kapa.ai by kapa.ai
Overview
Retrieval and answer platform that ingests a product's documentation, GitHub, forums and other sources and serves answers through a website widget, Slack bot, Zendesk agent, MCP server, API and SDKs. It is aimed at developer-product companies that want an ask-AI assistant on their docs.
kapa.ai was downloaded 39.1K times from npm in the week ending Oct 4, 2026, down 17.0% on the week before and down 2.4% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before.
kapa.ai usage and attention over time
Download the raw daily series: kapa-ai.csv
Install kapa.ai
| npm | npm install @kapaai/react-sdk |
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These commands use the packages tracked on this page. The vendor may recommend a different installer; see the official documentation.
Key facts
| Maker | kapa.ai |
|---|---|
| Type | Docs Q&A assistant |
| License | Proprietary |
| Channels | chat, Slack/Discord |
| Works with | Standalone; one-click website widget, Slack bot, Zendesk agent and MCP server |
Pricing
A free 14-day trial ($0; 1 index, 5,000 pages crawled, 5,000 retrieval queries and 1,000 answers) is the only listed price; Growth and Enterprise plans are contact-us only.
Source: official pricing page, checked Oct 5, 2026. Prices change often; confirm before you buy.
Pulse Score breakdown
Each component is scored 0 to 100 from public signals; a dash means no data for it. Methodology.
kapa.ai alternatives
| # | Agent | Pulse | Downloads 7d | 7d | 30d | VS Code installs | Stars | Latest release | Price | Last 90 days | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 |
RasaRasa |
57 | 75K | up 26.4% | 0.0% | — | 21.3K+2/day | 3.6.2121mo ago | Free | ||
| 35 |
Chatwoot CaptainChatwoot |
52 | — | — | — | — | 37.6K+42/day | 4.18.018d ago | Free + $19/mo | ||
| 55 |
BotpressBotpress |
44 | 25.6K | down 15.0% | — | — | 14.9K+2/day | 12.30.93y ago | Free + $150/mo | ||
| 59 |
ForethoughtForethought (a Zendesk company) |
42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Custom | — | |
| 60 |
DecagonDecagon |
42 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Custom | ||
| 68 |
ChatbaseChatbase |
40 | 233 | down 22.1% | — | — | — | — | Free + $40/mo | ||
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Guides that cover kapa.ai
kapa.ai FAQ
How much does kapa.ai cost?
A free 14-day trial ($0; 1 index, 5,000 pages crawled, 5,000 retrieval queries and 1,000 answers) is the only listed price; Growth and Enterprise plans are contact-us only.
Is kapa.ai open source?
No. kapa.ai is a proprietary product from kapa.ai.
How popular is kapa.ai?
kapa.ai was downloaded 39.1K times from npm in the week ending Oct 4, 2026, down 17.0% on the week before and down 2.4% over the last 30 days compared with the 30 before.
What are the alternatives to kapa.ai?
The closest alternatives in the same category by Pulse Score are Rasa, Chatwoot Captain, Botpress, Forethought.
Where these numbers come from
npm: @kapaai/react-sdk. Site rank: kapa.ai on the Tranco list. See data sources for how each one is collected.
Product facts and pricing were checked against: kapa.ai, docs.kapa.ai, kapaai.trust.pagerduty.com, registry.npmjs.org.