Messenger Platform vs Microsoft Bot Framework

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Messenger Platform vs Microsoft Bot Framework: What are the differences?

Developers describe Messenger Platform as "Tools to help you build your bot and reach 900 million people around the world". With bots and live-messaging tools, you can create a custom experience for your unique audience. 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.

Messenger Platform 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.

Permabots, Prattle, and MessagePro are some of the popular companies that use Messenger Platform, whereas Microsoft Bot Framework is used by simplement-e, Hack League, and Universal Electronics Inc.. Messenger Platform has a broader approval, being mentioned in 18 company stacks & 11 developers stacks; compared to Microsoft Bot Framework, which is listed in 12 company stacks and 14 developer stacks.

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    Clean and Simple Communication
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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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      LUIS feature adds multilingual capabilities

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    What is Messenger Platform?

    With bots and live-messaging tools, you can create a custom experience for your unique audience.

    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 Messenger Platform and Microsoft Bot Framework?
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    Amazon SES
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    Mailgun
    Mailgun is a set of powerful APIs that allow you to send, receive, track and store email effortlessly.
    Mandrill
    Mandrill is a new way for apps to send transactional email. It runs on the delivery infrastructure that powers MailChimp.
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