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amit patil
amit patil

Reputation: 245

Difference between Microsoft Bot Framework and Azure Bot Service?

I want to create a bot, but I am confused what is exactly Bot Framework and Azure Bot service? Can anyone explain in detail?

Upvotes: 7

Views: 7392

Answers (3)

tatigo
tatigo

Reputation: 2254

Bot Framework - is comprised of an open-source SDK and tools for end-to-end bot development.

Azure Bot Services - a cloud platform that hosts bots, helps you manage, connect, and deploy your bot across devices and popular channels

Bot Framework Service - a component of Azure Bot Service, that responsible to sending the info between the app and the channel

Microsoft Bot Service SDK

Upvotes: 2

Graham
Graham

Reputation: 7792

Admittedly you asked your question a year and a half ago, but in early 2018 it seems as though Microsoft uses the two terms interchangeably for one product.

Take, for example the documentation link from the bot framework home page, the title of this page is Bot Service Documentation:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/bot-framework/

Also, in the Azure pricing calculator only Azure Bot Service is listed (under both "Analytics" and "AI + Machine Learning"). "Azure Bot Service" is what appears on the invoice.

Finally, when you go to create a new resource and search for "bot" the only related items that you will see are for Azure Bot Service, there is no mention of Azure Bot Framework there either.

Upvotes: 6

Ezequiel Jadib
Ezequiel Jadib

Reputation: 14787

The best way to understand the difference is going through the docs. The Azure Bot Service documentation is available here.

In a nutshell, Azure Bot Service provides a set of templates to get started with the creation of Bots and accelerate the development since it provides an integrated environment. Of course, the templates that it creates are based on the BotFramework. With Azure Bot Service, you can even code your bot directly from the Azure Portal Editor, from the comfort of your browser.

If you don't want to start with Azure right way, and want to develop your Bot locally first, etc, you might want to use the BotFramework builder bits; but as I said; once you se Azure Bot Service, you are able to download the generated bot and continue the development from your machine if you want.

Upvotes: 8

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