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24 alternatives to Presentable - 1: Catastrophizing the End of the GUI

Jeff Veen & Chris Messina discuss CUIs, VUIs, & messaging

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Presentable - 1: Catastrophizing the End of the GUI launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Talks by UI Patterns▲164

   A library of talks by UX experts

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Chatbots▲102

   Conversational UI and the future of online interaction

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Chatflow▲293

   Create conversational agents using a visual interface

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   What are conversational bots?▲102

   An introduction to and overview of AI-driven chatbots

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Illusion.ai▲202

   Conversational UI as a service

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Botsify Conversational Forms▲196

   Lead generation forms for chatbots

   2017 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   MeetingBot▲139

   Real-time scheduling from Drift

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Recast.AI 2.0▲164

   The ultimate end-to-end collaborative bot platform

   2017 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   To Be Continuous - 19: Have We Forgotten How To Code?▲61

   Paul and Edith discuss the fallout from left-pad

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Immutable Podcast▲150

    A short, weekly show about design and development

    2015 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Swell Bot▲164

    Make better decisions with friends

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Botbuzz▲127

    On-Demand chatbot developers

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Hack To Start: Chris Messina [Ep #118]▲97

    Talking about the hashtag, Product Hunt, and MessinaBot

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Pullstring▲96

    Powering computer conversation across all platforms.

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Botified▲101

    A job board for bot developers

    2017 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Rex▲57

    The brain for robots

    2014 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Project Murphy▲140

    The chat bot with imagination by Microsoft

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    O'Reilly Bots - #4 - Cathy Pearl on voice user interfaces for bots▲61

    The basics of VUI design

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Alice by Couple▲57

    An AI companion from the folks who built Couple

    2014 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Podcatch▲81

    A good podcast listen, now.

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Presentate▲96

    A better and faster way to great presentations

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Designing Conversational Interfaces▲86

    An introduction to creating compelling chat applications

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Deck▲64

    Presentations for the Post-PC era.

    2013 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    USA TODAY Tech - The future of messaging apps▲109

    Chris Messina & Ben Eidelson discuss conversational commerce

    2016 · 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 →