# Chanty vs Zulip

**Leader by vioscaleAI score:** Chanty

| Attribute | Chanty | Zulip |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 73.4 (75% (high)) | 61.7 (72% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"Chanty is a team communication platform combining instant messaging, high-quality video conferencing, and task management capabilities, designed for secure remote and distributed team collaboration. It is indexed under Team Chat.","source":"https://www.chanty.com/blog/fr/asana-pricing-fr/","question":"What is Chanty?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Chanty offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.chanty.com/blog/fr/asana-pricing-fr/","question":"Is Chanty free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Chanty supports the web, Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS and Android. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.chanty.com/blog/fr/asana-pricing-fr/","question":"What platforms does Chanty support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Chanty, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://www.chanty.com/blog/fr/asana-pricing-fr/","question":"Can Chanty be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA and GDPR for Chanty. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Chanty not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.chanty.com","question":"What security certifications does Chanty have?","confidence":0.48}]` | `[{"answer":"An open-source team collaboration application that organizes conversations into topic-based threads, blending instant messaging with email-style threading to support both real-time and delayed communication patterns. It is indexed under Collaboration Software.","source":"https://zulip.com","question":"What is Zulip?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Zulip is open source, so it can be self-hosted and used at no licence cost. A commercial or hosted edition starts at $3.50 per user per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://zulip.com/plans/","question":"Is Zulip free to use?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Zulip. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://zulip.com","question":"What platforms does Zulip support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Zulip can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://zulip.com","question":"Can Zulip be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 61 integrations for Zulip, including Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Mattermost, Rocket.Chat, Matrix, IRC and Email, plus 53 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://zulip.com/plans/","question":"What does Zulip integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed HIPAA and GDPR for Zulip. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Zulip not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://zulip.com/security/","question":"What security certifications does Zulip have?","confidence":0.7}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | Chanty is a team communication platform combining instant messaging, high-quality video conferencing, and task management capabilities, designed for secure remote and distributed team collaboration. | An open-source team collaboration application that organizes conversations into topic-based threads, blending instant messaging with email-style threading to support both real-time and delayed communication patterns. |
| features.capabilities | `{"soc2_type_ii":true,"pricing_model":"per_seat_subscription","deployment_model":"cloud_saas","hipaa_compliance":true,"ad_hoc_voice_video_huddles":true,"cross_company_guest_channels":true,"threaded_reply_conversations":true,"automated_workflow_bot_builders":true,"channel_based_topic_organization":true,"google_workspace_office_365_sync":true,"jira_github_engineering_webhook_sync":true,"salesforce_zendesk_sales_support_sync":true,"robust_message_search_and_history_indexing":true}` | `{"hosting":"both","sso_scim":true,"free_tier":true,"messaging":true,"api_access":true,"pricing_model":"per_seat_subscription","e2e_encryption":true,"screen_sharing":false,"video_meetings":true,"app_marketplace":true,"deployment_model":"cloud_saas","hipaa_compliance":true,"compliance_controls":true,"guest_external_access":true,"ad_hoc_voice_video_huddles":true,"cross_company_guest_channels":true,"threaded_reply_conversations":true,"automated_workflow_bot_builders":true,"channel_based_topic_organization":true,"google_workspace_office_365_sync":true,"jira_github_engineering_webhook_sync":true,"salesforce_zendesk_sales_support_sync":true,"robust_message_search_and_history_indexing":true}` |
| integrations.count | 7 | 130 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Slack","native":true,"category":"chat"},{"name":"Jira","native":true,"category":"project_management","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"GitHub","native":true,"category":"engineering","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Salesforce","native":true,"category":"crm","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Zendesk","native":true,"category":"support","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Google Workspace","native":true,"category":"productivity","direction":"bidirectional"},{"name":"Office 365","native":true,"category":"productivity","direction":"bidirectional"}]` | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Microsoft Teams"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"Mattermost"},{"name":"Rocket.Chat"},{"name":"Matrix"},{"name":"IRC"},{"name":"Email"},{"name":"GitHub"},{"name":"GitLab"},{"name":"Bitbucket"},{"name":"Asana"},{"name":"Jira"},{"name":"Linear"},{"name":"Trello"},{"name":"Basecamp"},{"name":"Jenkins"},{"name":"CircleCI"},{"name":"GitHub Actions"},{"name":"Travis CI"},{"name":"TeamCity"},{"name":"Heroku"},{"name":"Netlify"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Ansible Tower"},{"name":"Puppet"},{"name":"Grafana"},{"name":"Prometheus"},{"name":"Nagios"},{"name":"New Relic"},{"name":"Sentry"},{"name":"PagerDuty"},{"name":"Opsgenie"},{"name":"Splunk"},{"name":"Freshdesk"},{"name":"Zendesk"},{"name":"Salesforce"},{"name":"Dropbox"},{"name":"Google Calendar"},{"name":"Nextcloud"},{"name":"Notion"},{"name":"Zapier"},{"name":"IFTTT"},{"name":"n8n"},{"name":"BigBlueButton"},{"name":"Jitsi Meet"},{"name":"Webex"},{"name":"Zoom"},{"name":"Tenor"},{"name":"Redmine","native":true,"category":"project_management","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"OpenProject","native":true,"category":"project_management","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Zabbix","native":true,"category":"monitoring","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Buildbot","native":true,"category":"ci_cd","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"GoCD","native":true,"category":"ci_cd","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Stripe","native":true,"category":"payments","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Okta","native":true,"category":"identity","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"OneLogin","native":true,"category":"identity","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Microsoft Entra