KakaoTalk Bizmessage provides AlimTalk and FriendTalk to send messages to KakaoTalk users based on mobile phone numbers, with no need of adding friends. RESTful API is provided for easy integration.
| Category | AlimTalk | FriendTalk |
|---|---|---|
| Message Type | Available to send informative messages | Available to send advertisement messages |
| Target | Friends not necessary(requires phone number information) | Users who are friends to Plus Friend(requires phone number information) |
| Format | 1,000 characters including spaces, Korean or English + Link at the message bottom | - FriendTalk text: 1,000 characters of text in Korean or English + link button - FriendTalk image: 400 characters of text + 1 page of image + link button |
| Features | - Restricted to informative biz messages - Send by approved templates |
- Delivery prohibited during night time(20:50~ 08:00 on the following day) |