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Comparison

Twist vs Zulip

No clear leader: Zulip (70.8) and Twist (67.0) 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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Twist67
Zulip71
Score
Vioscale score
Twist67 / 100medium · 53%
Zulip71 / 100medium · 73%
Pricing
Free tier
Twist✓
Zulip✓
Model
Price level
Twistlow
Zulipfree
Transparent
Twist✓
Zulip✓
Integrations
Count
Twist3
Zulip130
Security
Disclosure policy
Twist✓
Zulip✓
Gdpr
Twist✓
Zulip✓
Hipaa
Twist–
Zulip✓
Reliability
Status page
Twist✓
Zulip✓
Market
Availability
Twist–
ZulipAvailable worldwide

Capabilities

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

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

What each one is

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

Twist

Async-first messaging platform that organizes conversations into threads to help distributed teams collaborate with clarity and minimal notification fatigue.

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.

Twist

from $6/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $6/user/mo. Free tier.

  • FreeFree
    • Access up to 1 month of comments and messages
    • Up to 5 integrations
    • Up to 5 GB file storage
    • Standard support
    • Up to 500 internal member accounts
    • +1 more
  • Unlimited$6/user/mo
    • Access full history of comments and messages
    • Unlimited integrations
    • Unlimited file storage
    • Priority support
    • Unlimited internal member accounts
    • +1 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
Twist✓
Zulip✓
iOS
Twist✗
Zulip✓
Android
Twist✗
Zulip✓
macOS
Twist✗
Zulip✓
Windows
Twist✗
Zulip✓
Linux
Twist✗
Zulip✓
CLI
Twist✗
Zulip✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Twist✓
Zulip✓
Self-hosted
Twist✗
Zulip✓
On-premise
Twist✗
Zulip✓
Hybrid
Twist✗
Zulip✓
Air-gapped
Twist✗
Zulip✓

Integrations

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

In common (1)
  • Dropbox

Twist

3 total - 2 not shared
  • Google Drive
  • OneDrive
Independently observed

Zulip

50 total - 49 not shared
  • Slack
  • Microsoft Teams
  • 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
  • +25 more
Independently observed

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