Genesys Pure Cloud | ||
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costs | ||
Money-back guarantee | 14 days | |
Per chat price | $5-10 per relevant chat | |
Starting price | $140/month | |
Setup fee | No | |
Custom programming done for you | ✔ | Limited customization available with various plan tiers |
Seats for your staff | No seats needed | 1</br>More seats starting at $75 per month |
Terms of service | Month-to-month | |
Overage costs | Priced per chat at current plan | |
capabilities | ||
Staffed by live agents 24/7 | ✔ | ✘ |
Text Answering | ✔ | |
New client intake | ✔ | |
AI-driven technology | ✔ Free | |
Captures email with every conversation | ✔ | ✔ |
Captures phone number if desired | ✔ | ✔ |
Appointment scheduling | ✔ | |
Client callbacks | ✔ | |
Custom branding | ✔ Free | ✔ |
Mobile-optimized | ✔ | ✔ |
Reporting & analytics | ✔ | |
Canned responses & business FAQ | ✔ | |
Pre-chat disclaimer | ✔ | ✔ |
Client portal | ✔ | |
View transcript for every chat | ✔ | |
White-glove setup | ✔ | X – you'll have a CSM for support, but your team will do the work |
INTEGRATIONS | ||
CRM integration | ✔ | Included |
Zapier integration | ✔ | Included |
Google Analytics integration | ✔ | |
Open API | ✔ | ✔ |
AI-DRIVEN TECHNOLOGY | ||
Uses conversational AI | ✔ | |
No code builder | ✔ | |
Train chat with your data | ✔ | |
Automated lead qualification | ✔ | ✔ |
Understands user intent | ✔ | |
Smart Q&A database | ✔ | ✘ |
Smith.ai's Outsourced Chat | Live chat software | |
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Answers messages w/o extra staff | Yes | No, your team has to do the work |
Quick one-time setup | Yes | No, do it youself |
Responds immediately 24/7 | Yes | Depends on your staffing |
Automates lead qualification & intake | Yes | Sometimes |
Can handle multiple chats with ease | Yes | Depends on your staffing |
Screens spam & sales | Yes | No |
Smith.ai's Outsourced Chat | Chatbot Software | |
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Staffed by live agents | Yes | No |
Can provide empathy or emotional intelligence | Yes | No |
Can handle complex issues right away | Yes | No |
Responds immediately 24/7 | Yes | Yes |
Can provide a personalized experience | Yes | Yes, with extensive programming |
Quick one-time setup | Yes | Depends on goals and software |
Most brands today understand the power of a chatbot and what it can do for your business. Not everyone is so ready to adopt, however, and that can be detrimental to business in several ways. If you want to deliver to the 90+ percent of your audience that expects an online customer service portal from the brands with which they do business, you have to get on board with chatbots, and that’s just the beginning.
There are hundreds of options for chatbots and AI tools that can empower your business in the digital age. While that brings the promise of opportunity, it also brings the problem of choosing what’s right for your business.
That’s where we come in. In this guide, we are going to take a look at the Smith.ai Chatbot and Genesys Pure Cloud to see what each offers. This can help you learn more about what’s out there and help you make the right decision about what’s best for your brand.
Genesys has a solution for businesses who are trying to improve the efficiency of their agents. The chatbot provides contextual answers and escalation. The AI includes natural language understanding and there’s a flow builder that allows you to create smart bots that can manage more than you expect.
The Smith.ai Chatbot can deliver the same impressive AI and automation solutions, and then some. In addition to a premium, totally customizable chatbot that canfield self-service requests, you’ll get it all totally free, which means you don’t have to worry about a budget at all.
Investing in a chatbot automates things for your agents and reduces labor and staffing costs. Investing in the Smith.ai chatbot offers a fully automated lead capture tool that eliminates the labor and staffing costs by doing it all for you. That’s an easy enough choice, for most.