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Kore.ai vs Sendbird comparison

 

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We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Categories and Ranking

Kore.ai
Ranking in AI Customer Experience Personalization
5th
Ranking in AI Customer Support
2nd
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
15
Ranking in other categories
AI Agent Builders (7th), AI Security (7th), AI IT Support (7th)
Sendbird
Ranking in AI Customer Experience Personalization
1st
Ranking in AI Customer Support
3rd
Average Rating
8.4
Reviews Sentiment
5.9
Number of Reviews
12
Ranking in other categories
Help Desk Software (9th), Enterprise Social Software (5th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of July 2026, in the AI Customer Experience Personalization category, the mindshare of Kore.ai is 1.2%, down from 8.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sendbird is 2.1%. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
AI Customer Experience Personalization Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Sendbird2.1%
Kore.ai1.2%
Other96.7%
AI Customer Experience Personalization
 

Featured Reviews

Judin Augustin - PeerSpot reviewer
Associate Data Scientist at Guide House
Automation has reduced large call centers and provides real-time outbound support for patients
Kore.ai is a low-code platform, and you do not necessarily have to be an expert in artificial intelligence or generative AI to use this platform. However, if you have that experience, it will be a valuable add-on. The main advantage is that it has almost every kind of plugin available to use, whether for live agents or if you want to use it as a call center. You have real-time capabilities and the most useful plugins available, with almost every kind of model available with configurations. We can configure the ML models and train them. The platform is very user-friendly with explanatory features and a great UI. One significant feature is the live testing platform with Kore.ai. When you are creating a workflow, you have an interactive, real-time testing platform that reflects every change you make. This makes it easy to debug errors or add new features. Additionally, Kore.ai has many different tools and platforms that cater to different needs, whether for a call center, normal workflow, or machine learning workflow, which is really useful. Because of Kore.ai, it was much easier than creating something manually. A low-code platform always helps, and when that platform has this much capability, it provides far more value than manual development. It was particularly helpful for our team that we could create a POC and get that project into production. Kore.ai helped our team build a generative AI outbound calling chatbot, and it truly helped our customers. If you have a hospital with a thousand employees in a call center, you might consider outsourcing. However, with Kore.ai's outbound calling capabilities, you can eliminate the outsourcing part. You do not need a thousand call center employees. You can accomplish this through automation with just one or two employees if people need to switch to agents. This represented a significant cost reduction.
Shadrach Godwish Chukwu - PeerSpot reviewer
SDR and Workflow Automation Specialist at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Organized real-time customer chats have improved support efficiency and response handling
One thing I found unique about Sendbird is how smooth the real-time chat feels. It does not feel delayed or clunky. Conversations flow naturally, as though you are talking to someone in real time. If I could improve one thing, I would add more built-in analytics around conversations, such as clearer insights on response times, common issues, and agent performance. That would make it much easier to optimize support without relying on external tools. One improvement I see for Sendbird would be more flexibility in customizing the chat interface, especially around how conversations are displayed for agents. Sometimes, when handling multiple chats, having better layout controls or quick filters would make it much easier to stay organized. I also would appreciate more built-in analytics inside the platform itself, such as clearer breakdowns of response times, chat resolution rates, and common customer issues. Right now, you often need external tools to get that level of insights. Overall, it works very well, but those improvements would make the day-to-day support work much smoother and much more efficient.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Kore.ai helped us integrate a lot through documentation and trial and error, making it straightforward to integrate overall, resulting in a very good experience for first-timers."
"Kore.ai offers multiple support and services, including API integration, webhook integration, and multiple channels, making it easy to design your own layout, integrate with multiple channels and webhooks, deploy quickly, and track any errors that occur, so it is a good way to start and easy to learn."
"Kore.ai offers many valuable features, particularly its extensive array of connectors, allowing easy integration with various ERP systems and the straightforward implementation of webhooks and APIs."
"The best feature of Kore.ai is that it is a cost-saving tool because when we use IVR, we have to assign agents at the backend, but using Kore.ai, we can automate all of those functions."
"Kore.ai has positively impacted my organization because we are implementors, and I would say that approximately 80% of our income comes from developed projects with Kore.ai."
"The positive impacts we have seen include expected reductions in average handle time, which is typically around 40 to 50 percent for any BFSI industry use case."
"Kore.ai has positively impacted my organization, as it saved a lot of time in implementation and the proof of concept was very fast to implement and easy to develop."
"Kore.ai has positively impacted my organization by being a big money saver because before having our chatbot, the use case was that every time some of our customers needed help, they used to call a number."
"Sendbird provides many features for real-time messaging, such as receipt ID and typing indicators."
"There are many useful features with Sendbird."
"The backend system was managed by Sendbird, eliminating the need for caching systems or local storage on user devices."
"Sendbird has positively impacted my organization because we do not have to build custom chatbots with code, and we could do no-code deployment, which is simply straightforward."
"Sendbird is really valuable because I was able to create a chat from scratch in two to three days and a custom chat in a week by implementing things from scratch."
"The Sendbird developer portal provides each step, including methods, making it easy to implement."
"Sendbird is very flexible, and they have made great strides towards optimization."
"Sendbird is reliable and generally crash-free."
 

