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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ManyChat

    Score10 out of 10
    N/AManyChat headquartered in San Francisco provides their chatbot building platform to deploy Facebook messenger chatbots for support and service.

    $10

    per month

    Meta Commerce Manager

    Score7 out of 10
    N/ACommerce Manager is the central tool for online selling activity across Facebook and Instagram, from Meta. Users can manage product catalogs, set up a shop, view sales activity and enable checkout if a business is eligible.N/A
    Pricing
    ManyChatMeta Commerce Manager
    Editions & Modules
    500 Subscribers
    $10.00
    per month
    1,000 Subscribers
    $15.00
    per month
    2,500 Subscribers
    $25.00
    per month
    5,000 Subscribers
    $45.00
    per month
    10,000 Subscribers
    $65.00
    per month
    15,000 Subscribers
    $95.00
    per month
    20,000 Subscribers
    $125.00
    per month
    25,000 Subscribers
    $145.00
    per month
    25,001+ Subscribers
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ManyChatMeta Commerce Manager
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
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    ManyChatMeta Commerce Manager
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
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    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
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    Implementation went as expected
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
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    User Ratings
    ManyChatMeta Commerce Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (6 ratings)
    7.0
    (2 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.0
    (4 ratings)
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    -
    (0 ratings)
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ManyChatMeta Commerce Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    ManyChat
    I found that ManyChat is a strong tool when receiving incoming messages, being able to create a tree of potential responses based on options given to the initiator. There is also a huge potential for complex automation (as long as the environment required by Facebook in order to send outgoing messages is maintained).
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    Meta Platforms Inc
    Meta Commerce Manager is well suited for posting content to semi-targeted users; posting is easy as a few clicks once content is created. Some of the tools are very easy to use. Back-end analytics are there, although it can be expensive or complicated how far your institution wants to drill down.
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    Pros
    ManyChat
    • Collect email and phone number easily
    • provide 24/7 customer support to your customers
    • More than one ways for people to opt into your bot
    • great way to provide offers and sales to your subscribers via messenger
    • Great to build a relationship with your followers on Instagram
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    • Targeted ads.
    • Analytics.
    • Simplicity (at basic level).
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    Cons
    ManyChat
    • Honestly, the only thing I don't like about ManyChat is their support. It seems to be almost non existent. However, that concern is negated by having a fantastic user base that helps each other out on Facebook.
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    Meta Platforms Inc
    • Nuances of service are confusing.
    • Pricing is all over the place.
    • Customer services can be lacking.
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    Usability
    ManyChat
    ManyChat is a great tool, provides loads of features, integrations and just saves you a whole load of time once all set up. If you aren't tech-savvy or used to how digital marketing tools work, it can appear complicated. That's how I felt initially 2 years ago, and after watching tutorials online I had a better understanding of it. This is why I rated it a 7, as it's not a tool that you can just play around with and guess how it works. There's definitely a learning curve with it so I recommend doing the free training and watching video tutorials.
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    Meta Platforms Inc
    Site navigation isn't the best, but there are many tools available for you to use. Plenty of data on metrics and everything else you would be looking for on a platform like this.
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    Support Rating
    ManyChat
    There is room for improvement but frankly, we haven't had the need to request for support. Everything is pretty easy to setup and there are very useful video explanation guides and walkthroughs on ManyChat's YouTube channel. The only challenge we have had was to integrate it with Zapier, it's a bit tricky because you need to do a setup workaround first, but nothing too complicated.
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    Meta Platforms Inc
    You can only contact support via Facebook Messenger. They are fairly quick to respond, but cannot always help you. When items get falsely flagged as inappropriate for the platform, it is a crap shoot whether or now submitting them to be re-evaluated will pan out.
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    Alternatives Considered
    ManyChat
    I've worked in the past with Chatfuel. However, I decided to switch to ManyChat due to a variety of reasons. Overall, ManyChat offers much more functionality out of the box (e.g., Facebook comments tool), sequence builders are much more intuitive. Also, they provide flexible pay as you go pricing plan, which is perfect for a startup like us.
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    Meta Platforms Inc
    It is inferior to all of those products, but since there are zero listing fees and zero commissions it is worth the effort to use it. I have already mentioned all of the pros & cons, so will not bother to do so again here.
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    Return on Investment
    ManyChat
    • For the intended application, we experienced a negative ROI due to the inconsistency in the ability to maintain the automation without incoming responses. Since it is a free service that was meant to lead to paid services organically, the inconsistencies prevented the desired outcome.
    • We did experience a higher conversion rate with basic incoming messages with questions about services or products due to the ability to have pre-created responses and direction immediately supporting the prospect.
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    Meta Platforms Inc
    • Community engagement.
    • Needs better and more simple analytics.
    • Needs trainings.
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