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Comparison

Whereby vs Zulip

On the evidence we track, Whereby leads this comparison with a composite score of 86/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Whereby full profile →Zulip full profile →
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★Whereby86
Zulip62
Score
vioscaleAI score
Whereby86 / 100medium · 73%
Zulip62 / 100medium · 72%
Pricing
Free tier
Whereby✓
Zulip✓
Model
Price level
Wherebylow
Zulipfree
Starting price
Whereby$9.99
Zulip$3.50
Transparent
Whereby✓
Zulip✓
Integrations
Count
Whereby5
Zulip130
Security
Certifications
WherebyISO 27001
Zulip–
Disclosure policy
Whereby✓
Zulip✓
Gdpr
Whereby✓
Zulip✓
Hipaa
Whereby✓
Zulip✓
Iso27001
Whereby✓
Zulip–
Pci
Whereby✓
Zulip–
Soc2
Whereby✓
Zulip–
Trust center
Reliability
Sla pct
Whereby99.9
Zulip–
Status page
Whereby✓
Zulip✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Whereby6 items
Zulip6 items

Capabilities

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

Modality
Messaging
Whereby✓
Zulip✓
Video meetings
Whereby✓
Zulip✓
Whiteboard
Whereby✓
Zulip-
Meetings
Screen sharing
Whereby✓
Zulip✗
Recording / transcription
WherebyRecording
Zulip-
Security
End-to-end encryption
Whereby✓
Zulip✓
SSO / SCIM
Whereby-
Zulip✓
Access
Guest / external access
Whereby✓
Zulip✓
Compliance
Compliance controls
Whereby✓
Zulip✓
Deployment
Hosting
WherebyCloud only
ZulipCloud + self-hosted
Scale
Max participants
Whereby200
Zulip-
Ecosystem
App marketplace
Whereby✗
Zulip✓
Public API / bot framework
Whereby✓
Zulip✓
Commercial
Free tier
Whereby✓
Zulip✓

What each one is

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

Whereby

Leader

A privacy-first video conferencing API built in Europe, offering reliable video calls for teams and platforms with flexible pay-per-use billing.

Independently observed

Zulip

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.

Independently observed

Pricing

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

Whereby

Leader
from $9.99/moUsage-basedFree tier

Free tier with 2,000 participant minutes per month, or $9.99/month plus usage fees

  • TestFree
    • Up to 2,000 participant minutes per month
    • Developer community
    • Email support
    • Limited white labelling
  • Build$9.99/month plus $0.004 per participant minute
    • 2,000 included participant minutes per month
    • Additional participant minutes at $0.004 each
    • Session transcriptions from $0.0065 per unmuted participant minute
    • Custom branding
    • Cloud recording at $0.01 per minute
    • +14 more
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Volume discounts
    • Early access to new features
    • Implementation support
    • Technical Success Manager
    • HIPAA compliance included
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Zulip

from $3.50/seat/moHybridFree tier

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.

  • FreeFree
    • Message history search (10,000 limit)
    • File storage up to 5 GB total
    • Complete team chat solution
    • Hundreds of integrations
    • Advanced roles and permissions
    • +1 more
  • Standard$6.67/user/month billed annually or $8/month
    • Unlimited search history
    • File storage up to 5 GB per user
    • Flexible permissions with custom groups
    • Message retention policies
    • Brand Zulip with your logo
    • +2 more
  • Plus$10/user/month billed annually or $12/month
    • All Standard plan features
    • File storage up to 25 GB per user
    • SSO with SAML (Okta, OneLogIn)
    • SCIM user and group sync
    • Custom domain
    • +1 more
  • Self-hosted (Open Source)Free
    • Complete team chat solution with all Zulip features without limitation
    • 100% open-source software
    • Retain full control over your data
  • Self-hosted Basic$3.50/user/month (with $20/month first-year discount)
    • Unlimited support
    • Email and chat support
    • SSO with SAML and Microsoft Entra ID
    • AD/LDAP user sync
    • Full compliance
    • +2 more
  • Self-hosted EnterpriseContact sales
    • Email, chat and phone support
    • SSO with OpenID Connect
    • AD/LDAP, SAML and OpenID Connect group sync
    • Implementation consulting
    • Custom feature development
    • +1 more
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

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

Platforms
Web
Whereby✓
Zulip✓
iOS
Whereby✓
Zulip✗
Android
Whereby✓
Zulip✗
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Whereby✓
Zulip✓
Self-hosted
Whereby✗
Zulip✓

Integrations

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

In common (3)
  • Google Calendar
  • Trello
  • Slack

Whereby

Leader
7 total - 4 not shared
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Google Docs
  • YouTube
  • Chrome
Independently observed

Zulip

63 total - 60 not shared
  • Microsoft Teams
  • Discord
  • Mattermost
  • Rocket.Chat
  • Matrix
  • IRC
  • Email
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • Asana
  • Jira
  • Linear
  • Basecamp
  • Jenkins
  • CircleCI
  • GitHub Actions
  • Travis CI
  • TeamCity
  • Heroku
  • Netlify
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Ansible Tower
  • +36 more
Independently observed
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Whereby or Zulip: which one depends on you

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