Replacement Guide

How to Build Your Own Hiver

Replace Hiver with a custom build. AI-powered customer service platform

Few Days
70 features14 integrations3-5 days

Estimated Timeline

Based on 70 features at Few Days difficulty, expect about 3-5 days with AI-assisted development.

1
Architecture & setup
Half day
2
Core features
2-3 days
3
Testing & polish
1 day

Recommended Tech Stack

Next.js 14

Full-stack React framework with API routes and server components

Supabase

PostgreSQL database, auth, and real-time subscriptions

Tailwind CSS

Utility-first styling for rapid UI development

Key Features to Replicate

Top features across 8 categories. See all 70 features

Hiver AI(13 features)

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

+8 more in this category

Automation(12 features)

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

+7 more in this category

Ticketing(9 features)

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

+4 more in this category

Analytics(8 features)

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

+3 more in this category

Collaboration(7 features)

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

+2 more in this category

Apps(5 features)

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

Channels(4 features)

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

Team Management(4 features)

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

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.

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