DingTalk
DingTalk brings chat, documents, calendars, meetings, AI tables, and video into one workplace service.
What DingTalk is
DingTalk brings chat, documents, calendars, meetings, AI tables, and video into one workplace service. It supports real-time messaging with delivery notifications, while meeting capacity, duration, AI Minutes allowances, and message retention vary by plan. The Free plan costs nothing for 10 users, with 100 GB of storage and video meetings for up to 100 participants for 40 minutes; messages are retained for 180 days. Basic supports 300 users, 2 TB of storage, and up to 24-hour meetings, with two years of message retention. Standard supports 3 to unlimited users, 5 TB of storage, meetings for up to 300 participants, and ten years of retention. Premium supports 3 to unlimited users, 10 TB of storage, meetings for up to 500 participants, and 1,500 speech-to-text minutes per user per month. AI Minutes provides transcription, summaries, and Q&A, with allowances varying by plan. AI Table can turn sheets into business apps and workflows without coding. Tools include attendance, leave approvals, file sharing, and cloud storage. DingTalk lists integrations for approvals, attendance, calendars, announcements, robots, CRM, Yida, Ding Drive, Ding Docs, and DingTalk Meetings. It is available on Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web, and Windows, with API support also listed. A 30-day trial is listed; prices for paid tiers are not given.
Good
- Free plan supports 10 users and 100 GB storage
- Guest access is available
- AI Minutes includes transcription, summaries, and Q&A
- Available on mobile, desktop, and web
Watch out
- Free meetings are limited to 40 minutes
- Free message retention is 180 days
Who it suits
It may suit teams seeking messaging, meetings, document and calendar tools, and workplace functions in one service. The plan limits make it useful to compare expected users, storage, meeting needs, and message retention before choosing.
Verdict
DingTalk groups communication, meetings, and workplace tools across several platforms, with plan-specific limits for users, storage, and retention. Teams should compare those limits with their needs; paid-tier prices are not provided here.
Plans and prices
From DingTalk's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Up to 10 users · 100 GB Drive storage · 100 video meeting participants · 40 minutes per meeting · 2,000 rows per AI Table · 1,000 automation runs/month · Chat messages retained 180 days |
| Basic | $4 a month | Up to 300 users · 2 TB Drive storage · 100 video meeting participants · 24 hours per meeting · 20,000 rows per AI Table · 10,000 automation runs/month · Chat messages retained 2 years |
| Standard | $8 a month | 3 ~ Unlimited users · 5 TB Drive storage · 300 video meeting participants · 24 hours per meeting · 30,000 rows per AI Table · 50,000 automation runs/month · Chat messages retained 10 years |
| Premium | $15 a month | 3 ~ Unlimited users · 20 TB Drive storage · 500 video meeting participants · 24 hours per meeting · 50,000 rows per AI Table · 500,000 automation runs/month · Chat messages retained 20 years |
The facts
Each one read from DingTalk's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI data use
- The privacy policy says meeting content data is not used for model training without separate consent.checked 11 Oct 2026
- AI Minutes
- AI Minutes includes monthly speech-to-text minutes, AI-generated summaries, and AI Q&A queries, with allowances varying by plan.checked 11 Oct 2026
- AI Table
- AI Table supports building business apps through AI-powered sheets and turning data into workflows without coding.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Available clients
- DingTalk says its clients are available for Android, iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and Windows.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Data protections
- The privacy policy says partner processing is limited to necessary purposes and that DingTalk assesses partner security capabilities and requires compliance with cooperation agreements.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Guest access
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- The privacy policy says DingTalk may provide applets, SaaS applications, AI agents, AI fields, and AI plugins from partners.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Meetings
- The plans list HD or Full HD video meetings, with participant and meeting-duration limits that vary by plan.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Message history
- limitedchecked 21 Sep 2026
- Messaging
- DingTalk offers real-time messaging and DING features, including message delivery notifications.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The homepage says DingTalk provides expert support, and lists [email protected] for email questions.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Workplace suite
- DingTalk brings chat, docs, calendars, meetings, AI tables, and video together in one AI-powered workspace.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Workplace tools
- DingTalk’s download page describes attendance clock-in and clock-out, leave approvals, file sharing, and cloud storage.checked 11 Oct 2026
The company
- Company location
- The download page lists DingTalk (Singapore) Private Limited and gives its company location as 51 Bras Basah Road, Singapore.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Headquarters
- Singaporechecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Supported platforms
- Windows,macOS,Linux,iOS,Android,APIchecked 21 Sep 2026
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