Scriptus vs Delphi
Delphi and Scriptus both turn an expert's body of work into something people can talk to. They are not the same job. Delphi is a self-serve Digital Mind for creators who want to configure, distribute, and iterate themselves. Scriptus is a done-for-you engagement: we build the bot on your material, embed it on your site, and you keep what readers pay.
A Digital Mind you configure, or a book bot someone builds for you
Last researched: 23 September 2026
You want to start today, yourself, often from a free tier. You want SMS, voice calling, and a public Digital Mind profile more than a finished knowledge product on your domain. You are comfortable operating the tool after you click Get Started.
You have a book or methodology and want it live as a branded, cited product in about a week — without becoming the person who designs, hosts, and debugs the agent. You want reader billing on your own rail (Woo, Kajabi, Stripe, or Whop) and no platform cut on those subscriptions.
| Dimension | Scriptus | Delphi | Choose on this row if |
|---|---|---|---|
| The corpus | |||
| Can you take the corpus elsewhere? | IP stays in the operator’s Scriptus workspace; take-home dump of bot files on cancel is not a published promise SourceYour IP stays in your workspace and is not used to train a shared model. | Not published | You are fine with conversations and contacts staying in Delphi unless you export — or you want IP on your tenant with a replaceable embed on your site. |
| Where it lives | |||
| Where the reader meets it | Operator’s website via Scriptus embed — floating widget, embedded panel, full page, or full application SourceEmbedded on the operator’s site. The operator pays Scriptus. Their readers are the users. | Embedding locations counted on paid tiers (Builder 2; Scaler 10); Immortal also lists SMS and WhatsApp Integration Source2 Embedding Locations … 10 Embedding Locations … SMS and WhatsApp Integration | You want SMS, voice calling, and a public profile as first-class surfaces — or a branded embed on your domain that visitors experience as your product. |
| Access without buying first | Anonymous trial with a per-agent question cap, or unlimited free companion — operator chooses SourceThree questions free on live paid bots; Imbalance of Like is free with no paywall. | Not published | You want to start this afternoon on a free tier — or a demo trained on your material before you commit to an engagement. |
| Technical prerequisites | A website that can load the Scriptus embed snippet; operator checkout on Woo, Kajabi, Stripe, or Whop when monetizing SourceCheckout stays on WooCommerce, Kajabi, Stripe, or Whop — not on getscriptus.com. | Not published | You are comfortable operating the tool after you click Get Started — or you do not want to become the person who designs, hosts, and debugs the agent. |
| What the reader gets | |||
| Citations | When sources are on, a panel shows work title, chapter, page, and a short passage (up to three) SourceWhen sources are on, the chat shows work title, chapter, page, and a short passage, or the bot says it does not know. | Responds from source material with citations SourceYour Digital Mind responds from your source material, with citations to show where answers come from. | You need chapter-and-page citations beside every answer as the offer — or source-grounded replies where you confirm current citation behavior in their product. |
| Voice | Optional in-chat ElevenLabs TTS when the agent has a voice_id — not a phone/IVR product | Voice Calling + Chat on Free/Builder; Pro Voice Calling + Chat on Scaler; 10-second audio sample for voice SourceVoice Calling + Chat … Pro Voice Calling + Chat … record a 10-second audio sample to give your Digital Mind your voice. | You want voice calling and SMS as native channels — or optional in-chat voice on a site embed. |
| Money | |||
| What you pay the vendor | $5,000 setup + $500/month. No revenue share. No usage meter. SourceSetup $5,000. Then $500/month. No revenue share. No usage meter. | Free: 0 per month (Your first Digital Mind). Builder: 79 per month. Scaler: 299 per month (Most Popular). Immortal: Custom Pricing. Page also shows Monthly/Annual toggle and 'Save up to 20%'; which toggle was active when 79/299 were read could not be determined from the public HTML extract. SourceMonthly, Annual, Save up to 20%, Free, Your first Digital Mind, 0, per month … Builder … 79 per month … Scaler, Most Popular … 299 per month … Immortal … Custom Pricing | You want a free tier or a $79/month builder subscription you operate — or a $5,000 + $500/month engagement that includes the build. |
