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.
Last researched: 4 September 2026. Delphi prices below are from delphi.ai/pricing that day. Scriptus prices are from getscriptus.com.
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.
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.
| Decision | Scriptus | Delphi |
|---|---|---|
| Job | Done-for-you book / methodology bot on your site | Self-serve Digital Mind you configure and share |
| Who operates it | Scriptus builds and maintains; you own the offer | You build, train, and iterate in Delphi’s product |
| What you pay | $5,000 setup + $500/month. No revenue share. | Free; Builder $79/month; Scaler $299/month; Immortal custom — from Delphi’s pricing page, 4 September 2026 |
| What readers pay | You set it. Live Scriptus bots charge $9–$19/month; operators often model $29–$99 for coaching offers | Membership and pay-as-you-go are part of Delphi’s product; any platform cut should be verified on Delphi, not assumed here |
| Time to live | About one week after we have your material, including a demo on your content | Delphi says a Digital Mind can be ready to send in about 15 minutes |
| Citations | Answers from your pages with citations, or it says it does not know | Delphi states minds respond from source material with citations. Confirm current behavior in their product. |
| Channels | Embed on your site; optional voice via ElevenLabs on the Scriptus chat | Web, SMS, voice calling, and a public profile — this is a Delphi strength |
| Proof | Ask Marcus Aurelius, Ask Nietzsche, Imbalance of Like (free) | Public creator and celebrity Digital Minds on Delphi’s site |
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.
Implementation is the product. We ingest your work, configure the trial or free access, and embed it under your brand. Identity, entitlements, and durable history are ours to own — not a session in someone else’s widget. Reader checkout stays on the rail you already use. There is no Scriptus cut of subscriber revenue. You can ask us to show a question the bot refuses; that is part of how we sell accuracy.
Scriptus is more expensive as a line item: $5,000 + $500/month versus Delphi Builder at $79/month. That is not a rounding error. The comparison that matters is not $79 versus $500. It is the cost of a finished knowledge product — including someone who will build, cite, and support it — versus the cost of a tool you will operate. If you will not operate it, $79 is not the real number.
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.
Last verified: 4 September 2026 · Sources: getscriptus.com, delphi.ai/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 paying for a built product and an ongoing operator relationship, not a seat in a builder. Delphi’s $79 Builder plan is a software subscription. Scriptus’s $5,000 + $500 is an engagement. 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.