ChatBot vs. ManyChat

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ChatBot
Score 8.1 out of 10
Small Businesses (1-50 employees)
ChatBot is an all-in-one platform to create, deploy, and track chatbots across channels. With it the vendor states users can create chatbots in minutes with diverse templates and automate key tasks right away, or easily drag-and-drop new elements to adapt any template to your needs. ChatBot is ready to work out of the box, while AI algorithms help users improve responses over time. Design conversational experiences to build better relationships with customers.…N/A
ManyChat
Score 7.9 out of 10
N/A
ManyChat headquartered in San Francisco provides their chatbot building platform to deploy Facebook messenger chatbots for support and service.
$10
per month
Pricing
ChatBotManyChat
Editions & Modules
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500 Subscribers
$10.00
per month
1,000 Subscribers
$15.00
per month
2,500 Subscribers
$25.00
per month
5,000 Subscribers
$45.00
per month
10,000 Subscribers
$65.00
per month
15,000 Subscribers
$95.00
per month
20,000 Subscribers
$125.00
per month
25,000 Subscribers
$145.00
per month
25,001+ Subscribers
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
ChatBotManyChat
Free Trial
YesNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
Additional Details
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Community Pulse
ChatBotManyChat
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User Ratings
ChatBotManyChat
Likelihood to Recommend
8.0
(2 ratings)
9.2
(6 ratings)
Usability
-
(0 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.0
(1 ratings)
6.0
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
ChatBotManyChat
Likelihood to Recommend
LiveChat
Most suited: Frequent duties can be automated. services can be improved by analyzing customer feedback. Load and Heavy tasks can be reduced. Less workforce is required. Less Suited: Specific product queries and their proper answers. When the user uses those words that are misspelled or have a long sentence it finds difficulty in giving them proper information.
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ManyChat
I found that ManyChat is a strong tool when receiving incoming messages, being able to create a tree of potential responses based on options given to the initiator. There is also a huge potential for complex automation (as long as the environment required by Facebook in order to send outgoing messages is maintained).
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Pros
LiveChat
  • Superb for interactive form filling.
  • Great for standard messages and relaying information.
  • Out-of-house assistance and redirecting or capturing followup details.
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ManyChat
  • Collect email and phone number easily
  • provide 24/7 customer support to your customers
  • More than one ways for people to opt into your bot
  • great way to provide offers and sales to your subscribers via messenger
  • Great to build a relationship with your followers on Instagram
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Cons
LiveChat
  • Solution should also have a dashboard to view the customer analytics
  • some times user typed long sentences it should decipher most common word from it.
  • Options to use native UI
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ManyChat
  • Honestly, the only thing I don't like about ManyChat is their support. It seems to be almost non existent. However, that concern is negated by having a fantastic user base that helps each other out on Facebook.
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Usability
LiveChat
No answers on this topic
ManyChat
ManyChat is a great tool, provides loads of features, integrations and just saves you a whole load of time once all set up. If you aren't tech-savvy or used to how digital marketing tools work, it can appear complicated. That's how I felt initially 2 years ago, and after watching tutorials online I had a better understanding of it. This is why I rated it a 7, as it's not a tool that you can just play around with and guess how it works. There's definitely a learning curve with it so I recommend doing the free training and watching video tutorials.
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Support Rating
LiveChat
Full end-to-end support is critical to maintain the ongoing service, robustness, training and customer service Chatbot offers.
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ManyChat
There is room for improvement but frankly, we haven't had the need to request for support. Everything is pretty easy to setup and there are very useful video explanation guides and walkthroughs on ManyChat's YouTube channel. The only challenge we have had was to integrate it with Zapier, it's a bit tricky because you need to do a setup workaround first, but nothing too complicated.
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Alternatives Considered
LiveChat
ChatBot is more stable and enhanced as compared to other rivals which are new in this segment and also provides a lot of details which is missing in other products like report etc. Also, chatBot is more commonly used so support wise it is also great and you can find multiple examples on the internet and from your peers as well.
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ManyChat
I've worked in the past with Chatfuel. However, I decided to switch to ManyChat due to a variety of reasons. Overall, ManyChat offers much more functionality out of the box (e.g., Facebook comments tool), sequence builders are much more intuitive. Also, they provide flexible pay as you go pricing plan, which is perfect for a startup like us.
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Return on Investment
LiveChat
  • Good customer engagement levels (positive intent recognition).
  • Positive CSAT.
  • Not enough volume yet to have a cost ROI.
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ManyChat
  • For the intended application, we experienced a negative ROI due to the inconsistency in the ability to maintain the automation without incoming responses. Since it is a free service that was meant to lead to paid services organically, the inconsistencies prevented the desired outcome.
  • We did experience a higher conversion rate with basic incoming messages with questions about services or products due to the ability to have pre-created responses and direction immediately supporting the prospect.
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ScreenShots

ChatBot Screenshots

Screenshot of Chatbot conversations are automatically archived, allowing users to analyze and improve their story flows.Screenshot of With ChatBot you can control the entire conversation flow.Screenshot of Improve your chatbot day by day using the training tool.Screenshot of Save your time importing a ready to use template and turn it into your own bot assistant.Screenshot of Stories are an intuitive way to tell the bot how to react to different situations. Create Stories for frequent questions and cases to save more time for the difficult ones.Screenshot of To create a fully operating chatbot you don’t need any other tools or apps. The scenario tree structure and drag and drop interface are very intuitive.