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Chatbot4u Is Not Active! Find Free Modern Chatbot Builders of 2024

Cem Dilmegani
Updated on Jun 14
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Chatbot4u Is Not Active! Find Free Modern Chatbot Builders of 2024Chatbot4u Is Not Active! Find Free Modern Chatbot Builders of 2024

Chatbot4u has been dead since 2018. And even Though it was one of the first platforms to enable individuals and businesses to build bots, but the platform no longer looks actively maintained and is losing users as you see on the graph above.

In this article we will provide an overview of what Chatbot4u was and offer the best alternatives for 2022.

What did Chatbot4u offer?

Source: chatbot4u.com

Chatbot building kits

Chatbot4u was introduced by Ecreation, a Netherlands-based creative agency. Their website made it possible to develop chatbots in just a few steps. 

Free of charge, they provided the basic building blocks for creating chatbots. But the way users could’ve done it was stretched, depending on the context, ideas, and dataset available. Furthermore, they provided integration with the other communication tools, making it possible to reach interactions beyond just the website.

Chatbot rating

The system also made it possible to provide a rating for the chatbots. Users could give stars depending on their experience with the chatbot.

This was a biased metric, because the rating solely depends on the user experience: a funny chatbot could get more stars, even though its performance would have been subpar.

Use cases

For recreational purposes, some of their factory chatbots were Barrack Obama, Justin Bieber, and Selena Gomez, which mimicked their way of speaking with the intention of giving the illusion of having interactions with them.

There were other use cases. SMEs could have built their chatbots and integrated it into their ERP systems, thus modernizing and automating their website’s FAQ category, for instance, by leveraging the chatbot.

Last words

In 2017, they announced that their servers were functional again, but their website has been down ever since, with no signs of resurfacing in sight.

By 2016, they claimed that 60,000 chatbots were created on their platform. Arguably, most could have been personal chatbots, for recreational and entertainment purposes, and no commercial value.

Overall, Chatbot4u is now regarded as one of the archaic ecosystems for chatbots.

In hindsight, because of their old technology and infrastructure, their chatbots did not leverage modern features such as machine learning or any other similar technologies. Yet, being ahead of their time, they allowed people to create their own chatbots when not many platforms offered that luxury.

What are some modern alternatives for Chatbot4u?

Bot NameLicenseSupported ChannelsTotal Funding AmountReferencesNumber of EmployeesYear FoundedLocation
Api.aiFree
Agent Demo Page Actions on Google Facebook Slack Twilio IP Messaging Twilio Skype Tropo Telegram Kik LINE Spark Alexa Cortana Twitter
$8.6 mnWSJ, KLM, Giorgio Armani, Comcast11-502010USA
ChatfuelFreeFacebook Messenger
Telegram
$0.12 mnAdidas, Buzzfeed, MTV, Techcrunch, Volkswagen, Uber11-502015USA
ChatScriptMIT LicenseN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
IBM Watson Conversation ServiceFree
Standard
Premium
N/AN/A2000+2014USA
It's AliveFreeFacebook MessengerN/ASanofi, Capitol Music France1-102016France
ManyChatFreeFacebook Messenger$0.125 mnN/A11-502015USA
Microsoft Bot FrameworkOpen source and available to all on Github.
Your website or app SMS Skype Slack Facebook Messenger Office 365 mail Teams
N/AN/AN/AN/AUSA
rasa NLUIs an open source toolN/AUBS, Raiffeisen, Yellow Pages 11-502015Germany
wit.aiFree$3 mnN/A1-102013USA
Mobile monkeyFreeFacebookN/A1-102017USA
Snatch BotFreeFacebook Messenger
WhatsApp
Skype
Slack
Telegram
Viber
Line
N/AWalmart Labs, Haw Hamburg, Hong Kong Polytechnic University51-2002015Israel
QuickReply.aiFree
Starter
Standard
Plus
Shopify
Facebook Messenger
WhatsApp
N/A4S Food
PureFlow
Auric
11-50N/AIndia
LandbotFree
Starter
Professional
Business
WhatsApp$8 mnLG
Uber
L'Oreal Paris
MetLife
11-502017Spain
Zoho SalesIQFree
Basic
Professional
Enterprise
Shopify
WordPress
Zoho Campaigns
HubSpot
N/ARenault
Bridge Stone
Suzuki
5,001-10,0001996India
IntelliTicksFree
Starter
Standard
Plus
Shopify
WordPress
Wix
Magento
N/APack n Go Holidays
elearnmarkets
Autovista.in
2-102017India
Smith.aiFree
Started
Basic
Pro
Custom
Facebook Messenger
Website
Slack
$2.2 mnNew Wave
Wondermint
CallRail
51-2002015USA
JivoChatFree
Professional
WhatsApp
Facebook Messenger
Telegram
Apple Business Chat
Website
N/AN/A51-2002012USA
CrispFree
Pro
Unlimited
Website
Facebook Messenger
WordPress
WhatsApp
Slack
100% Self fundedRenault
Schneider
AirFrance
2-102015France
ChaportFree
Premium
Business
Enterprise
Facebook Messenger
Viber
Telegram
N/ABloomin
Everest
Schedule It
Neutron Creative
11-502014Russia

Disclaimer: Please note that the table is not comprehensive as new companies are being formed in this space. Additionally, fields like supported channels are constantly changing for companies so once you get a shortlist of chatbot providers to consider from this list, we suggest you to take a look at their websites to see the most up-to-date functionality.

Source of some of the data for this table is chatbotsjournal.

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