Eleven for Business vs eXpress

Eleven for Business is encrypted group chat for small businesses that want to keep conversations off another party’s servers. It supports spaces, groups, direct messages, file sharing, reactions, replies, threads, GIF search, and link previews. Spaces also offer scheduled reminders, morning summaries, and a helper that can answer questions and build small apps. The service works in a browser and has native Mac and iPhone apps; its business page also says it runs on warehouse Android devices. Businesses can invite clients by link and remove them when a job ends without provisioning guest accounts. Messages and attachments are encrypted on devices, while the server stores and relays ciphertext it cannot read. Self-hosting is available at no charge with the same apps and features. The Free plan costs nothing and includes every feature, up to three spaces, and 1 GB of files per space. Business costs €11 a year, billed annually, and provides 11 GB of storage per person, pooled for the space.

eXpress is an enterprise communication and mobility platform that brings workplace messaging, video meetings, and employee access to business processes together. Its messenger supports personal and group chats, threads, tags, reactions, channels, and file sharing. Video conferences include recording, hand raising, persistent chat, and background effects. SmartApps provide a single window for employee processes and corporate systems; the maker lists more than 70 integration systems, including email, document management, CRM, and antivirus. The mail client connects to Gmail, Exchange, and Yandex accounts. The maker describes multi-layer end-to-end encryption, encrypted mobile storage, TLS 1.3 and DTLS transport encryption, and three independent authentication channels. Corporate customers can deploy on their own secure servers or in a secure cloud. Listed platforms include web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, and Aurora OS, with an Outlook add-in for conferences. A free plan and a 30-day trial are listed. Corporate plans have individual conditions, with pricing handled by the commercial department.