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Spec sheet · CRO and testing

Tidio

By the editors of Analytics1.comLast reviewed 19 October 2026

The short answer

Live chat, AI agent and help desk for small online stores, with chat-attributed revenue reporting.

On this page 4 sections
  1. Spec sheet
  2. What Tidio does
  3. Who it fits
  4. Alternatives

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Spec sheet

REF TIDIO
Includes
Live chat, Lyro AI agent, help desk, Flows (behaviour-triggered messages)
Channels
Website chat, email, WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger
Reporting
Conversations automated, hours saved, chat-attributed revenue, purchase attribution
Stores
Shopify and WooCommerce, with live product and order data
Free plan or trial
Free plan (50 billable conversations a month); 7-day trial, no credit card
Starting price
Not published clearly on the vendor’s site; check with Tidio.

What Tidio does

Tidio combines live chat, an AI agent called Lyro and a help desk that pulls email, chat, WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger into one inbox. Its Flows feature opens conversations based on visitor behaviour, such as exit intent or an item left in the cart, and can show product cards in the chat.

For a measurement reader, the interesting part is the reporting. Tidio says it shows conversations automated, support hours saved and revenue attributed to chat, with purchase attribution and product engagement tracking on Shopify and WooCommerce. Treat chat-attributed revenue as the vendor's attribution, not an incremental figure: a shopper who chats and buys might have bought anyway. A holdout test (chat off for a share of visitors) is the honest way to measure lift; see A/B testing for small business.

A good fit for

  • Shopify and WooCommerce stores that answer the same pre-sale questions every day.
  • Small teams that want chat, email and social messages in one inbox.
  • Stores testing whether proactive chat on exit intent recovers abandoned carts.

Probably not for

  • B2B sites whose goal is a booked demo, where a form or scheduler may convert better.
  • Teams that need chat data in a warehouse for their own attribution model; check export options first.

Alternatives

  • Intercom: Customer service platform with AI agent, larger and pricier.
  • Zendesk: Help desk first, chat as one channel.
  • POWR: Lighter on-site widgets, including a live chat app and popups.

Where we discuss Tidio

This spec sheet is based on Tidio’s own published materials, read on 19 October 2026. We have not run the product in a live account, and features change; confirm anything important with the vendor. Tidio is a trademark of its owner; its mention here does not imply endorsement. See our editorial policy.