Q: Great Potential but Missing Core Features & Slow Development
I tested Tiny Talk and appreciate its potential. However, there are some key concerns:
- Essential features are missing (no team member access, limited agency support like whitelabel or CNAME for client websites)
- Development pace seems slow based on the public roadmap
- Many high-voted feature requests from May remain unaddressed
- Only one feature (Pabbly integration) has been in development since June
While I'm interested in the highest tier, I'll need to see more active development before making that investment.
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Oct 30, 2024A: Hello 👋
Thank you very much for the honest and direct feedback, it’s invaluable! ❤️
We understand your concern about the pace of development and want to share more about what’s been happening behind the scenes. Since June, our focus has been on adding essential new features and capabilities, including the foundational Help Desk with human agent take-over and hand-off, along with a number of other enhancements:
⭐️ Complete overhaul of the Tiny Talk Dashboard User Interface
🔗 Links to webpages in chat widgets as resources
🔖 Support for Markdown and math notation
🌎 Enhanced URL crawling and scraping
💬 Access to Conversation History and Contact Demographics in Help Desk
🖌️ Customizable chat options: colors, syntax highlighting, widget auto-launch, launcher icon
🤗 Pre-set Welcome & Suggested messages
🤖 Integration of new GPT Models
✋ Rate limiting for WhatsApp conversations
In September, we also delivered Zapier integration and native Webhooks support. Currently, we’re working to automate the WhatsApp onboarding process using Meta's Embedded Signup flow to simplify onboarding for our users.
Regarding the Pabbly integration, the request came in June, but active development began in early October. Since mid-October, we've been waiting for Pabbly’s team to approve the integration, which is taking longer than expected on their end.
We recognize the importance of team features and CNAME support and want you to know they’re high on our internal roadmap and committed. White-labeling, however, is not currently a priority but may be considered in the future.
Our public feature request board helps us gauge demand, refine features, and take community feedback into account as we design. While not all in-progress features appear on the public roadmap, they’re being actively developed.
Thank you again for your feedback and for considering Tiny Talk’s potential. We’re eager to keep building and earning your trust in the months ahead. 🙏
All the best,
Tiny Talk Team
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I have tested several other chatbot services on AppSumo, and while some of them have a faster pace of development and release new features, they often come with terrible user interfaces, numerous bugs, and questionable monetization approaches—such as requiring payment for credits or the purchase of additional add-ons to enable essential functionality. TinyTalk is the best in all aspects!