Pandorabots
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Pandorabots, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Pandorabots's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free Tier | Free | up to 2 bots · unlimited Sandbox or Staging access · production deployment requires a valid credit card |
| Sandbox | Free | up to 2 bots · unlimited sandbox/staging · directory deployment |
| Developer | Priced on request | production bots · API access · embedded chat widget · landing page · email support |
| Enterprise | Priced on request | backend/API integration · service-level agreements · custom support packages |
| Premium Tier | — | 10+ bots · email support · deployment features · production messages per month vary by plan · monthly billing; plan prices not accessible on the pricing table |
| Pro | Priced on request | third-party channel integrations · 100,000 interactions · additional features released first |
The facts
Each one read from Pandorabots's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AIML compatibility
- The current interpreter supports older AIML 1.0 bot files while adding AIML 2.0 features.checked 15 Oct 2026
- AIML limitation
- The interpreter does not currently support JavaScript and requires UTF-8 encoding.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API
- The Talk API lets developers integrate hosted bots into applications that can make HTTP requests.checked 12 Oct 2026
- API authentication
- API calls require an application ID plus a secret user key or bot key obtained after upgrading from Sandbox.checked 15 Oct 2026
- API operations
- The legacy API documents bot creation, file upload, compilation, deletion and conversation calls.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The documentation describes use cases including customer service, customer journey touchpoints, internal IT processes, learning, games, toys, and entertainment.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Bot development
- The platform includes a browser editor, compilation workflow, staging environment and publishing to production channels.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Bot export
- Users can download their bot files from the editor even though the hosted platform itself is not self-hostable.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Bot tools
- The interface offers a code editor for AIML, an Intents Tree for visualizing and editing intents, and Chat Design for rich media AIML.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Chat widget
- A customizable website chat widget can be installed by copying a JavaScript snippet into a page.checked 15 Oct 2026
- CLI
- The documentation identifies a Pandorabots command-line interface for developers and motivated self-starters.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Concurrency guidance
- Free and Developer tiers have no stated hard concurrency maximum, but users expecting over 200 requests per second are asked to contact Pandorabots.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Deployment channels
- multichannelchecked 20 Sep 2026
- Documentation depth
- The documentation contains quickstart material, AIML fundamentals, reference material, API endpoints, SDKs, integrations and troubleshooting guidance.checked 15 Oct 2026
- External services
- Call API lets AIML bots request external services and use returned data, but it is not standardized and may not work with other AIML interpreters.checked 12 Oct 2026
- File limit
- The FAQ sets the maximum uploaded file size at 2 MB.checked 15 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Apple app availability
- Pandorabots is listed as the developer of the TextCeleste iPhone app; Apple says there are not yet enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.checked 15 Oct 2026
The company
- Bot ownership
- Users or their organizations own the code they develop on the platform, except in cases such as choosing to make it open source.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Company founding
- CB Insights lists Pandorabots as founded in 2008 and headquartered in Oakland, California.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company legal name
- The platform’s terms identify the provider as Pandorabots, Inc.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Company size
- LinkedIn classifies Pandorabots as a privately held software-development company with 11–50 employees.checked 15 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2008checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
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