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DetailHotBot AI logo HotBot AIsmao logo smao
What it doesAn independent AI chat service providing access to third-party models with instant answers, writing help, and image understanding AI phone assistant that answers calls, clarifies inquiries, and hands over to your team
StageNot given Startup
FoundedNot given 2025
Based inNot given DE
Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
Pricing$19.95/month or $39.95/3 months with access to 735 AI models; free tier available with lower daily limits 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
  • Access to 735 AI models
  • Switch between models anytime
  • Text chat
  • Voice input and voice-to-text
  • PDF and image analysis
  • File uploads
  • Content creation and writing assistance
  • Summarization
  • Translation
  • Image generation
  • 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
  • Independent service with access to multiple third-party AI models from different companies
  • Seamlessly switch between different AI models mid-conversation
  • Diverse AI models with unique insights and expertise
  • Access to own AI chat tiers alongside popular third-party models
  • Available on web and mobile apps
  • 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 planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)75 no change since last check35 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)4512
Citation Flow (Majestic)3726
Referring domains (Majestic)741744

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