Wire
Secure Messenger for Organizations (End-to-End Encrypted)
- Also known as
- wire
What is Wire?
Wire is a secure communication platform with end-to-end encryption for organizations of all sizes. It supports flexible deployment options including cloud, on-premises, and hybrid configurations with enterprise-grade compliance features.
Wire 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.
From €7.45/person/month. Free tier available.
Wire for Free
FreeFree plan for small teams
- devices
- up to 8 per user
- team_size
- up to 5 people
- Collaboration essentials
- Available on all platforms
- Up to 8 devices per user
Wire for SMB
Plan for teams up to 100 people
- team_size
- up to 100 people
- video_conference_max
- 150 participants
- All Free features
- Video conferences (up to 150 participants)
- SSO & SCIM
- Administrative controls
- Feature configurations
- External and guest roles
Wire for Enterprise
Contact sales- All SMB features
- Federation (with Wire Cloud)
- ID-Shield
- Full deployment support
- Data sovereignty
- Multi-tenancy
Wire for Partners
Contact sales- Partner-specific benefits
What Wire 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
- 150 (video conferences)
- App marketplace
- -
- Public API / bot framework
- ✓
- Free tier
- ✓
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- iOS
- macOS
- Web
- Android
- Windows
- Cloud / SaaS
- Hybrid
- Self-hosted
Wire 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 Wire, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 92 | 32.00 | 2932.2 | ✓ |
| Pricing Transparency | 100 | 16.00 | 1600.0 | ✓ |
| Price Level | 80 | 10.00 | 800.0 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 12.00 | 600.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 0 | 18.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Security Posture | 5 | 12.00 | 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.
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"hosting":"both","sso_scim":true,"free_tier":true,"messaging":true,"api_access":true,"e2e_encryption":true,"video_meetings":true,"max_participants":"150 (video conferences)","compliance_controls":true,"guest_external_access":true} | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure policy | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |