Parlei vs. chatbots
Isn’t this just a chatbot?
Fair question — they both talk. But a chatbot performs a script, and a Parlei speaks for a real person. It answers with what they’ve actually said, written, and published — about them, never as them.
| A chatbot | Your Parlei |
|---|---|
| Answers questions about your website | Knows both sides — you and the visitor — and weighs the connection |
| Knows nothing about the person asking | Lives everywhere — your bio, your email signature, all your sites |
| Lives on one website | Builds a contact database from every conversation |
| Every conversation disappears | Connects two Parleis for a mutual brief before either human meets |
| Ends with “Was this helpful?” | Ends with “Here’s why you two should talk” |
The deeper difference is where the words come from. A chatbot makes up answers on the spot from whatever it can find. A Parlei only relays what its owner has declared and approved — their writing, their talks, their offers, their rules.
That’s why we call it a spokesperson, as a service. A spokesperson speaks for you without being you, and only says what you’ve actually said. Companies have one. Now you do too.
Common questions
- How is Parlei different from a chatbot?
- A chatbot answers questions about a website and forgets every conversation. A Parlei is a spokesperson for a real person: it answers with what they’ve actually said, written, and published, it explains what they offer, and it hands each visitor the right piece of their work. When someone’s a fit for the owner’s time, it sets that up too.
- Does a Parlei pretend to be its owner?
- No. A Parlei always speaks about its owner — “She covers that in this piece” — and never as them. It doesn’t invent opinions. It only relays what the owner has actually put out and approved.
- Is a Parlei just a gate in front of the calendar?
- No. Most visitors don’t need the owner’s time — they need an answer, a link, or an explanation, and the Parlei gives them that on the spot. Booking time is the exception path, not the point.
- Where does a Parlei live?
- One link — your parlei.to address. Put it in your bio, your email signature, your website, your business card. Wherever people find you, they can ask.