DMly vs Chatrace

Comparison DMly vs Chatrace

Chatrace builds the bot.
DMly finishes the job.

Both platforms automate the conversation across every channel your customers use. The difference is where that conversation ends, and the ending is the part that pays your rent.

On Chatrace
the bot hands back
Hi! Do you do balayage? How much?
We do, balayage is $180 and takes about 2 hours. Would you like to come in?
Yes please, sometime Friday?
Great: let me connect you with the team to arrange that.
Conversation ends here
On DMly
the bot finishes
Hi! Do you do balayage? How much?
We do, balayage is $180 and takes about 2 hours. Would you like to come in?
Yes please, sometime Friday?
Friday 2:00 PM with Ada is free. Shall I hold it?
Perfect
Booked · $50 deposit paid · reminder set
Invoice sent after the visit
Google review requested
0
booking calendars Chatrace owns
Calendar integration only
0
invoices it can raise
No finance layer at all
0
AI keys you need to bring
AI included free on every DMly plan
1
platform that closes the loop
Book, charge, invoice, review
Who each is for

Same channels. Different job.

Chatrace
AI chatbot platform · agency-friendly

An agency building and reselling bots for clients, or a business whose main need is conversation automation across a very wide set of channels.

Bring your own AI model
Flow protection when reselling bots
Template marketplace to start from
No native booking calendar
No invoices, expenses or reviews
Contacts, not a customer record
DMly
Operating system for a local business

A salon, clinic, studio or gym where the conversation has to end in a booked, paid, reviewed visit, not a handoff.

Native calendar with services & staff
Deposits, invoices and expenses built in
Google reviews on autopilot
Loyalty, plans and memberships
A customer record, not just a contact
White-label with a partner API & no rev share
One app that runs the whole business
For agencies & resellers

Resell a business platform, not a bot.

DMly white-label puts the whole platform under your domain, your logo and your pricing, with a partner console, isolated client workspaces and a provisioning API. Live in under 15 minutes, and we take no share of your margin.

Your domain, logo and colors
Isolated client workspaces
Partner console for every client
REST API & webhooks to provision
Your own plans, billed via your Stripe
No revenue share on your margin
Y
YourBrand
app.yourbrand.com
12 clients
B&B
Bloom & Bar
Growth · $79/mo
Active
ND
Northside Dental
Premium · $199/mo
Active
FH
FitHouse Gym
Starter · $39/mo
Trial
Recurring revenue
$3,240/mo
+$620 this month
POST /v1/workspaces
201 Created · ws_8f2a
Feature by feature

The honest scorecard

Rows that go to Chatrace are marked, not buried.

All capabilities Only where they differ
Channels & inbox
Both platforms cover the channels a local business actually gets messaged on, and DMly adds Google Business, where your reviews and your map listing live.
9 vs 8
Capability DMly Chatrace
WhatsApp Business API (official)
Instagram DMs & comments
Facebook Messenger
TikTok messaging
Telegram
SMS
Website chat widget
Google Business messages
Shared team inbox with takeover
Automation & AI
Both have a proper drag-and-drop builder and AI agents trained on your data. The difference is what a flow can complete on its own before a human has to step in.
12 vs 6
Capability DMly Chatrace
Drag-and-drop flow builder
AI agent on your knowledge base
Bring your own AI model & keys
AI included free, no keys neededChatrace: bring your own keys
AI replies included in the plan
Comment-to-DM automation
Broadcasts & sequences
Built-in email marketingChatrace has a full email tool
Flow books an appointment nativelyChatrace: calendar integration
Flow takes a deposit
Flow issues an invoice
Flow requests a Google review
Flow awards loyalty points
CRM & contacts
Chatrace gives you contacts for your bots to talk to. DMly gives you a customer record: what they booked, what they paid, when they last came in.
8 vs 3
Capability DMly Chatrace
Contacts with tags & custom fields
Segments for broadcasts
Sales pipelines & stages
Lifecycle: lead → client → repeat
Visit & spend history on the profile
Booking & invoice history on the profile
Linked & family contacts
Internal notes & assignment
Bookings & commerce
Chatrace can push an event to Google Calendar. That is not the same as a salon calendar that knows Ada does balayage, it takes two hours, it costs $180 and the chair is now blocked.
9 vs 0
Capability DMly Chatrace
Native booking calendarChatrace: Google / MS Calendar
Services with duration & price
Staff rosters & availability
Classes & group sessions
Deposits to hold a slot
Automatic appointment reminders
Product catalog & in-chat checkoutChatrace: via Shopify / Woo
Plans, memberships & subscriptions
Loyalty points & rewards
Payments & finance
Both can take a payment. Only one can tell you what you invoiced, what is still owed and what you spent getting there.
6 vs 1
Capability DMly Chatrace
Collect a payment in chat
Branded invoices
Deposits & part-payments
Automatic payment reminders
Expense tracking
Revenue & outstanding dashboard
Brand & reputation
Both offer white-label. Theirs resells a bot; ours resells a whole business platform, with a partner console, a provisioning API and none of the revenue share.
13 vs 2
Capability DMly Chatrace
Full white-label platform
Your own custom domain & SSL
Partner console for all clients
Isolated client workspaces
Partner REST API & webhooks
Your own plans & Stripe billing
No revenue share on your margin
Branded transactional emails
Automatic Google review requests
Reputation inbox: reply to reviews
Branded booking pages
Referral engine
Mobile app runs the whole businessChatrace app: inbox
MCP server for AI clientsChatrace has no MCP server
The real difference

A bot builder, or a business.

