Convai vs smao

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Convai compared with smao
Detail	Convai	smao
What it does	Conversational AI platform for creating interactive 3D AI characters in games, metaverse, and XR experiences	AI phone assistant that answers calls, clarifies inquiries, and hands over to your team
Stage	Not given	Startup
Founded	Not given	2025
Based in	Not given	DE
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Pricing	Free tier available; paid plans include Indie Dev with 3000 monthly interactions (1500 Flagship LLM cap, 500 HQ Third Party Voice cap) and Scale plan with 200 Monthly Active End Users. Exact pricing plans and rates require contacting sales.	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	Role-playing AI characters Multimodal knowledge bank Multilingual support with 65+ languages and 500+ voices Vision perception and spatial awareness High-quality lipsync Long-term memory for characters Emotional state tracking No-code creation tools Game engine integrations with Unreal, Unity, 3JS Custom avatar support	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	Spatially 3D aware AI characters with embodied understanding Multimodal perception enabling characters to see, hear, and respond contextually Simplest platform for crafting and deploying 3D AI characters World-class developer support and comprehensive documentation Support for both creators and developers with dedicated tools and integrations	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)	58 no change since last check	35 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)	15	12
Citation Flow (Majestic)	40	26
Referring domains (Majestic)	1103	44

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