Chatwork
7.0#45 in team chat appsFree planFree planAndroidiOSWebmacOS
VisitChatwork vs Zulip
What both publish
| Fact | Chatwork | Zulip |
|---|---|---|
| Channels | Yes | Channels define the audience for conversations and can be public or private. |
| Founded | 2004 | 2012 |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Guest access | Yes | Yes |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan | San Francisco, California, United States |
| Integrations | Backlog; Money Forward Cloud Expense; Gmail; Google Calendar; Jobcan; Zapier | Zulip lists more than 130 native integrations and hundreds more through Zapier and IFTTT. |
| Message history | limited | limited |
Chatwork plans
- FreeFree
- Standard—
- Professional—
Zulip plans
- Cloud FreeFree
- Cloud Standard$6.67 a month
- Cloud Plus$10 a month
- Self-hosted FreeFree
- Self-hosted Basic$3.50 a month
- Self-hosted Business$6.67 a month
Pick Chatwork if…
Chatwork may suit teams that need channels and guest access across desktop, mobile, and web. Its free tier can serve smaller organizations that can work within the user, message-history, storage, and contact limits.
Pick Zulip if…
Zulip suits teams that want channel-based chat across desktop, mobile, and web platforms. Its cloud and self-hosted options provide different deployment choices.