Elastic has released version 9.3.0, its most performance-intensive release to date, integrating NVIDIA cuVS for GPU-accelerated vector indexing that delivers a 12x improvement in indexing throughput and 7x faster force merging for self-managed customers. The release also brings Elastic Agent Builder to general availability, launches Elastic Workflows as the platform's native automation engine, introduces DiskBBQ for cost-efficient large-scale vector storage, and delivers a 5x reduction in ES|QL query latency on time series data — cementing Elastic's position as the leading context engineering platform for AI applications in production.

Botpress is a production chatbot platform with usage-based pricing: Pay‑as‑you‑go ($0 + AI Spend), Plus ($89/mo + AI Spend), Team ($495/mo + AI Spend), plus add‑ons for messages, bots, storage, etc. Voiceflow is a separate agent builder with credit-based plans (Starter free, Pro $60/mo, Business $150/mo) and voice call concurrency limits per plan. Together they make a clean 'prototype → production' service: Voiceflow for stakeholder-friendly conversation prototypes; Botpress for real integrations, knowledge base, and human handoff.