IBM Watson vs Microsoft Bot Framework

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IBM Watson vs Microsoft Bot Framework: What are the differences?

What is IBM Watson? A question-answering computer system capable of answering questions posed in natural language. It combines artificial intelligence (AI) and sophisticated analytical software for optimal performance as a "question answering" machine.

What is Microsoft Bot Framework? 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.

IBM Watson and Microsoft Bot Framework belong to "Chatbot Platforms & Tools" category of the tech stack.

Microsoft Bot Framework is an open source tool with 5.7K GitHub stars and 2.2K GitHub forks. Here's a link to Microsoft Bot Framework's open source repository on GitHub.

According to the StackShare community, Microsoft Bot Framework has a broader approval, being mentioned in 12 company stacks & 14 developers stacks; compared to IBM Watson, which is listed in 8 company stacks and 3 developer stacks.

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Pros of IBM Watson
Pros of Microsoft Bot Framework
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    Api
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    Prebuilt front-end GUI
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    Intent auto-generation
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    Custom webhooks
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    Disambiguation
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    Well documented, easy to use
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    Sending Proactive messages for the Different channels
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    Teams

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Cons of IBM Watson
Cons of Microsoft Bot Framework
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    Multi-lingual
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    LUIS feature adds multilingual capabilities

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