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Comparison

MURAL vs Zulip

No clear leader: MURAL (71.4) and Zulip (70.8) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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MURAL71
Zulip71
Score
Vioscale score
MURAL71 / 100medium · 73%
Zulip71 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
MURAL✓
Zulip✓
Model
Price level
MURALlow
Zulipfree
Transparent
MURAL✓
Zulip✓
Integrations
Count
MURAL8
Zulip130
Security
Disclosure policy
MURAL✓
Zulip✓
Gdpr
MURAL✓
Zulip✓
Hipaa
MURAL–
Zulip✓
Iso27001
MURAL✓
Zulip–
Soc2
MURAL✓
Zulip–
Reliability
Status page
MURAL✓
Zulip✓
Market
Availability

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for collaboration software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Modality
Messaging
MURAL-
Zulip✓
Video meetings
MURAL-
Zulip✓
Whiteboard
MURAL✓
Zulip-
Meetings
Screen sharing
MURAL-
Zulip✗
Recording / transcription
MURAL-
Zulip-
Security
End-to-end encryption
MURAL-
Zulip✓
SSO / SCIM
MURAL✓
Zulip✓
Access
Guest / external access
MURAL✓
Zulip✓
Compliance
Compliance controls
MURAL✓
Zulip✓
Deployment
Hosting
MURALCloud only
ZulipCloud + self-hosted
Scale
Max participants
MURAL-
Zulip-
Ecosystem
App marketplace
MURAL-
Zulip✓
Public API / bot framework
MURAL✓
Zulip✓
Commercial
Free tier
MURAL✓
Zulip✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

MURAL

A collaborative whiteboard tool with AI capabilities that enables teams to visualize strategies, solve complex problems together, and accelerate decisions through shared visual workspace and structured facilitation features.

Independently observed

Zulip

Zulip is an open-source team chat platform featuring topic-based threading to organize conversations. It supports both synchronous and asynchronous workflows and offers flexible deployment options including cloud hosting or self-hosted infrastructure.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

MURAL

from $9.99/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $9.99/member/month billed annually. Free tier available.

  • FreeFree
    • 3 editable murals
    • 1 workspace
    • Unlimited members
    • Templates
    • Core integrations
    • +2 more
  • Team+$9.99/member/month (billed annually) or $12/member/month (billed monthly)
    • Unlimited editable murals
    • Multiple workspaces
    • Unlimited guests
    • Premade templates and custom template creation
    • Core integrations
    • +1 more
  • Business$17.99/member/month (billed annually)
    • Unlimited murals
    • Open, Private, and Confidential rooms
    • Multiple workspaces
    • Unlimited guests
    • SSO and 2FA
    • +2 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Unlimited murals and workspaces
    • Unlimited guests
    • SSO, 2FA, SCIM provisioning
    • Advanced integrations plus Azure AD and Okta
    • Data residency and BYOK encryption
    • +4 more
as of verify ↗

Zulip

from $-20/moSubscriptionFree tier

From free to $12/user/month (Cloud Plus). Self-hosted from $3.50/user/month.

  • Zulip Cloud FreeFree
    • 10,000 messages search history
    • 5GB total file storage
    • Complete team chat solution
    • Hundreds of integrations
    • Advanced roles and permissions
    • +1 more
  • Zulip Cloud Standard$6.67/user/month billed annually or $8/month
    • Unlimited search history
    • 5GB per user storage
    • Custom permission groups
    • Message retention policies
    • Custom branding
    • +2 more
  • Zulip Cloud Plus$10/user/month billed annually or $12/month (minimum 10 users)
    • All Standard features
    • 25GB per user storage
    • SAML SSO (Okta, OneLogIn)
    • SCIM sync
    • Custom domain
    • +1 more
  • Self-hosted FreeFree
    • All Zulip features
    • Mobile notifications (limited)
    • 100% open-source
  • Self-hosted Basic$3.50/user/month, $20/month off first year
    • All features
    • Unlimited mobile notifications
    • Supports open-source development
  • Self-hosted Business$6.67/user/month billed annually or $8/month (minimum 25 users), $20/month off first year
    • All features
    • Email and chat support
    • SSO (SAML, Entra ID)
    • AD/LDAP sync
    • Configurable guest access
    • +2 more
  • Self-hosted EnterpriseContact sales
    • All features
    • Phone, email and chat support
    • OpenID Connect SSO
    • SCIM sync
    • Implementation consulting
    • +2 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
MURAL✓
Zulip✓
iOS
MURAL✓
Zulip✓
Android
MURAL✓
Zulip✓
macOS
MURAL✓
Zulip✓
Windows
MURAL✓
Zulip✓
Linux
MURAL✗
Zulip✓
CLI
MURAL✗
Zulip✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
MURAL✓
Zulip✓
Self-hosted
MURAL✗
Zulip✓
On-premise
MURAL✗
Zulip✓
Hybrid
MURAL✗
Zulip✓
Air-gapped
MURAL✗
Zulip✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (4)
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Webex
  • Zoom
  • Slack

MURAL

8 total - 4 not shared
  • Jira Cloud
  • Google Workspace
  • Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Butter
Independently observed

Zulip

50 total - 46 not shared
  • Discord
  • Mattermost
  • Rocket.Chat
  • Matrix
  • IRC
  • Email
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • Asana
  • Jira
  • Linear
  • Trello
  • Basecamp
  • Jenkins
  • CircleCI
  • GitHub Actions
  • Travis CI
  • TeamCity
  • Heroku
  • Netlify
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Ansible Tower
  • +22 more
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.