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Botpress vs Microsoft Bot Framework: What are the differences?

Developers describe Botpress as "🤖 The ultimate open-source conversational platform with built-in natural language processing (NLU), easy-to-use graphic". Botpress is an open-source bot creation tool written in TypeScript. It is powered by a rich set of open-source modules built by the community. We like to say that Botpress is like the WordPress of bots; anyone can create and reuse other peo. On the other hand, Microsoft Bot Framework is detailed as "Connect intelligent bots that interact via text/sms, Skype, Slack, Office 365 mail and other popular services". The Microsoft Bot Framework provides just what you need to build and connect intelligent bots that interact naturally wherever your users are talking, from text/sms to Skype, Slack, Office 365 mail and other popular services.

Botpress and Microsoft Bot Framework can be categorized as "Chatbot Platforms &" tools.

"Easy to use" is the top reason why over 3 developers like Botpress, while over 3 developers mention "Well documented, easy to use" as the leading cause for choosing Microsoft Bot Framework.

Botpress and Microsoft Bot Framework are both open source tools. Botpress with 7.42K GitHub stars and 792 forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than Microsoft Bot Framework with 5.7K GitHub stars and 2.2K GitHub forks.

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Pros of Botpress
Pros of Microsoft Bot Framework
  • 9
    Easy to use
  • 5
    Easy setup
  • 4
    Great customer support
  • 2
    Multilignual
  • 1
    API
  • 1
    Custom webhooks
  • 1
    GUI
  • 0
    Kl
  • 18
    Well documented, easy to use
  • 3
    Sending Proactive messages for the Different channels
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    Teams

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Cons of Botpress
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    • 2
      LUIS feature adds multilingual capabilities

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    What is Botpress?

    Botpress is an open-source bot creation tool written in TypeScript. It is powered by a rich set of open-source modules built by the community. We like to say that Botpress is like the WordPress of bots; anyone can create and reuse other peo

    What is Microsoft Bot Framework?

    The Microsoft Bot Framework provides just what you need to build and connect intelligent bots that interact naturally wherever your users are talking, from text/sms to Skype, Slack, Office 365 mail and other popular services.

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    What are some alternatives to Botpress and Microsoft Bot Framework?
    Botkit
    It is an open source developer tool for building chat bots, apps and custom integrations for major messaging platforms.
    Dialogflow
    Give users new ways to interact with your product by building engaging voice and text-based conversational apps.
    Chatfuel
    Send news, collect feedback, receive and answer questions and share content libraries — from GIFs to full business docs.
    Telegram Bot API
    Bots are third-party applications that run inside Telegram. Users can interact with bots by sending them messages, commands and inline requests. You control your bots using HTTPS requests to our bot API.
    IBM Watson
    It combines artificial intelligence (AI) and sophisticated analytical software for optimal performance as a "question answering" machine.
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