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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    ManyChat

    Score6.5 out of 10
    N/AManyChat headquartered in San Francisco provides their chatbot building platform to deploy Facebook messenger chatbots for support and service.

    $10

    per month

    Smartsupp

    Score9.8 out of 10
    N/ACzech company Smartsupp offers a live chat tool with a free version. The paid versions include visitor tracking and recording, and agent performance statistics.

    $24

    per month

    Pricing
    ManyChatSmartsupp
    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
    Contact Sales
    Free
    $0
    per month Live chat, WhatsApp, Messenger
    Solo
    $24
    per month Multichannel + Unlimited conversations
    Plus
    $35
    per month Automated workflows
    Expert
    $117
    per month Premium support
    Ultimate
    $280
    per month Individual limits
    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    ManyChatSmartsupp
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeOptionalOptional
    Additional Details—Discount available for annual pricing.
    More Pricing Information
    Community Pulse
    ManyChatSmartsupp
    Considered Both Products
    ManyChat
    No answer on this topic
    Smartsupp
    No answer on this topic
    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    80%
    Would buy again
    4 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    7 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    No answers on this topic
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    7 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    5 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    7 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    5 Answers
    100%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    7 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    80%
    Implementation went as expected
    4 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    7 Answers
    Features
    ManyChatSmartsupp
    Chat Analytics and Reports
    Comparison of Chat Analytics and Reports features of ManyChat and Smartsupp
    Feature
    ManyChat
    -
    Ratings
    Smartsupp
    8.2
    7 Ratings
    6% below category average
    Chat history and transcripts00 Ratings8.27 Ratings
    Chat reporting00 Ratings8.57 Ratings
    Chat and web analytics00 Ratings7.97 Ratings
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    Score9.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    AWS Chatbot
    Score8.4 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    ManyChatSmartsupp
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (6 ratings)
    7.9
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    7.0
    (1 ratings)
    8.1
    (7 ratings)
    Support Rating
    6.0
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    ManyChatSmartsupp
    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).
    Incentivized
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    Smartsupp
    Smartsupp is good for every ecommerce with need to answer questions of clients and comunicate with them. A lot of convesations can be automated, so I need less people to do the same work
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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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    Smartsupp
    • Ability for multi-platform login between Android, Apple IOS, and Windows
    • Much less buggy than our previous Chat provider
    • Ability to see Live and Offline visitors
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Smartsupp
    • I wish we would be able to check ip adresses so we can link the chats so companies before they fill out a contact form
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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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    Smartsupp
    Customer response has been much better.In the past, the conversion rate for our services has been very low, probably due to poor UI/UX.But considering that we were still getting a certain number of conversions, we believe that the demand from users was very strong.With the addition of the chat function, we now have a point of contact with customers who had not converted.
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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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    Smartsupp
    No answers on this topic
    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.
    Incentivized
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    Smartsupp
    All the features found in other programs in Smartsupp are brought together. In addition, the price offer is attractive, and the multitude of selection of options and possible add-ons is very large and tailored to different thresholds, so everyone should choose an offer perfectly suited to their needs. I haven't had the need to use support, so it's hard for me to judge, but the very fact that I haven't had to do so probably speaks well for it.
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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.
    Incentivized
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    Smartsupp
    • It has a very positive impact. I need less workers to do the same job.
    • A lot of communication can be automated - especially answers for simple questions.
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