WhatsApp Insights

What is WhatsApp?

WhatsApp is a free messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) service. It allows users to send text and voice messages, make video and voice calls, share images, documents, user locations, and other content. It is commonly used for personal communication, group chats, and increasingly for business customer support.

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What other technologies are related to WhatsApp?

WhatsApp Competitor Technologies

Viber

Viber is a direct competitor to WhatsApp, offering similar messaging and calling features.

mentioned alongside WhatsApp in 58% (464) of relevant job posts

Telegram is a direct competitor to WhatsApp, providing similar instant messaging and group communication services.

mentioned alongside WhatsApp in 23% (754) of relevant job posts

Facebook Messenger

Facebook Messenger is a direct competitor to WhatsApp, offering similar messaging, calling, and media sharing features. Given that both products belong to the same holding company, Meta, their roles as 'competitors' is nuanced.

mentioned alongside WhatsApp in 60% (269) of relevant job posts

SMS

SMS (Short Message Service) is a competitor as it provides basic text messaging functionality, although less feature-rich than WhatsApp.

mentioned alongside WhatsApp in 10% (1.4k) of relevant job posts

Messenger

Facebook Messenger is a direct competitor to WhatsApp, offering similar messaging, calling, and media sharing features. Given that both products belong to the same holding company, Meta, their roles as 'competitors' is nuanced. This is a duplicate of 'Facebook Messenger'.

mentioned alongside WhatsApp in 48% (255) of relevant job posts

Google Business Messages

Google Business Messages allows businesses to communicate with customers directly through Google Search and Maps, offering similar functionalities to WhatsApp Business.

mentioned alongside WhatsApp in 98% (120) of relevant job posts

FB Messenger

Facebook Messenger is a direct competitor to WhatsApp, offering similar messaging, calling, and media sharing features. Given that both products belong to the same holding company, Meta, their roles as 'competitors' is nuanced. This is a duplicate of 'Facebook Messenger'.

mentioned alongside WhatsApp in 68% (89) of relevant job posts

WeChat

WeChat is a direct competitor to WhatsApp, providing similar messaging, social networking, and payment features, particularly popular in China.

mentioned alongside WhatsApp in 9% (370) of relevant job posts

WhatsApp Complementary Technologies

Instagram

Instagram, owned by Meta, is complementary because it can be used to share content and drive users to WhatsApp for direct communication.

mentioned alongside WhatsApp in 2% (3.3k) of relevant job posts

Facebook

Facebook is complementary because it can be used to share content and drive users to WhatsApp for direct communication, even if Facebook also has messaging capabilities.

mentioned alongside WhatsApp in 1% (3k) of relevant job posts

Push

Push notifications can be used to drive users to WhatsApp conversations, making them a complementary technology.

mentioned alongside WhatsApp in 17% (103) of relevant job posts