Team Communication
Zulip
From $6.67Free planG2 4.6 · 117 reviews
Teams that want fully open-source chat they can self-host with no feature gates, especially remote or async teams that prefer topic threads.
Quick overview
- Pricing
- Free; Cloud from $6.67/user/month (annual)
- Plans
- Cloud Free: 10,000 messages of search history, 5 GB total storage. Cloud Standard $6.67/user/month billed annually ($8 monthly). Cloud Plus $10/user/month billed annually ($12 monthly), 10-user minimum. Self-hosted Free includes all features, with mobile push for up to 10 users. Self-hosted Basic $3.50/user/month. Self-hosted Business $6.67/user/month billed annually ($8 monthly), 25-user minimum. Self-hosted Enterprise: quote.
- G2 rating
- 4.6 / 5.0
- Comparisons
- Featured in 1 comparison
Key features
- Topic-based threading inside every channel
- 100% open source under Apache 2.0, with all features in the free self-hosted edition
- Runs behind your firewall or on an air-gapped network
- SAML SSO, AD/LDAP sync and compliance exports on self-hosted Business
- Free Cloud Standard for open source projects, research groups and most non-profits
Pros
- No open core: free self-hosted edition has every feature
- Public prices on every plan except Enterprise
- Topic threads make long, async discussions easy to follow
- Supports air-gapped hosting
Cons
- Free self-hosted mobile push covers only 10 users
- Topic model takes some getting used to after Slack
- Cloud Plus needs 10 users and self-hosted Business needs 25
Sarah Chen