Integrations
Viber for your contact center
CONTACT.WORK connects Viber in two ways: a Viber bot that customers find and message, or Rakuten Viber Business Messages sent through an official Viber partner. Viber chats show up in the agent's browser window between phone calls, and the AI agent can take them first. In the US, Viber is worth adding if many of your customers come from communities where it's the default messaging app, such as people from Eastern Europe, the Middle East, or Southeast Asia.
Where is my parcel? Order 7731
Agent AnnaIt is with the courier and will arrive by 6 PM today.
Thank you!
Capabilities
What you get with Viber
Examples
How customers reach you on Viber
On Viber, a conversation can start from your bot, from a message your business sends, or from a customer writing to your Business ID. The setup and fees depend on which of these you need.
Chats with your Viber bot
The customer scans a QR code on a receipt, a flyer, or your website, opens your bot, and types a question. The message goes into the CONTACT.WORK queue, and the AI agent or an available agent answers. The customer sees the reply from your bot, in the same chat.
- QR code or link to start
- Replies come from your bot
- Chats sorted by team
Where is my parcel? Order 7731
Agent AnnaIt is with the courier and will arrive by 6 PM today.
Thank you!
Messages from your Business ID
Through an official Viber partner, you register a Business ID with your company name and logo. From it, you send one-time codes, transactional messages such as delivery and payment updates, and promotions. Prices depend on the destination country and the message type, and promotions cost the most.
- One-time codes
- Transactional updates
- Promotions to opted-in customers
Your CompanyYour order 7731 is out for delivery. Reply here if you have questions.
Can it come after 5?
Customer reply opens a free 24-hour sessionWhen the customer writes first
A customer who messages your Business ID opens a conversational session that lasts 24 hours. Per partner pricing, these customer-started sessions have been free since July 1, 2026. Agents and the AI agent answer inside the session, and every Viber session is kept in that customer's history.
- 24-hour session
- Free per partner pricing
- Saved to the timeline
Marina, Main St officeTill 2 does not print receipts, customers are waiting
Oleg, warehouseWho confirms shipment for order #1024?
Ticket #1287 created · owner: Igor, ITIgor, ITMarina, on it. Restart the till – I will check remotely in 5 min
We'll suggest a Viber bot or Business Messages, depending on your audience: how many of your customers use Viber and whether you plan to message them first.
How it works
What your contact center gets
Audience
Viber in the US: a channel for specific communities
Viber is popular in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia. Most American customers won't look for you there, but many people from those regions do. For a travel agency, a money transfer service, a clinic, or a grocery chain that serves these communities, Viber can carry a real share of conversations. If your customers don't use it, WhatsApp and SMS will reach more of them.
- Check your customer list first
- Viber next to WhatsApp and SMS
- One history across apps
- Call 3:12 · Anna · recording
- Viber: "Where is my parcel?"
- Missed call → task "Call back"
- Deal #1024 moved to "Contract"
AI agent
Viber replies at any hour
Viber messages reach the CONTACT.WORK AI agent before anyone else. It looks up answers in the knowledge base you give it and makes sense of questions however customers phrase them. A refund, a schedule change, or anything else your staff has to approve is forwarded to an agent, who sees a short note on what the customer wants.
- Covers nights and weekends
- Hands off with context
- Language model billed separately
Do you deliver on Saturdays?
AI agentYes, Saturday delivery is available in most areas.
AI agent answered in ViberOutbound
Notifications through your Viber partner
Order confirmations, appointment reminders, and one-time codes go out as Business Messages, and a customer's reply opens a chat with an agent. Partners charge more for promotions and add a surcharge for regulated industries such as lending, alcohol, tobacco, and gambling. Before you send promotions, collect each customer's consent – in the US, the TCPA can cover marketing messages too (general information, not legal advice).
- Codes and order updates
- Promotions with consent
- Replies go to an agent
Your CompanyYour order 7731 is out for delivery. Reply here if you have questions.
Can it come after 5?
Customer reply opens a free 24-hour sessionReports
Viber chats in reports
Reports show Viber chats by source – bot or Business ID – along with waiting time before the first reply and the chats the AI agent closed by itself. You can tell whether Viber brings enough conversations to keep it.
- Chats by source
- Time to first reply
- Chats closed by the AI agent
Setup
How we connect Viber
- 01Choose the optionWe look at how many of your customers use Viber and pick a bot, Business Messages, or both.
- 02BotYou create a Viber bot with your company name and logo and send us its token.
- 03Business IDFor Business Messages, you sign up with an official Viber partner and register your Business ID.
- 04ConnectionWe connect the bot or the partner's API to CONTACT.WORK, set up queues and after-hours replies, and train the AI agent on your knowledge base.
