Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

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 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Tutorials, articles, datasets and other resources for bot makers launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Botanalytics▲194

   Conversational analytics for bots

   2016 · botanalytics.co · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Botframe▲157

   A playground to design & validate bots

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Botified▲101

   A job board for bot developers

   2017 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   There Is A Bot For That▲219

   Search engine for bots

   2017 · its alternatives →

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   Wit.ai Bot Engine (Beta)▲186

   Helping developers make bots great again

   2016 · medium.com · its alternatives →

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   Botdesk▲199

   Turn your FAQs into a bot in 5 minutes

   2017 · its alternatives →

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   Botbuzz▲127

   On-Demand chatbot developers

   2016 · buzz.ai · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Awesome Bots▲21

   Biggest list of available resources from the bots/AI world.

   2017 · its alternatives →

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   Botwiki▲8

   Resources for creating creative online bots.

   2015 · botwiki.org · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Next Bot▲128

    Everyday news about Bots, AI, development and best practices

    2016 · thenextbot.com · its alternatives →

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    Recast.AI 2.0▲164

    The ultimate end-to-end collaborative bot platform

    2017 · recastai.com · 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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    bottr.me▲169

    Create your bot by simply talking to it!

    2016 · bottr.me · its alternatives →

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    Muse Gadgets▲185

    Meta's open-source kit for building your own AI gadgets

    19d ago · gadgets.muse.ai · its alternatives →

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    a16z Podcast: Bots and Beyond ▲134

    How can we keep bots in perspective — beyond the fad?

    2016 · a16z.com · its alternatives →

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    Talkbot▲114

    Create your first AI bot within 1-minute

    2016 · talkbot.io · its alternatives →

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    Bot Stash▲203

    A curated directory of chat bot resources & tools.

    2016 · botsfloor.com · its alternatives →

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    BotSpeak database▲120

    1 human, 200+ bots, 892 bot dialogs

    2016 · getrezonate.com · its alternatives →

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    Gobot▲184

    The Citymapper bot

    2016 · citymapper.com · its alternatives →

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

    The basics of VUI design

    2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →

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    What are conversational bots?▲102

    An introduction to and overview of AI-driven chatbots

    2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →

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

    The open-source Grok Bot alternative

    13d ago · guilds.run · its alternatives →

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    e-botfinder▲126

    Connecting chatbot developers with businesses

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Alex WikiMessenger Bot▲98

    A Wikipedia bot for messenger

    2016 · happybots.io · 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 →