Rocket.Chat alternatives

Other team chat tools to consider instead of Rocket.Chat. Key features and starting prices come from each vendor's own site.

Feature	Rocket.Chat Category leader	Mattermost Category leader	Slack Category leader	Zulip Category leader	Pumble	Twist
Pricing	Contact sales	Contact sales	Free plan $7.25/user/month billed annually ($8.75 monthly)	Free plan $3.50/user/mo	Free plan $2.49/user/month billed annually ($2.99 monthly)	Free plan $6/user/month (Unlimited)
Best for	Government and defense organizations that need federated, self-hosted chat with data kept on their own infrastructure.	Regulated enterprises and government teams that must run chat on their own or air-gapped infrastructure.	Teams of 10-5,000+ that run on many connected apps and need the largest integration ecosystem, though the free plan keeps only 90 days of history.	Distributed teams and open-source communities that work asynchronously and want every conversation threaded by topic.	Teams of 5-50 that want Slack-style chat with unlimited history at a few dollars per seat, though the free plan caps integrations at three apps.	Remote teams of 5-50 across time zones that prefer threaded async discussion over real-time chat, though it has no built-in calls and the free plan keeps one month of history.
Team size	51–500+ people	51–500+ people	1–500+ people	2–500 people	1–500 people	1–50 people
Channels	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Threaded replies	Yes	Not listed	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Direct and group messages	Yes	Not listed	Yes	Not listed	Yes	Yes
Searchable history	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
App integrations	Not listed	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Huddles and calls	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Not listed
Visit	Visit	Visit	Visit	Visit	Visit	Visit