This comprehensive comparison helps organizations evaluate General Bots against major productivity, automation, and AI platforms.
General Bots uniquely combines self-hosted deployment, open source licensing, native AI integration, and powerful BASIC scripting—capabilities that typically require multiple expensive subscriptions across competing platforms.
Capability General Bots Microsoft 365 Google Workspace n8n Notion Perplexity Claude Make/Zapier
Self-hosted ✅ Full ❌ Cloud only ❌ Cloud only ✅ Available ❌ Cloud only ❌ Cloud only ❌ Cloud only ❌ Cloud only Open source ✅ AGPL ❌ Proprietary ❌ Proprietary ✅ Fair-code ❌ Proprietary ❌ Proprietary ❌ Proprietary ❌ Proprietary Data sovereignty ✅ Your servers ❌ Microsoft servers ❌ Google servers ✅ Self-host option ❌ AWS/GCP ❌ Their servers ❌ Anthropic servers ❌ Their servers Per-user licensing ✅ None ❌ $12-57/user/mo ❌ $6-18/user/mo ⚠️ Cloud version ❌ $10-15/user/mo ❌ $20/mo ❌ $20/mo ❌ Per-task pricing Source code access ✅ Full ❌ None ❌ None ✅ Available ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None Modify & extend ✅ Unlimited ❌ API only ❌ API only ✅ Possible ❌ API only ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None
Capability General Bots Microsoft 365 Google Workspace n8n Notion Perplexity Claude Make/Zapier
Email ✅ Stalwart ✅ Exchange ✅ Gmail ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None Calendar ✅ CalDAV ✅ Outlook ✅ Calendar ❌ None ❌ Basic ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None File storage ✅ SeaweedFS ✅ OneDrive ✅ Drive ❌ None ⚠️ Limited ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None Tasks/Projects ✅ Full ✅ Planner ✅ Tasks ❌ None ✅ Strong ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None Video meetings ✅ LiveKit ✅ Teams ✅ Meet ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None Team chat ✅ Multi-channel ✅ Teams ✅ Chat ❌ None ⚠️ Comments ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None Document editing ✅ Available ✅ Office apps ✅ Docs/Sheets ❌ None ✅ Pages ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None Identity/SSO ✅ Zitadel ✅ Entra ID ✅ Identity ❌ None ⚠️ Basic ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None
Capability General Bots Microsoft 365 Google Workspace n8n Notion Perplexity Claude Make/Zapier
LLM integration ✅ Any provider ⚠️ Copilot ($30/user) ⚠️ Gemini (extra) ⚠️ Via nodes ⚠️ Limited ✅ Built-in ✅ Built-in ⚠️ Via connectors Custom prompts ✅ Full control ⚠️ Limited ⚠️ Limited ✅ Available ⚠️ Basic ⚠️ Limited ✅ Available ⚠️ Limited RAG/Knowledge base ✅ Built-in ⚠️ Extra cost ⚠️ Extra cost ⚠️ Custom build ⚠️ Page search ⚠️ Pro only ⚠️ Projects ❌ None Image generation ✅ Local SD ⚠️ Designer ⚠️ Limited ⚠️ Via API ❌ None ⚠️ Limited ✅ Available ⚠️ Via API Video generation ✅ Zeroscope ❌ None ❌ None ⚠️ Via API ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None ⚠️ Via API Speech-to-text ✅ Whisper ⚠️ Extra ⚠️ Extra ⚠️ Via API ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None ⚠️ Via API Vision/OCR ✅ BLIP2 ⚠️ Extra ⚠️ Extra ⚠️ Via API ❌ None ❌ None ✅ Available ⚠️ Via API Local/offline AI ✅ Full support ❌ None ❌ None ⚠️ Possible ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None AI cost ✅ Bring your key ❌ $30/user/mo ❌ $20/user/mo ⚠️ API costs ❌ $10/user/mo ❌ $20/mo ❌ $20/mo ⚠️ Per operation
Capability General Bots Microsoft 365 Google Workspace n8n Notion Perplexity Claude Make/Zapier
