Drift alternative
Drift is gone. Don't replace a chatbot with a chatbot.
Drift was sunset in March 2026 after the Salesloft acquisition. What made it valuable was never the chat window — it was chat that knew who it was talking to. PageFox is visitor identification and AI chat in one self-serve product.
What happened to Drift
As of mid-2026: Drift was folded into Salesloft after the 2024 acquisition, and the standalone product was sunset in March 2026, with customers directed to the Salesloft/Clari platform. If your team ran qualification, routing, or booking through Drift, that workflow needs a new home — and the honest question is what you actually used Drift for.
For most teams the answer was not "a chat window". It was a way to catch high-intent visitors — on pricing, demo, and comparison pages — while they were still on the site. That takes two things working together: knowing who the visitor is, and being able to talk to them. Most replacements do one or the other. PageFox does both in one widget.
Chat that knows the visitor
The reason Drift worked was context. PageFox identifies the visiting company and gives the AI agent that context before it says a word.
Identification built in
No separate visitor-ID vendor to stitch in. Company-level identification and the conversation layer ship in the same widget.
Leads that reach a human
Qualified conversations are scored and routed by email first — Slack optional — so no lead dies in a transcript.
No enterprise rollout
One lightweight script. Self-serve plans, month-to-month, cancel anytime. No sales call required to start.
Side-by-side
What Drift did, and the PageFox equivalent
| Capability | Drift | PageFox |
|---|---|---|
| Live chat / conversational widget | Core product (now sunset) | Core product — AI agent, live today |
| Knows who it is talking to | Via add-ons and integrations | Company-level visitor identification built into the same widget |
| AI qualification | Playbooks and bots configured by ops teams | AI agent grounded in your approved site content, with lead scoring |
| Lead routing | Sales-ops routing rules | Email-first routing that always works; Slack optional |
| Buying motion | Sales-led, annual contracts | Self-serve, from $0, month-to-month |
| Status | Sunset March 2026 (Salesloft/Clari) | Active and shipping |
Honest numbers: PageFox shows your real identification funnel on your own traffic — no demo-mode inflation.
Self-serve pricing on the pricing page: free plan, Growth at $99/month, month-to-month, cancel anytime.
Free concierge migration for Drift teams — email hello@pagefox.co with subject "Drift migration".
Frequently asked questions
Drift, Salesloft, and Clari are trademarks of their owners. PageFox is not affiliated with or endorsed by them. Third-party facts on this page reflect public reporting as of mid-2026.