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24 alternatives to Wit.ai Bot Engine (Beta)

Helping developers make bots great again

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

1. 1
   Recast.AI 2.0▲164

   The ultimate end-to-end collaborative bot platform

   2017 · recastai.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   wit.ai▲121

   Natural Language API

   2014 · wit.ai · its alternatives →

3. 3IM
   I'm a 14 year-old dev who has programmed an artificial intelligence bot▲430

   2015 · acuman.us · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Botbuzz▲127

   On-Demand chatbot developers

   2016 · buzz.ai · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Telegram Bot Platform 2.0▲474

   A new era of messaging

   2016 · telegram.org · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Bot Builder by Recast.AI▲288

   Create the most advanced bots in the simplest way

   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   A chat bot about bots▲90

   A chat bot via old school SMS

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Massively▲159

   Create and deploy polished chat bots

   2016 · massively.ai · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Alex WikiMessenger Bot▲98

   A Wikipedia bot for messenger

   2016 · happybots.io · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Botanalytics▲194

    Conversational analytics for bots

    2016 · botanalytics.co · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Swell Bot▲164

    Make better decisions with friends

    2016 · messenger.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    e-botfinder▲126

    Connecting chatbot developers with businesses

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    WitBot▲7

    An awesome wit.ai client for Ruby. With Bots!

    2016 · bensites.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Microsoft Bot Framework▲167

    Your bots — wherever your users are talking

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    ChatBottle▲148

    Chatbots Search Engine

    2016 · chatbottle.co · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Telegram Gaming Platform▲136

    Use bots to play games in your chats

    2016 · core.telegram.org · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Text/Turner▲120

    Human translation bot for Slack

    2015 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Request For Bot▲199

    Discover, discuss & share ideas for great bots/chatbots

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    bottr.me▲169

    Create your bot by simply talking to it!

    2016 · bottr.me · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Botframe▲157

    A playground to design & validate bots

    2016 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Project Murphy▲140

    The chat bot with imagination by Microsoft

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Bots for Intercom with Converse.AI▲119

    Scaling conversations in Intercom - without code

    2017 · learn.converse.ai · its alternatives →

23. 23
    What are conversational bots?▲102

    An introduction to and overview of AI-driven chatbots

    2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Recast.AI▲52

    Build your own conversational bot

    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 →