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24 alternatives to Navi

A digital assistant through Messenger

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Navi launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Designing Conversational Interfaces▲86

   An introduction to creating compelling chat applications

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Nikbot▲64

   A multilingual AI chatbot

   2017 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Onebot▲66

   Native bot store for Messenger

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Chatbots▲102

   Conversational UI and the future of online interaction

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Talla▲167

   Automated information workflows in Slack

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Slack▲128

   A platform for team communication

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7AM
   Actor Messaging platform▲110

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8BE
   BotEngine – Easy tool for creating chatbots▲124

   2017 · botengine.ai · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Flock▲118

   A messaging app for making plans

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10FM
    Facebook Messenger Bot – Voice Recognition, NLP, Restaurant/News Search▲57

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    What are conversational bots?▲102

    An introduction to and overview of AI-driven chatbots

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Studio▲124

    Roleplaying based messaging app

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    TeamNote▲91

    Slack for mobile workforces

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Slack▲93

    Platform for team communication

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15PA
    Pagerbot, a chat bot for managing PagerDuty on-call schedules▲67

    2014 · stripe.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Inline▲99

    A thread-based chat app for work with your team and agents

    9d ago · inline.chat · its alternatives →

17. 17DA
    Delver, a natural language interface to your app▲52

    2013 · delver.io · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Vincent▲6

    Bringing news and personalization into a chatbot

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Light▲67

    NLP-based messaging engine that answers any query

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Ito▲66

    Hypervoice communications assistant / bot for Slack

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    O'Reilly Bots - #4 - Cathy Pearl on voice user interfaces for bots▲61

    The basics of VUI design

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Buddy▲7

    Your personal assistant in Messenger

    2017 · its alternatives →

23. 23TM
    Toc Messenger – A distributed messaging app that syncs across devices▲41

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Designing Bots▲6

    Creating Conversational Experiences

    2017 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →