Business adoption of AI has accelerated tenfold as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and a handful of conversational AI platforms have emerged as the leaders in the space. We set out to see how Netomi’s Natural Language Understanding (NLU) performs against the most prominent conversational AI platforms: Google Dialogflow, IBM Watson, Microsoft LUIS and RASA.

Not all chatbots are created equal. In this post, we’ll cover a step-by-step chatbot demo guide of what to look for, including the key questions to ask, to make sure that you adopt the best AI for your business. Before we get into the questions you should ask during your chatbot demo, let’s quickly cover why now is a good time to explore chatbots.

Today’s businesses are looking to provide customers with improved experiences while decreasing service costs—and they’re quickly learning that chatbots and conversational AI can facilitate these goals. By 2024, experts say the global chatbot market will reach $9.4 million. What customer service leaders may not understand, however, is which of the two technologies could have the most impact on their buyers and their bottom line.

A few years ago, nobody knew about such a thing as a chatbot. Today, most companies use it for different purposes, from information updates and client communications to sales promotion. We are now used to the fact that these pieces of AI software are the first to answer when we ask a question. A human assistant gets connected when the machine cannot handle the case. Okay, it all makes sense for sales and customer service. But how are these chatbots useful if we talk about education?

In a recent webinar, Nick Mehta sat down to talk with Netomi Founder / CEO Puneet Mehta to discuss how customer experience has evolved over the past few years, and what’s to come in 2022 . Here’s a recap of the discussion, featuring some of its top takeaways.