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AI Bot Builder — Whatsapp ChatGPT or any AI bot with lowcode flexibility
Build powerful AI Bots for eg: Whatsapp ChatGPT bot to tell bedtime stories, plan travel itineraries, support customers and more. Start fast with no-code templates. Extend it anyway you want with Rowy - a lowcode backend platform for Google Cloud.
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@rodriglu24 @harinilabs Amazing stuff. Word of advice regarding Twilio. If you scale your bot or trying to serve a large customer base don't use Twilio. They are 10-20x more expensive than using Meta's API directly. Also, their pricing is without VAT, which is another charge that will be added at the end of the month.
@rodriglu24 @mictuc interesting point, this can certainly be directly connected to Whatsapp API instead of Twilio as well.
@mictuc can you elaborate on what you would suggest connecting Met's API to instead of Twilio?
@angella_newell1 Twilio is just a wrapper of Meta's WhatsApp API and I find their value add almost 0. However, their pricing is astronomically higher. I am suggesting to use their API directly (https://developers.facebook.com/...) instead of Twilio's.
Hi @harinilabs, congrats on the launch and impressive product!
Is there a way to verify senders for authenticated data easily, like with a magic link or OTP?
@cerkiner thank you :) yes totally - this template can be tweaked to verify senders for example if they are paid user or not via a email code or other ways. We are working on adding a template for this with stripe payment integration but something that can be already achieved. Join us on discord and we can share template and code rowy.io/Discord
Love the idea behind this, I tried setting up GPT on my WhatsApp but Twilio requires a verified Meta Business account to use the WhatsApp API so that ended up being a blocker
Did you guys figure out a workaround for that?
@abdlh Hey glad to hear you like this :) I believe business account verification is needed when you want to make business-initiated conversations beyond a specific limit. However, for most of these bot use cases, it is user-initiated conversation for which verification is not needed and you can use it via the Twilio WhatsApp senders list. Join our Discord in case you have further questions, happy to support what you are building: http://rowy.io/discord
Hi @harinilabs and team, congratulations on the launch and impressive product. Is the ai bot compatible with whatsapp groups?
@rupin_mathur Thanks Rupin. Yes, whatsapp business account messages and group messages are possible to do with this using Twilio's group messaging API, which is natively supported in the bot template. Give it a try and hope you enjoy it.
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