Rocket.Chat vs Wire
No clear leader: Rocket.Chat (66.6) and Wire (65.6) 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.
Capabilities
Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for collaboration software. “-” means undocumented, not absent.
What each one is
The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.
Rocket.Chat
Rocket.Chat provides real-time messaging, voice, video conferencing, and third-party integrations designed for organizations with strict security and compliance requirements. It supports deployment in cloud, on-premise, hybrid, and air-gapped environments for defense and critical infrastructure operations.
Wire
Wire is a secure communication platform offering messaging, audio/video calls, conferencing, and file sharing. Built on zero-knowledge architecture with always-on end-to-end encryption, it serves governments, critical infrastructure providers, and 1,800+ organizations globally.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Rocket.Chat
- StarterFree
- CommercialContact sales
- GovernmentContact sales
- DefenseContact sales
Wire
Free tier available. Wire for Enterprise from €7.45/user/mo (annual billing). On-premises deployment available via sales.
- Wire for FreeFree
- Messaging
- Audio and video conferencing
- File sharing
- Wire for Enterprise€7.45/user/mo (annual) or €8.94/user/mo (monthly)
- All Wire for Free features
- Video conferencing (up to 150 participants)
- SSO and SCIM
- Administrative controls
- Role-based configurations
- Wire On-Premises (Wire Local)Contact sales
- All Wire for Enterprise features
- Federation with Wire Cloud
- ID-Shield
- Full deployment support
- Data sovereignty
- +1 more
Platform & deployment
Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.
Integrations
What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.
- GitHub
Rocket.Chat
- Bitbucket Cloud
- Google Drive
- Google Calendar
- Google Workspace
- Trello
- Loom
- GitLab
- Jira
- Bitbucket
- Salesforce CRM
- Hubspot CRM
- Confluence
- Google Meet
- Dropbox
- Slack
- Telegram
- Facebook Messenger
- BigBlueButton
- Pexip
- ChatGPT
- Rocket.Chat AI
- Zapier
- +11 more
Wire
- GitHub
Rocket.Chat or Wire: which one depends on you
A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.
Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.