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308 reviews tracked

The Bottom Line

Entry price

Free plan available, paid tiers above

Biggest pro

Organized team chat

Biggest con

UI dated

TL;DR - Zulip

  • Zulip is an open-source team chat with threaded conversations
  • It organizes discussions by topic for better context and search
  • Free self-hosted option, Cloud from $6.67/user/month
Pricing: Free plan available
Best for: Growing teams
4.8/5 across review platforms

What is Zulip?

Editorial review
Zulip organizes conversations with threaded topics. Chat with structure-team communication that doesn't lose context. The threading is the feature. The organization helps. The open-source version works. Teams wanting organized chat use Zulip for threaded team communication.

Available on: Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Organized team chat
  • Topic threading
  • Open source
  • Self-hostable
  • Good for large teams

Cons

  • UI dated
  • Learning curve
  • Less adoption than Slack
  • Mobile apps basic
  • Threading confusing initially

Ratings Across the Web

4.8(308 reviews)

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Key Features

Team chatThreadingTopicsSearchSelf-hostedOpen source

Pricing Plans

Free

Free

  • Full-featured chat
  • Hundreds of integrations
  • 10,000 message search history
  • 5GB file storage
  • Guest accounts

Standard

$6.67/user/month

  • All Free features
  • Unlimited search history
  • 10GB storage per user
  • Message retention policy
  • Custom branding
  • Priority support

Plus

$10/user/month

  • All Standard features
  • Stream groups
  • 50GB storage per user
  • SAML authentication
  • SCIM provisioning
  • Custom domain

Reviews

4.8/5

Across 308 verified user reviews on Capterra, G2

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Zulip FAQ

Is Zulip free?

Self-hosted is free and open source. Cloud free for 10K messages. Standard from $6.67/user/month.

What is Zulip?

Zulip is team chat with topic-based threading. Every message has a topic. Reduces chat chaos.

Zulip vs Slack?

Zulip has better threading with topics. Slack is more popular. Zulip for organized discussions; Slack for familiarity.

What are Zulip topics?

Every message belongs to a topic within a stream. Conversations stay organized. Easy to catch up on specific topics.

Source: zulip.com

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