Telegram bots and AI chatbots

    Telegram bot development

    Bots like the ones you already use from delivery services and banks, built for your business: they take enquiries, book clients, show a catalogue, report order status and accept payments. An AI chatbot also answers questions from your own documents.

    Telegram bot for one task from $750 in 3-7 days. AI chatbot on your own data from $1,250 in 3.5-7 days.

    What a bot can include

    Buttons, not commands

    Clients tap through a clear menu instead of typing commands, so nobody gets stuck on the first screen.

    Enquiries and booking

    The bot collects the details you need and books a service, time or specialist without a phone call.

    Catalogue and payments

    Products or services with prices, an order and payment inside Telegram, and order status on request.

    Notifications

    Order updates for clients, new enquiries and daily reports for your team, sent the moment something happens.

    Connected to your systems

    Enquiries go to your CRM or Google Sheets, statuses and prices come from them, so nobody copies data by hand.

    AI answers from your data

    If you need it, an AI chatbot that answers from your documents and price list, shows the source and hands the rest to a person.

    How much a Telegram bot costs

    TypeDForceStandard developmentWhat you get
    Telegram bot for one taskfrom $750, 3-7 daysfrom $3,000, 12-28 daysOne business task: enquiries, booking, catalogue, order status, notifications or payments
    AI chatbot on your own data$1,250-3,750, 3.5-7 days$5,000-15,000, 2-4 weeksOne channel, one or two sources of your documents, answers with citations, handoff to a person
    Production chatbot with CRM or helpdesk$5,000-18,750, 1.5-3 weeks$20,000-75,000, 6-12 weeksCRM or helpdesk integration, live data lookups, a test set of real questions, logging

    4 times cheaper and 4 times faster than standard hand-written development: AI writes the code, senior engineers direct and review every change. The exact figure is fixed in the scope before work starts. AI model usage is a third-party cost paid to the provider, typically $100-2,000 a month depending on volume, and is not divided by four.

    What a bot can do for your business

    You already use bots from delivery services, banks and utilities: check a status, get a notification, book a slot without calling. The same works for your customers and your team.

    Enquiries and leads

    The bot asks the right questions and sends a ready enquiry to your manager or CRM, at any hour.

    Booking

    Clients pick a service, a time and a specialist in a few taps. Right for clinics, salons, studios and repair shops.

    Catalogue and orders

    Products with prices, an order or payment without leaving Telegram, and order status whenever the client asks.

    Team notifications

    New orders, payments and daily reports land in a team chat. For Sewing Lab the purchasing list arrives split by supplier.

    Answers from your documents

    An AI chatbot answers questions about prices, delivery and terms from your own documents and passes the rest to a person.

    How we build a bot

    01

    Call and scope

    A short call about the job the bot has to do. You get a one-page scope with a fixed price and a launch date.

    02

    Dialogue map

    Buttons, texts, what the bot does at each step and when it hands the conversation to a person. You approve it before any code is written.

    03

    Development

    You try the bot in your own Telegram while we build it, and a senior engineer reviews every change. An AI chatbot is tested on your real customer questions.

    04

    Launch

    CRM, sheets or payments connected, the bot moved to your account and handed over to your team.

    Why DForce

    01

    4 times cheaper and faster than standard development, because AI writes the code and senior engineers direct and review every change.

    02

    A fixed price and a launch date in a one-page scope before work starts.

    03

    Telegram bots run in our own products and client systems: lead cards with Approve, Edit and Skip in Zapyt, meeting recommendations in Board Coffee Match, a tracking chatbot on the Meest Post platform.

    04

    More than 106 projects since 2020, a team of 16 in Kyiv working in Ukrainian and English.

    Bots and chat automation we have built

    Zapyt

    Zapyt

    An AI lead radar: finds people in Threads, Telegram and X asking for a business like yours and drafts the reply in your voice for one-tap approval.

    Board Coffee Match

    Board Coffee Match

    AI-powered networking platform that matches members of business communities for high-value 1-on-1 coffee meetings.

    Sewing Lab

    Sewing Lab

    An automation system for a clothing manufacturer: daily production planning, material purchasing, cash-on-delivery reconciliation, and automatic buyer replies.

    Questions about Telegram bot development

    How much does a Telegram bot cost?

    A bot for one business task (enquiries, booking, catalogue, order status, notifications or payments) starts at $750 and takes 3-7 days. An AI chatbot trained on your own data is $1,250-3,750 over 3.5-7 days, and a production chatbot connected to your CRM or helpdesk is $5,000-18,750 over 1.5-3 weeks. Standard development quotes 4 times these figures: from $3,000, $5,000-15,000 and $20,000-75,000. AI model usage is billed separately by the provider, typically $100-2,000 a month.

    How long does it take to build a Telegram bot?

    3-7 days for a bot that handles one business task, 3.5-7 days for an AI chatbot on your documents, and 1.5-3 weeks for a production chatbot with CRM or helpdesk integration. The date is fixed in the scope before work starts.

    What is the difference between a Telegram bot and an AI chatbot?

    A regular bot guides the client with buttons through a fixed scenario: booking, an enquiry, a catalogue, an order status. An AI chatbot understands questions typed in the client's own words and answers from your documents and price list. Many businesses combine them: buttons for routine actions, AI for free questions.

    Will an AI chatbot make up answers?

    Not if it is built correctly. It answers only from your documents and data, shows the source, says it does not know when nothing relevant is found, and hands the conversation to a person for anything involving money, refunds or exceptions. Before launch we test it on 50-200 real questions your customers have asked.

    Can the bot work with my CRM, payments or other messengers?

    Yes. A bot can create enquiries in your CRM, read and write Google Sheets, accept payments and pull order status from your system. Telegram is usually the first channel, but the same logic can answer in Viber, Instagram or on your website. Every integration and channel is listed in the scope.

    Should I use a bot builder or a custom bot?

    A builder is fine when the bot only needs a menu and ready answers. A custom bot pays off when it has to look up live data such as orders, stock, prices or bookings, act in your CRM, follow your own handoff rules, or when the builder's monthly fees at your volume cost more than owning the bot.

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