Microsoft Bot Framework vs Smooch

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Developers describe Microsoft Bot Framework 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. On the other hand, Smooch is detailed as "Enabling Messaging for Businesses". Smooch is the best software platform to build messaging experiences. Get access to the largest set of channels with a single API, and the most reliable infrastructure.

Microsoft Bot Framework and Smooch 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 Smooch, which is listed in 4 company stacks and 3 developer stacks.

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Pros of Microsoft Bot Framework
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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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    Good integration

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Cons of Microsoft Bot Framework
Cons of Smooch
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    LUIS feature adds multilingual capabilities
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    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.

    What is Smooch?

    Smooch is the best software platform to build messaging experiences. Get access to the largest set of channels with a single API, and the most reliable infrastructure.

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    What are some alternatives to Microsoft Bot Framework and Smooch?
    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.
    IBM Watson
    It combines artificial intelligence (AI) and sophisticated analytical software for optimal performance as a "question answering" machine.
    Api.ai
    API.AI is a natural language understanding platform that makes it easy for developers to design and integrate intelligent, robust conversational user interfaces into mobile, web applications, and devices.
    Amazon Lex
    Lex provides the advanced deep learning functionalities of automatic speech recognition (ASR) for converting speech to text, and natural language understanding (NLU) to recognize the intent of the text, to enable you to build applications with highly engaging user experiences and lifelike conversational interactions.
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