Hey There!
Returning to Rasa after a couple of year and things have changed quite a bit. Apologies in advance if these questions have been asked. I was an advanced RASA open-source user a couple of years ago and my product was entirely build on rasa backend.
Fast forward to now, I run an agency specialising in chatbot development. I get a lot of requests to write a wrapper over openAI’s API. The customers specifically ask this because they can edit the prompts later on and therefore avoid any lock-in with. me.
I however, convince them about the rising OpenAI bills and not having control over the business flow and guide them towards having a RASA open-source bot (NLU and NLG using openAI API).
I realize RASA pro makes it much easier (Though I have to spend time now to understand how CALM works) but its hidden behind a licence.
My question is, “How can I get a RASA pro - CALM for each of my customer’s working long enough for them to realize they are actually saving money compared to using barebones OPENAI - API”
I dont think I can make them create an account and ask them to share their license. They resist any work of that kind. Will a single node-locked RASApro calm license scale? I dont mind a cap on the number of convo. I would want a setup where RASA pro deployment can handle high band-width communication. Isn’t $36000 a bit steep. Is there a linear scale of pricing where small businesses can afford? Say 1000 conversations p.m.
Kindly suggest how can I get this going.
P.S I do a lot of convincing on behalf of RASA since I was a fanboy in the past. Its tough to let go of the ecosystem since I started my chatbot journey with RASA