How to Migrate from Chatbase to SiteMind in 5 Minutes (Zero Downtime)
Step-by-step guide to migrating your website chatbot from Chatbase to SiteMind: automated domain crawling, instant knowledge import, 1:1 credit savings, and widget swap with zero downtime.
What you will achieve
- 50%–70% reduction in monthly chatbot software costs
- Eliminate 3x–6x dynamic model penalty traps with SiteMind 1:1 credits
- Included white-labeling on the $149 Pro plan (vs $500/mo on Chatbase)
- Zero downtime for your website visitors during migration
Prerequisites
- Your website URL or XML sitemap link
- Access to your website HTML, CMS, or Tag Manager
- A free SiteMind trial account (no credit card needed)
Create your SiteMind workspace and enter your domain
Sign up for a free 3-day SiteMind trial. In the onboarding wizard, paste your website URL (e.g. `https://yourcompany.com`) or your XML sitemap URL. SiteMind’s crawler immediately begins discovering your public pages, stripping navigation headers and cookie noise, and generating 768-dimensional pgvector embeddings.
SiteMind automatically detects Single Page Applications (SPAs) and dynamic JavaScript content with hybrid headless rendering, ensuring 100% of your documentation and product pages are captured.
Import custom FAQs, PDF documents, or additional subdomains
If you had uploaded specific PDF manuals, Notion pages, or CSV FAQ pairs in Chatbase, navigate to Dashboard > Knowledge Sources. Upload your files directly or paste FAQ pairs. Unlike Chatbase, which meters knowledge per bot, SiteMind allows you to pool up to 10 subdomains and documentation sites into a single unified assistant on Growth and Pro plans.
Test and customize your assistant in the interactive playground
Open Dashboard > Playground to test your assistant against tricky customer questions. Review the source citations attached to each reply. Set your brand accent colors, greeting message, avatar, and suggested starter prompt pills under Dashboard > Widget Settings.
Swap the script tag on your website (Zero Downtime)
Locate your existing Chatbase script tag in your website `<head>` or footer and replace it with your single SiteMind embed snippet. Once saved, your new assistant takes over immediately without dropping ongoing chat connections.
<!-- SiteMind AI Assistant Widget -->
<script
src="https://sitemind.tech/widget.js"
data-widget-key="YOUR_WIDGET_KEY"
async
></script>Because the SiteMind widget runs inside a Shadow DOM bundle, it is completely immune to CSS conflicts with your existing website stylesheets or theme scripts.
Decommission your Chatbase subscription
Verify that visitors are receiving fast, grounded answers in your SiteMind Dashboard > Analytics. You can now safely cancel your Chatbase subscription and enjoy transparent 1:1 message credits with zero model multiplier surprises.
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