizes benefit most; restaurants and browsing-first businesses benefit leastTidio ($29/mo), Crisp ($25/mo), and ManyChat ($15/mo) cover most SMB needs without enterprise pricingTraining quality determines success — spend 2 hours writing your actual FAQs, not pointing at your homepageIntegration is what makes captured leads valuable — connect to CRM or email for 3–4x the return
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