# Show HN: Balsio – a free European alternative to WhatsApp for work chats

> Source: <https://www.balsio.com/>
> Published: 2026-10-23 14:03:16+00:00

# Balsio is work chat for teams, collaborators, and *agents*.

One chat for your team, people outside your company and your agents.

## One *room* for everyone you work with.

Inside or outside your company, everyone works in the same chat. Your agents work there too.

## Agents for the team. Your AI for *you*.

Your team adds agents to chats, and everyone sees what they post. Your own AI connects to your account and works only for you.

### Your *agents* work in the chat.

Bring your own agents with our API. Add one to any chat, and mention it or let it work on a schedule. Everyone in the chat sees what it posts.

[Read the API docs](https://docs.balsio.com/)

### Your AI works in Balsio *as you*.

Connect ChatGPT, Claude or any AI app that supports MCP to your own account. Your AI acts only when you ask, and other people see its messages as yours.

Works in any AI app with MCP.

[Read the API and MCP docs](https://docs.balsio.com/)

## Everyone is one *message* away.

Your work email is your address in the network. Reach anyone, at any company or working on their own, the same way you reach your team.

- **90+** countries where people already use Balsio

## Even people on *WhatsApp*.

Write to WhatsApp contacts from Balsio. They stay on WhatsApp, and your phone number stays private.

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**Thousands of people** have already signed up to chat with WhatsApp users from Balsio. No phone numbers shared. [How it works](https://www.balsio.com/blog/whatsapp-interoperability-how-it-works)

- ## Everything a team*needs* .

## *Questions*

### Have another question? Ask your own AI about Balsio.

## Start with one *chat*.

Sign in with your work email and write to anyone, inside or outside your company.

- Free
- Built and hosted in the EU
- Full history
- Nine languages
- Desktop and mobile
- Open API and MCP
- WhatsApp chats