# Flock vs Zulip

| Attribute | Flock | Zulip |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 62 (30% (low)) | 61.7 (72% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A team communication tool that consolidates messaging, video calling, file sharing, and task management features into one shared workspace to enable coordinated work across departments. It is indexed under Team Chat.","source":"https://flock.com/pricing-plan-updates/","question":"What is Flock?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Flock offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $2 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://flock.com/pricing-plan-updates/","question":"Is Flock free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Flock 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://flock.com/pricing-plan-updates/","question":"What platforms does Flock support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have only confirmed a cloud / SaaS deployment for Flock, so it appears to be vendor-hosted. If a self-hosted option exists we have not found it documented publicly.","source":"https://flock.com/pricing-plan-updates/","question":"Can Flock be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 3 integrations for Flock, including Asana, Trello and Jira. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://flock.com/pricing-plan-updates/","question":"What does Flock integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for Flock. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Flock not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://flock.com/flock-privacy-policy/","question":"What security certifications does Flock have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Flock is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United Arab Emirates.","source":"https://flock.com/pricing-plan-updates/","question":"Where is Flock available?","confidence":0.75}]` | `[{"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}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A team communication tool that consolidates messaging, video calling, file sharing, and task management features into one shared workspace to enable coordinated work across departments. | 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 | - | `{"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 | 3 | 130 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Asana"},{"name":"Trello"},{"name":"Jira"}]` | `[{"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 | `{"hqCountry":"AE","primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | `{"primaryMarkets":[],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"ios":true,"mac":true,"web":true,"linux":true,"android":true,"windows":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free","features":["Unlimited messages and channels","1-1 and group video calling","File sharing","Up to 5 third-party integrations","Message search"],"description":"For small teams with essential communication needs","contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"integrations":"5","message_search":"10,000 latest","video_call_duration":"20 min","video_call_participants":"4"}},{"free":false,"name":"Pro","summary":"$2/user/mo (introductory pricing; regular $3/user/mo)","features":["Advanced admin controls","Guest member support","Video calling up to 20 participants with unlimited duration","Unlimited integrations","Custom fields","Full message search"],"components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"user","amount":2,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"description":"For medium to large teams requiring advanced collaboration features","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Free plan available; Pro from $2/user/mo introductory pricing.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://flock.com/pricing-plan-updates/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-19T21:58:56.514Z","freeTrialDays":30,"startingPrice":{"unit":"user","amount":2,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month"]}` | `{"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":2,"currency":"USD"}` | `{"amount":3.5,"currency":"USD"}` |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| reliability.status_page | - | yes |
| security.disclosure_policy | - | yes |
| security.gdpr | yes | yes |
| security.hipaa | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | - | https://zulip.com/security/ |

## Capabilities (Team Chat)

| Capability | Flock | Zulip |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Capabilities** |  |  |
| Deployment model | - | 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 |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:19:47.843Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*