# Jitsi Meet vs Zulip

| Attribute | Jitsi Meet | Zulip |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 65.4 (38% (low)) | 61.7 (72% (medium)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"A video conferencing platform offering both cloud-hosted and self-deployable options, with built-in end-to-end encryption, transcription services, and support for dial-in access. It is indexed under Collaboration Software.","source":"https://jitsi.org","question":"What is Jitsi Meet?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Jitsi Meet offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://jitsi.org","question":"Is Jitsi Meet free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Jitsi Meet. 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://jitsi.org","question":"What platforms does Jitsi Meet support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Jitsi Meet can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://jitsi.org","question":"Can Jitsi Meet be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 3 integrations for Jitsi Meet, including YouTube, SIP and OpenAI. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://jitsi.org","question":"What does Jitsi Meet integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed GDPR for Jitsi Meet. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Jitsi Meet not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://jitsi.org/blog/trust-but-verify-introducing-user-verification/","question":"What security certifications does Jitsi Meet have?","confidence":0.7}]` | `[{"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,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | A video conferencing system available as both a hosted cloud service and via Docker for self-deployment. It provides programmatic integration through JavaScript APIs and includes transcription capabilities. | 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","free_tier":true,"api_access":true,"open_source":true,"browser_join":true,"pstn_dial_in":true,"e2e_encryption":true,"video_meetings":true,"live_transcription":true,"guest_external_access":true,"recording_transcription":"recording_ai_notes"}` | `{"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":"YouTube"},{"name":"SIP"},{"name":"OpenAI","native":false,"category":"transcription","direction":"outbound"}]` | `[{"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":[]}` |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"free","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Jitsi Meet","summary":"Free forever","features":["End-to-end encryption","Video meetings","Browser access","Mobile apps","Transcription","PSTN/SIP dial-in","Public API access","Open source"],"description":"Free video conferencing with all features included","contactSales":false}],"summary":"Completely free","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://jitsi.org","retrievedAt":"2026-09-06T16:27:16.893Z"}` | `{"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 | free | open_source |
| pricing.price_level | free | free |
| pricing.starting_price | - | `{"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://jitsi.org/blog/trust-but-verify-introducing-user-verification/ | https://zulip.com/security/ |

## Capabilities (Collaboration Software)

| Capability | Jitsi Meet | Zulip |
|---|:--:|:--:|
| **Modality** |  |  |
| Messaging | - | ✓ |
| Video meetings | ✓ | ✓ |
| Whiteboard | - | - |
| **Meetings** |  |  |
| Screen sharing | - | ✗ |
| Recording / transcription | Recording + AI notes | - |
| **Security** |  |  |
| End-to-end encryption | ✓ | ✓ |
| SSO / SCIM | - | ✓ |
| **Access** |  |  |
| Guest / external access | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Compliance** |  |  |
| Compliance controls | - | ✓ |
| **Deployment** |  |  |
| Hosting | Cloud + self-hosted | Cloud + self-hosted |
| **Scale** |  |  |
| Max participants | - | - |
| **Ecosystem** |  |  |
| App marketplace | - | ✓ |
| Public API / bot framework | ✓ | ✓ |
| **Commercial** |  |  |
| Free tier | ✓ | ✓ |

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T21:00:28.010Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*