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Overview

WhatsApp is a customer communications management software that helps businesses of all sizes create product catalogs and respond to customers’ messages or queries in real-time. The software provides end-to-end encryption to secure chats, voice messages, images, audio/video calls, and more.

Answer questions, solve problems, increase conversions. Add live chat to your website and talk with your website visitors in real-time, or use the messenger mode and reply to messages at your own pace. Use chatbot automation to automate FAQ answers.

Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

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Platforms supported

Web-based
iPhone app
Android app
Windows Phone app

Typical customers

Freelancers
Small businesses
Mid size businesses
Large enterprises

Customer support

Phone
Online
Knowledge base
Video tutorials

view more detailsview details

Video & Screenshots

Pricing

Starting from

Free

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

Starting from

/user

Per month

Free trial available
Credit cardless trial
Free account
Subscription based

User reviews

4.7

16.4K

12.2K

3.5K

575

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

89%

would recommend this app

4.7

452

347

Value for money

Ease of use

Features

Customer support

87%

would recommend this app

Pros

“Features like creating large groups, sharing documents, and the Web/Desktop version make it an excellent tool for quick team coordination and daily personal check-ins.”

Ravindra S.

Owner

“WhatsApp is a reliable everyday platform to connect with family, friends or colleagues by providing the features like messaging, voice notes, audio and video calls, group calls, sharing and receiving photos and videos.”

Prachi D.

Administrative

“instant communication that's familiar to most of my customers, WhatsApp Business with built-in product catalog, free calls and messages worldwide, handy status updates for informal marketing.”

Nicole T.

Event Marketing and Operations

Pros

“The real-time chat helps us respond to customers quickly, and the interface is straightforward.”

Stephanie P.

CS Team Lead

“The auto-replies, which can be pre-typed for common questions, are amazing and save time for repetitive questions.”

Reema D.

Associate Director

“what i like most about this software is that if you have business your customers they can message you through their or through live chat so you can help them if they need anything or if they have a question for you.”

marisol h.

herbalife

Cons

“You can't sort conversations by order status or tag them as paid versus pending, so I end up scrolling back through dozens of chats to find that one customer who wanted logo placement adjusted.”

Ana N.

Founder

“because WhatsApp heavily compresses shared photos and videos, we cannot use the platform to send high-quality media assets for final technical approval.”

Jessee G.

Director of Media

“Although I understand from a privacy and security perspective that logging into multiple devices can jeopardise that set-up, but once a device has been set as trusted, if I were to lose my phone, being unable to access WhatsApp on my computer is frustrating.”

Maria P.

Accessories Designer

Cons

“the fact i cancelled after 6 months and they then charged me £204 to renew (when I had not authorised or requested a renewal - i had cancelled the app in shopify).”

Stuart B.

Company Director

“The free trial didn't give an enough amount of time to test how this software would work for me.”

Edward S.

Walmart associate