ID","native":true,"category":"identity","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Discourse","native":true,"category":"community","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Mastodon","native":true,"category":"social","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Patreon","native":true,"category":"productivity","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Airbrake","native":true,"category":"error_tracking","direction":"inbound"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"ios":true,"web":true,"android":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free forever","features":["Unlimited public & private chats","Unlimited announcement channels","Unlimited voice messages","Scheduled messages","Disappearing messages","Unlimited searchable message history","Unlimited one-on-one audio & video calls","Built-in task management","Convert message to task","1 guest user","Community support"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"GBP"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"storage":"20GB per team","integrations":"10","team_members":"5"}},{"free":false,"name":"Business","summary":"£3/user/month billed annually (£4/user/month billed monthly)","features":["Everything in Free plan","Unlimited group chats and channels","Unlimited group audio and video calls","Unlimited screen sharing","Task boards and to-do lists","Employee directory and onboarding","Calendar and events","Polls and forms","Data import and export","Customizable roles and permissions","Customizable data retention policies","HIPAA compliance and BAA","SSO, 2FA and access controls","IP allowlist and location-based access","24/7 support","99.9% guaranteed uptime"],"components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":3,"period":"month","currency":"GBP"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"storage":"20GB per user","guest_seats_per_member":"3"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Contact sales for pricing","features":["Everything in Business plan","White labeling and embedding","Directory sync with SAML and SSO","SCIM provisioning","Recognition and rewards","Analytics and reporting","Advanced permissions and unlimited custom roles","Enterprise API","Unlimited integrations","AI agent compatibility","On-premise deployment option","US, EU, and APAC data residency choices","Custom data retention policies","DLP and advanced governance controls","MSA and HIPAA compliance","Managed services","Dedicated support with SLA","Customer success manager"],"contactSales":true}],"addOns":[{"name":"Nonprofit & Education Discount","components":[{"kind":"percentage","rate":50}]}],"summary":"From £3/user/month billed annually. Free tier available.","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://www.chanty.com/pricing/","retrievedAt":"2026-09-23T13:30:44.752Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"seat","amount":3,"period":"month","currency":"GBP"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free, limited to 10,000 message history","features":["Message history search (10,000 limit)","File storage up to 5 GB total","Complete team chat solution","Hundreds of integrations","Advanced roles and permissions","Guest accounts"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Cloud plan with limited history and storage","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"storage":"5 GB total","messages_history":"10,000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Standard","summary":"$6.67/user/month billed annually or $8/month","features":["Unlimited search history","File storage up to 5 GB per user","Flexible permissions with custom groups","Message retention policies","Brand Zulip with your logo","Priority commercial support","Public access option"],"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":6.67,"period":"year","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":8,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Full-featured cloud plan","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"storage":"5 GB per user"}},{"free":false,"name":"Plus","summary":"$10/user/month billed annually or $12/month","features":["All Standard plan features","File storage up to 25 GB per user","SSO with SAML (Okta, OneLogIn)","SCIM user and group sync","Custom domain","Limit user list access for guests"],"minSeats":10,"commitment":"annual","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":10,"period":"year","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":12,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Advanced cloud plan with enhanced features","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"storage":"25 GB per user"}},{"free":true,"name":"Self-hosted (Open Source)","summary":"Free, open-source self-hosted","features":["Complete team chat solution with all Zulip features without limitation","100% open-source software","Retain full control over your data"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Free open-source self-hosted option","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{}},{"free":false,"name":"Self-hosted Basic","summary":"$3.50/user/month (with $20/month first-year discount)","features":["Unlimited support","Email and chat support","SSO with SAML and Microsoft Entra ID","AD/LDAP user sync","Full compliance","Data exports","Data retention policies"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"seat","amount":3.5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"Commercial support plan for self-hosted deployments","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{}},{"free":false,"name":"Self-hosted Enterprise","summary":"Contact sales for pricing","features":["Email, chat and phone support","SSO with OpenID Connect","AD/LDAP, SAML and OpenID Connect group sync","Implementation consulting","Custom feature development","Advanced deployment options"],"description":"Premium support plan for self-hosted deployments","contactSales":true,"includedLimits":{}}],"summary":"From $6.67/user/month (cloud annual), free open-source self-hosted option, or $3.50/user/month for commercial self-hosted support. Free tier available.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://zulip.com/plans/","retrievedAt":"2026-09-03T17:54:41.041Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"seat","amount":3.5,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | low | free |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":3,"currency":"GBP"}` | `{"amount":3.5,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.sla_pct | 99.9 | - |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.certifications | `[{"name":"SOC 2 Type II","level":"Type II","status":"active"},{"name":"ISO 27001","status":"active"}]` | - |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | yes | - |
| security.trust_center | https://www.chanty.com/security/ | https://zulip.com/security/ |

## Capabilities (Team Chat)

| Capability | Chanty | Zulip |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Deployment model | Cloud saas | Cloud saas |
| Channel based topic organization | ✓ | ✓ |
| Threaded reply conversations | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ad hoc voice video huddles | ✓ | ✓ |
| Cross company guest channels | ✓ | ✓ |
| Robust message search and history indexing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Automated workflow bot builders | ✓ | ✓ |
| Google workspace office 365 sync | ✓ | ✓ |
| Jira github engineering webhook sync | ✓ | ✓ |
| Salesforce zendesk sales support sync | ✓ | ✓ |
| SOC2 type ii | ✓ | - |
| HIPAA compliance | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pricing model | Per seat subscription | Per seat subscription |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T20:04:45.177Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*