Chatrace automates the conversation brilliantly. DMly automates the conversation and everything it is supposed to lead to.

Capability DMly Chatrace
AI to get started Included free, or bring your keys Bring your own keys
White-label billing Your plans, your Stripe Resell their bot
Booking calendar Native Calendar integration
Invoices & expenses Native Not available
Google reviews Native Not available
Loyalty & memberships Native Not available
Customer record Visits, spend & history Contacts & tags
Shaped for Local businesses & the agencies serving them Bot builders
The real bill

What the bot doesn’t cover

Chatrace-class plan
Bots & omnichannel inbox · Conversation automation
$79
Booking software
Appointments · No native calendar
$29
Invoicing tool
Invoices & expenses · No finance in-platform
$25
Review tool
Reputation · No review engine
$25
Loyalty app
Repeat business · No loyalty in-platform
$20
Your stack today $178/mo
DMly Starter
Bot and business, together
$29 /mo
billed yearly · every feature included
You save $1788/yr
Start free trial
They already moved

From a bot to a business

4.9/5 from 2,400+ businesses
Ends in a booking

“Chatrace built us a beautiful bot. It just always ended with ‘someone will be in touch’, and that someone was me, at 11pm.”

MN
Marta Nowak
Studio Lumen · Kraków, PL
Native bookings

“Every channel connected and still no calendar anywhere. We needed the booking far more than we needed another inbox.”

TB
Tunde Bakare
Clipper & Co · Port Harcourt, NG
Built for us

“It’s clearly built for agencies selling bots. We’re a nail bar. We wanted the thing the bot is supposed to lead to.”

RB
Rania Belkacem
Amber Beauty House · Casablanca, MA
−90% no-shows

“Deposits stopped the no-shows and the review requests went out on their own. Neither was possible before.”

OW
Oliver Whitfield
Northgate Grooming · Manchester, UK
Switching

We’ll rebuild your flows for you.

Your number & green tick come with you
01
Start a free trial
No credit card, no demo call: same as you are used to.
02
We rebuild your flows
Send us your Chatrace flows and we will recreate them for you, free.
03
Reconnect your channels
WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, TikTok, Telegram and SMS, plus your green tick.
04
Switch on the business side
Calendar, deposits, invoices and review requests, the parts a bot builder cannot give you.
Questions

Before you switch

Both cover the same channels. So why switch?

Because the channel is not the job. WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, TikTok, Telegram, SMS and web chat are table stakes on both, the difference is that DMly can finish the conversation with a booking, a deposit, an invoice and a review request, and Chatrace hands that part back to you.

Can I bring my own AI model to DMly?

Yes: bring your own keys if you want full control over the model and cost. The difference is you do not have to: every DMly plan includes AI replies out of the box, so you can be live without an OpenAI account or a second bill. Chatrace requires you to bring your own keys.

But Chatrace connects to Google Calendar?

It does, and that is fine for pushing an event. It is not a booking system: no services with durations and prices, no staff availability, no deposits, no classes, no rescheduling flow. DMly owns the calendar rather than writing to one.

I am an agency. Should I still look at DMly?

Especially then. DMly white-label gives you a partner console with isolated client workspaces, one-click provisioning, a REST API and webhooks, your own plans billed through your own Stripe, and no revenue share on the margin you add. Most partners are live under their own brand in under 15 minutes, and you are selling a whole business platform rather than a bot, which is far harder for a client to churn out of.

Will I lose my WhatsApp number or green tick?

No. DMly is an official Meta Business Partner, so your WhatsApp Business API number and verified badge migrate across with no downtime.

How does pricing compare?

DMly Starter is $29/mo billed yearly with the calendar, invoices, CRM and reviews included. A bot platform plus the booking tool, invoicing app and review tool it does not replace generally costs more for the same outcome.

Make the leap

Let the conversation finish the job.

Start free today. We’ll even rebuild your Chatrace flows for you.

No credit card · free flow migration · 30-day money-back guarantee

Comparison based on Chatrace’s publicly published website at the time of writing; stack costs are illustrative list prices for comparable third-party tools, not Chatrace’s own pricing. Chatrace is a trademark of its respective owner and is not affiliated with DMly. Features and pricing may change: please verify before relying on this page.

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