Skolbot vs alternatives

Source-dated comparison of Skolbot against education specialists (Lead-IA, LearnWise, Gecko, Element451…) and general-purpose platforms (Intercom, HubSpot, Crisp…): specialization, languages, EU data, CRM, WhatsApp, lead qualification.

Four agents, one knowledge base

Skolbot is built only for higher-education recruitment. Every agent reads the same knowledge base, built with the school.

  • Chatbot Website

    Answers prospects and parents on your website, day and night, and qualifies the lead.

  • WhatsApp Capture

    Answers prospects who write to you, for example after scanning a QR code at a fair.

  • WhatsApp Activate

    Messages each new CRM lead within the minute, and reactivates dormant leads.

  • Instagram Answer

    Replies to Instagram direct messages, day and night.

We do the work for you

No tool to configure. The Skolbot team builds everything, your teams approve. Live in three weeks.

  1. Week 1, on our side

    We collect your website, brochures, programme sheets, fees and calendars. We find contradictions between your sources and have you validate them. Then the prompt, the WhatsApp number and the link to your CRM.

  2. Week 2, with your teams

    Tests, feedback and staging. We check that leads reach the CRM.

  3. Week 3, live

    The agents answer your prospects.

  • Each lead reaches your CRM with study level, programme, campus, a score and a call brief.
  • Data hosted in Europe, no training on your conversations, a data processing agreement (DPA) signed with every school.
  • Across more than 50,000 prospect messages, over 70% arrive after 6 pm or at the weekend.
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Skolbot vs alternatives: AI agents for student recruitment
SolutionEntry priceEducation-specificSet up by the vendor's teamMultilingual (6+ languages)EU data residencyCRM handoff or syncAfter-hours responsesWhatsApp channelInstagram channelLead qualification
SkolbotPricing on requestDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumented
Education specialists
Lead-ia
Website chatbot for higher education
On requestDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedNot statedDocumented
Studizz
School suite: orientation marketplace, website chatbot and CRM
On requestDocumentedNot statedConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedNot statedDocumented
LearnWise
AI campus support platform for higher education
$2–$20 per student/yearDocumentedDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedDocumentedNot statedConditional or unspecified
MeetYourSchool
All-in-one CRM platform for higher education
from €3,900/year excl. VATDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedNot statedDocumented
Gecko
Student engagement platform with AI chatbot
On requestDocumentedDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedConditional or unspecified
Ivy & Ocelot from Gravyty
AI assistants for institutional engagement and fundraising
On requestDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedDocumented
Mainstay
SMS-first student engagement, from enrollment to success
On requestDocumentedDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedNot statedConditional or unspecified
Unibuddy
Peer-to-peer student recruitment
On requestDocumentedNot statedConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedNot statedConditional or unspecified
Halda
AI enrollment and recruitment platform
Contact the vendorDocumentedNot statedDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedNot statedDocumented
Element451
AI CRM and Bolt agents for US higher education
from $20,000/yearDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedNoDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedNot statedConditional or unspecified
EAB AI Chat Agent
Website chatbot inside EAB's enrollment campaigns
On requestDocumentedDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedNot statedConditional or unspecified
Magma.app
Ambassador activation and referral platform
Essential: €249/month; Pro by quoteConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedNot statedDocumented
Havana
Multichannel AI student recruitment agent
Contact the vendorDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedNot statedDocumented
CRM-native chatbots
HubSpot Breeze
Native AI agents inside HubSpot CRM
$0.50/resolution (Pro/Enterprise)Conditional or unspecifiedNot statedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedDocumented
General-purpose platforms
WAX
Conversational WhatsApp CRM for commerce
On requestNoNot statedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecified
Pinpo
AI sales agents over SMS, WhatsApp and RCS, all sectors
On requestNoNot statedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedNot statedDocumented
HelloCoco (CYWYC)
Multi-sector conversational AI, from the CYWYC agency
from €399/monthConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedNot statedDocumented
Intercom
General-purpose customer support platform
from $29/seat/monthConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumented
Ideta
No-code chatbot, callbot and livechat platform
from €29/monthDocumentedNot statedDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedConditional or unspecified
Crisp
AI customer support platform for every business
from $45/monthConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedConditional or unspecified
Greenbureau
Digital channels for your customer relations
On requestDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedDocumented
Smart Tribune
Conversational AI knowledge management platform
On requestConditional or unspecifiedNot statedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedNot statedConditional or unspecified
Alcméon
Enterprise AI platform for customer conversations
On requestConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedConditional or unspecified
Polaria Tech
Sovereign French generative-AI chatbots
On requestDocumentedNot statedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedNot statedDocumented
Tidio
Live chat + chatbot for SMEs
from $24.17/monthConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumented
Chatbase
Generic self-service AI chatbot
from $32/monthConditional or unspecifiedNot statedDocumentedNoDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumentedDocumented
ChatBot.com
AI agent and customer-service automation
from $19/user/monthConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedNoConditional or unspecifiedDocumentedDocumentedNot statedConditional or unspecified
Drift
B2B live chat and conversational chatbot
On requestConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedConditional or unspecifiedNoDocumentedDocumentedConditional or unspecifiedNot statedDocumented

Detailed comparisons

Skolbot vs Lead-iaSkolbot vs StudizzSkolbot vs LearnWiseSkolbot vs MeetYourSchoolSkolbot vs GeckoSkolbot vs Ivy & Ocelot from GravytySkolbot vs MainstaySkolbot vs UnibuddySkolbot vs HaldaSkolbot vs Element451Skolbot vs EAB AI Chat AgentSkolbot vs Magma.appSkolbot vs HavanaSkolbot vs HubSpot BreezeSkolbot vs WAXSkolbot vs PinpoSkolbot vs HelloCoco (CYWYC)Skolbot vs IntercomSkolbot vs IdetaSkolbot vs TidioSkolbot vs ChatbaseSkolbot vs ChatBot.comSkolbot vs Drift

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Demo

One night, played twice.

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At 11:47 pm, Léa, seventeen, is looking for a school. An advert takes her to a website, but a fifteen-field form stops her. Six hours pass: she is not in any CRM. The same night starts again with Skolbot. At 1:12 am, she asks about work placements and gets an immediate answer. She leaves her first name and number. In the morning, her record and a summary of the conversation are waiting in the CRM. Today, Léa starts her course.