Features

Everything in one platform.

From your first chat to a 50-agent operation, BXLivechat scales with you. 82 features across 10 capability areas, all included.

Messaging

Real-time conversations with all the polish your team needs.

Sub-100ms delivery

WebSocket with polling fallback for any network.

Typing indicators

See visitors typing — and sneak-peek their draft.

Read receipts

Know exactly when your message lands.

File sharing

Images, PDFs, and any file up to 10 MB. Magic-byte verified.

Rich messages

TEXT, IMAGE, BUTTON, CARD, CAROUSEL, QUICK_REPLY, FORM types.

Also included in Messaging

  • Emoji & reactions — built-in emoji picker on the widget
  • System messages — chat assigned, transferred, ended, rated
  • Per-message metadata — attach JSON to render buttons, quick replies, cards

Multi-channel inbox

Talk to every visitor where they already are. One inbox, every channel.

Web widget

Embed in 1 line. Shadow DOM isolated. Under 40 KB gzipped.

Telegram

Topic-per-chat in supergroups. Reply from Telegram, sync to dashboard.

Bot API

Token-authenticated REST. Build any integration.

Webhooks

12 outbound events. HMAC-signed. 5 retries with exponential backoff.

Direct link

Share a URL — no widget required. Great for email signatures.

Also included in Multi-channel inbox

  • LINE OA — connect LINE Official Account, rich messages supported (Q3 2026)
  • Email & SMS — reply over email or SMS (Q3 2026)
  • Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram — channels reserved, roadmap H2 2026

Routing & queue

Smart, configurable routing that scales from 1 agent to 100+.

Auto least-busy

Default mode. Sends each new chat to the agent with the fewest active chats.

Round-robin

Distributes chats evenly across all online agents.

Manual pickup

Every chat enters the queue. Agents pick when they're ready.

Group priority

Set routingPriority per group. Sales > Support > Billing — your call.

Bot timeout

Auto-transfer chats from bot to humans after N minutes of inactivity.

Also included in Routing & queue

  • Live queue position — visitors see their queue position in real-time via Socket.IO

Team collaboration

Built for multi-agent teams from day one.

Internal notes

Discuss visitors privately. Visible only to agents.

Transfer & assign

Hand off to specialists with full context preserved.

Take over

Supervisors can take over any chat from any agent.

Groups & departments

Sales, support, billing — agents in multiple groups.

Agent status

Online, away, offline. Auto-detect via heartbeat.

Also included in Team collaboration

  • Concurrent chats — configurable max simultaneous chats per agent
  • Attendance tracking — login/logout sessions logged for managers

Bots, AI & automation

Save hours every day with smart routing, triggers, and bots.

Bot API

Full REST API with 6 endpoints. Bearer token auth. JSON in, JSON out.

Bot to human handoff

Bots transfer to human groups in 1 API call. Context preserved.

Canned responses

Type # to insert. Per-team and per-agent libraries.

Auto-responders

Greet visitors with welcome message based on widget config.

Webhook events

Subscribe to chat:new, message.sent, chat.transferred and 9 more.

Also included in Bots, AI & automation

  • Self-documenting — GET /api/bot/docs returns a full system manifest, LLM-friendly
  • Routing rules — auto-send chats to the right team based on group priority
  • Business hours — per-group + per-user, day-of-week, custom timezone
  • Promotions — pre-chat and post-chat banners with image, link, schedule

Visitor intelligence

Know who's on your site — before they even type.

IP geolocation

Country, city, region detected from visitor IP.

Browser & OS

Detect Chrome, Safari, Firefox; Windows, macOS, iOS, Android.

Page tracking

Current page, referrer, total pages viewed across sessions.

Sneak-peek

Agents see what visitors are typing — before they hit send.

Real-time presence

See visitors browsing your site in real-time. Identify hot leads.

Also included in Visitor intelligence

  • Custom data — pass arbitrary JSON to the widget (user_id, plan, cart_value)
  • Visitor history — every chat, page view, file ever uploaded — preserved
  • Banning — ban abusive visitors by IP, optional auto-expiry

Widget customization

30+ knobs to make the widget feel native to your brand.

Theme & colors

Primary, text, background — match your brand exactly.

Position

Bottom-right, bottom-left, anywhere — your call.

Dark mode

Auto-switch with system preference, or force light/dark.

Pre-chat form

Collect name, email, custom fields before chat starts.

JavaScript API

open(), close(), toggle() — programmatic control.

Also included in Widget customization

  • Custom CSS — inject any CSS into the Shadow DOM
  • Custom translations — override any string, your tone, your voice
  • Post-chat survey — star rating + open comment, CSAT in your reports
  • Allowed domains — lock the widget to your domains, prevent embed theft
  • Hide launcher — use BXLivechat.open() to launch from your own button

Reports & analytics

Know what's working and what to improve. 7 reports out of the box.

Chat volume

Hourly, daily, weekly, monthly trends. Group by channel or agent.

Response times

First response, resolution time. Per agent and per group.

CSAT surveys

Average rating, distribution, optional comments.

Bot performance

Bot vs human resolution rate. Transfer rate. Average handle time.

Agent performance

Chats handled, response time, satisfaction by agent.

Also included in Reports & analytics

  • Tags analytics — top tags, volume per tag, detect emerging issues
  • Transfers — why chats transfer, which group → which group
  • Top domains — where do your visitors come from?
  • Idle detection — auto-flag agents who haven't sent a message in N minutes
  • Export to CSV — pipe data into Tableau, Looker, Metabase

Supervisor & monitoring

Built for managers who need eyes on the floor.

Live agents

See who's online, away, offline — and what they're handling.

Live chats

Stream every active chat in real-time. Spot fires fast.

Live queue

Watch the queue grow and drain in real-time.

Chat search

Search every chat ever — by message content, visitor, agent, tag.

Audit log

Every admin action logged. Who, what, when, from where.

Also included in Supervisor & monitoring

  • Live visitors — every visitor on your site right now: country, page, device
  • Chat timeline — replay any chat with full event timeline, perfect for QA
  • Supervisor API — read-only API token, build dashboards on top of your data

Security & compliance

Enterprise-grade from the first byte.

AES-256 encryption

At rest. Keys managed by AWS KMS with annual rotation.

TLS 1.3

All traffic in transit. HSTS preloaded.

PDPA & GDPR

Built for global compliance. Signed DPA on request.

Multi-tenant isolation

Every query scoped by organization_id. Cross-tenant leaks impossible.

RBAC roles

OWNER > ADMIN > AGENT > CHATBOT. Enforced server-side.

Also included in Security & compliance

  • Rate limiting — per-IP and per-user, Redis-backed sliding window
  • Webhook signatures — HMAC-SHA256 on every payload
  • Audit trail — every sensitive action logged to MongoDB, exportable
Channel comparison

Compare the channels

What's live today vs. what's on the roadmap.

Web widget
v1.0
Live
Bot API
v1.0
Live
Webhooks
v1.0
Live
Telegram
v1.0
Live
Direct link
v1.0
Live
LINE OA
Q3 2026
Coming soon
Email
Q3 2026
Coming soon
SMS
Q4 2026
Coming soon
Facebook Messenger
Q4 2026
Coming soon
WhatsApp Business
Q4 2026
Coming soon
Instagram DM
Q4 2026
Coming soon

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