ManyChat vs. Salesforce Einstein Bots

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
ManyChat
Score 8.0 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
Einstein Bots
Score 7.6 out of 10
N/A
Salesforce' Einstein Bots provide customers with intelligent, self-service bots. Requires Service UE or Digital Engagement. It is a self-service solution and add-on to the Salesforce Service Cloud, and is available with a Enterprise or Unlimited edition.
$50
per month per 100 conversations
Pricing
ManyChatSalesforce Einstein Bots
Editions & Modules
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
ManyChatEinstein Bots
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalNo setup fee
Additional Details
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User Ratings
ManyChatSalesforce Einstein Bots
Likelihood to Recommend
9.2
(6 ratings)
6.4
(1 ratings)
Usability
7.0
(1 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
Support Rating
6.0
(4 ratings)
-
(0 ratings)
User Testimonials
ManyChatSalesforce Einstein Bots
Likelihood to Recommend
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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Salesforce
scenarios based on your experience where Salesforce Einstein Bots is well suited:
  • self service options on chat developments
scenarios where it is less appropriate
  • N/A
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Pros
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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Salesforce
  • Easily configured
  • Allow code
  • Integrates with Chat solution
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Cons
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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Salesforce
  • Allow bigger text messages
  • Be more clear when using html
  • Call other variables available in the org
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Usability
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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Salesforce
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Support Rating
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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Salesforce
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Alternatives Considered
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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Salesforce
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Return on Investment
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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Salesforce
  • We were able to assist customers with the self service option, without wasting effort from a real CS advisor
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