Channels Overview
Which channels you can connect, on which plan, and what their status means.
Channels are the accounts your customers reach you on. Open Channels in the sidebar: each card shows Connect for a new channel and Manage for one already connected. The toolbar button Connect channel opens a quick picker for WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger and Telegram; every other channel connects from its own card.
Supported Channels
Each plan includes a set of channel types. A locked card shows the plan it starts on.
| Channel | What it does | From plan |
|---|---|---|
| DMs, story replies and comments (Business or Creator account) | Free | |
| Messenger | Messages and comments on your Facebook Page | Free |
| Telegram | Messages to your Telegram bot | Free |
| WhatsApp Business Platform number, templates and broadcasts | Starter | |
| TikTok | Publishing posts from the Content Hub only (no messages) | Starter |
| SMS | Twilio, Telnyx, Vonage or MessageBird numbers | Starter |
| Gmail, or any mailbox over SMTP and IMAP | Scale | |
| Website Chat | A chat widget for your website | Starter |
| Custom Channel | Any service you connect through webhooks | Scale |
Channel Status
Each card shows its state:
- Active: connected and receiving messages.
- Paused: still linked, but over your plan's channel limit or outside its channel types. It receives and sends nothing until you upgrade or choose which channels stay active.
- Disconnected: not connected. Reconnect it from the card. A red banner at the top of the app explains why, for example lost access after a password change.
Good to Know
A few rules apply to every channel:
- One account can be connected in only one workspace at a time.
- A workspace keeps one Instagram account, one Facebook Page, one WhatsApp number and one Telegram bot. Connecting a different one of the same type replaces the previous one.
- Connected channels count across your whole organization against your plan's channel limit.
- If a channel stays disconnected for more than 30 days, its conversations and messages are deleted. Contacts are always kept.
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