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Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 3 we have checked on their own sites, 3 of them free or with a free tier. Open source bot framework that works with all major messengers launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Helping developers make bots great again

    2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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    Your bots — wherever your users are talking

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A new era of messaging

    2016 · telegram.org · its alternatives →

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    The easiest way to customize bots for Slack

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    guilds.runfree tier, from $19/mo▲202

    The open-source Grok Bot alternative

    12d ago · guilds.run · its alternatives →

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    Easily manage your meetings from Slack

    2016 · getsolid.io · its alternatives →

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    Bots that work everywhere

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Bottr.co▲234

    The world's most simple bot framework

    2016 · bottr.co · its alternatives →

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    Botframe▲157

    A playground to design & validate bots

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The ultimate end-to-end collaborative bot platform

    2017 · recastai.com · its alternatives →

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    Onebot▲66

    Native bot store for Messenger

    2016 · messenger.com · its alternatives →

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    Build intelligent bots for sms, Slack, Skype and more

    2016 · dev.botframework.com · its alternatives →

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    SmoochBot▲158

    Open source on-boarding bot for conversational apps

    2016 · its alternatives →

  14. 14OS

    2018 · ganadiniakshay.github.io · its alternatives →

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    A Wikipedia bot for messenger

    2016 · happybots.io · its alternatives →

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    Nikbot▲64

    A multilingual AI chatbot

    2017 · messenger.com · its alternatives →

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    IntellAgents.iofree tier, from $20/mo▲85

    One AI agent for every call, chat, and DM

    28d ago · intellagents.io · its alternatives →

  18. 18BB
  19. 19TU
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    A chat bot via old school SMS

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Whoa, a Slack command-line client inside Slack.

    2016 · slack-metabot.herokuapp.com · its alternatives →

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    Botkit▲15

    Node.js module for easily building Slack bots

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Java Framework for building Bots

    2017 · its alternatives →

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