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Skolbot vs Tidio: which chatbot for your school?
Tidio combines live chat, automation and the Lyro AI agent for customer service. Its public positioning includes SMEs and e-commerce; no student-recruitment specialization is published.
When should you choose Skolbot?
Skolbot suits teams that want to answer prospective students on their website and engage prospects already in their CRM.
- Answer programme, campus and admissions questions before asking for contact details, using your approved information.
- Keep your CRM: captured context supports follow-up through the fields and integration agreed with your team.
- Start a WhatsApp conversation or voice callback from the CRM, then pass the context to admissions.
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| Skolbot | Tidio | |
|---|---|---|
| Education-specific | Documented Source · | Conditional or unspecified Source · |
| Multilingual (6+ languages) | Documented Source · | Documented Source · |
| EU data residency | Documented Source · | Documented Source · |
| CRM handoff or sync | Documented Source · | Documented Source · |
| After-hours responses | Documented Source · | Documented Source · |
| WhatsApp channel | Documented Source · | Documented Source · |
| Lead qualification | Documented Source · | Documented Source · |
Tidio: Documented capabilities
- Live chat + chatbot combined in one tool
- Lyro AI can answer simple FAQs
- Multiple plans; see the official pricing page
- Customisable widget, quick installation
- Data stored on EEA-based servers according to the official help centre
Tidio: Points for a school to verify
- No higher-education specialization is published
- Admissions journeys must be provided through Lyro sources and guidance
- Event registration requires a configured Flow, Action or integration
- CRM integrations including Salesforce and HubSpot are documented
- Lyro documents 48 languages with automatic detection
- Student-recruitment metrics must be defined by the institution
Official sources
Comparison written by Skolbot using public sources. An unspecified feature is not an absent feature. Confirm the proposed scope in your demo.
Use-case summary
Tidio provides a general customer-service platform with Lyro, Flows and CRM integrations. Skolbot provides admissions-specific journeys; the choice depends on whether the institution needs a configurable general platform or sector specialization.
Best for Tidio: SMEs and e-commerce teams seeking a customer-service platform
What your demo should prove
- Can the agent answer a real programme question without imposing a form?
- Which fields, triggers and updates does the integration support in your CRM?
- How are consent, opt-outs and human handover handled?
- Which channels, languages, fees and limits are included in your setup?
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