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Chatfuel
Automate your Messenger marketing
4.5
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Chatfuel Reviews & Product Details

Chatfuel Overview
What is Chatfuel?

Chatfuel is a cloud-based messaging solution that helps small to large businesses improve marketing operations across Facebook Messenger using artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots. With Chatfuel, users can send automated responses to frequently asked questions (FAQs) and redirect ongoing chats to sales representatives for further queries. Chatfuel also allows organizations to configure bot flows by adding skills such as collecting clients' email addresses or exporting information into Google Sheets.

Company Chatfuel
Year founded 2015
Company size 11-50 employees
Headquarters San Francisco, California, United States
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Deployment Cloud / SaaS / Web-Based, Mobile Android, Mobile iPhone
Support 24/7 (Live rep), Chat, Email/Help Desk, FAQs/Forum, Knowledge Base, Phone Support
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Languages English
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Agent Collaboration
Agent Performance Analytics
Audio and Video Chat
Automated Responses
CRM Integration
Canned Responses
Chat Encryption
Chat History
Chat Routing
Chat Tags
Chat Transcripts
Chat Transfer
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Email Integration
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File Sharing
Mobile Compatibility
Multi-language Support
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Proactive Chat Invitations
Queue Management
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Social Media Integration
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Last updated: October 18, 2024
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44 Chatfuel Reviews
4.5 out of 5
Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Oct 05, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Brian S. avatar
Brian S.
Founder & Ceo
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"The Best Chatbot Software"
What do you like best about Chatfuel?

Customer support is usually fast. They usually find an answer or report issues to Facebook.

What do you dislike about Chatfuel?

Flows and blocks is a bit confusing. It seems like 2 different platforms sometimes.

What problems is Chatfuel solving and how is that benefiting you?

getting around iOS privacy issues on Facebook ads

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 30, 2021
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
Edmund C. avatar
Edmund C.
Business Owner
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"Chatfuel is one of the best no-code bot builder tool"
What do you like best about Chatfuel?

The JSON API plugin is super easy to use and you can connect to any third-party API.

What do you dislike about Chatfuel?

The team doesn't listen for feature suggestions.

What problems is Chatfuel solving and how is that benefiting you?

E-Commerce

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 10, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
SB
Seren B.
Mr. S. Butcher
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"Incredibly functional and powerful, but UI lacks flow visualisation."
What do you like best about Chatfuel?

It can be cleverly integrated with many additional services using API which makes it even more powerful for marketing, automation and utilising data. It also has many excellent features, backend settings and a useful analytics section to make sense of the user data.

What do you dislike about Chatfuel?

The user interface makes it difficult to visualise the flow of conversations and sequences. The interface and builder can also feel a bit "clunky" to use. This can take some time to get used to since it's not immediately intuitive. It does get much easier though, after spending time learning how to use it.

What problems is Chatfuel solving and how is that benefiting you?

Connecting it with an online booking system where user data can be automatically passed over and back again, increasing functionality and conversions. The user attributes make it even more useful to collect data and build conversations and sequences that are tailored to particular actions or responses.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Apr 09, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
Ishan S. avatar
Ishan S.
Business Development Executive
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"Great for chatbot creation tool for beginners!"
What do you like best about Chatfuel?

Analytics is where Chatfuel shines. It has a simple dashboard that displays the number of users, retention, activity, and popular messages.

What do you dislike about Chatfuel?

Chatfuel's only drawback is that you can only use it to deploy chatbots on Facebook and this limits your options.

What problems is Chatfuel solving and how is that benefiting you?

Chatfuel is the ideal choice for businesses that want a basic bot to help clients in finding relevant content. It's ideal for marketers looking to build basic Messenger bots.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 03, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
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Nick R.
Digital Co Ordinator
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"Messenger Bots Made Easy"
What do you like best about Chatfuel?

What I like best about Chatfuel is how simple it is to create a new Messenger Bot. It has a simple flow chart which you can show your clients which lays out every possible answer, flows and how it will all work.

What do you dislike about Chatfuel?

One thing I dislike would have to be how cluttered the UI can get at times, sometimes their are too many options and can be slimmed down but it's no big deal.

What problems is Chatfuel solving and how is that benefiting you?

One massive problem we're solving is, time allocated to create a bot. If we were to code a bot for our clients it would take hours, with Chatfuel, we are able to generate flows easily and implement them even easier. It makes the task super simple and everything is in front of you without having to go back and forth with coders.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Feb 21, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
Brad N. avatar
Brad N.
Mortgage Advisor
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"Easy to use with a short learning curve"
What do you like best about Chatfuel?

I like how you can build sequences very quickly.

What do you dislike about Chatfuel?

Some of the pre-built sequences like phone number has strict validation. So any variance from the form its looking for causes an error. You then need to do a user input without validation. The downside to that is no quick responses are allowed on that type of field.

What problems is Chatfuel solving and how is that benefiting you?

Automation of lead capture for Facebook ads.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 27, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
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Lewies V.
Consultant & Digital Marketing Expert
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"Easiest way to learn to build basic bots"
What do you like best about Chatfuel?

Chatfuel has a very simple and clean user interface with a fantastic support group in Facebook.

What do you dislike about Chatfuel?

Not having a graphical interface to understand how your different chat sections relate to each other makes it a little harder to design large and complex flows.

What problems is Chatfuel solving and how is that benefiting you?

Chatfuel is a great way to add another communication tool or touch point with a segment of your audience that otherwise would not have connected with you.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 02, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
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Stefan D.
Senior Consultant Mobile
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"Easy way to build chatbots for facebook messenger without coding"
What do you like best about Chatfuel?

Chatfuel is free and it's easy to use without the need to have knowledge in coding and works great to create chatbots for the facebook messenger. Thanks to different templates provided by the platform it's easy to start creating chatbots. There also is a huge community of chatfuel users in the web where you can get help and find useful tips and tricks.

What do you dislike about Chatfuel?

Chatfuel is directly linked to facebook and therefore also limited to create chatbots only for the facebook messenger. If you need a chatbot running on other channels and platforms this tool will not meet your needs.

What problems is Chatfuel solving and how is that benefiting you?

Creating simple chatbots for the facebook messenger without any recurring costs. I also use the tool to simulate possible user experience for voice user interfaces.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Oct 07, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
Vadasz Z. avatar
Vadasz Z.
Project Manager
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"Easy to use but in the same time versatile software!"
What do you like best about Chatfuel?

It is easy to integrate and you don't need coding, on a basic level.

What do you dislike about Chatfuel?

The conversion between other conversational tools is complicated.

What problems is Chatfuel solving and how is that benefiting you?

We use to maintain the daily communication with our audience.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 14, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
3.5
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Donna M.
President
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"Does exactly as it says but is right for my business"
What do you like best about Chatfuel?

I like that you can easily create a chat bot. I never knew the algorythms before so it is very easy to do along with tech support. They quickly created a great bot that linked direct to my website.

What do you dislike about Chatfuel?

I don't dislike anything about the chatbot, I just think that my business line is difficult to benefit from this as it is mostly for regular customers instead of random and new which is what I need.

What problems is Chatfuel solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use it to create chatbots on facebook. They are able to link customers who have been in accidents. I realize that most people find this type of advertising creepy so they tend to go no where with the leads and I stopped service.

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
Sep 06, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Best Chatbot For Digital Marketers"
What do you like best about Chatfuel?

You don't need yo write a single line of code to run this chatbot

What do you dislike about Chatfuel?

Only 50 conversations in the free trail.

What problems is Chatfuel solving and how is that benefiting you?

It solved one of the biggest problem for my customer in order to find products online.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 21, 2019
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Great UI to create chatbot automation marketing/business logic"
What do you like best about Chatfuel?

you can do everything in the UI, no need to code

What do you dislike about Chatfuel?

no dislikes at the moment, everything works as expected

What problems is Chatfuel solving and how is that benefiting you?

creating prototype to automate a chatbot. Created prototype in a few days

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jul 18, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Great innovation"
What do you like best about Chatfuel?

Its amazing what you can do with chatbots. Pretty much the potential is limitless.

What do you dislike about Chatfuel?

Literally nothing. I have never had a negative experience with this company.

What problems is Chatfuel solving and how is that benefiting you?

Time, Right responses, Ease of Marketing, customer satisfaction.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jan 10, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
5.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"This is a fantastic software compared to others ive used. "
What do you like best about Chatfuel?

This has some unique features, like the ability to call from in app. Plus Zapier intergraion opens up a whole new world

What do you dislike about Chatfuel?

Downside is that you do have to pay PER page you install the chatbot to, where some of their competitors allow you to have unlimited pages. Its still only like 30 a page. Their analytics could use some work.

What problems is Chatfuel solving and how is that benefiting you?

This solves the need to custom code a chatbot. within minutes i can create from scratch a dynamic custom chat bot.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Jun 01, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Chatbot automation perfect for your online business"
What do you like best about Chatfuel?

The fact that it is easy to use and set up within a few minutes. The chatbot automation on Facebook and Instagram. Facebook messenger. Compared to competitors it is reliable.

What do you dislike about Chatfuel?

The features of the software are very nice but it does not have SMS marketing features. By improving on features, especially SMS marketing. User interface and integration.

What problems is Chatfuel solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is solving conversating with my customers and interactions online. Yes i am benefiting financially. Yes it has made me to be more productive. Yes it has improved my business.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Mar 24, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Automation Suitable for Clients with Facebook Messenger"
What do you like best about Chatfuel?

Chatfuel keyword makes it easy to respond correctly to clients' and customers' requests and inquiries. Facebook messenger is the tool I use. Compared to competitors Chatfuel is very ideal to use for chat messenger automation.

What do you dislike about Chatfuel?

As much I Chatfuel has a great keyword automation tool, the only thing it does not have is a multifunctional aspect especially SMS automation, and not having enough features for other social media chatbot abilities compared to Mobilemonkey.

What problems is Chatfuel solving and how is that benefiting you?

Keywords that make it easy to answers clients' inquiries and requests for services needed. It has increased my productivity. Yes, it increased my business performance.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Nov 07, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Is great for building a simple Facebook Messenger chatbot."
What do you like best about Chatfuel?

I like the way they set up the various menus for creating chatbots. They make it easy to organize and quickly build out the chatbot.

What do you dislike about Chatfuel?

There are some limitations to the platform when compared to building a custom bot. Also, all data lives on their platform which means that if a customer wants to leave them, they give up their customer data.

What problems is Chatfuel solving and how is that benefiting you?

Proof of concepts, demo chatbots, and prototyping - helped proved out interface concepts before investing in development.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Sep 16, 2018
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.5
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Chatfuel Technology for automate chat bots"
What do you like best about Chatfuel?

Chatfuel is an awesome platform to automate bots and automate reply to the most frequently asked and common questions. We can configure the types of business for which we want to automate the questions and answer. It provides really helpful support for social media marketing and various messenger tools like WhatsApp messenger, the telegraph. It has an AI-based chat support system which learns and predict the most likely answer to the question and help to identify the right market for the business.

What do you dislike about Chatfuel?

The cost should be minimum. Currently, for the pro flow, the pricing is nearly about $15/month. But yes we can easily get a good offer as per our needs and traffic.

What problems is Chatfuel solving and how is that benefiting you?

Awesome technology and platform, good AI based knowledge base and reactive engine, Integration to various social media channels and messenger tools for automatic bot reply. Also, useful for bot t4esting of various traffics from different channels.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Oct 05, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
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"Great with Facebook uses"
What do you like best about Chatfuel?

Chatfuel is a straightforward tool to setup and the dashboard display a lot of KPI. It's easy to design the chatbot and configure the flow with the interactive card.

What do you dislike about Chatfuel?

The way that you have to connect your personal Facebook account is not ideal for billing and access management too.

What problems is Chatfuel solving and how is that benefiting you?

Chatfuel helped us to install very fast a chatbot on our ecommerce platform and found the same users that our facebook page.

Small Business (50 or fewer emp.)
Aug 09, 2022
 Source
Overall Rating:
4.0
AG
Verified Reviewer
Founder
Share
"Powerful yet buggy tool."
What do you like best about Chatfuel?

Easy to customize flows & catch errors in the AI learning process.

What do you dislike about Chatfuel?

Lack of reporting features that I feel our clients really want to see.

What problems is Chatfuel solving and how is that benefiting you?

Solves a lot of hands-on ChatBot issues in a way that makes it feel like you're talking to a real person. The flow-setup is great.