Glossary · AI & Agents
Voiceflow
Overview
What Voiceflow does
Voiceflow gives teams a shared workspace to design and build conversational AI. On a visual canvas you map out the conversation, connect large language models, and attach a knowledge base so the assistant answers from your documents and website rather than generic guesses. It is built for designers, product managers, and developers to collaborate on the same project.
From voice roots to AI agents
Voiceflow began as a tool for designing voice apps for Alexa and Google Assistant and has grown into a broader AI agent platform. Today it supports text and voice, LLM-driven responses, RAG knowledge bases, testing, analytics, and deployment across channels — web chat widgets, phone/IVR, and messaging — plus APIs to connect back-end systems.
How an agency applies it
For customer service AI and self-service support, the goal is accurate, instant answers on the channels customers already use. Our team uses platforms like Voiceflow to prototype an assistant quickly, ground it in a client's real content, and iterate on the conversation design before connecting it to support tools and pushing it live.
Where we use it
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How our team puts Voiceflow to work in real projects.
FAQ
Voiceflow — common questions
Is Voiceflow free?
Voiceflow has a free plan for building and testing agents, with paid tiers that add collaborators, higher usage, and advanced features. Pricing scales with team size and AI/knowledge-base usage, so check their site for current details.
Voiceflow vs Botpress?
Both build AI chatbots and agents on a visual canvas. Voiceflow emphasizes collaborative design and strong voice support; Botpress leans developer-oriented with deep integrations and self-hosting. Choose based on whether design collaboration or engineering flexibility matters more.
Do I need to code to use Voiceflow?
Not for most assistants — the visual builder and knowledge base let non-developers design and launch working agents. Custom integrations and complex logic benefit from developer support, which is where an implementation partner helps.
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