AWS Wickr vs Teamwire
AWS Wickr
aws.amazon.com
Teamwire
teamwire.euSide by side
| Figure | AWS Wickr | Teamwire |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | €3.45/mo |
| Free plan | — | — |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 4 | 5 |
| Spec score · Secure Team Chat Software | 8.1 (#8) | 8.1 (#10) |
| Integrations | AWS Wickr supports integrations through bots and RESTful APIs, an ATAK plugin, and single sign-on with Active Directory, Okta, and OpenID Connect services. | Teamwire offers SDKs and APIs for connecting third-party systems, with examples including CRM, ERP, hospital information systems, project management, IT helpdesk, and chatbots. |
| Intended users | AWS describes Wickr as designed for executives, security teams, field operators, and professionals managing sensitive information. | The company describes its platform as serving mobile teams and mission communications, and highlights public safety, healthcare, government, and critical infrastructure use cases. |
| Messaging | Users can send one-to-one and group messages, create rooms, and set message and file expiration timers from 1 minute to 365 days, including burn-on-read timers. | It supports one-to-one, group, and broadcast chats, file sharing, mentions, read receipts, and message reactions. |
| Product | AWS Wickr is an end-to-end encrypted messaging and collaboration service for organizations and government agencies, with messaging, voice and video calling, file sharing, and screen sharing. | Teamwire is a secure business messenger and collaboration platform for companies and public authorities, including teams that coordinate routine work and critical operations. |
| Support | AWS Basic Support is included for all AWS customers; technical support and other support features are available through AWS Support plans. | The plans detail a German support portal and wiki, guaranteed ticket response times, and personal support by phone or video conference. |
Plans
AWS Wickr
- Free Premium TrialFree
- PremiumPrice not published
- StandardPrice not published
- Wickr EnterprisePriced on request
Teamwire
- Small Business€79 a month
- Standard€3.45 a month
- Standard€3.45 a month
- Small Business€79 a month
- ProfessionalPriced on request
In their own words
AWS Wickr
AWS Wickr is an encrypted messaging and collaboration service for organizations and government agencies. It supports one-to-one and group messages, rooms, voice and video calls, file and screen sharing, and apps for Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, and Windows, as well as web access. Users can set message and file expiration from one minute to 365 days, including burn-on-read timers. Calls allow up to 100 participants; presenter mode can include up to 500 view-only attendees. AWS says messages, calls, files, screen sharing, and location sharing use 256-bit end-to-end encryption, with keys held by intended recipients. Administrators can configure retention of internal and external communications in a customer-managed private data store. Integrations include bots and RESTful APIs, an ATAK plugin, and single sign-on with Active Directory, Okta, and OpenID Connect services. Cloud deployment is available; Wickr Enterprise is self-hosted. Pricing starts at $5/user/mo. There is no free plan, but a three-month Premium trial is listed.
Teamwire
Teamwire is a secure business messenger and collaboration platform from Teamwire, headquartered in Munich and founded in 2014. It is designed for companies, public authorities, mobile teams, and mission communications. Chats support one-to-one, group, and broadcast conversations, file sharing, mentions, read receipts, and reactions. Voice and video calls handle up to 30 participants, with screen sharing and in-call reactions. Emergency coordination features include alerts, acknowledgements, live location, and push-to-talk. Teamwire states that it is GDPR-compliant, ISO 27001 certified, and BSI C5 tested, with user data, messages, and content stored exclusively on servers in Germany. Hosting can use a German cloud, private cloud, or on-premise setup, depending on plan. Administration includes user management, retention policies, audit logs, and MDM support. Integrations include LDAP, Active Directory, ArcGIS, WhatsApp Business, SAP, Salesforce, Splunk, Sisense, SAP Crystal Reports, and AppConfig. Web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, and API access are listed.