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Team chat.

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Team chat · 6 tools to explore

Team chat Category leader

Mattermost

Contact sales 51–500+ people

Self-hosted secure collaboration for regulated organizations

Key features

  • Channels
  • Searchable history
  • App integrations
  • Huddles and calls

Team chat

Pumble

Free plan· $2.49/user/month billed annually ($2.99 monthly) 1–500 people

Team chat with a free plan, from the makers of Clockify

Key features

  • Channels
  • Threaded replies
  • Direct and group messages
  • Searchable history
  • App integrations
  • Huddles and calls

Team chat Category leader

Rocket.Chat

Contact sales 51–500+ people

Secure messaging, voice and video you can run on your own servers

Key features

  • Channels
  • Threaded replies
  • Direct and group messages
  • Searchable history
  • Huddles and calls

Team chat Category leader

Slack

Free plan· $7.25/user/month billed annually ($8.75 monthly) 1–500+ people

Team messaging organized into channels

Key features

  • Channels
  • Threaded replies
  • Direct and group messages
  • Searchable history
  • App integrations
  • Huddles and calls

Team chat

Twist

Free plan· $6/user/month (Unlimited) 1–50 people

Threaded team communication for asynchronous work

Key features

  • Channels
  • Threaded replies
  • Direct and group messages
  • Searchable history
  • App integrations

Team chat Category leader

Zulip

Free plan· $3.50/user/mo 2–500 people

Open-source team chat organized around threaded topics

Key features

  • Channels
  • Threaded replies
  • Searchable history
  • App integrations
  • Huddles and calls

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