Azure AI Bot Service vs. Zoom Virtual Agent

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.

Incentivized

Really great for customers that have experience with chatbots and want a powerful platform that is continuing to evolve. It has been one of the most accurate platforms for generative AI responses and has great tools for administering the platform in a scalable manner. The tool has greatest utility for companies with existing knowledge bases that can be leveraged and with a team that can dedicate resources to continually evolving the implementation to take full advantage of the tool.

• Assembles conversational AI encounters for our clients
• Adds regular language, discourse, and vision
• Sends to well known channels with insignificant code changes

• Generative AI answers from existing documentation
• Providing tools for admins to discover and easily create new intents and workflows
• Customizing the experience by campaign, chatbot, workflow, etc. to facilitate curated experiences for customers

• 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

Incentivized

• Add more native components for integrating with data sources such as a CRM
• Methodology for session counts: avoid double counting a session if a user is handed-off between bots.
• Admin UI: there can be a lot of clicks to navigate to the correct area of the dashboard to manage settings

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.

Incentivized

You can customize the experience for your clients, make it sound as human as possible and provide different paths to find the answers needed

Incentivized

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.

Incentivized

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.

Zoom Virtual Agent was our first choice

Incentivized

• 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.

• 70% self-service for managed interactions
• Estimated $3 million in headcount costs saved
• Admin tools have reduced administrative costs by 50%