Zoho Cliq vs Zulip
On the evidence we track, Zulip leads this comparison with a composite score of 71/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.
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.
Zoho Cliq
A cloud-based business communication solution that centralizes team messaging and external stakeholder interactions through chats, channels, and video calls, enhanced with AI summarization, screen sharing, collaborative whiteboard, and workflow automation capabilities.
Zulip
LeaderZulip 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.
Pricing
List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.
Zulip
LeaderFrom 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
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.
Zoho Cliq
- Zoho Projects
- Zoho Mail
- Zoho Meeting
- Zoho Analytics
- Zoho Desk
- Zoho WorkDrive
- Zoho Calendar
- Google APIs
- YouTube
Zulip
Leader- Slack
- Microsoft Teams
- Discord
- Mattermost
- Rocket.Chat
- Matrix
- IRC
- GitHub
- GitLab
- Bitbucket
- Asana
- Jira
- Linear
- Trello
- Basecamp
- Jenkins
- CircleCI
- GitHub Actions
- Travis CI
- TeamCity
- Heroku
- Netlify
- Docker
- +26 more
Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.