Automatic vs Manual Training: Which One Should You Choose?
AiFaqChat offers two powerful ways to train your AI assistant: Automatic Training and Manual Training. Both approaches use the same AI engine — but they serve different goals.
Understanding how they work helps you get accurate answers, better tone control, and faster results.
What Is Automatic Training?
Automatic training scans your website content and turns it into knowledge for your AI assistant.
- Pages are scanned automatically
- Content is extracted and structured by AI
- Updates happen on a schedule or via manual rescan
This is the fastest way to get started — especially if your website already contains documentation, FAQs, or product pages.
Best use cases for automatic training
- Public websites with clear, structured content
- Fast onboarding with minimal setup
- Keeping answers aligned with live website content
What Is Manual Training?
Manual training lets you add custom content directly inside AiFaqChat.
- Add FAQs, explanations, or internal knowledge
- Write content in any language
- No need to publish content on your website
This is ideal when information doesn’t exist on your site, or when you want full control over wording and answers.
Best use cases for manual training
- Internal rules, policies, or workflows
- Clarifying or overriding scanned content
- Adding explanations for complex topics
Key Differences
| Feature | Automatic Training | Manual Training |
|---|---|---|
| Source | Website pages | Custom text you provide |
| Setup time | Very fast | Requires manual input |
| Language | Based on website content | Any language |
| Content control | Medium | Full |
| Best for | Public information | Custom or internal knowledge |
Which One Should You Choose?
In most cases, the best approach is to use both together.
- Start with automatic training to cover your website
- Use manual training to fine-tune, clarify, or extend answers
Manual training always takes priority when content overlaps, ensuring your instructions and explanations are respected.
Good News: You Can Change Anytime
You can add, edit, or remove manual training content at any time. You can also rescan or fully retrain your website whenever needed.
AiFaqChat is designed to grow with your content — not lock you into a single approach.
Ready to get started? Learn how to add manual training, rescan your website.