Cons

"I choose 7.5 out of 10 for Kore.ai because a few things already need to be improved, one of which I have mentioned."
"The two points I deduct relate to the integrations, which were not as extensive as I initially expected."
"To improve Kore.ai, I suggest focusing on more agentic automation, such as offering MCP kind of features with an orchestration layer for use cases."
"I rated Kore.ai eight out of ten because of the potential for these additional improvements."
"One thing I have learned is the unpredictability of LLMs and how buggy Kore.ai is as a software."
"I would suggest incorporating pre-recorded videos in the tutorials and enhancing the documentation area to make it more user-friendly."
"Customer support is where Kore.ai has significant room for improvement. Post-implementation support is a particularly discouraging aspect for me."
"I rated Kore.ai an 8 out of 10 because additional features could be added to it."
"Impersonating a user or using a template user to send messages for development purposes would be very useful."
"The documentation for integrating with the Flutter framework is lacking detailed information. Initially, I struggled to connect users and manage tokens for active and offline sessions, which caused frustration."
"Their pricing is very high compared to competitors, which is a concern for us."
"I thought that there should be the audio and the video call functionality as well."
"For Sendbird to be improved, I would say creating more multi-platform SDKs is essential."
"A major issue was the requirement for a separate connection to Sendbird, resulting in a delay when initiating the chat."
"Their teams could be better in sync, as I had a very bad bug wherein all three SDKs had a problematic initialization order that required a bug fix version to be released after 17 email exchanges to finally get them to agree that the fault was on their side, which was pretty painful."
"Sendbird can be improved by looking into the app ID and improvements on a daily basis."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

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"There is a starter plan for $399 per month, and a pro plan for $799 dollars."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Construction Company
12%
Manufacturing Company
12%
Outsourcing Company
9%
Financial Services Firm
8%
Construction Company
22%
Manufacturing Company
17%
Financial Services Firm
7%
Media Company
6%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Midsize Enterprise3
Large Enterprise14
By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business8
Midsize Enterprise5
Large Enterprise3
 

Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Kore.ai?
The experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing of Kore.ai is that the price is low, and the licensing is also not costly.
What needs improvement with Kore.ai?
I do not have much to add regarding how Kore.ai can be improved since it has been a long time since we last used it. There are other platforms that offer more features, but those come at a higher p...
What is your primary use case for Kore.ai?
In my past organization, I used Kore.ai for one of the projects over a period of approximately six to eight months. Our main use case for Kore.ai involved building a Gen AI plus conversational AI p...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Sendbird?
Testing Sendbird is challenging due to the trial limitations of only one hundred users. The subscription cost is quite high, which prevents us from subscribing before the project completion and use...
What needs improvement with Sendbird?
One thing I found unique about Sendbird is how smooth the real-time chat feels. It does not feel delayed or clunky. Conversations flow naturally, as though you are talking to someone in real time. ...
What is your primary use case for Sendbird?
I have been using Sendbird for approximately two years. I have been using Sendbird mainly for customer communication and support work. During all this time, I have worked with its messaging feature...
 

Comparisons

 

Also Known As

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Sendbird Calls, Sendbird Desk
 

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Sample Customers

Leading banks & Enterprise Companies
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