Available worldwide · Popular in: US, EU, GB
What is Rocket.Chat?
Secure communications platform combining messaging, voice, video, and critical apps with encryption, compliance controls, and flexible deployment for government, defense, and critical infrastructure organizations.
Rocket.Chat pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free tier available; Enterprise and Government plans require custom quote.
Starter
FreeFor technical evaluation, small businesses, and non-profits
Commercial
Contact salesSecure collaboration for commercial enterprises
Government
Contact salesSovereign communications for public sector agencies
What Rocket.Chat does
The capabilities that matter for collaboration software, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Messaging
- ✓
- Video meetings
- ✓
- Whiteboard
- -
- Screen sharing
- ✓
- Recording / transcription
- -
- End-to-end encryption
- ✓
- SSO / SCIM
- ✓
- Guest / external access
- ✓
- Compliance controls
- ✓
- Hosting
- Cloud + self-hosted
- Max participants
- -
- App marketplace
- ✓
- Public API / bot framework
- ✓
- Free tier
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- iOS
- Web
- Android
- Cloud / SaaS
- On-premise
- Air-gapped
- Self-hosted
Integrations (6)
Independently observed- LDAP
- SAML
- OAuth
- OpenID
- Active Directory
- Virtru
Rocket.Chat alternatives
Other collaboration software we track, ranked by the same independent score.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Rocket.Chat, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 100 | 0.19 | 18.7 | ✓ |
| Github Activity | 63 | 0.10 | 6.6 | ✓ |
| Price Level | 80 | 0.06 | 4.6 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 0.07 | 3.5 | ✓ |
| Security Posture | 45 | 0.07 | 3.2 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 88 | 0.03 | 2.6 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 24 | 0.10 | 2.6 | ✓ |
| Pricing Transparency | 25 | 0.09 | 2.4 | ✓ |
| Release Cadence | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Package Downloads | 0 | 0.15 | 0.0 | - |
| Stackoverflow Activity | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 65% |
Adoption
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Github stars | 45,912 | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"hosting":"both","sso_scim":true,"free_tier":true,"messaging":true,"api_access":true,"e2e_encryption":true,"screen_sharing":true,"video_meetings":true,"app_marketplace":true,"compliance_controls":true,"guest_external_access":true} | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 6 | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | TypeScript | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | {"primaryMarkets":["US","EU","GB"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]} | highsource · 2026-08-05 · 75% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60% |