Azure AI Bot Service vs. Kore.ai

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
Kore.ai
Score 8.3 out of 10
N/A
Kore.ai Experience Optimization (XO) Platform is a conversational AI platform for enterprises that automates and optimizes CX and EX. The platform includes tools to design, test, train, deploy, analyze, and manage Intelligent Virtual Assistants.N/A
Pricing
Azure AI Bot ServiceKore.ai
Editions & Modules
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Azure AI Bot ServiceKore.ai
Free Trial
NoYes
Free/Freemium Version
NoYes
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
Azure AI Bot ServiceKore.ai
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Azure AI Bot ServiceKore.ai
Small Businesses
LocaliQ
LocaliQ
Score 8.8 out of 10
LocaliQ
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Score 8.8 out of 10
Medium-sized Companies
Piper the AI SDR by Qualified
Piper the AI SDR by Qualified
Score 9.2 out of 10
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Piper the AI SDR by Qualified
Score 9.2 out of 10
Enterprises
Conversica
Conversica
Score 4.1 out of 10
Conversica
Conversica
Score 4.1 out of 10
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User Ratings
Azure AI Bot ServiceKore.ai
Likelihood to Recommend
7.5
(7 ratings)
8.5
(2 ratings)
Usability
7.5
(4 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
Support Rating
8.8
(4 ratings)
9.0
(2 ratings)
User Testimonials
Azure AI Bot ServiceKore.ai
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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Kore.ai
It is a very flexible virtual assistance tool that is easy to develop enterprise-level complex bots without the knowledge of highly skilled programming. The platform has a straightforward and user-friendly interface. It has excellent documentation and answers all the possible questions of clients. Moreover, its customer support is really great. It is one of the fastest chatbot development platforms that are scalable, easy to integrate, and provides various domain support. Overall I had a great experience with Kore.ai.
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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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Kore.ai
  • Virtual Assistants.
  • Customer Journeys.
  • Bot Development.
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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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Kore.ai
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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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Kore.ai
For new users, it has one of the best UI/UX experiences. One can easily get used to the platform and integrate enterprise-level intelligent chatbots. It uses many AI algorithms that understand the queries very effectively and helps resolve client issues. You don't need any prior high-level experience in coding to build chatbots and can easily integrate a chatbot with the Kore.ai platform.
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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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Kore.ai
Our experience using Kore.ai makes it one of the best AI chatbot platforms we have ever used. Kore.ai bot builder is extremely easy to use and does not require technical expertise to make it live. A change in the flow can be made whenever required with the bot.
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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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Kore.ai
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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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Kore.ai
  • Assisted in solving customer questions.
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ScreenShots

Kore.ai Screenshots

Screenshot of Conversation Driven Dialog Builder - When fed user and IVA interactions as messages,  the platform automatically converts them into executable dialog tasks, making it easier for non-developers to build sophisticated IVAs.Screenshot of Explainable AI - Debugs the logic behind AI, generating information to make necessary changes, and fine-tune the performance.Screenshot of the UI to train the IVA for intents, entities, synonyms, and traitsScreenshot of analytics to track intent recognition rate, successful/unsuccessful interactions, dropoffs, popular channels and languages, NLP metrics, conversation flows and other critical metrics.