Rocket.Chat

Also known as
rocket-chat

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.

Independently observed

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.

Pricing as of verify at live pricing ↗Independently observed
Quote-basedFree tier

Free tier available; Enterprise and Government plans require custom quote.

Starter

Free
Free

For technical evaluation, small businesses, and non-profits

Commercial

Contact sales
Contact sales

Secure collaboration for commercial enterprises

Government

Contact sales
Contact sales

Sovereign 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.

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

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Platforms
  • iOS
  • Web
  • Android
Deployment
  • 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.

Independent · unbought · dated

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.

Balanced composite 61 / 100
low · 41%
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Capabilities1000.1918.7
Github Activity630.106.6
Price Level800.064.6
Reliability500.073.5
Security Posture450.073.2
Github Stars880.032.6
Integrations240.102.6
Pricing Transparency250.092.4
Release Cadence00.060.0-
Package Downloads00.150.0-
Stackoverflow Activity00.070.0-

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

AttributeValueEvidence
Commits last 30d100mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 65%

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Github stars45,912highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90%

Features

AttributeValueEvidence
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

AttributeValueEvidence
Count6mediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryTypeScripthighsource · 2026-08-01 · 90%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
Availability{"primaryMarkets":["US","EU","GB"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}highsource · 2026-08-05 · 75%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
Modelcommercialmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 70%
Price levellowmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%
TransparentNomediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60%

Reliability

AttributeValueEvidence
Status pageYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
GdprYeshighsource · 2026-08-05 · 75%
HipaaYeshighsource · 2026-08-05 · 75%
Iso27001Yeshighsource · 2026-08-05 · 75%
Disclosure policyYesmediumsource · 2026-08-05 · 60%