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Microsoft Bot Framework
Microsoft's framework for building intelligent bots
Overview
What Microsoft Bot Framework does
Microsoft Bot Framework is a comprehensive platform for building and deploying intelligent bots that can interact across multiple channels with advanced conversational capabilities.
What people use it for
- Customer engagement
- Lead generation
- Customer support
- Sales automation
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Where it falls short
Concrete and checkable, so you can decide whether any of them matter to you. This is the half of a review a vendor will not write about Microsoft Bot Framework.
- The SDK is MIT licensed and free, but running a bot in production still requires a paid Azure Bot Service or Azure compute resource
Pricing
What Microsoft Bot Framework costs
Taken from the vendor's own pricing page. Prices move, so check before you buy.
Free
Free
- Bot Framework SDK
- Azure Bot Service basic
Standard
$0.5 /mo
- Advanced connectors
- Premium support
Premium
On request
- Enterprise features
- Dedicated support
Capabilities
Features
Bot Builder
Bot Builder capability
Language Understanding (LUIS)
Language Understanding (LUIS) capability
QnA Maker
QnA Maker capability
Multi-channel support
Multi-channel support capability
Teams
Integration with Teams
Slack
Integration with Slack
Facebook
Integration with Facebook
Telegram
Integration with Telegram
Web support
Available on Web
Mobile support
Available on Mobile
Messaging apps support
Available on Messaging apps
Voice support
Available on Voice
Behind it
Who makes Microsoft Bot Framework
- Company
- Microsoft Corporation
- Based in
- Redmond, Washington, USA
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