The Drift alternative that will not disappear on you
Salesloft announced the gradual sunset of Drift on March 5, 2026, leaving thousands of teams looking for a new home for their website chat. EzyConn combines an AI chatbot, live chat, and a shared inbox in one platform, with a free plan and flat pricing you can see before you talk to anyone.
No credit card required • Free plan with AI included • Setup in about 5 minutes
What happened to Drift
Drift built the category. For years it was the default answer when a B2B team wanted conversational marketing: chat on the website, playbooks that qualified visitors, and meetings booked straight from the widget. That is exactly why its wind-down matters to so many teams right now.
The short version: Salesloft acquired Drift in 2024. On March 5, 2026, Salesloft, now operating as Clari + Salesloft, announced that the Drift conversational marketing product would be gradually sunset, and named 1mind as the partner existing Drift clients are being referred to. The drift.com website itself no longer serves content: every path returns a redirect to a Drift page on salesloft.com. None of this reflects badly on the teams who chose Drift. Products get acquired and roadmaps change. But if your website chat runs on Drift today, you now have a migration on your calendar whether you asked for one or not.
Salesloft acquires Drift and begins folding it into its revenue platform.
Clari + Salesloft announces the gradual sunset of the Drift conversational marketing product.
Existing Drift clients are referred to 1mind, the partner named as the successor for conversational marketing.
drift.com no longer serves a website. Every page redirects to salesloft.com/platform/drift.
What Drift customers lose, and what to look for next
When the sunset completes, Drift customers lose the widget on their site, the playbooks that qualified traffic, the conversation history inside the platform, and the routing rules their sales team relied on. The official path forward is a referral to 1mind, and the broader Salesloft platform is sold through sales conversations: there are no published prices, no free plan, and no self-serve trial. For an enterprise revenue team already deep in that ecosystem, that may be fine. For everyone else, it means you cannot evaluate the replacement, or even see what it costs, without booking a call first.
A forced migration is also a chance to fix what quietly bothered you about the old setup. Whatever you pick next, we would suggest holding it to four standards Drift customers have learned to care about the hard way.
Published pricing
You should know what year two costs before you commit to year one. If the price is a sales call, the price is negotiable against you at renewal.
Self-serve everything
Sign up, install, and test the product on your real website before anyone asks for your budget. A tool you cannot try is a tool you cannot verify.
AI agent and live chat together
The AI should answer routine questions and qualify leads, then hand off to a human in the same thread. Two separate tools means dropped conversations.
No per-seat lock-in
Per-agent pricing punishes you for growing your team. Flat plans mean adding a rep to the inbox never triggers a pricing conversation.
EzyConn vs Drift vs the Salesloft path
Here is how the three options in front of a Drift customer actually compare: staying on a sunsetting product, following the vendor path, or moving to EzyConn.
| Feature | EzyConn | Drift (legacy) | Salesloft path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | Free, $25/mo, $95/mo | No longer sold | Contact sales only |
| Free plan | |||
| Self-serve signup | |||
| AI chatbot | Being sunset | Referral to 1mind | |
| Live chat with human agents | Being sunset | Not published | |
| Reply from Microsoft Teams or Slack | Not published | ||
| Migration path | Guided import, free help | Export before sunset | 1mind for existing clients |
EzyConn plans: Basic (free, 2 seats, 100 AI conversations/mo), Pro $25/mo, Unlimited $95/mo. No per-agent fees. Full details on the pricing page.
What EzyConn replaces, feature by feature
EzyConn covers the jobs Drift customers actually used Drift for. The AI chatbot greets visitors, answers questions from your website and docs, qualifies leads with follow-up questions, and captures contact details around the clock. It runs on multiple models (GPT-4o and Claude) rather than a single proprietary engine, so answers hold up on technical and product questions.
When a conversation needs a human, live chat takes over in the same thread, and every conversation lands in a shared inbox your whole team can see. The part Drift never offered: your reps can reply natively from Microsoft Teams, Slack, Zoom, or Google Chat, so a sales conversation reaches the right person in the tool they already have open. The website widget and WhatsApp are covered from the same inbox.
On the security side, EzyConn is SOC 2-ready, with audits in progress, and offers data encryption and SSO. And because pricing is flat, the invoice math stays simple: a busy month for your chatbot never becomes a surprise on your bill.
Migrating from Drift in three steps
You do not need a migration project plan. Most teams complete the chat setup in a single sitting, typically under 30 minutes, and our team provides guided help with data imports at no extra cost.
Step 1
Export your Drift data before the sunset
While you still have account access, export your contacts, conversation transcripts, and playbook copy from Drift. Do this early: it is much easier now than after the shutdown completes.
Step 2
Import and retrain on EzyConn
Point the EzyConn AI at your website and help docs and it trains on your content in minutes. Bring in your exported contacts and history with guided import help from our team.
Step 3
Go live in minutes
Paste one widget snippet on your site, connect Microsoft Teams or Slack for agent replies, and set your routing rules. Installation itself takes about 5 minutes.
Frequently asked questions
Is Drift really shutting down?
Yes. Drift was acquired by Salesloft in 2024, and on March 5, 2026 Salesloft (now operating as Clari + Salesloft) announced the gradual sunset of the Drift conversational marketing product. Existing Drift clients are being referred to a partner, 1mind, as the designated successor. The drift.com website no longer serves its own content: every page redirects to a Drift page on salesloft.com.
What happens to my Drift data?
Your conversation history, contacts, and playbook content live in your Drift account, so export them while you still have access rather than waiting for the final shutdown date. Once you have your exports, EzyConn supports data import from major platforms and our team provides guided migration help at no extra cost.
Is EzyConn free?
Yes. The Basic plan is free forever and includes 2 seats and 100 AI conversations per month with no vendor branding on the widget and no credit card required. Paid plans are flat: Pro is $25/mo and Unlimited is $95/mo, with no per-agent fees on any plan.
Can EzyConn do B2B lead qualification like Drift?
Yes. The EzyConn AI chatbot greets visitors, asks qualifying questions, captures contact details, and routes qualified conversations to your sales team in real time. Because EzyConn posts conversations natively into Microsoft Teams, Slack, Zoom, or Google Chat, a rep can jump into a live conversation with a hot prospect without opening a separate inbox.
How long does switching take?
Installing the EzyConn widget takes about 5 minutes: paste one snippet and point the AI at your website to train it on your content. A typical chat setup, including AI training and routing rules, takes under 30 minutes. Data imports from your Drift exports take longer depending on volume, and our team walks you through them.
Move before the sunset, not after it
Start on the free plan today, get your widget live in about 5 minutes, and migrate your Drift data with guided help from our team.