Drift alternative

Drift is being wound down. Here’s a self-serve alternative.

In March 2026, Clari and Salesloft announced a gradual sunset of Drift. If you used Drift to turn website visitors into pipeline, BusinessLyft does that job self-serve, without a sales call.

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The short answer

Enterprise teams should look at the successor Salesloft recommends. Smaller teams that want conversational lead capture without a contract can start on BusinessLyft for free.

On 5 March 2026, Clari and Salesloft announced a gradual sunset of Drift and are referring customers to 1mind. No end date has been published.

Side by side

Drift vs BusinessLyft

Plans and pricing from each product’s own public pages.

CompareDriftBusinessLyft
Built forB2B sales teams turning website visitors into pipeline.Turning website visitors into qualified leads
Free planNo public plansYes, forever: 1 assistant, 100 messages a month
Paid plans start atNot published; sales-ledPro, $10 a month (plus a 6% processing fee): 2 assistants, 2,000 messages
How AI is billedNot publishedIncluded messages, then prepaid LyftCredits
Priced per seatNot publishedNo. Priced per assistant ($5 a month for each extra)

Checked on 29 October 2026. Prices are in US dollars and change; confirm on Salesloft: 1mind partnership and Drift sunset, Drift product page.

What Drift does well

B2B sales teams turning website visitors into pipeline.

  • AI chat agents built for B2B pipeline
  • Part of the Salesloft sales platform
  • Pioneered conversational marketing

Choose Drift if…

  • You’re an enterprise team that needs deep sales-platform integration, SSO and an SLA. Look at the successor Salesloft recommends.
  • You need native CRM connectors rather than webhooks or CSV export.

Where BusinessLyft fits better

Built to turn visitors into leads you can call.

Free, then $10 a month. A free plan forever on one assistant, and Pro at $10 a month for 2 assistants and 2,000 messages. No seats to count, and a 7-day Pro trial with no card.

Every lead scored for you. Each lead is scored Hot, Warm or Cold, tagged by intent and summarised in one line, with the page they came from and their local time.

It starts the conversation. Greetings per page, plus nudges on exit intent, time on page, scroll depth, rage-clicks, return visits and stalled forms. Capped at 1 to 3 messages a visit.

It reads the page in view. PageSense answers from the pricing table, listing or product page the visitor has open, including collapsed FAQs. It never reads form fields.

  • Free, then $10 a month
  • Every lead scored for you
  • It starts the conversation
  • It reads the page in view
How it works

Switch from Drift in four steps

Most sites switch in an afternoon. Keep Drift running until you’re happy with the answers.

  1. 1

    Start free

    Paste your website URL. BusinessLyft reads your pages in seconds, with a 7-day Pro trial and no card.

  2. 2

    Bring your content

    Upload the help docs, FAQs and notes you used in Drift, then test answers in the Playground.

  3. 3

    Set up leads

    Add a lead form, page greetings and nudges, and a webhook if leads should reach your CRM.

  4. 4

    Swap the snippet

    Remove Drift’s script and paste the BusinessLyft script tag before </body>.

FAQ

Questions, answered

Pricing, features and switching from Drift.

Clari and Salesloft announced a gradual sunset of Drift on 5 March 2026 and are referring customers to 1mind. No end date has been published; check with Salesloft for your account.

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