Informant vs Lark
Informant
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Lark
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| Figure | Informant | Lark |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $2.50/mo | $6/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | — | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 7 | 8 |
| Spec score · Calendar apps | 8.9 (#19) | 9.4 (#2) |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Integrations | Informant for iOS can access native calendar data with permission and integrates with Apple Reminders. | TrustRadius lists integrations including Salesforce Agentforce Sales, Jira, Zoom Workplace, Asana, Trello, Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab, Zapier, Sentry, Grafana Cloud and Giphy. |
| Product | Informant combines calendars, tasks, projects, contacts, and notes in a personal organizer. | Lark combines workplace communication and collaboration tools, including chat, calendar, document creation, and cloud storage, in one platform. |
| Security | The maker says Sync communication uses SSL, passwords are encrypted, and data is encrypted on the server and in transmission; its hosting platform has SSAE-16 certification and yearly audits. | Lark says it uses industry-standard encryption and continuous system monitoring, and that employees do not have access to user data by default. |
| Support | The company says it answers email and technical support forum inquiries on standard business days, with possible delays around trade shows, holidays, or product launches. | Lark’s customer terms list help-desk email support on weekdays, 9:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Singapore Time, with an intended initial response within one business day. |
Plans
Informant
- FreeFree
- Premium Monthly$3.99 a month
- Premium QuarterlyPrice not published
- Premium Yearly$29.99 a year
- Informant Sync Monthly$3.99 a month
- Informant Sync Yearly$29.99 a year
- Informant for macOS$49.99, paid once
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
Informant
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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.