How to Create a Telegram Chatbot for Free in 2025

In the fast-paced world of 2025, with digital technology on the rise, chatbots have become a necessary utility for individuals as well as organizations to make the communication path smoother and provide a better user experience. Of all the many options, Telegram is exceptional due to its strong capabilities and user-friendly interface, which makes it the best platform to build chatbots. Besides this, telegram is enormously capable with group management.

• Step One (Setting up the Account):

Connecting a telegram account with the BotSailor platform is really easy.

First, you need to go to Telegram and search for BotFather.

Select BotFather and type /start.

Type /newbot. BotFather will ask you to provide a Bot Name. Here, we have entered TeleBot. Next, we are asked to provide a username for the Bot.

As you can see the username is accepted. Please note, your user name should be a unique one to get accepted by BotFather.

Next, copy the HTTP API by clicking on that and jump to BotSailor’s Dashboard.

Navigate to the Botsailor’s Telegram section and click on Connect Bot. Paste the copied HTTP API to the Telegram Bot Token section and click on Connect.

Thus, your account should be connected. You should be able to see the account on the Connected Bots section if you scroll down the page.

• Step Two (Creating the Bot):

Now, navigate to the Bot Manager Section.

You can see your account is selected on the left side and currently you are in the Bot Reply section. Click on Create which will take you to the Visual Flow Builder.

Double click on the Start Bot Flow and the left window will open.

Now, type one or more trigger words and provide a suitable title for the bot. Save the bot by clicking on the Save button.

Click on Compose Next Message and take an Image. Double click on the Images section and upload an image and save it.

Next, click on Add Buttons. Double click on the button and give a button name. Select Redirect to Website URL when user presses the button. Copy and paste the website URL to the Web URL section. Save the button. Lastly, save the bot. Now, let’s see how the bot works.

•  Step Three (Testing the Bot):

Search for the bot with the bot link and click on start.

Now, type the trigger word ‘hi’. As you can see we have got the reply from the bot.

By clicking on the Go to Website button we will be redirected to the BotSailor’s website.

This is a very simple way to create a telegram bot.

Now, let’s find out how the Telegram bot Group Manager works.

•  Telegram: Group Manager:

First of all, click on Create. Then select New Group. Add the members and click on next. Type a group name and upload a group picture. Click on Next.

Thus, your group is created.

Now you have to connect the bot to the group. For that, click on the group name. From the right side click on Add member. Search for the bot  with the bot’s ID. Then press Enter. Click on add. The bot should be added to the group.

Now, go to the member’s section of the group and right click on the bot. Select Promote to admin. You should be able to see the bot on the Telegram: Group Manager section.

After that, we need to test if the bot works in the group.

Type the trigger word to trigger the bot.

As you can see the bot has replied. Click on the Go to Website button. This will redirect you to the website. You can add a lot of other features like this in a bot.

Furthermore, let’s navigate to the Telegram: Group Manager.

Go to the Filtering Messages section. You can choose what type of messages group member’s can send in the group. You can select to remove messages containing images,  messages containing links, forwarded messages with media and so on. 

You can also select if anyone breaks the rules; for how long he will be restricted. You can remove censor words by typing those specifically for maintaining a hygienic group environment.  After configuring, click on save.

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FAQs

1.    What is a Telegram Chatbot?

Answer: A telegram bot is an automated program that interacts with users on the telegram messaging platform. It can perform various tasks like answering questions to provide information, appointment scheduling, marketing promotions and so on.

2.    How to connect my Telegram Account to BotsSailor?

Answer: It’s really easy to create telegram bots. First, we need to go to the telegram and search for BotFather. Then, type /newbot. Provide a Botname and a unique username. You will be given an API token which then you will have to paste on the connect account section of BotSailor. Thus, your account will be connected.

3.    Does BotSailor provide a free account to create these telegram bots?

Answer: Yes, with BotSailor; you can have a free account with which you get to connect up to three accounts with at most 10K message credit and as much as 1K subscribers per month.

4.   Is this Chatbot AI Powered?

Answer: Yes, this Telegram AI chatbot is powered and integrated with OpenAI. You can train the chatbot by creating different training campaigns, prompts and files.

5.    How to create a telegram bot for free?

Answer: First you need to sign up for a free account in BotSailor. Then connect your telegram account by following the above mentioned instructions. After that, you can create a free chatbot as per your needs.

6.   Can I use a telegram widget for free?

Answer: Yes, you can integrate telegram widget to your website for free. You can create a telegram widget by navigating to your BotSailor’s Bot Manager and click on create. After saving the bot, copy the JS embed code and paste it to your website. Thus, your telegram widget should work fine.

7.    Can I broadcast templates using telegram bots?

Answer: Yes, with BotSailor; you can broadcast templates to your subscribers using telegram bots.

8.   Can I use Telegram AI Chatbot for free using BotSailor Platform?

Answer: Definitely, using the free account you will have 100K AI token, which you can use by integrating the AI Assistant. Just, navigate to the Bot Manager section and enable AI Assistant. Create a training campaign and provide prompts and faqs. Your AI Assistant chatbot will be ready to interact.

9.   Can I collect user data using BotSailor’s Telegram AI Chatbot?

Answer: Yes, you can collect your user data by user input flow and save that to a google sheet for further usage.

10.   Can I transfer data to a third party app using BotSailor?

Answer: Yes, we can send or receive data using a third party app by Out-bound Webhook and HTTP API.