🆚 Viber vs. Zalo

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Viber is slightly more popular than Zalo.
🌍 Viber is more popular in Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus.
🌍 Zalo is more popular in Vietnam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Singapore.

Viber

Zalo

Type

Instant messaging app

About

Viber is a free, cross-platform instant messaging and calling application owned by Rakuten.

It supports text, voice, and video messaging, one-on-one and group calls, end-to-end encryption by default, group chats with up to 250 participants, communities with unlimited members, disappearing messages, custom stickers and GIFs, and low-cost calls to phone numbers through Viber Out.

Zalo is a Vietnamese mobile instant messenger and social media service.

It provides text messaging with images, voice and video calls, status posts, and file sharing, friend discovery by phone number or QR code, reminders and group chats, and integrates mobile payments via ZaloPay and business tools like Official Accounts and Mini Apps.

Headquarters

Tokyo, Japan

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Website

viber.com #1,179

zalo.me #1,339

Pricing

Free ✔️

Phone callsWorld (unlimited mins)$5.99/month
USA (unlimited mins)$1.99/month
UK (100 mins)$1.99/month
Germany (100 mins)$1.99/month

Free version ✔️Basic

Advanced99,000 VND/month

Premium399,000 VND/month

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Viber instant messaging app is 1.1 times more popular than Zalo.

Total websites

Market share

Instant Messaging

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Viber is more popular in Ukraine, Russia, and Belarus, while Zalo is more popular in Vietnam, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Singapore.

Vietnam

Ukraine

Russia

Belarus

Greece

Serbia

Bulgaria

U.S. Virgin Islands

Moldova

United States

Awards

🥇 Most popular in Serbia in the Instant Messaging category.
🥇 Most popular in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Instant Messaging category.
🥈 Second most popular in Ukraine in the Instant Messaging category.
🥈 Second most popular in Belarus in the Instant Messaging category.
🥈 Second most popular in Bulgaria in the Instant Messaging category.

🥇 Most popular in Vietnam in the Instant Messaging category.
🥇 Most popular in the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Instant Messaging category.
⭐ 6th most popular in Singapore in the Instant Messaging category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Viber is more popular among sites focused on business, marketing and merchandising, and general news, while Zalo is more commonly used on online shopping and education and reference sites.

Online Shopping

Business

Marketing/Merchandising

General News

Education/Reference

Internet Services

Travel

Health

Blogs/Wiki

Entertainment