- 05TestingWe write to the bot, send a code and an order update, reply to them as a customer, and check that each message reaches an agent and the CRM.
- 06LaunchWe put the bot's QR code and link on your website and in stores, then watch reply times for the first week.
Requirements
What you need to connect Viber
- Bot
- A Viber bot and its token – if you choose this option
- Business Messages
- A contract with an official Viber partner and a registered Business ID
- Message types
- One-time codes, transactional, and promotional, priced by destination country
- Platform
- Our cloud or your data center; on-premises needs internet access to Viber or your partner's API
- CRM
- Optional: Viber chats saved to the customer record
- Cost
- Setup from support plan hours; Viber message fees through us (partner rates plus our fee) or directly from your partner
Preparation
What to prepare for Viber
Q&A
Frequently asked questions
Should a US company add Viber?
Only if your customers use it. Viber is the default messaging app in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, and people from those regions often keep it after moving to the US. If they make up a noticeable part of your customers, Viber is worth connecting. If not, WhatsApp and SMS reach more people.
Bot or Business Messages – which do we need?
A Viber bot handles chats that customers open by tapping a link or scanning a QR code. Business Messages let you message customers first – codes, order updates, promotions – from a registered Business ID, through an official Viber partner. We'll suggest one or both, depending on your audience.
What kinds of Viber messages can you handle?
Any of them: bot chats, customer-started sessions, one-time codes, transactional messages, promotions, replies with photos and files, and AI agent replies. They all go into one queue with calls and your other channels.
How does the 24-hour session work?
When a customer writes to your Business ID, a conversational session opens for 24 hours, and agents and the AI agent can answer freely during it. Per partner pricing, these customer-started sessions have been free since July 1, 2026.
How much does it cost?
Here is what Viber costs on each side. On ours, licenses and agent seats are free. Connecting Viber and building your queues is paid for with support plan hours, available from the Standard plan. Development beyond that, for example sending Viber messages on events in a CRM without a ready connector, is $60 per hour on the Pro plan with an 8-hour monthly minimum, or is deducted from the 40 hours Maxi includes. The AI agent's language model is paid per conversation. All CONTACT.WORK prices are net of applicable taxes. Business Messages are sold by official Viber partners. We can bill your Viber messages through CONTACT.WORK – the partner's rates plus our service fee, both shown in your proposal – or you can contract with a partner directly. As of 2026, partners typically charge a one-time Business ID registration fee (€9.99 at one partner) and a monthly minimum that depends on your profile's country (€115 at one partner) – if your spending is lower, you pay the minimum. Each message is priced by destination country and type, with promotions the most expensive. Lending, alcohol, tobacco, and gambling pay a surcharge (40% at one partner). Check your partner's current rate card.
Can we send promotions on Viber?
You can, with promotional Business Messages sent through your Viber partner. Send them only to customers who agreed to receive them: in the US, the TCPA and state laws may apply to marketing messages. Keep a record of consent and stop as soon as someone asks. Please read this as an overview, not as legal advice.
Can the AI agent answer on Viber?
It replies in bot chats and in sessions customers open, drawing on the knowledge base, and forwards the Viber conversation to a staff member with a short note whenever a human has to step in. After you update the knowledge base, the AI agent needs some time to retrain – anywhere between several minutes and several hours, depending on the size of the changes.
Can we use Viber and WhatsApp together?
Connect both, and the platform keeps one history for the customer, so the agent sees the WhatsApp chat from last week while answering today's Viber message.
What data is saved?
The conversation with photos and files, the customer's Viber name and phone number when Viber shares it, the agent who replied, and the outcome. It's saved in the customer's timeline and, if you use a CRM, on the customer record.
Will Viber work with an on-premises installation?
It will, if that server is allowed out to the internet to reach Viber or your partner's API. Conversations stay on your own infrastructure.
Glossary
Terms on this page
- CRM – customer relationship management
- Where a company keeps its customers, deals, and full communication history. Learn more →
- Knowledge base
- All answers, policies, and prices in one place – for agents and AI. Learn more →
- API (application programming interface)
- The way programs exchange data with each other without a person in the loop. Learn more →
- Large language model (LLM)
- A neural network that understands questions asked in everyday words and answers the same way. Learn more →
- On-premises deployment
- The system runs on the company's own servers, not in the vendor's cloud. Learn more →
- Customer record
- The screen of customer data an agent sees during a conversation. Learn more →
- Cloud deployment (cloud)
- The platform runs on the vendor's servers, and agents connect over the internet. Learn more →
- Data center
- A building with servers, backup power, cooling, and network links. Learn more →
- Connector
- A prebuilt module that links the platform with telephony, a CRM, or another system. Learn more →
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