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Mattermost vs Zulip

Mattermost

mattermost.com

Zulip

zulip.com

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FigureMattermostZulip
Price from—$3.50/mo
Free plan—Yes
Free trial——
Open source—Yes
WebYesYes
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
iOSYesYes
AndroidYesYes
API—Yes
Self-hostedYesYes
Plans published47
Spec score · Team chat apps7.4 (#55)9.4 (#3)
Spec score · Team Collaboration Software7.0 (#25)8.6 (#12)
ChannelsYesChannels define the audience for conversations and can be public or private.
Founded20152012
Free planYesYes
Guest accessYesYes
HeadquartersPalo Alto, California, United StatesSan Francisco, California, United States
IntegrationsGitHub,GitLab,Jira,Microsoft Teams,Microsoft 365,Outlook,ServiceNow,Zoom,Pexip,Splunk,ZapierZulip lists more than 130 native integrations and hundreds more through Zapier and IFTTT.
Message historyunlimitedlimited
Supported platformsweb,Windows,macOS,Linux,iOS,Android,API,self-hostedweb,Windows,macOS,Linux,iOS,Android,API

Plans

Mattermost

  • ProfessionalPrice not published
  • ProfessionalPriced on request
  • EnterprisePrice not published
  • EnterprisePriced on request

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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

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Mattermost

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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.

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