Workflow automation ✅ BASIC scripts ⚠️ Power Automate ($) ⚠️ AppSheet ($) ✅ Visual builder ⚠️ Basic ❌ None ❌ None ✅ Visual builder Scheduled tasks ✅ Cron + natural ⚠️ Extra license ⚠️ Limited ✅ Available ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None ✅ Available Webhooks ✅ Instant creation ⚠️ Complex setup ⚠️ Limited ✅ Available ⚠️ Limited ❌ None ❌ None ✅ Available Custom APIs ✅ One line ❌ Azure required ❌ GCP required ✅ Possible ❌ None ❌ None ✅ API available ❌ None Database access ✅ Direct SQL ⚠️ Dataverse ($) ⚠️ BigQuery ($) ✅ Multiple DBs ⚠️ Notion DBs ❌ None ❌ None ⚠️ Limited REST API calls ✅ GET/POST/etc ⚠️ Premium connectors ⚠️ Limited ✅ HTTP nodes ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None ✅ HTTP module GraphQL ✅ Native ❌ None ❌ None ✅ Available ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None ⚠️ Limited SOAP/Legacy ✅ Supported ⚠️ Limited ❌ None ✅ Available ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None ⚠️ Limited Automation pricing ✅ Unlimited ❌ Per-flow fees ❌ Per-run fees ⚠️ Execution limits ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None ❌ Per-task fees
Capability General Bots Microsoft 365 Google Workspace n8n Notion Perplexity Claude Make/Zapier
Web chat ✅ Built-in ⚠️ Bot Framework ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None ✅ Web only ✅ Web only ❌ None WhatsApp ✅ Native ⚠️ Extra setup ❌ None ⚠️ Via nodes ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None ⚠️ Connector Teams ✅ Native ✅ Native ❌ None ⚠️ Via nodes ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None ⚠️ Connector Slack ✅ Native ⚠️ Connector ⚠️ Limited ⚠️ Via nodes ⚠️ Integration ❌ None ⚠️ Integration ⚠️ Connector Telegram ✅ Native ❌ None ❌ None ⚠️ Via nodes ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None ⚠️ Connector SMS ✅ Native ⚠️ Extra ❌ None ⚠️ Via nodes ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None ⚠️ Connector Email bot ✅ Native ⚠️ Complex ⚠️ Limited ⚠️ Via nodes ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None ⚠️ Connector Voice ✅ LiveKit ⚠️ Extra ⚠️ Extra ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None
Capability General Bots Microsoft 365 Google Workspace n8n Notion Perplexity Claude Make/Zapier
Scripting language ✅ BASIC (simple) ⚠️ Power Fx ⚠️ Apps Script ✅ JavaScript ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None ❌ Visual only No-code option ✅ Conversational ⚠️ Power Apps ⚠️ AppSheet ✅ Visual builder ✅ Pages ✅ Chat ✅ Chat ✅ Visual builder Custom keywords ✅ Rust extensible ❌ None ❌ None ✅ Custom nodes ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None API-first ✅ Full REST ✅ Graph API ✅ Workspace API ✅ REST API ⚠️ Limited ⚠️ Limited ✅ Full API ⚠️ Limited Debugging ✅ Console + logs ⚠️ Complex ⚠️ Complex ✅ Execution logs ❌ None ❌ None ❌ None ⚠️ Limited Version control ✅ File-based ⚠️ Limited ⚠️ Limited ✅ Git support ⚠️ Page history ❌ None ❌ None ⚠️ Limited
Capability General Bots Microsoft 365 Google Workspace n8n Notion Perplexity Claude Make/Zapier
Data residency control ✅ Your choice ⚠️ Limited regions ⚠️ Limited regions ✅ Self-host ❌ US/EU only ❌ No control ❌ No control ❌ No control GDPR compliance ✅ Self-managed ✅ Available ✅ Available ✅ Self-host ⚠️ Depends ⚠️ Limited ⚠️ Limited ⚠️ Limited HIPAA capable ✅ Self-managed ⚠️ Extra cost ⚠️ Extra cost ✅ Self-host ❌ No ❌ No ❌ No ❌ No Audit logs ✅ Full control ✅ Available ✅ Available ✅ Available ⚠️ Limited ❌ Limited ❌ Limited ⚠️ Limited Encryption at rest ✅ Configurable ✅ Standard ✅ Standard ✅ Configurable ✅ Standard ✅ Standard ✅ Standard ✅ Standard SSO/OIDC ✅ Zitadel ✅ Entra ✅ Identity ⚠️ Enterprise ⚠️ Business ❌ Basic ⚠️ Enterprise ⚠️ Enterprise MFA ✅ Built-in ✅ Built-in ✅ Built-in ⚠️ Configure ⚠️ Basic ⚠️ Basic ⚠️ Basic ⚠️ Basic
