Lark vs Zulip
Lark
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Zulip
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| Figure | Lark | Zulip |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $6/mo | $3.50/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | 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 | 8 | 7 |
| Spec score · Team chat apps | 9.4 (#4) | 9.4 (#3) |
| Spec score · Team Communication Software | 9.1 (#2) | 8.6 (#8) |
| Spec score · Business Instant Messaging - Midmarket Software | 9.2 (#2) | 8.6 (#9) |
| Spec score · Remote Working software | 9.2 (#2) | 8.6 (#12) |
| Spec score · Team Collaboration Software | 9.1 (#5) | 8.6 (#12) |
| Channels | Yes | Channels define the audience for conversations and can be public or private. |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | Singapore | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Integrations | TrustRadius lists integrations including Salesforce Agentforce Sales, Jira, Zoom Workplace, Asana, Trello, Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab, Zapier, Sentry, Grafana Cloud and Giphy. | Zulip lists more than 130 native integrations and hundreds more through Zapier and IFTTT. |
| Message history | limited | limited |
| Supported platforms | web,Windows,macOS,Linux,iOS,Android | web,Windows,macOS,Linux,iOS,Android,API |
| Rating on Apple App Store | 4.8 out of 5 from 2.4K ratings | 4.1 out of 5 from 7 ratings. |
| Rating on Capterra | 4.4 out of 5 from 33 reviews | 4.9 out of 5 from 196 reviews. |
| Rating on G2 | 4.6 out of 5 from 195 reviews | 4.6 out of 5 from 117 reviews. |
| Rating on GetApp | 4.4 out of 5 from 33 reviews | 4.9 out of 5 from 196 reviews. |
| Rating on Google Play | 4.1 out of 5 from 14.9K reviews | 3.6 out of 5 from 700 reviews. |
| Rating on TrustRadius | 9.2 out of 10 from 4 reviews and ratings | 8.4 out of 10 from 4 reviews. |
Plans
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
Zulip
- Cloud FreeFree
- Cloud Standard$6.67 a month
- Cloud Plus$10 a month
- Self-hosted FreeFree
- Self-hosted Basic$3.50 a month
- Self-hosted Business$6.67 a month
- Self-hosted EnterprisePriced on request
In their own words
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.
Zulip
Zulip is team chat software that organizes conversations in channels and supports guest access. It runs on the web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, and Android, and also supports an API. Listed integrations include GitHub, GitLab, Jira, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Google Calendar, Zoom, Jitsi Meet, Zapier, IFTTT, Sentry, and Zendesk. Zulip offers cloud and self-hosted plans. Cloud Free costs nothing and includes 10,000 messages of search history and 5 GB total file storage. Cloud Standard is $6.67 a month, billed annually, with 5 GB file storage per user. Self-hosted Basic is $3.50 a month, billed monthly. Other options include Cloud Plus, Self-hosted Free, Self-hosted Business, and Self-hosted Enterprise. Cloud Plus and Self-hosted Business have minimum user counts of 10 and 25, respectively. Zulip was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.