AI Chat in WeWeb: Built-in Chat Element vs Custom Implementation?

Hi everyone,
I’ve been following the tutorials about building an AI agent between WeWeb and Xano, and I noticed that @Matthew_S built the chat interface from scratch in his videos.

Since those videos were recorded before the new AI Chat element was released in WeWeb, I’m wondering what the best approach is today.

Would you recommend using the built-in AI Chat element, the standard chat component, or still building a custom chat interface manually?

Curious to hear your feedback based on performance, flexibility, and scalability :folded_hands: Thanks in Advance,

hey, using Weweb AI in its current “alpha” version is not the best option, cause it is unstable. Hope Weweb team will fix it soon. Until I’d recommend using built-in chat element.

ohh thanks @Batik_Okazov for the info, i did not know that it is still in Alpha

If you just need a normal chat UI, I’d use the built-in chat element and keep the agent logic custom in Xano. The built-in element saves time on message state and rendering, but I wouldn’t couple the core logic to WeWeb AI while it’s still alpha. If you need streaming, custom tools, or your own memory/history, keep that backend-side and let WeWeb handle the front end.