# Kontakt > Kontakt is a platform for building customer-facing AI agents that > work inbound and outbound: they answer customers who message you and > follow up with the ones who don't. Agents qualify leads, recover > abandoned signups, collect payments, resolve support, and win > customers back on WhatsApp, web chat, SMS, email, RCS, and mobile > in-app. There is a permanent free plan; paid plans start at > $99/month. AI usage is metered at $0.0911 per AI response and > messages are billed per channel at published rates. Full rate card: > https://usekontakt.com/pricing/rates ## What Kontakt is for Kontakt agents do not just answer questions. They complete jobs: an agent can take a payment, finish a signup, book a meeting, resolve a support issue, and hand to a human with full context when needed. Businesses see a dashboard of jobs completed. ## Key pages - [Pricing](https://usekontakt.com/pricing): plans and usage rates - [Rate card](https://usekontakt.com/pricing/rates): per-message prices by channel and country - [Templates](https://usekontakt.com/templates): ready-made agents by job, each with a full example conversation - [Docs](https://usekontakt.com/docs): quickstart and API reference - [Demo](https://usekontakt.com/demo): talk to a live Kontakt agent - [Enterprise](https://usekontakt.com/enterprise): governance, white-label, outcome-based commercial terms ## Comparisons - [Kontakt vs ManyChat](https://usekontakt.com/compare/manychat-alternative) - [Kontakt vs Chatbase](https://usekontakt.com/compare/chatbase-alternative) - [Kontakt with Braze](https://usekontakt.com/compare/braze) ## Customers Kontakt runs customer conversations in production for Moniepoint and FundQuest.