Azure AI Bot Service vs. Google Cloud Dialogflow

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure AI Bot Service
Score 8.7 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
Google Cloud Dialogflow
Score 7.8 out of 10
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Dialogflow (formerly Api.ai) is a chatbot building tool, designed to give users new ways to interact with digital products by building engaging voice and text-based conversational interfaces powered by AI. Dialogflow was acquired by Google in 2019.N/A
Pricing
Azure AI Bot ServiceGoogle Cloud Dialogflow
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Azure AI Bot ServiceGoogle Cloud Dialogflow
Free Trial
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Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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Community Pulse
Azure AI Bot ServiceGoogle Cloud Dialogflow
Considered Both Products
Azure AI Bot Service
Chose Azure AI Bot Service
Azure Bot is a complete package, and Microsoft is working in a very enthusiastic way to improve the developer experience.
Google Cloud Dialogflow

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User Ratings
Azure AI Bot ServiceGoogle Cloud Dialogflow
Likelihood to Recommend
7.5
(7 ratings)
7.0
(6 ratings)
Usability
7.5
(4 ratings)
8.0
(6 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(4 ratings)
8.3
(5 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure AI Bot ServiceGoogle Cloud Dialogflow
Likelihood to Recommend
Microsoft
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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Google
Indicated for those who have good knowledge of programming and coding in HTML and JSON, that is, it is not suitable for beginners or users without much technical knowledge. It is suitable for those who want to integrate with various platforms, such as Telegram, Webhat, Facebook Messenger, among others. I also recommend it to anyone who needs to create a chatbot in several languages (it is not automatic translation). Recommended to create new projects in CX environment and not in ES.
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Pros
Microsoft
  • Assembles conversational AI encounters for our clients
  • Adds regular language, discourse, and vision
  • Sends to well known channels with insignificant code changes
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Google
  • Great at back-and-forth dialogue with the caller
  • Integration with existing contact center plattforms
  • Using the same flow for voice and chat seamlessly
  • Very customizable
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Cons
Microsoft
  • Limited Natural Language Understanding, especially in entertainment contexts where slang, humor
  • Works only with Azure platform only not compatible with other platforms
  • Complex customization as per organization need
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Google
  • Some of the features are still in beta phase.
  • The languages available are still limited.
  • The advanced features may not be accessible to new users.
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Usability
Microsoft
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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Google
Users benefit from Dialogflow's best User Interface and seamless User Experience. It's very scalable, and there are a lot of customization options to make it even more so. Dialogflow makes it simple to deploy, manage, and maintain chatbots. Artificial Intelligence algorithms make chatbots interactive, making it easier for users and chatbots to communicate and understand each other. Overall, it's a good option for those with little programming experience who want to learn Natural Language Processing.
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Support Rating
Microsoft
Microsoft offers robust support without a high amount of extra cost to add this product on into our existing support contract. No new onsite personnel as required and training sessions and manuals were included. Very fast response and problem resolution were made available. Detailed configuration guidance was provided at no extra cost. Patching was a bit too frequent.
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Google
Dialogflow is a wonderful tool that is helping to design customized chatbots. I personally recommend if you wanna know how it's works give it a try with a free APIs call, you'll love this tool
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Alternatives Considered
Microsoft
Azure Bot Services is part of Azure subscription so it is ideal to have apps working [on] one platform so as to manage resources effectively.
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Google
There is always use cases for both. We still use the other plattforms but each has its own strengths and weaknesses. We, as a contact center implementation partner always use multiple solutions both for ourselves but also for our customers to meet their needs. In the cases we choose Google Cloud Dialogflow is when we need to be able to handle specific follow-up questions from the customer. And for more complicated issues we also use a combination of this and other 3rd party plattforms. We always meet the need of our customers and as specialist and consultants we give expert advice on how to use all these different solutions in the best way possible.
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Return on Investment
Microsoft
  • 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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Google
  • As a partner to multiple contact center plattforms we have always been able to offer Google Cloud Dialogflow along with them because it integrates well with all.
  • Many businesses want to implement smart ways to have call deflection. Bots that can handle full dialogues with the customer is very intriguing to them because it can fulfill customers requests without using up as many resources
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