ChatbotGen vs smao

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ChatbotGen compared with smao
Detail	ChatbotGen	smao
What it does	AI agent for your website, WhatsApp and Telegram	AI phone assistant that answers calls, clarifies inquiries, and hands over to your team
Stage	Not given	Startup
Founded	2023	2025
Based in	US	DE
Pricing model	Free trial	Freemium
Pricing	Starter $29/month (3 agents, 2,000 messages/month), Growth $79/month (10 agents, 10,000 messages/month), Business $199/month (50 agents, 30,000 messages/month). All plans include website widget, WhatsApp, Telegram, lead capture, and human handoff. 7-day free trial with card required.	Pay as you Go: 0.35 € per minute without base fee; Advanced: 249 € per month (annual contract) or 299 € monthly, 1,250 minutes included; Scale: 449 € per month (annual contract) or 499 € monthly, 3,000 minutes included; Enterprise: from 0.15 € per minute; additional chat messages at 0.006 € each, SM
Key features	Train chatbot on your website, documents, and Q&A Human handoff and team inbox Email and browser notifications for new leads Webhooks and Zapier integration for CRM sync Appointment request collection Multi-language support One-line code installation and WordPress/Wix/Shopify guides Unlimited team members	Call analysis: automatically evaluates conversations and transfers inquiries, contact details and urgency to CRM, ticketing or workflows Internal dashboard chat for simulating calls and testing knowledge database Outbound calling: scheduled or event-based calls with clean tracking Personal call transfer to the right contact person Call transcripts: all conversations documented, traceable and exportable Widgets for simple interfaces leading callers to the AI assistant Knowledge database: answers from your own know-how, versioned and controllable Support for 10+ languages including German and Swiss German On-Premises deployment option on customer's Linux and Docker infrastructure
What makes it different	Train once, deploy everywhere on your customers' preferred channels WhatsApp integration with your existing number and QR code linking No per-chat fee, one monthly price Bilingual product and support in English and Spanish AI answers from your own content with source attribution	No OpenAI or US AI subprocessors in conversation processing Cloud hosting in Germany with GDPR and EU AI Act compliance No AI training with customer data Setup in minutes without technical knowledge required 50 free minutes for testing without credit card
Free plan	Not given	Not given
Open source	Not given	Not given
Platforms	Not given	Not given
Public API	Not given	Not given
Community votes	0	0
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)	35 +1 (up) since last check	35 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	3	12
Citation Flow (Majestic)	33	26
Referring domains (Majestic)	412	44

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