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    Chatfuel

    Score9.9 out of 10
    N/AChatfuel headquartered in San Francisco provides their AI chatbot building tool for Facebook Messenger.

    $15

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    Pypestream

    Score7 out of 10
    N/AFounded in 2015, Pypestream created the Customer Engagement Center (CEC), a conversational AI solution where the core product, the Customer Engagement Center (CEC), is an all-in-one, cloud-based suite of 12 components designed to transform any business into a fully automated digital brand. With headquarters in New York, Pypestream has a customer base that includes Shell, Chase, Procter & Gamble, Google, Sling, and HBO Max. Pypestream provides customer engagement in several key industries,…N/A
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    ChatfuelPypestream
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    $15
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    ChatfuelPypestream
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    9.0
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    Support Rating
    7.7
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    User Testimonials
    ChatfuelPypestream
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Chatfuel
    Chatfuel is great for a small team looking to easily implement and set up Facebook chatbots for their clients for ease of community management, etc. Chatfuel is not necessarily meant for large scale operations that require complex workflows and chatbot requirements, it is limited to Facebook Messenger and is not 100% intuitive in this regard.
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    Pypestream
    Pypestream is suited for standard chatbot and conversational flows versus more multi-departmental scenarios. They do very well with guided flow bot services which are great for agent bots within a contact center, but less so for those implementations that have a large document management implementation for FAQs. They do well with service integrations; however, at times troubleshooting edge cases that are impacting performance and adoption can take a while to remedy. I want to believe that better monitoring tools on the platform side would alleviate this for them.
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    Pros
    Chatfuel
    • Easy to use without experience
    • Cost vs. benefit ratio very good
    • Integrations possible through API
    • Conversion funnels can be created
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    Pypestream
    • Native live agent platform
    • Managed services for service creation and maintenance
    • Custom analytics
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    Cons
    Chatfuel
    • Setting it up is time-consuming.
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    Pypestream
    • Generative AI - Large Language Model Support
    • Standardized Reporting
    • Custom UI Support
    • Developer Tools
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    Chatfuel
    I haven't dealt with the support channel, so I cannot provide a full review for this
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    Alternatives Considered
    Chatfuel
    Both offer bot service to reply to messages from Facebook. The difference is that Chatfuel gives you the option of being able to create conversion funnels or fixed conversation changes.
    Connecting to our API is free from Chatfuel and integration with other providers has an additional cost.
    AIVO has no option to create conversation flows if not through keywords.
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    Pypestream
    In comparison to Microsoft Bot Framework or now Azure AI service structure, where Pypestream is better suited is in those organizations who want to truly have a partner in development. Pypestream allows the flexibility for your Dev teams to do it themselves, or to be in a managed service where you provide requirements and information and they build and allow you to test and give approvals. They are more willing to work directly with you versus a Microsoft where you will eventually get pushed off to a 3rd party partner to help with advanced implementations.
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    Return on Investment
    Chatfuel
    • It helped overall with visitor engagement.
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    Pypestream
    • Enabled the contact center business lane to grow a chat agent support channel that has a 2 to 1 (customer to agent) support ratio
    • Provides an alternate channel for training, marketing information, and data services which help grow our business and support different value streams
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