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Conversational AI Cloud

Automate conversations and ease service pressure

Design and deploy AI-powered chatbots across all channels efficiently with a single application - no coding needed.

Conversational AI Cloud engagement platform chatbot conversation

Empower self-service

Enable customers to resolve issues without speaking to a human agent

Provide 24/7 support

Be available to customers no matter the time of day or night

Grow without costs

Scale your customer service support without additional operational costs

Easily build your own chatbot with AI

Set up and fuel your chatbot with accurate content in minutes. Conversational AI Cloud scans your website, PDFs and other knowledge sources to provide quick, accurate AI-generated answers without training, configuration or creating additional chatbot pathways.

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Deploy in hours not weeks

Simply connect your website or knowledge sources and your chatbot is ready to go.

Customise to your tone of voice

Personalise your chatbot to the tone of voice and style of your company.

Human-like conversations

Create human-like conversations and move away from rigid chatbots with AI.

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Customisable chatbots that put you in control

Customise your chatbot's responses and control dialogue flows with an easy-to-use drag-and-drop builder, enabling you to ensure accurate, high-quality conversations for your customers.

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Simply drag-and-drop

Design, launch and maintain automated conversations with ease.

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Integrate existing solutions

Utilize your existing technology stack with plug-and-play integrations.

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Control your answers

Monitor and safeguard through pre-build conversations to ensure the right responses.

Goodbye siloed solutions.
Hello Engagement Platform.

Conversational AI Cloud seamlessly integrates with our suite of service and marketing tools to create a unified experience for both your customers and team members. It effortlessly works with our Mobile Service Cloud, Customer Data Platform and more.

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From startups to enterprises

✔ Advanced - R3.30 per session (100k)

Easily create a Generative AI Chatbot that generates responses from your own information, across all channels and smoothly transitions to live agents.

✔ Pro - R7.28 per session (100k)

Build AI Chatbots with control and customisation through a Multi-Engine NLU, an easy-to-use dialogue builder without coding, and robust analytics.

✔ Enterprise - R11.08 per session (100k)

Implement AI Chatbots with role-based access, audit logs, revision tracking, and IP whitelisting to ensure top-level security and compliance.

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What is Conversational AI?

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Conversational AI technology enables computers to engage in natural text conversations with customers, utilising data, natural language processing, and machine learning to mimic human interactions. A prime example of Conversational AI in action is a chatbot facilitating instant, personalised responses to customer queries about products or services.

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What is an AI Chatbot?

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An AI chatbot is a computer program simulating human communication, widely employed in diverse online scenarios, from customer service to sales. Advances in technology have elevated chatbots from basic, rigid tools to sophisticated systems that engage users in a remarkably human-like manner.

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What is a Generative AI Chatbot?

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A Generative AI chatbot draws on input from websites, PDFs, knowledge centres and other knowledge sources to generate dynamic responses, eliminating recognition issues, ensuring a hassle-free conversational experience and preventing the need to predefine answers. Generative AI enables instant chatbot set-up and generates contextual answers based on the preferred tone of voice aligned with your brand.

What is a Voicebot?

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A voicebot, or 'Conversational IVR,' is an AI-driven conversational agent using natural language understanding and voice recognition (speech-to-text). It interprets human speech, responding in everyday language with the help of a text-to-speech engine. Beyond familiar AI assistants, like Alexa or Siri, conversational interactive voice response (IVR) is increasingly popular in customer service as a prevalent form of conversational AI.

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