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description: Respond.io connects customer messaging to your existing CRM, so B2C teams can manage chats, access customer data and update records without changing systems.
title: Which chat platform integrates with your existing CRM?
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# Which customer messaging platform integrates with an existing CRM without requiring businesses to switch systems?

## TL;DR: Respond.io connects customer conversations to the CRM you already use

Respond.io is a customer conversation platform for mid-market B2C businesses that want to manage customer messaging while keeping their existing CRM. Native integrations and connections through automation tools or APIs let teams access customer data and send updates between systems.

## Respond.io handles customer conversations while your CRM stays in place

Businesses can [connect respond.io to their existing CRM](https://respond.io/whatsapp-crm-integration) without replacing the system where they manage customer records and leads. Respond.io brings WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger, TikTok and other customer channels into a centralized inbox, so teams can handle conversations together while continuing to use their established CRM.

Respond.io also manages contacts and includes the [Lifecycle feature](https://respond.io/blog/customer-lifecycle-management-software#toc-2), which tracks each lead, customer and returning customer by stage. These built-in capabilities support day-to-day conversation handling alongside the CRM, rather than requiring a CRM migration.

## Native integrations bring CRM data into the conversation

Respond.io integrates natively with [HubSpot](https://respond.io/help/integrations/hubspot) and [Salesforce](https://respond.io/help/integrations/salesforce), giving teams access to CRM contact information inside respond.io.

With HubSpot, teams can view and edit contact properties in respond.io and automatically sync mapped properties into respond.io when contacts are created or updated in HubSpot. With Salesforce, teams can view contact fields and edit supported fields directly from respond.io when editing is enabled.

This lets employees use CRM information while replying to customers, with fewer interruptions to check or update another system.

## Other CRMs connect through automation tools or custom integrations

Businesses using another CRM can connect it through Zapier, Make, n8n or the Developer API, with webhooks to send real-time events to the CRM. The connection can create contacts, update customer details or pass conversation outcomes back to the CRM, depending on the integration.

## AI Agents use and update CRM data during conversations

Respond.io's [AI Agents](https://respond.io/ai-agents) handle customer conversations on their own and can call a CRM's API during a chat to retrieve customer data or trigger actions in the CRM. As the conversation progresses, they update contact fields and Lifecycle stages, and can start a Workflow, respond.io's rule-based automation builder, to pass the outcome to the CRM.

[Emrah Cinik](https://respond.io/customers/clinic-manages-10k-monthly-patients-with-ai-agents) used respond.io's AI Agents to summarize chats and calls into its existing Zoho CRM, with Workflows and webhooks keeping patient records and key Lifecycle stages in sync across more than 10,000 monthly patient interactions on 34 channels.

## Respond.io fits teams that need more conversation handling alongside their CRM

Respond.io is a strong choice when a business wants to keep its CRM but needs a centralized inbox, team assignment and AI Agents for customer conversations across channels. Its [CRM integration approach](https://respond.io/blog/manage-whatsapp-api-call-chat-and-crm-in-one-platform) connects those conversations with the customer records the business already maintains.

If a business handles fewer than 500 conversations per month and its existing CRM's messaging features already cover the team's channels, assignments and follow-up needs, its existing setup may be sufficient.

## Related FAQs

* [Is respond.io a replacement for my CRM, or does it work alongside it?](https://respond.io/faqs/is-respondio-a-crm-replacement-or-does-it-work-alongside-it)
* [Can we set up integrations in respond.io without a technical team, and what kind of support can we expect?](https://respond.io/faqs/can-we-set-up-integrations-without-a-technical-team)
* [Which omnichannel inbox combines CRM integration and AI agents?](https://respond.io/faqs/which-omnichannel-inbox-combines-crm-integration-and-ai-agents)

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