EGroupware vs Lark
EGroupware
egroupware.org
Lark
larksuite.comSide by side
| Figure | EGroupware | Lark |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €21.90/mo | $6/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 10 | 8 |
| Spec score · Calendar apps | 9.3 (#6) | 9.4 (#2) |
| Spec score · Unified Workspaces Software | 9.2 (#3) | 9.0 (#5) |
| Company profile | LinkedIn lists EGroupware GmbH as a self-owned software-development company headquartered in Kaiserslautern, with 2–10 employees and a 1996 founding year. | LinkedIn lists Lark as privately held, headquartered in Singapore, founded in 2016, with 1,001–5,000 employees. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | Kaiserslautern, Germany | Singapore |
| Integrations | Official integrations include Collabora Online, Rocket.Chat, Jitsi, BigBlueButton, Guacamole, Placetel telephony and Univention UCS. | TrustRadius lists integrations including Salesforce Agentforce Sales, Jira, Zoom Workplace, Asana, Trello, Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab, Zapier, Sentry, Grafana Cloud and Giphy. |
| Maker legal name | The company presents itself as EGroupware GmbH, founded and managed by Ralf and Birgit Becker. | The App Store identifies the developer as LARK TECHNOLOGIES PTE. LTD. |
| Rating on Capterra | 4.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews. | 4.4 out of 5 from 33 reviews |
| Rating on G2 | 3.3 out of 5 from 2 reviews. | 4.6 out of 5 from 195 reviews |
| Rating on GetApp | 4.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews. | 4.4 out of 5 from 33 reviews |
Plans
EGroupware
- eCloud NGO€21.90 a month
- eCloud€24.90 a month
- eFlat School€1,295 a year
- eFlatPrice not published
- Community EditionPrice not published
- EPL Smart€62.50 a month
- UniversalPrice not published
- Community EditionFree
- eFlatPriced on request
- UniversalPriced on request
Lark
- Lark Base StarterFree
- StarterFree
- StarterFree
- Basic$6 a month
- Lark Base Pro$8 a month
- Pro$12 a month
- EnterprisePriced on request
- Lark Base EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
EGroupware
EGroupware has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Lark
Lark brings workplace communication and collaboration tools together in one platform, including chat, calendars, document creation and cloud storage. In video meetings, participants can edit shared Docs in the call window. Starter includes unlimited real-time translation, while AnyCross provides drag-and-drop workflow automation and integrations, including ready-to-use solutions. The App Directory lists third-party tools for areas such as collaboration, recruitment, expense control, CRM and ERP. Developers can use the Open Platform to build custom bots, web apps and blocks, with more than 2,500 APIs available. Lark supports web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android. Starter is limited to 20 users, 100 GB of storage and one-on-one video meetings; its listed allowances also include 18 months of message history and 1,000 automations per month. Basic, Pro and Enterprise list higher user, storage, meeting or automation allowances. The maker describes Starter as intended for small teams with simple communication needs and Enterprise for large companies needing advanced security and organizational management. A free plan is listed.