🆚 WhatsApp vs. Zendesk Chat

Type

Instant messaging app
Live chat software

About

WhatsApp is a cross-platform instant messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) service owned by Meta that enables private messaging, media sharing, and internet-based voice and video communication.

It allows users to send text and voice messages, share photos, videos, documents, and locations, and make voice and video calls including group calls. It also supports end-to-end encryption and provides a Business API for large-scale messaging and automation.

Read more…

Zendesk Chat is a live chat solution included in Zendesk Suite that businesses can embed on their websites or help centers to talk with customers in real time.

It supports customizable web and mobile chat widgets, offers proactive chat triggers to initiate conversations, omnichannel routing across messaging channels, and AI-driven responses, provides chat-to-ticket conversion so chats become support tickets, and supports more than 2,000 apps and integrations in the Zendesk Marketplace.

Headquarters

Menlo Park, California, United States
San Francisco, California, United States

Website

Pricing

Free ✔️
WhatsApp Business, US rate per conversation
Free version ✔️ 1,000 free service conversations/month
Marketing $0.025
Authentication $0.0135
Utility $0.004
Service $0
Free version ❌Free 14-day trial
Support Team $228+/agent/year

Categories

Instant Messaging › Rank #1
Social Media › Rank #5
Live Chats › Rank #2

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The WhatsApp instant messaging app is 10 times more popular than Zendesk Chat.
Total websites

Market share

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

WhatsApp is more popular in Brazil, India, and Russia, while Zendesk Chat is more popular in Australia, Bulgaria, and Sweden.
Brazil
India
Russia
Spain
Turkey
Indonesia
Italy
United States
Thailand
Argentina

Awards

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

WhatsApp is more popular than Zendesk Chat in all market segments.
Online Shopping
Business
Marketing/Merchandising
Internet Services
Travel
Education/Reference
Fashion/Beauty
Health
Real Estate
Blogs/Wiki

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name
Rank
View more ➝
Name
Rank
#1,333
#1,434
#1,852
View more ➝

See also

🗃️ About This Data