| Checkout rail | WooCommerce, Kajabi, Stripe, or Whop — cards never touch Scriptus SourceCheckout stays on WooCommerce, Kajabi, Stripe, or Whop — not on getscriptus.com. | Not published | You want membership and pay-as-you-go inside their product — or reader checkout on Woo, Kajabi, Stripe, or Whop with no Scriptus cut. |
| Who keeps reader money | No Scriptus cut of reader subscriptions | Not published | You will verify monetization terms on Delphi's site — or you want flat operator pricing with no Scriptus share of reader subscriptions. |
| Message / usage limits | No per-message meter on the operator engagement; trial caps are per agent when configured | Not published | You accept usage and tier limits inside a self-serve builder — or a flat $500/month operator retainer with no usage meter on the engagement. |
| Operations | |||
| Who builds and operates it | Scriptus builds and maintains; operator owns the offer | Self-serve: Create your ready-to-send Digital Mind in just 15 minutes; Immortal adds White-Glove Set Up SourceCreate your ready-to-send Digital Mind in just 15 minutes. … White-Glove Set Up | You want to configure, train, and iterate the Digital Mind yourself — or you want someone else to build and maintain the bot on your material. |
Speed and self-serve. A free tier. Voice calling and SMS as first-class surfaces. A public "Library of Minds" and celebrity proof. If you want to experiment this afternoon without a $5,000 engagement, Delphi is the more honest starting point. Scriptus is not trying to beat that price or that ramp.
Three meters — do not collapse them.
Sticker: Delphi Builder publishes at $79/month. Scriptus is $5,000 setup + $500/month. On sticker, Delphi wins.
Cost to operate at 30 or 50 paying readers: Delphi does not publish a clean per-reader AI bill in the sources we checked. We will not invent one, and we will not claim their $79 stays cheaper once you have a real paid base.
Engagement: Scriptus includes the build, citations, and a flat retainer with no Scriptus cut of reader revenue. Delphi Immortal is custom and unpublished here. We will not guess it. Verify current monetization terms on Delphi's site; third-party writeups disagree on revenue share.
The comparison that matters is a finished knowledge product versus a tool you will operate. If you will not operate it, $79 is not the real number.
| Side | Published price |
|---|---|
| Scriptus | $5,000 setup + $500/month. No revenue share. No usage meter. SourceSetup $5,000. Then $500/month. No revenue share. No usage meter. |
| Delphi | Free: 0 per month (Your first Digital Mind). Builder: 79 per month. Scaler: 299 per month (Most Popular). Immortal: Custom Pricing. Page also shows Monthly/Annual toggle and 'Save up to 20%'; which toggle was active when 79/299 were read could not be determined from the public HTML extract. SourceMonthly, Annual, Save up to 20%, Free, Your first Digital Mind, 0, per month … Builder … 79 per month … Scaler, Most Popular … 299 per month … Immortal … Custom Pricing |
There is no automated "import from Delphi." A move to Scriptus means we train on your source material again, on our tenant, and replace the embed. You keep your IP. Delphi conversations and contacts stay in Delphi unless you export them yourself.
If you want a Digital Mind in the public square, with calling and a free way to start, choose Delphi. If you want one book or methodology working as a product on your site, with someone else carrying the build, choose Scriptus. If you only need anonymous Q&A over a PDF, you need neither of us — use NotebookLM.
For authors and coaches who want a branded, monetized bot on their own site, yes — that is a real alternative. For creators who want a self-serve Digital Mind with SMS and calling, Delphi is the category product and Scriptus is the wrong tool.
You are comparing different meters. Delphi's $79 Builder plan is a software subscription you operate. Scriptus's $5,000 + $500 is an engagement that includes the build. On sticker, Delphi wins. On operated cost at 30–50 paying readers, they have not published a per-reader AI bill we can use — we will not invent one. Compare them only if you were going to buy both kinds of thing.
You can use the live Scriptus bots today. The Imbalance of Like bot is free with no paywall. Marcus and Nietzsche give three questions free. A Scriptus engagement includes a demo trained on your material before you commit. There is not a $0 Scriptus workspace you configure yourself.
No. Subscriber revenue is yours. Checkout stays on WooCommerce, Kajabi, Stripe, or Whop — not on getscriptus.com.