Platform Base License AI Features Automation Storage Total Annual
General Bots $0 $0 (bring key) $0 Included $3,000-12,000 *Microsoft 365 E3 + Copilot $43,200 $36,000 $12,000+ Included $91,200+ Google Workspace Business + Gemini $21,600 $24,000 $6,000+ Included $51,600+ n8n Cloud + separate tools $0-6,000 API costs Included None $20,000+ Notion Team + AI $12,000 $12,000 None Limited $24,000 Multiple point solutions Varies Varies Varies Varies $50,000+
*General Bots cost = infrastructure + optional LLM API usage
Requirement General Bots Microsoft Google n8n Notion AI Assistants
Knowledge base ✅ ⚠️ Extra ⚠️ Extra ⚠️ Build ⚠️ Limited ⚠️ Limited WhatsApp channel ✅ ⚠️ Complex ❌ ⚠️ Build ❌ ❌ Web widget ✅ ⚠️ Complex ❌ ❌ ❌ ❌ Ticket creation ✅ ⚠️ Extra ⚠️ Extra ✅ ⚠️ Manual ❌ Human handoff ✅ ⚠️ Extra ❌ ⚠️ Build ❌ ❌ Analytics ✅ ⚠️ Extra ⚠️ Extra ⚠️ Build ❌ ❌
Requirement General Bots Microsoft Google n8n Notion AI Assistants
Scheduled reports ✅ ⚠️ Extra ⚠️ Extra ✅ ❌ ❌ Database sync ✅ ⚠️ Extra ⚠️ Extra ✅ ❌ ❌ API orchestration ✅ ⚠️ Premium ⚠️ Limited ✅ ❌ ❌ Document processing ✅ ⚠️ Extra ⚠️ Extra ⚠️ Build ❌ ⚠️ Limited Email automation ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ Custom logic ✅ ⚠️ Limited ⚠️ Limited ✅ ❌ ❌
Requirement General Bots Microsoft Google n8n Notion AI Assistants
Project management ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ✅ ❌ Team chat ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ⚠️ ❌ File sharing ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ⚠️ ❌ Video meetings ✅ ✅ ✅ ❌ ❌ ❌ AI assistant ✅ ⚠️ Extra ⚠️ Extra ⚠️ Build ⚠️ Extra ✅ Self-hosted ✅ ❌ ❌ ✅ ❌ ❌
From Platform To General Bots Effort Data Portability Tool Support
Microsoft 365 Full migration Medium Good (APIs) Scripts provided Google Workspace Full migration Medium Good (APIs) Scripts provided n8n Automation only Low Easy (JSON) Direct import Notion Content migration Low Good (Export) Scripts provided Zapier/Make Workflow rebuild Medium Manual Templates available Custom solution Varies Varies Depends API compatible
✅ Complete data sovereignty and self-hosting
✅ No per-user licensing costs at scale
✅ Native AI without additional subscriptions
✅ Full productivity suite in one platform
✅ Multi-channel chatbot deployment
✅ Powerful automation without limits
✅ Open source transparency and extensibility
✅ Custom integrations and modifications
You require specific certifications only available from large vendors
Your organization mandates a particular cloud provider
You have no infrastructure or IT capacity for self-hosting
You need only a single narrow feature (e.g., just document editing)
General Bots provides the most comprehensive feature set for organizations seeking:
Advantage Impact
75-95% cost reduction Eliminate per-user fees, AI add-ons, automation limits Complete data control Self-hosted, your infrastructure, your rules Unified platform Email, files, chat, automation, AI in one system No artificial limits Unlimited users, workflows, API calls, storage Full transparency Open source code, audit everything Future-proof No vendor lock-in, standard formats, portable data
The combination of enterprise productivity features, native AI, powerful automation, and self-hosted deployment makes General Bots unique in the market—delivering capabilities that would otherwise require subscriptions to multiple expensive platforms.
