Hiver

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AI-powered customer service platform

How to Replace Hiver

Overview

Hiver is a modern AI customer service platform that combines best-in-class AI with human support to manage customer service conversations across multiple channels. It offers omnichannel ticketing, AI-powered automation, collaboration tools, and comprehensive analytics to help teams deliver exceptional customer service efficiently.

Features

70 features across 11 categories

Analytics(8)

Analytics for ConversationsPremium

Get insights about your team's workload and performance, in terms of the conversations being handled

CSAT & Sentiment ReportsAIPremium

Analyze the satisfaction and AI-predicted sentiments of your customers through reports

CSAT SurveysPremium

Measure customer satisfaction and collect feedback from your customers by sending a short survey

Custom ReportsPremium

Start from scratch or build on pre-built reports to analyze your team's performance

Dashboards

Create custom dashboards to view all crucial performance indicators across different shared inboxes in a single place

Reports

Track all your key customer service metrics in real time with rich, visual reports and help your team always stay on top of their game

Reports on Users, Tags & SLAPremium

Create performance reports and real-time dashboards segmented by users, tags, and SLA performance to track First Response time, Resolution time, and overdue or imminent conversations

SLA ManagementPremium

Set deadlines for responses and issue resolutions. Track SLA compliance and violations to measure team performance

Also in: Hugging Face, Notion, Smartsheet

Apps(5)

Basic IntegrationsPremium

Fetch business and customer data using out-of-the-box integrations with apps like Asana, Jira, QuickBooks, and more

Hiver APIPremium

Access Hiver data programmatically using REST APIs to build custom integrations with tools of your choice

Integrations

Integrate your favorite apps with Hiver to bring all your service channels, apps, and customer context in one place

Premium IntegrationsPremium

Build smart workflows and automate daily tasks by integrating your favorite apps like Salesforce, Hubspot, Zapier and Hiver APIs

Slack Integration

Integrate Slack channels with Hiver to receive Slack updates and notifications in real time

Automation(12)

ApprovalsPremium

Simplify approval workflows to faster approvals on requests from customers, vendors, or employees from the comfort of your inbox

Auto-respondersPremium

Automatically send responses to acknowledge new conversations received within or outside business hours

Automatic AssignmentPremium

Automatically assign and reassign conversations to various team members in a Round-Robin manner for better workload distribution

Business HoursPremium

Define when your team can service customers and track SLA compliance during those hours. Trigger auto-responders during off-hours

ChatbotsPremium

Maximize the potential of your Live Chat with Chatbots to speed up responses and improve agent productivity — all within your inbox

CSAT & SLA-based WorkflowsPremium

Create rule based automations using CSAT ratings received to improve customer engagement and trigger actions when SLAs are breached or nearing violation

Custom ObjectsPremium

Easily import customer data from external sources such as your CRM into Hiver as CSVs to automate tagging and assignment

Individual to Shared Inbox AutomationPremium

Automatically move emails from individual inboxes to a Shared Inbox, using the from-email address or domain

Load-balanced AssignmentPremium

Define an 'Assignment Limit' to prevent overloading of your team members

Rule-based AutomationsPremium

Leverage no-code, rule-based Automations to assign conversations, tag them, and handle data entry—freeing up time to respond faster

Scheduled AutomationsPremium

Automate follow-ups, notifications and actions on specific dates to ensure important deadlines aren't missed

Skill-based RoutingPremium

Automatically assign conversations to team members based on their skill-set

Also in: monday.com, Notion, Airtable

Channels(4)

Live ChatPremium

Engage website visitors with live chat, automatically route messages, and deflect repetitive queries with AI-powered chatbots

Omnichannel Support

Support customers across email, chat, slack, voice, WhatsApp, and social media channels

Voice SupportPremium

Transform your inbox into a powerful voice support centre, delivering exceptional customer service via Aircall integration

WhatsApp SupportPremium

Integrate your business's WhatsApp number as a support channel with Hiver to offer WhatsApp support within your inbox

