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Omnichannel shared inbox combining WhatsApp, email, live chat, voice, Instagram, and Facebook for mid-market support teams in eCommerce and hospitality.

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In its favor

Why people choose Trengo

The signal that keeps Trengo on the shortlist. Sourced from G2, Capterra, and customer scoping calls.

Consolidates WhatsApp, email, Instagram, Messenger, voice, and live chat into one shared team inbox, eliminating tab-switching and missed messages.

Meta Business Partner status means official WhatsApp Business API access with approved message templates, reducing friction for eCommerce support teams.

Built-in AI Agent handles tier-1 ticket deflection automatically, claimed to reduce handling time significantly for repetitive queries.

Intuitive interface with fast handoffs between team members ensures no customer waits when agents are busy or offline.

Strong customer support reputation — reviewers specifically name support agents who made onboarding smooth and problem resolution fast.

Per-conversation billing introduced in 2024 charges per message thread within 7-day windows, which surprises teams used to flat-seat pricing and can inflate costs unpredictably.

AI Agent features with surcharges are gated behind higher tiers, leading to sticker shock when teams enable automation and see line-item charges on the invoice.

Limited integration ecosystem compared to established players like Zendesk — third-party CRM and ERP connectors require custom API work.

Lack of a transparent free trial means onboarding costs are sunk before full feature evaluation, causing churn when the fit is not right.

Reasons to switch

Why people leave Trengo

The recurring reasons buyers give for replacing Trengo. Presented as facts, not knocks.

Platform scorecard

Strengths, weaknesses, and where Trengo fits

Grades across six dimensions, plus a SWOT-style view of where the platform shines and where it falls short.

SWOT — strengths, weaknesses, and use-case fit

Strengths

WhatsApp Business API integration as official Meta partner with approved message templates included.All-in-one shared inbox across 7+ channels (WhatsApp, email, Instagram, Facebook, live chat, voice, SMS).AI Agent for automated tier-1 ticket deflection and AI-powered answers without human routing.Collaborative team inbox with fast agent handoffs and internal notes on every conversation.Scalable from mid-market to enterprise with Boost, Pro, and custom Enterprise tiers.

Weaknesses

Conversation-based billing with 7-day rolling windows creates unpredictable monthly costs.AI surcharges are additional line items on top of seat and conversation plan pricing.Limited third-party integrations compared to established helpdesk competitors.No free trial with full feature access — demo-only evaluation before committing.Enterprise pricing is opaque and requires a sales conversation to obtain.

Where it works

Mid-market eCommerce brands with 20–100 support agents handling high volumes of WhatsApp and email inquiries where Meta Business Partner status reduces API friction.Hospitality businesses (hotels, campsites, travel agencies) managing multi-channel inbound messages across Instagram, Facebook Messenger, and WhatsApp from a single shared inbox.European and Benelux-based teams where WhatsApp Business API adoption is high and the official Meta partnership provides approved message templates without lengthy verification.Growing support teams that value fast agent handoffs and internal collaboration features over deep CRM or ERP integrations with complex enterprise back-office systems.Organizations with predictable, moderate conversation volumes that can forecast per-conversation billing within 7-day rolling windows without surprise cost inflation.

Where it struggles

Large enterprise teams with complex CRM (Salesforce, HubSpot) or ERP integrations requiring deep API customization, since Trengo's third-party connector ecosystem is limited.Organizations with unpredictable or high-volume conversation growth where per-conversation billing with 7-day windows creates monthly invoice surprises and budget volatility.Teams requiring a free trial with full feature access to validate fit before committing—Trengo offers demo-only evaluation, making sunk onboarding costs a risk if the match is poor.B2B support teams in industries with long, multi-touch sales cycles that require deep contact history linking to CRM pipelines rather than isolated conversation threads.Global teams operating in markets where WhatsApp is not the dominant messaging channel and where Meta Business Partner status provides no meaningful adoption advantage.

Pricing tiers

Trengo pricing overview

Trengo charges per user on Boost and Pro plans (€25 and €40 respectively) with flat-rate options at €299 and €499/month. Since 2024, it also bills per conversation with 7-day rolling windows, topped up via a wallet system. AI Agent usage generates additional per-resolution surcharges. WhatsApp Business API fees are billed separately by Meta.

Boost

Tier 1 of 3

€25/user/month or €299/month flat

What's included

Omnichannel inbox with chat, email, and WhatsAppBasic automation and workflow triggersUp to 5 agents included in flat planReporting and team inbox featuresNo AI Agent included

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What gets migrated

Trengo object support

Object-by-object support for Trengo migrations. Per-pair details surface during scoping.

Conversations

Fully supported

The primary object in Trengo. Each conversation holds a 7-day rolling activity window. We export all conversation metadata, status, assignee, and channel. The 7-day window resets on any message activity, which affects how we chunk historical data during migration scoping.

Messages

Fully supported

Messages are nested inside conversations. We export all inbound, outbound, and internal notes with timestamps, sender attribution, and attachment references. Pagination is required for large threads.

Contacts

Mapping required

Standard fields (name, email, phone) map cleanly. Custom contact properties vary by account and must be field-mapped to the destination schema. We handle type conversion for date, boolean, and multi-select custom fields.

Channels

Mapping required

Channels (WhatsApp, email, Instagram, Facebook, live chat, voice, SMS) define the routing layer. Channel credentials and connection configs are exportable. We preserve which channel each conversation originated from and flag active vs. archived channels.

Teams

Fully supported

Teams and their member assignments are exported. Routing rules (which team handles which channel or inbox) are preserved as configuration data alongside the user roster.

Users

Fully supported

User profiles including name, email, role, and active/inactive status are exported. Agent-level permissions and ownership of conversations are mapped to the destination user schema.

Knowledge Base Articles

Fully supported

Articles with body content, categories, and publication status are fully exportable. We map article-category hierarchy and any linked widget associations to the destination CMS.

Automation Workflows

Mapping required

Trengo's workflow triggers and actions are configurable. We export workflow definitions as structured JSON where the API exposes them, but complex multi-step automations may require manual recreation in the destination platform.

Tags

Mapping required

Tags applied to conversations or contacts are exported as flat label arrays. Tag naming conventions differ across platforms, so we apply a naming map to avoid collision at the destination.

Reports and Stats

Mapping required

Aggregated reporting data (CSAT, response times, channel volumes) is exportable as CSV. Historical report snapshots do not carry forward SLA and performance thresholds, which must be reconfigured manually.

Gotchas

What to watch for in Trengo migrations

Issues we've hit on past Trengo migrations, tagged by severity. FlitStack AI handles every one — surfacing them up front because buyer engineering teams want to know.

High

Conversation-based billing model is migration-critical

Medium

7-day conversation window resets on any activity

Medium

AI billing is a separate surcharge line item

Low

No documented bulk export endpoint requires pagination strategy

How a Trengo migration works

Four steps, Trengo-specific

Connect

Bearer token authentication using a personal access token. The token is passed in the Authorization header as 'Bearer {token}' alongside JSON content-type headers. into Trengo. Scopes limited to read-only on the data we move.

Map

We translate Trengo-specific structures (custom fields, objects, value lists) to the destination's model.

Sample

Test with a 50–200 record subset to validate Trengo quirks before production.

Migrate

Full migration with Trengo rate-limit handling. Rollback available throughout.

FAQ

Trengo migration FAQ

Answers to the questions buyers ask most during Trengo migration scoping. Not seeing yours? Book a call.

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Most Trengo migrations under 1M records finish in 48–72 hours end-to-end. Larger orgs with custom objects or buyer-side security review typically take 5–7 days.

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