Azure AI Bot Service vs. IBM watsonx Orchestrate

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Azure AI Bot Service
Score 8.7 out of 10
N/A
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
IBM watsonx Orchestrate
Score 8.4 out of 10
N/A
IBM® watsonx™ Orchestrate® leverages AI to automate complex workflows. The solution helps build, deploy, and manage AI assistants and agents. It offers a catalogue of pre-built agents and tools, low-code agent builder, multi-agent collaboration capabilities, and integrations with enterprise apps.
$500
per month
Pricing
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Editions & Modules
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Essential
$500
per month per subscription
Essentials
$500
per month Per subscription
Standard
Enterprise
Standard
Enterprise
per month Per subscription
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure AI Bot ServiceIBM watsonx Orchestrate
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
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Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoYes
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional DetailsIBM watsonx Orchestrate can be deployed and run on IBM Cloud, AWS, or on-premises. Prices shown are indicative, may vary by country, exclude any applicable taxes and duties, and are subject to product offering availability in a locale.
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Azure AI Bot Service

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IBM watsonx Orchestrate
Chose IBM watsonx Orchestrate
Similar positions for similar purposes include Google Cloud Dialogflow and Azure AI Bot Service that I have considered. As opposed to Dialogflow, IBM watsonx Assistant is more tightly linked to comprehensive analytical units that provide clearer and more comprehensive data …
Chose IBM watsonx Orchestrate
It focus on enterprise level flexibility and it also provides us cloud and on prem both support which helps in integrating with legacy and modern systems. It has better compliance standards than other competitors. Better data governance and cost effective AI model which is very …
Chose IBM watsonx Orchestrate
My experience working with Microsoft Bot Framework and Dialogflow has shown that Watson Assistant features an intuitive interface combined with powerful analytics. We selected Watson Assistant because it strikes an excellent balance between providing powerful capabilities while …
Chose IBM watsonx Orchestrate
Microsoft NLP approaches are interesting and powerful, but they don't have an easy way to model the interaction between actions like Watson, and they don't have a powerful way to test your virtual agent while you build them. Salesforce Einstein is a basic platform and doesn't …
Chose IBM watsonx Orchestrate
It provides more interactive options for users to engage
Chose IBM watsonx Orchestrate
Microsoft's NLP approaches are interesting and powerful, but they don't have an easy way to model the interaction between actions like watsonx, and they don't have a powerful way to test your virtual agents while you build them. Salesforce Einstein is a basic platform and …
Chose IBM watsonx Orchestrate
All the three alternatives were somewhat easy to integrate but the IBM Watson Assistant is really unique as it is not only easy to integrate it also affordable along with being so rich in features. I had used Azure Bot Service too and it is also great and all but IBM Watson …
Chose IBM watsonx Orchestrate
IBM Watson's assistant uses AI that helps to understand and translate the user requirements and conversations to provide fast and accurate results that help to optimize the business processes. It is a highly reliable and secured bot solution as compared to the other similar …
Chose IBM watsonx Orchestrate
The UI is very clean which makes it easier to understand the product. Also, there are loads of documentation to learn more about how to use this tool for AI. When I was using Watson Studio, it was fairly well-integrated w/ Watson Cloud, allowing one to spin up infrastructure to …
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User Ratings
Azure AI Bot ServiceIBM watsonx Orchestrate
Likelihood to Recommend
7.5
(7 ratings)
7.5
(120 ratings)
Likelihood to Renew
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8.4
(4 ratings)
Usability
7.5
(4 ratings)
7.5
(78 ratings)
Availability
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9.1
(1 ratings)
Performance
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9.1
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(4 ratings)
9.1
(9 ratings)
In-Person Training
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9.1
(1 ratings)
Online Training
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9.1
(2 ratings)
Implementation Rating
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9.1
(2 ratings)
Configurability
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9.1
(1 ratings)
Contract Terms and Pricing Model
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9.1
(1 ratings)
Professional Services
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9.1
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Vendor post-sale
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9.1
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Vendor pre-sale
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9.1
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User Testimonials
Azure AI Bot ServiceIBM watsonx Orchestrate
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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IBM
In our case, it is well-suited for workday integration, which allows us to automate the entire workflow. However, we are still working on the O9 platform integration, which we feel is less appropriate, and integrating the workflow into the platform.
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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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IBM
  • New and improved natural language processing yielding better results helps the assistants understand the intention behind the query.
  • Preserves context of communication, allowing the customers to establish inquiries on the website and continue on the mobile app without having extra informational input.
  • Intelligent conversations mean that complex paths that are branched based on the user's inputs allow for a much more natural flow of the conversation than fixed scripts.
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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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IBM
  • I think that it needs to be able to integrate better with the knowledge catalogs. It currently provides a default database, which isn't quite large enough for enterprise use. We can connect that then to an external source, but it'd be nice if we could able just to instantiate one straight away.
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Likelihood to Renew
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
IBM
Currently we are using to develop chatbots based on client provided flow what kind chatbot required for client either button or free text chatbots. we will decided accordingly flow and develop chatbot using IBM Watson. We will integrated custom components if required which is not present in library. Action flow and dialog flow we are currently in chatbot.
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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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IBM
With the growing use of AI and chatbots, it's very easy to use, and the conversational language makes it easier than keyword searches in a document. The contextual language processing is impressive. It's easy to integrate into our internal portal. The use of this tool would depend on each company's security and data sensitivity.
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Performance
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
IBM
To develop chatbots based on client provided flow what kind chatbot required for client either button or free text chatbots. we will decided accordingly flow and develop chatbot using IBM Watson. We will integrated custom components if required which is not present in library. IBM Watson library anyone can easily learn and develop chatbots.
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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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IBM
We've rarely had to engage support, but they've always been prompt in responding and very attentive. Support experiences have been extremely positive (but we're mostly happy that we just don't have any cause to routinely need support in the first place!).
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Online Training
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
IBM
Excellent course material.
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Implementation Rating
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
IBM
Overall the implementation was simple.
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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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IBM
Make has more community of workflows to follow that have been redeveloped and are available for download. Selecting WxO is based on our trust level with IBM and the propositions of the Granite model being less biased, more business trained, and the ecosystem allowing for expansion with Assistant and Discovery.
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Scalability
Microsoft
No answers on this topic
IBM
From past 3+ years I am using IBM Watson in our current project easily can implement and manage and monitor user how their using. Is there and update also just update dialog is just enough to change no need to touch any other templates. Multiple language will support, and action and dialog speak recognize chatbot we can create as per client requirement. Overall, as of now good experience with IBM Watson.
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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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IBM
  • By automating tasks that would otherwise require human intervention, organizations may achieve cost savings in terms of labor, especially for handling large volumes of routine inquiries.
  • Virtual assistants can handle a large number of simultaneous interactions, making them scalable to accommodate growing customer bases and increasing workloads without a linear increase in staffing.
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