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Let Your AI Chatbot Handle Enquiries While You Sleep

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Harness the power of the two most popular AI chatbot platforms on the planet, Botpress and Voiceflow.

AI chatbots handle customer inquiries, qualify leads and make sales without human involvement.

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What Is a WhatsApp AI Chatbot? And Where Does hitlchat Fit?

A WhatsApp AI chatbot answers your customers inside WhatsApp automatically: greeting new enquiries, resolving the questions that repeat all day, qualifying leads, and doing it at 3 am as cheerfully as at 3 pm.

hitlchat connects bots built on the two leading platforms, Botpress and Voiceflow, to your WhatsApp number and website widget, then adds the piece bot platforms don't ship: a live team that can take over the moment a conversation needs a person.

Why put an AI chatbot on WhatsApp?

Because that's where the customers already are, and the workload has a shape automation loves:

  • Most enquiries are variations of the same dozen questions
  • Enquiries arrive around the clock, staff don't
  • Response speed decides whether a lead keeps talking
  • Every conversation is one-to-one, which humans can't scale alone

A good bot absorbs the repetitive majority so your team's hours go to the conversations that earn money.

How Hitlchat works

hitlchat is the layer between your bot and your customers:

  1. Build the conversation in Botpress or Voiceflow, whichever suits your team, and connect it to hitlchat.
  2. The bot answers your WhatsApp number and website widget while every transcript stays visible in the shared inbox.
  3. When a customer asks for a person or an agent steps in, the bot pauses on that chat and your team continues it seamlessly.
The question isn't bot or human — it's a bot for the volume, humans for the moments that matter, on the same number.

Benefits of Running Your AI Chatbot Through hitlchat

The bot platforms handle the brains; hitlchat supplies the channel, the team, and the safety net.

Enquiries answered around the clock

The bot never sleeps, and overnight handoffs queue neatly in the inbox for the morning shift.

Your choice of bot platform

First-class support for both Botpress and Voiceflow, with the same handoff behaviour on each.

A human safety net, built in

HITL keywords and manual takeover mean no customer is ever trapped with a bot that can't help them.

Nothing happens in the dark

Every bot conversation is visible in the shared inbox, so quality stays reviewable and takeovers come with full context.

Bot, inbox, campaigns: one stack

The same number runs your chatbot, your team's shared inbox, and your broadcast campaigns.

Botpress vs Voiceflow at a Glance

Both build excellent WhatsApp AI chatbots, and both plug into hitlchat with identical handoff behaviour. The differences are about how your team likes to work.

  Botpress Voiceflow
Building style Studio-based flow builder with deep room for custom logic and developer extension Design-first collaborative canvas that product and CX teams pick up quickly
Connecting to hitlchat Personal Access Token plus the Messaging API integration, then republish Paste one API key from your agent's settings; no republish step
Channels through hitlchat WhatsApp and website webchat WhatsApp and website webchat
Human handoff HITL keywords, manual takeover, hand-back: identical on both HITL keywords, manual takeover, hand-back: identical on both
Leans toward Teams with developers who want fine-grained control Teams that prototype visually and iterate with non-engineers
You can't pick wrong: hitlchat treats both as first-class integrations, so choose the builder your team enjoys. The deep dives live at Botpress human handoff and Voiceflow human handoff.

WhatsApp AI Chatbot Use Cases

What businesses actually automate once the bot is live.

Support deflection

Opening hours, delivery policies, how-do-I questions: the bot clears the repetitive tier so agents only see conversations that need them.

Lead qualification

The bot asks budget, need, and timeline in a natural back-and-forth, then hands qualified leads to sales with the transcript attached.

eCommerce assistance

Product questions, sizing help, and order-status answers at any hour, with a person one keyword away for anything sensitive.

Bookings and reservations

Restaurants, clinics, and salons let the bot collect the who and when, escalating only changes and special requests.

Campaign reply handling

After a broadcast goes out, the bot absorbs the first wave of replies and tags intent, so agents work a sorted queue rather than a flood.

Agency builds for clients

Agencies deliver Botpress or Voiceflow bots inside white-labelled client accounts, handoff included, as a productized service.

Connection walkthroughs, screenshots included: Botpress to WhatsApp · Voiceflow to WhatsApp.

Why the Human Safety Net Is the Feature That Matters

Bot-only WhatsApp deployments fail in predictable ways. Each one has the same fix:

  • The customer with an edge case loops with the bot and leaves; with handoff, “talk to a person” ends the loop instantly
  • High-value deals stall on questions bots shouldn't answer alone; with takeover, sales steps in mid-thread with full context
  • Angry customers escalate publicly when trapped; a human entering the same chat defuses it privately
  • Bot mistakes go unnoticed; visible transcripts and handoff patterns show exactly which flows to fix next

That combination, automation with an exit ramp, is the whole thesis of human-in-the-loop and the reason hitlchat exists.

Frequently Asked Questions

Everything you need to know about WhatsApp AI chatbots on hitlchat.

Which AI chatbot platforms does hitlchat support?

Botpress and Voiceflow, the two most widely used conversational AI builders. Either connects to your WhatsApp number and website widget through hitlchat.

Do I build the chatbot inside hitlchat?

No. You design the conversation in Botpress or Voiceflow, where those tools excel. hitlchat supplies the WhatsApp and webchat channels, the shared team inbox, and the human handoff around your bot.

Botpress or Voiceflow: how do I choose?

Pick by team, not by hitlchat features, since handoff works identically on both. Developer-heavy teams tend to enjoy Botpress; design-led teams tend to move faster in Voiceflow.

Can one bot serve WhatsApp and my website?

Yes. The same Botpress or Voiceflow build can run on your WhatsApp number and your site's webchat widget, with all conversations landing in one inbox.

What happens to enquiries overnight?

The bot answers as usual. Anything it escalates waits as an assigned conversation in the inbox, and your team picks it up in the morning, or from the mobile app if someone is on call.

How does a customer reach a real person?

They type one of your HITL keywords, such as “agent,” and the bot pauses for that conversation while your team takes over. An agent can also step in manually at any time.

Can I try a bot without Meta approval?

Yes. Connect a number by QR code and your bot is answering WhatsApp in minutes, no Meta Business setup involved. Move to the Business API when you scale.

Can I review what the bot has been saying?

Every bot conversation is a normal thread in the shared inbox, so transcripts are always one click away for quality checks and coaching the bot's next iteration.

Does the chatbot interfere with broadcast campaigns?

No, they share the number happily. Campaigns go out from the same number the bot answers on, and the bot can even field the first wave of campaign replies.

What if the bot gives a wrong answer?

An agent takes the conversation over on the spot and the customer is corrected by a person. Longer term, handoff patterns show which flows misfire most, which is your improvement roadmap.

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