ManyChat vs. Microsoft Copilot Studio

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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Where you have a very finite and specific use case, that matches well with the intended use case of the product, it tends to be a great fit. For example we created a plain language chatbot which can rewrite any given piece of text into plain language, referring to specific internal standards.

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• 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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• Agentic workflows
• AI chatbots
• Deploying via Teams
• Multiple knowledge sources

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• 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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• Ability to combine multiple sources in one query (indexing)
• SharePoint integration - word count limit detrimental
• Clearer communication and understanding of features and limitations

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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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Microsoft Copilot Studio is very easy to design new chatbot agents and deploy them to users, it revolutionises the ability to develop and deploy these types of solutions at scale. It does something similar to Power Automate - where it is a low/no code solution that enables tech capabilities not easily possible prior.

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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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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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Really there is no other solution for enterprises than Microsoft Copilot Studio, as every business in New Zealand is already using MS licensing and backend infrastructure. This addition is game changing for those who otherwise would be locked out of solutions that would require new licensing structures to enable these capabilities.

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• 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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• Speed of delivery
• Scale of deployment
• Increase of access

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