Kea AI vs assistant-ui

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Kea AI compared with assistant-ui
Detail	Kea AI	assistant-ui
What it does	AI chat for small business websites that answers customer enquiries day and night	Open-source React components and runtimes for building AI chat
Stage	Not given	Not given
Founded	Not given	Not given
Based in	Not given	US
Pricing model	Freemium	Open source
Pricing	Free plan at $0/month with 100 answers a month. Answer plan at €19.90/month (€), US$22.90/month (USD), £17.90/month (GBP), or A$32.90/month (AUD), with 2,000 answers a month. Add-ons available for photo estimates, extra answers, extra team members, Instagram auto-sync, and coming soon: Google Calend	The core library is free and MIT licensed. assistant-cloud offers: Free ($0, 200 MAU included), Pro ($50/mo, 500 MAU included plus $0.10 per additional MAU), Enterprise (custom MAU pricing, contact for details).
Key features	Answers customer enquiries instantly using your pricing, policies and service area Collects job details and emails enquiries for your confirmation Photo estimates feature for job assessment Customizable brand colours, logo and tone of voice Weekly summary email of all chats Optional voice responses in Chrome and Safari Customers can flag incorrect answers for improvement No minimum term, cancel anytime Chat records deleted after 30 days	Streaming support for real-time chat output Tool execution and integration Thread persistence and history Voice support Generative UI rendering Message attachments Conversation branching Multi-platform support (React, Vue, React Native, Ink) Runtime adapter support (AI SDK, LangGraph, LangChain) Fully customizable component composition
What makes it different	Built specifically for trade businesses, not generic small business Answers in seconds before customers ring a competitor Nothing is auto-booked without your confirmation Uses your real prices and policies, never generic responses No technical knowledge needed for setup	Works with any backend through pluggable runtime adapters Complete source code available for customization via CLI Production-ready runtime handling streaming, tools, and state Free MIT license with optional paid cloud persistence Cross-platform support with single chat model
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	Not checked yet no change since last check	53 +1 (up) since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	4	12
Citation Flow (Majestic)	9	39
Referring domains (Majestic)	4	572

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