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24 alternatives to Expensive network

Chat in which you should pay for everything

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Expensive network launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Expensive Chat▲267

   Chatroom where you pay per letter

   2019 · expensive.chat · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Facebook Pay▲363

   Send money to your friends via Messenger

   2015 · about.fb.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Copper Chat▲170

   Pay (or get paid) for private one-on-one video calls

   2016 · copper.chat · its alternatives →

4. 4
   KamuKamu▲79

   A messenger for earning money by chatting to your clients

   2022 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Honk▲265

   Real-time messaging

   2020 · honk.me · its alternatives →

6. 6
   TopChat

   Where money talks. Literally.

   Aug 2026 · topchat.lol · its alternatives →

7. 7
   chatWise▲296

   Turn content into cash fast

   2025 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Modern, Facebook Messenger▲341

   Facebook Messenger for your website, chat with visitors

   2016 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Push Chat▲113

   Your decentralized, uncensorable & web3-native chat solution

   2023 · app.push.org · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Premium.Chat▲24

    It Pay's to Chat!

    2020 · premium.chat · its alternatives →

11. 11
    I built a message board where you pay to be the homepage▲19

    I kept thinking about what would happen if a message board only had one slot. One message, front and center, until someone pays to replace it. That's the entire product. You pay the current message's decayed value plus a penny to take the homepage. Message values drop over time using a gravity-based formula (same concept HN uses for ranking), so a $10 message might only cost a few bucks to replace a day later. Likes slow the decay, dislikes speed it up. The whole thing runs on three mini PCs in my house (k3s cluster, PostgreSQL, Redis Sentinel). Is it overengineered for a message board?…

    Mar 2026 · saythat.sh · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Payant for Messenger▲98

    Pay + get paid anywhere, including messaging apps

    2017 · payant.co · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Talkchain▲99

    Add a chat community to any app + make money

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Chaty▲201

    Connect with your customers on 20+ popular messaging apps

    2022 · chaty.app · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Digit for Facebook Messenger▲117

    Save money, without thinking about it.

    2017 · messenger.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Instant Checkout in ChatGPT▲157

    Turn chats into checkouts

    2025 · chatgpt.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Hey▲69

    Live chat that allows users to discuss on any website 🚀

    2019 · hey.network · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Rich Greetings by LiveChat▲89

    Turn visitors into customers with targeted messages

    2020 · livechat.com · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Top of the Coins 2.0▲66

    Take the one top spot but pay more each time

    2021 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Payfriendz▲92

    Send and request money for free and in realtime

    2015 · speedypaper.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Cuely▲140

    Pay-as-you-go chatGPT Plus with 5M free token credits

    2023 · cuely.ai · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Real Time Chat▲77

    Simple, powerful and free live chat solution for websites

    2018 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Hotline▲114

    In-app chat,real-time engagement & self-service for your app

    2016 · hotline.io · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Highscore.money – Pay your way into the highscore▲50

    Pay your way into the highscore.

    2016 · highscore.money · its alternatives →

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