Azure AI Bot Service vs. Workativ Assistant

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure AI Bot Service
Score 9.1 out of 10
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Microsoft offers the Azure Bot Service (replacing the former Microsoft Bot Framework), a managed bot building platform, which provides an integrated environment that is purpose-built for bot development, enabling you to build, connect, test, deploy, and manage intelligent bots, all from one place.N/A
Workativ Assistant
Score 10.0 out of 10
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Workativ is a no-code SaaS platform for companies used to quickly build, automate, and deploy conversational AI chatbots with app workflow automation out-of-the-box. Workativ differentiates itself by focusing on employee IT & HR support digital and hybrid workplace transformation. Along with chatbot, Workativ comes with an app workflow automation engine and out-of-the-box automation marketplace with 600+ pre-built app workflows for the chatbot. Workativ Assistant fully automates a request, e.g.,…N/A
Pricing
Azure AI Bot ServiceWorkativ Assistant
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure AI Bot ServiceWorkativ Assistant
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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Azure AI Bot ServiceWorkativ Assistant
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Azure AI Bot ServiceWorkativ Assistant
Small Businesses
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Score 9.0 out of 10
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Score 7.1 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
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Score 9.2 out of 10
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Score 10.0 out of 10
Enterprises
Conversica
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Score 9.9 out of 10
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Genesys DX (discontinued)
Score 10.0 out of 10
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User Ratings
Azure AI Bot ServiceWorkativ Assistant
Likelihood to Recommend
8.8
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10.0
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Usability
8.8
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Support Rating
8.8
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User Testimonials
Azure AI Bot ServiceWorkativ Assistant
Likelihood to Recommend
Azure AI Bot service works well if you need to support multiple channels like MS Teams, Slack, Facebook Messenger, etc., using the same code base. It also provides built-in connectors to LUIS and Azure OpenAI for natural language understanding and intelligence. Scenarios such as a low-cost chatbot without the need for LUIS or AI are the ones where Azure AI bot service might not be most appropriate.
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Workativ has saved a lot of time. Their automation offerings are endless and allow us (the IT team) to spend more time on other projects. Workativ was our last piece of the puzzle that allows us to setup new starters to the business without any physical IT setup.
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Pros
  • Audience Engagement & Support Chatbots for Viewer Bots can answer FAQs about show timings, cast details, subscription plans Etc.
  • Interactive Experiences: Bots integrated into apps or behind-the-scenes content to boost viewer interaction.
  • Content Discovery & Personalization Bots can guide users to discover new shows or movies based on preferences using natural language queries.
  • Social Media & Campaign Automation Bots can automate responses to fan comments, promote upcoming releases, and manage contests or giveaways across platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
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  • Automation
  • Connects to many applications
  • Save time
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Cons
  • They have simplified the coding for the bot in Azure, but it would help if the coding was further simplified so that non-IT can operate [and] create it easily.
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Usability
Azure Bot Service provides an integrated environment for bot development. Microsoft Azure Cloud is fully compatible and its security features. It's more important to pay attention to the logic of business than the specifics of each messenger. We don't have any issues using the bot framework because the implementation is excellent.
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Support Rating
They provide instructional meetings, manuals, and backing staff, in addition to other things. Bugs were handily spotted and fixed, which is one of my annoyances about issues.
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft Bot Framework is much better and well more established without a lot of proprietary software/coding language. Lex is very limited with integration with standard hardware and network configurations. Lex has performance issues and was too slow to meet near real-time collaboration requirements. Bot Framework complements many other Microsoft communication products and this was key to implementing without a lot of new training required.
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Return on Investment
  • Interfaces with the SQL data set, tracks down plans/replies, and tests them with the SDK.
  • Utilizing the system is made conceivable by the Bot Dev gateway. We can interface our bot in excess of ten channels, including Twilio Facebook, Twilio, Twilio, and Slack, and that's only the tip of the iceberg.
  • It is expensive.
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  • Saved time which allows IT hours to be used elsewhere
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ScreenShots

Workativ Assistant Screenshots

Screenshot of Workativ provides comprehensive reports on user interactions to improve the quality of employee support by analyzing details of automations’ performance and user interactions.Screenshot of Dialog Designer
Using Workativ Assistant’s Dialog Designer, you can create an AI-based dialog/conversation flow that can perform automations to resolve user issues. Dialog flows are expressed in a branch-like format making it easily understandable.Screenshot of Dialog Designer - Detailed ViewScreenshot of Automation Designer
The automation designer’s intuitive UI enables you to create workflows that automate repetitive tasks. For instance, it can be as simple as fetching the status of a ticket or unlocking your employees’ accounts. All from the comfort of your company’s chat-channel!Screenshot of Automations Marketplace
Workativ Assistant Marketplace houses over 2000+ ready-to-use automations, based on data gathered on the most commonly reported issues during workplace IT support. These pre-built automations can be downloaded in a click.Screenshot of Chat channel integration - Microsoft Teams
Workativ can be deployed on Teams to give employees a modern self-service using the Workativ Assistant Chatbot.