Collaboration(7)

Collaborators

Use the collaborative inbox to easily assign queries, discuss them internally, and fast-track responses—without forwards or CCs

Collision Alerts

Help teams avoid sending duplicate replies with real-time collision alerts. Ensure no two team members work on the same query

Followers

Managers and supervisors can follow important or escalated conversations to get real time updates on the progress

Internal Knowledge BasePremium

Let teams securely share and access sensitive documents internally

Notes & @mentions

Collaborate within your team seamlessly, without CCs and forwards. Use @mention to tag a colleague and write a note

Permalinks

Share conversations with your teammates, stakeholders, or other departments through private and public permalinks

Shared Drafts

Draft the perfect responses by working with your team in real time—no more cluttering inboxes with CCs or forwards

Also in: Notion, Airtable, Obsidian

Hiver AI(13)

AI AgentsAIPremium

Autonomously resolve repetitive queries, schedule follow-ups, and trigger workflows across tools, teams, and channels

AI AnswersAIPremium

Resolve support conversations across channels with up to a 70% deflection rate

AI ComposeAIPremium

Help teams compose impactful responses effortlessly. Use AI to refine grammar, adjust tone, and enhance writing clarity

AI CopilotAIPremium

Assist your team with contextual support — draft replies, suggest next steps, refine replies, summarize threads and more

AI ExtractAIPremium

Use AI to pull key details like order IDs or reference numbers from conversations and push them into Automations for routing, alerts, and contextual notes

AI InsightsAIPremium

Analyzes conversation data to reveal trends, inefficiencies, and opportunities for improvement (Coming soon)

AI QAAIPremium

Evaluate agent responses in real time for tone, grammar, and completeness. Replace endless manual reviews with AI scores to save time and get an accurate picture of agent skill levels

AI Sentiment AnalysisAIPremium

Analyze and predict the emotional tone in customer emails so agents can easily prioritize and escalate conversations

AI SummarizerAIPremium

Turn lengthy conversations into brief overviews and save them as Notes to speed up handoffs, escalations, and resolutions

AI TaggingAIPremium

Automatically tag incoming conversations based on topic or category — improving organization, reporting, and automation accuracy

AI TasksAIPremium

Use the powerful visual builder to create agents that can handle multi-step actions such as initiating customer refunds, sending follow-ups, updating external apps and more

AI Thank You DetectorAIPremium

Detect closure phrases like "Thanks!" or "Noted" in customer responses to prevent the reopening of closed conversations

Ask AIAIPremium

Assist your team with contextual guidance in every conversation — draft replies, suggest next steps and more, right inside the inbox

Security(2)

HIPAA CompliancePremium

Hiver ensures the confidentiality and security of patient healthcare information

OKTA SSO IntegrationPremium

Simplify access management with the convenience of single-sign-on functionality powered by Okta app integration

Also in: Hugging Face, Notion, Airtable

Self-Service(3)

Customer PortalPremium

Deploy a personalized customer portal where customers can raise, manage, and track their issues in real-time

External Knowledge Base

Create branded help articles and FAQs for customers to find answers independently

Knowledge Base

Create help articles to empower customers to help themselves. Share articles publicly or keep them private for internal use

Support(3)

Additional Success ServicesPremium

Get a customer success manager who will help and guide you to maximize value from Hiver platform including premier onboarding

Custom Build HoursPremium

Get help with custom API and integration development

Onboarding AssistancePremium

Hiver provides users with complimentary onboarding assistance for seamless integration and effective use of its features

Team Management(4)

Custom RolesPremium

Define roles that suit your own organizational structure and workflow by provisioning and limiting access to various features

Out of Office (OOO)

Enable team members to schedule and manage their availability, ensuring new conversations are attended to during their absence

Team Management

Run your support team like clockwork—effortlessly manage workload, assignments, availability, and performance

