Google Cloud Dialogflow vs. ManyChat

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Google Cloud Dialogflow
Score 7.8 out of 10
N/A
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
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
Google Cloud DialogflowManyChat
Editions & Modules
No answers on this topic
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
Google Cloud DialogflowManyChat
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
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User Ratings
Google Cloud DialogflowManyChat
Likelihood to Recommend
8.7
(5 ratings)
9.2
(6 ratings)
Usability
8.9
(5 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
Support Rating
8.3
(5 ratings)
6.0
(4 ratings)
User Testimonials
Google Cloud DialogflowManyChat
Likelihood to Recommend
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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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
Google
  • Best user interface
  • Advanced training modules
  • Best NLP and NLU engine
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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
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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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
Google
It just delivers, even being somewhat rough to get used to it. Users just love it as it feels polished - very well balanced, good chat flows, good workflows, good response time and good usability. It's just somewhat complicated to setup at first glance though, with a semi steep learning curve compared to other solutions around the market.
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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
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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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
Google
No answers on this topic
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
Google
  • Robust platform
  • Reliability and security
  • Highly scalable for professional usage
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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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