Frequently asked questions

Straight answers about how Bayan works, what it costs and how your data is treated. Can’t find yours? We answer within one business day.

36 questions

The basics5 questions

What is Bayan?

A platform for customer-support teams. Your company uploads its knowledge base — policies, product guides, common questions — and Bayan drafts replies grounded in it for your agents, who review them and send them to the customer from the tool they already use.

Does Bayan answer customers by itself?

No. Bayan writes the reply for the agent; the agent reads it, adjusts it if needed and sends it. Nothing reaches a customer without a person deciding to send it.

Who is Bayan for?

Support teams of any size — from one person answering a shop’s e-mail to a company with several teams and shared templates. A personal account covers the first; a workspace with seats covers the second.

Which languages does it support?

Arabic and English, fully. The interface is right-to-left in Arabic, knowledge search understands the different ways Arabic words are written, and replies come out in Arabic or English — you choose the default, and a template can override it.

Is there a free plan?

Yes. The free plan includes a monthly allowance of credits, personal templates and a small knowledge base, with no time limit. Paid plans add more credits, larger knowledge bases, brand voice and — on Business — a shared workspace with seats.

Knowledge base5 questions

What can I upload?

PDF, Word (DOCX), plain text, Markdown and CSV files, up to 25 MB each — or write a document directly in Bayan. Scanned PDFs without a text layer cannot be read; export them with text first.

What happens to a document after I upload it?

Bayan cleans it, splits it into sections by its headings, and indexes each section for search in Arabic and English. You can review the sections, tidy them with AI, and see the questions each one answers.

What if the knowledge has no answer?

Bayan is built to stick to your knowledge. When the answer is not there it says so instead of guessing, and Knowledge insights list the questions that went unanswered so you know exactly what to add.

How do I keep documents up to date?

Upload a new version of the document; the old one is replaced and the sections are re-indexed. Insights show which documents are used most, so you know which ones deserve attention.

Can I limit who sees a knowledge base?

In a workspace, a knowledge base can be open to the whole company, limited to a team, or restricted to chosen members. Agents only ever draw on the knowledge they are allowed to see.

Replies and templates5 questions

What is a reply template?

A saved way of answering a kind of request — returns, complaints, order status — linked to your knowledge base and, if you like, your brand voice. An agent picks the template and Bayan writes the specific reply from the customer’s message and your knowledge.

What is brand voice?

A description of how your company sounds: formal or warm, short or thorough, the phrases you use and the ones you avoid. Define it once, switch it on in your templates, and every reply sounds like you.

Can the agent edit the reply before sending?

Always. The reply appears in an editable box; the agent changes what they want, then copies it or inserts it into their e-mail or help desk with one click.

How accurate are the replies?

As accurate as your knowledge. Bayan quotes the documents it drew on with every reply, and refuses to invent an answer when the knowledge is silent — which is why keeping the knowledge base current matters more than anything else.

Who can see what an agent writes?

An agent’s history is private to them. Workspace admins see usage figures without the text; whoever manages a knowledge base sees the most frequent questions without the names of who asked them.

Browser extension5 questions

How do I install the extension?

From the extension page on this site, for Chrome and Microsoft Edge. Store installs take one click; a direct install goes through the browser’s Developer mode and the page walks you through it. Then click the Bayan icon in the toolbar and sign in.

Where does it work?

On any site: e-mail, help desks, chat tools and any text field. Select the customer’s message, open Bayan from the bubble or the toolbar, pick a template, and the reply goes back into the field you were writing in.

Does the extension read everything I see?

No. It runs on the pages you visit so it can appear when you select text, but it sends nothing to Bayan until you choose an action yourself. What you select is the only text it sends.

Can I hide the Bayan bubble on a site?

Yes. Close it on that site from its small ×, or switch it off everywhere in the extension’s settings; selecting a message still brings Bayan up beside it.

How does the extension update?

A store install updates itself. A directly installed copy tells you when a new version is out, and the extension page walks you through updating.

Teams and workspaces4 questions

What is the difference between a personal account and a workspace?

A personal account is one person with their own templates and knowledge. A workspace is a company: shared knowledge bases and templates, teams, roles, one shared credit balance and a single bill. Each account can own one workspace.

What are the roles in a workspace?

Owners run everything, including billing. Admins manage members, teams, templates and knowledge as far as the owner allows; billing rights are granted separately. Members use the templates and knowledge they were given access to.

How do seats work?

Every active member takes a seat. Business includes a set of seats and you buy more as you grow; a disabled member frees their seat at once, and a pending invitation holds a seat until it is accepted or revoked.

Can I organise members into teams?

Yes. Teams group members so that templates and knowledge can be scoped to them — the sales team’s knowledge base does not have to be visible to the returns team.

Plans, credits and billing8 questions

What is a credit?

Bayan’s usage unit. A typical reply or rewrite costs about one credit; longer or knowledge-based generations cost a little more. You never deal with tokens or model names. Every plan refills its credits monthly.

What happens when my credits run out?

AI actions pause until the next monthly refill. You can upgrade for a larger allowance, or redeem a prepaid credit card to top up right away. Templates, knowledge and history are never affected.

What are prepaid credit cards?

Cards with a code that adds credits to your account or workspace. Enter the code on the billing page; the credits never expire and are used after your monthly allowance runs out. They are issued by the platform team and sold through partners and events.

Can I use a coupon?

Yes, when buying a plan. Enter the code in the plan picker and the price updates before you pay. A coupon may be for one payment, for a number of months, or for every renewal, depending on the offer.

Is there a free trial?

Personal paid plans offer a trial with no card needed, once per account. Workspaces start on a trial of the Business plan when they are created.

Which payment methods can I use?

Card subscriptions that renew automatically until you cancel, and local payment methods that pay one cycle in advance — nothing is charged automatically with those, and you renew from your billing settings.

Can I change my plan or cancel?

At any time from your billing settings. Upgrades apply immediately; a downgrade or cancellation applies at the end of the paid period, and you keep your templates, knowledge and history either way.

Where are my invoices?

On the billing page: every payment appears there with its invoice, whether it was paid by card or a local method.

Security and privacy4 questions

Is my data used to train AI models?

No. Bayan trains no model on your content. Text goes to the AI provider only to write the result you asked for and to prepare your knowledge, and your documents stay inside your account or workspace.

How is my account protected?

Two-step verification with an authenticator app or an e-mailed code, an alert whenever a new device signs in, a bounded number of simultaneous sessions, and sign-in with Google or Microsoft if you prefer. Sensitive changes are always confirmed by e-mail.

Will I know if someone signs in from a new device?

Yes. A sign-in from a browser or device your account has not used before is announced in the app and by e-mail, with a way to change your password and sign out everywhere.

Can I delete my data?

Documents, templates and history can be deleted at any time from the app. Deleting an account erases the profile and its documents; billing records are kept as the law requires.

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