Workload Distribution

Manage, optimize, visualize and track your team's workload. Monitor team capacity, redistribute tasks, and improve collaboration

Ticketing(9)

Contacts

Provide your team full customer context—past emails, feedback, and more—so they can respond faster and serve smarter

Custom FieldsPremium

Collect and store specific information about customer issues to sort conversations, automate workflows and track trends

Email Templates

Save canned responses as email templates and share them with your team to provide faster, more consistent responses

Linked ConversationsPremium

Link similar conversations to track related issues with shared visibility

Mobile App

Enable users and supervisors to solve customer service issues on-the-go with Hiver's iOS and Android mobile apps

Shared Inbox

Manage all your service channels like email, live chat, voice, WhatsApp, social media and more from a unified inbox

Tags

Categorize all incoming queries by adding Tags based on type, priority, and more to manage customer conversations efficiently

Tickets

Assign, resolve, track and manage conversations effortlessly while keeping support natural and personalized

Views

Use filters to bucket conversations and save them as Views for quick access and streamlined collaboration

Pricing

Free

Free
  • Unlimited users
  • Ticketing and support channels
  • Email, Live Chat & Knowledge Base
  • Shared Inboxes
  • Collaboration
  • Views
  • Out of Office
  • Integrations - Slack
  • Support - Help center, 24/7 email and live chat support

Growth

$25/user/month (monthly) or $35/user/month (annual)
  • Everything in Free, plus:
  • AI Compose
  • AI Summarizer
  • Internal Knowledge Base
  • Followers & Collision Alerts
  • Custom Fields
  • Linked Conversations
  • Approvals
  • Automatic Assignment
  • Rule-based Automations
  • Analytics for Conversations
  • Basic integrations (Asana, Jira, QuickBooks, etc.)

Pro

Popular
$65/user/month (monthly) or $85/user/month (annual)
  • Everything in Growth, plus:
  • AI Agents
  • AI Copilot
  • Voice, WhatsApp & Portal
  • SLA & Business hours
  • CSAT Surveys
  • Load-balanced assignment
  • CSAT & SLA-based workflows
  • CSAT & Sentiment Reports
  • Reports on Users, Tags & SLA
  • Custom Reports
  • Premium integrations (Salesforce, HubSpot, Zapier)

Elite

$105/user/month (monthly) or $125/user/month (annual)
  • Everything in Pro, plus:
  • AI QA
  • AI Insights (Coming soon)
  • Skill-based routing
  • Custom Objects
  • Individual to Shared Inbox rules
  • Custom Roles
  • HIPAA compliance
  • OKTA SSO integration
  • Additional success services
  • Custom build hours

Cost Calculator

Keep Paying Hiver

Monthly$25/mo
Yearly$300/yr
5-Year Total$1.5k

Build It Yourself

Est. Build Time~8 hrs
Hosting$20/mo
DifficultyEasy

Total Cost Comparison

1 YearSave $60
SaaS
$300
DIY
$240
3 YearsSave $180
SaaS
$900
DIY
$720
5 YearsSave $300
SaaS
$1.5k
DIY
$1.2k

DIY hosting estimate based on Vercel + Supabase free/pro tiers (~$20/mo). Build time estimated from 70 features at easy complexity.

Build vs Buy

Should you build a Hiver alternative or buy the subscription? Estimate based on 70 features.

Buy Hiver

Better Value
Monthly cost$250/mo
3-year total$9,000
Time to deployDays

Build Your Own

Development cost$60,000
Maintenance$900/mo
3-year total$92,400
Dev time~5 months

Buying Hiver saves ~$83,400 over 3 years vs building.

Estimates based on 70 features and a BuildScore of 4/5. Actual costs vary.

Integrations

14 known integrations

100+ apps (ERP, CRMs, Project Management)AircallAsanaChrome ExtensionGmailGoogle WorkspaceHubSpotJiraMicrosoft OutlookOktaQuickBooksSalesforceSlackZapier